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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16h

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…”

I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 17h

“the average percentage of time that all faculty spend on teaching is 28 percent.”

As an adjunct, i spent — let me see, oh yeah — 100 PERCENT of my time on teaching.

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

Workload report shows breakdown of time UNC faculty spend teaching, researching

It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for, but some professors are confused about how the data was calculated.

www.dailytarheel.com

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 17h

“the average percentage of time that all faculty spend on teaching is 28 percent.”

As an adjunct, i spent — let me see, oh yeah — 100 PERCENT of my time on teaching.

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

Workload report shows breakdown of time UNC faculty spend teaching, researching

It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for, but some professors are confused about how the data was calculated.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing. You need to know nothing about Zach Bryan, ever.

Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

A teaser for the seemingly liberal-leaning song “Bad News” claims “ICE is gonna come knock down your door.”

What To Know About Zach Bryan's New Song ‘Bad News’—And What It Says About ICE

A teaser for the seemingly liberal-leaning song “Bad News” claims “ICE is gonna come knock down your door.”

www.forbes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression

Travis Kelce, wearing a newsies hat and a shirt that seems to be pattered on a motels wallpaper, and Patrick Mahomes, wearing a red checkered vest made out of an Italian restaurants tablecloth

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Shaun Barnes @scbesque.bsky.social · 1d

Important piece from @brianbeutler.bsky.social One feature of conservatives’ refusal to provide any reasoning in emergency docket orders is it allows to see which way the political winds are blowing when they finally rule on the merits & adjust outcomes as needed

open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

i’d day this nails the South as well

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of new music from Marshall Crenshaw and Cardi B, Joe Ely and Lauren Lovelle and more, + a ton of reading recommendations. Time to "Turn It Up" (or in the case of the Swift track, down) at No Fences Review w/ @charleshughes2.bsky.social

Turn It Up - 10/07/25

Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

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Rhonda Mawhood Lee @rhondamawhoodlee.bsky.social · 5d

"So hold on.
You're not alone.
Now it's time to sing along."
My friend @charleshughes2.bsky.social with a beautiful reflection on covers of #EverybodyHurts.
It resonates with me as a #survivor of #suicide (among other things) and as just a human in this world.
open.substack.com/pub/nofences...

Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 5d

New at No Fences Review: perhaps it's no surprise that "Everybody Hurts" has made a recent resurgence. I talk about five fantastic recent versions of it, and what songs like this do for us now or any time. Please share and subscribe. (w/@cantkill.bsky.social)

Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 1d

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 2d

Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought is leading the charge to weaken Social Security benefits.

Oh, and they’re planning to use AI to determine eligibility.

Republicans want to leave Americans sicker, poorer and struggling to live with dignity.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 5d

"Everybody Hurts" is a song that never goes out of style, one we need now and will keeping needing. @charleshughes2.bsky.social on all the new versions, for No Fences Review

Everybody Hurts

Charles on 5 new versions of the R.E.M. classic

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Melissa Ingle @m1ngle.bsky.social · 7d

I know it’s tempting to roll our eyes whenever celebrities ‘take a stand’ or do activism - see Gal Gadot’s Imagine video - but the fact is, this is more of a stand than most of Congress is willing to take. It’s easy to mock, but more prominent should be doing this

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

www.npr.org

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d

We simply have to become more serious people and less self-serious persons. I swear.

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Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org · 7d

So many hot takes about who will win/lose the shutdown, but so little discussion about what's at stake. The stakes here are whether Congress makes the law or the president can rule by diktat. Everything else is commentary.

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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 8d

👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them, and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like. And, you all know Russell Vought. He’s become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn't do any other way. So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown. Because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people. We don't want to do that, but we don't want fraud, waste and abuse.”

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Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 8d

Fuckin yikes, man

Some comics were transparent about their willingness to ignore their moral convictions in order to play at the festival. “So what, they have slaves?” asked Tim Dillon in a podcast segment that led to his firing from the festival. “They’re paying me enough money to look the other way.” Pete Davidson offered a similar take, acknowledging in a chat with Von that people have asked him why, given his father’s death on 9/11, he would take a paycheck from the Saudi government. He did not address the criticism directly, but he did suggest he was happy to forget 9/11 for the right price: “I just know I get the routing, and then I see the number, and I go, ‘I’ll go.’”

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 9d

A farewell to my friend, Kaleb Horton, a great writer who died unexpectedly this past weekend.

Kaleb Horton RIP

A farewell to my friend Kaleb Horton, a great writer who died unexpectedly this past weekend.

sterlewine.substack.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 8d

““We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.””

They’re not being coy about their vision for the future.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military

www.nytimes.com

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David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you David Cross. (I never want to hear Bill Burr bitching about how there should be no billionaires ever again. He’s right, of course, but not so funny when you know it’s just a bit he workshopped)

Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 9d

David Cross folks.

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 9d

David Cross folks.

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