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Shane McNichol @ontheshanetrain.bsky.social · 6h

New meme format

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7h

I regretted missing this show @ SFMoMA, but it's coming to NY! "This December, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present 'Art of Noise,' an exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century."

“Art of Noise” Exhibition Tracing History of Music and Design to Open at Cooper Hewitt | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

This December, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “Art of Noise,” an exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past cen...

www.cooperhewitt.org

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 7h

Politico reporting OSC nominee Ingrassia changed TDY reservations so a junior female employee had to share a hotel room with him (big misconduct). Woman filed a complaint but then withdrew fearing retaliation.

OSC is the office that protects whistleblowers

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump watchdog pick faces scrutiny after hotel incident with female colleague

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 8h

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 17h

What do Arch Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the Next Big Thing? I talked to some folks and wrote about it. www.theringer.com/2025/10/09/c...

The Arch Manning Experience vs. the Arch Manning–Industrial Complex

What do Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the next big thing?

www.theringer.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8h

Perry scheduled the next hearing in the case for 9 a.m. Oct. 22, when she said she will consider extending it for an additional 14 days before the initial order expires at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 23.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10h

As we wait for Judge April Perry to rule, here's my full story from this morning's extraordinary hearing, for @wttw.bsky.social:

Federal Judge Appears Skeptical of Reasoning Behind National Guard Deployment in Illinois During Ongoing Hearing

Lawyers for the Department of Justice told U.S. District Court Judge April Perry the president deployed the National Guard because “levels of violence against federal law enforcement executing their l...

news.wttw.com

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 8h

and this happens EVERYWHERE (and usually with very different results) - literal plants, not there to learn, but to harass

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 8h

Years ago I was teaching my gun history class and at the end of the quarter one of the students said that he was in the campus TPUSA chapter and they put him up to taking the class to spy on me but he felt bad about that because he loved the class and learned a lot and had a great time

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 8h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

apnews.com

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 8h

wow she sells doormats!

a doormat that says heaven is real and fun

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 8h

sitting my mainline ass down and holding space

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 19h

Listening and learning

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Pete Sastone, but spooky @kbuts.bsky.social · 8h

where's the rest of the soggy bottom boys

Sam Bernero @sambernero.bsky.social · 11h

Fit of the day!
Pic I took of PCA arriving at Wrigley Field today

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 9h

the shift of attention to what is being researched at universities to what is being said by 18 year olds outside of class has been absolutely excruciating

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 9h

idk what's that funny about it unless it's one of these hyuck-hyuck anti-intellectualism. anyway i got it from the library today, looking forward to it

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 9h

the abundance boys haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory lately.

derek thompson (co-author of Abundance): this is the hardest i've burst out laughing in the middle of a nyt story in i dont even know how long

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded
Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize committee said the Hungarian writer's work "reaffirms
the power of art."

His latest novel to appear in English is "Herscht 07769," published last year in the United States. The book, which unfolds in a single sentence, evokes fears about the rise of fascism in Europe, and imagines a graffiti cleaner in Germany who writes letters to Chancellor Angela Merkel to alert her to the world's impending destruction. It features only one period in its 400 pages.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11h

Worth emphasizing that there are serious questions about whether or not Lindsey Halligan is even legally in her job

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h

Perry goes on to say the deployment of the National Guard is "likely to lead to civil unrest."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10h

At issue is what is actually happening at Broadview, Perry says.
Local law enforcement agencies say the protests are under control, while federal officials say they present an urgent threat.
Perry: "DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

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Prankenstein’s McGonster @pamcg.bsky.social · 10h

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 13h

alex's writing on the nobel prize is the Why Your Team Sucks of literature

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 13h

Turns out men aren't lonely! They're just stuck in the basement decoding “reality described to the point of madness.” newrepublic.com/article/2015... by @alexshephard.bsky.social

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

newrepublic.com

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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 13h

Great segment @wnyc.org on Designing Motherhood at MAD. I wrote the foreword for the catalog and can attest, it's a great show www.wnyc.org/story/how-de...

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 13h

IT didn't understand that the good work is in cleanup, not prevention

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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 13h

need a 2005 job where you just remove weatherbug from computers all day.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15h

I think Paul, of blessed posting memory, is entirely right here, and I say this *even though* the young people I know remain highly literate and engaged, because I think his sample is way more representative than mine.

musgrave.substack.com/p/a-post-lit...

A Post-Literate Society is a Too-Literal Society

Directness is a virtue and subtlety is lost

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 15h

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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