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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 7h

with @tylerwmartin.bsky.social away on a work trip, I just lay around, share string cheese with Kiki (our shiba inu), and play hours of Fortnite #FeelsLikeFallBreak #WriteWargoWrite #GetBackToWork

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 10h

Tina Fey returned to ‘Saturday Night Live’ to unveil a new eerily accurate GOP impression: DHS Director Kristi Noem. Lorne, please don’t invite Noem on the show this time.

Tina Fey’s Got Another GOP Impression Up her Sleeve

Tina Fey returned to ‘Saturday Night Live’ to unveil a new eerily accurate GOP impression: DHS Director Kristi Noem. Lorne, please don’t invite Noem on the show this time.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Goblin Gower, PhD (the Ph is for Phantasm) @medievaliste.bsky.social · 1d

Either universities are private businesses that get to set their own priorities or they’re public goods that are obligated to serve everyone. You can’t have it both ways.

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 1d

fight them on every front

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 1d

Metric's Sick Muse on repeat has me cranking out a solid 500 words an hour #EverybodyEverybodyJustWannaFallInLove

Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 1d

blasting Metric and writing

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 1d

blasting Metric and writing

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 3d

my office has never been cleaner... #WargoIsProcrastinating #TimeToGetToWorkWargo #WritersBlock

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islsnews.bsky.social @islsnews.bsky.social · 3d

Second and final deadline ISLS2026 extension announcement!! ISLS2026 submissions (all ICLS & CSCL formats) now due October 20, 2025, 11:59 PM AOE, in recognition of ongoing academic and personal challenges. See call for proposals for each format at 2026.isls.org

ISLS Annual Meeting 2026 | Home

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 3d

If you are an alum of:

Vanderbilt
UVA
UT Austin
U of Southern California
Dartmouth
Brown
MIT
U Penn
U Arizona

Your alma mater is RIGHT NOW weighing the costs and benefits of giving up its independence and abandoning academic freedom. SPEAK UP NOW:

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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 4d

Folks in or around the Boston area, I'm pleased to be speaking at Lesley University Thursday October 23 as part of their Thought Leadership series! Talking comics & thinking as I do! Open to the public - registration link coming soon!
lesley.edu/about-lesley...

The Thought Leadership Series | Lesley University

At Lesley University

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 8d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 8d

The Fate of Ophelia is a bop for sure...#KeepIt100OnTheLandTheSeaTheSky

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 9d

Now (re)reading

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16d

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 10d

Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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islsnews.bsky.social @islsnews.bsky.social · 11d

The submission deadline for the 2026 ISLS Annual Meeting, covering all ICLS and CSCL formats, has been extended. We recognize the significant academic and personal challenges that many are currently facing. We therefore extend the deadline for submissions to October 13, 2025 11:59PM AOE

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 11d

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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 12d

🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵

U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!

💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25

For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies

Please boost! 🚀

College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy

Duties and Responsibilities

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 12d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, Luis! 💙