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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 6h

Going on tour next week! Come say hi please don’t make me read to myself and that one guy who’s actually got earbuds in

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 1d

Spent the afternoon writing a grant application. Six pages at 1.15 spaced. What I wanted to write was: Gimme this money so I can do my thang. It's a good idea and it will work, I swear. #academicsky

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

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

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 2d

Help us, O' Beau Bayh! You're our only hope.

Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 2d

BREAKING: Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State

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Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State • Indiana Capital Chronicle

Beau Bayh filed Monday to continue his families' political dynasty — running for Secretary of State.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 6d

Hey #AcademicSky friends, hope you enjoy my essay just out from THE EDGE newsletter at The Chronicle: "College is Not an Identity Store." www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...

Why Students Shouldn’t Think of Their Majors as an Identity

Colleges need to help students do the leg work to figure out who they really are.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 9d

Indeed!

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10d

Catching up with the 27th (!) season premiere of Law & Order: SVU. The villain is ICE. When you have lost the Dick Wolf universe, you have truly lost the center.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 9d

Military officials say that Marine Corps Base Quantico will be closed to nonessential personnel tomorrow between 4 a.m. and 12 noon, as President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth make addresses to an extraordinary gathering of hundreds of generals.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9d

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US.

The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of data points. Here's one: "One-third of hiring managers say recent graduates lack a strong work ethic, and one in four say graduates are underprepared for interviews." www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Data: Trends in Hiring, 2025 Graduate Readiness for the Workforce

A compilation of recent surveys of college students and hiring managers provides a glimpse into the future of this year’s college graduates.

www.insidehighered.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d

It’s interesting how we are asked to justify why there is an English Department at a college but not why there is an athletics program

I think both are valuable but it’s interesting which one is more likely to be on the ropes, again, at a college

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 10d

Just can't bring myself to put this last thing away.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 10d

This is the last item I brought home from my ex husband's apartment the day after he died. A bin of old towels. It sat in the garage for 6 months, until I set it down in my bedroom for another few months. Now it's in my kitchen. When I finally put it in the basement, that's it. No more Eric.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 10d

Jackson is so patient.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11d

“This is what happens in Iran, this is what happens in Cuba, this happens in China and deeply repressive states in which, if you have the courage to stand up and speak truth to power, you are silenced.”

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It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 13d

I was going to have a party tomorrow night. First one in like 7 years! But the city of Muncie decided that was *the day* it was going to pave my pot-holed and patched street. Damn. I got corn-hole boards, wine, and fancy outdoor lights!

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 14d

I was going to have a party tomorrow night. First one in like 7 years! But the city of Muncie decided that was *the day* it was going to pave my pot-holed and patched street. Damn. I got corn-hole boards, wine, and fancy outdoor lights!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14d

Imagine one of those campus interruptions that the right denounced as an assault on free speech, only the president of the university personally set aside some seats so activists could heckle a conservative speaker.

Also Yasmin Williams is a phenomenal talent and you should go see her live.

Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian

Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.

www.washingtonian.com

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 14d

OMG, thank you for sharing something about this show. Just did some Googling and know I'm going to love it to death.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14d

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 16d

BLAMMO! It's fucking fall!

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16d

IT IS TIME.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Cathy Day @daycathy.bsky.social · 16d

Good. But I'm not going to resume my Disney+ Hulu subscription, mother effers.

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 16d

Kimmel is back on Tuesday:

DISNEY: "We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17d

We really can’t understate the psychic toll of knowing that the United States government is trying to kill as many people as possible

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LittleTokyo @littletokyo.bsky.social · 17d

I have a degree but work in ye’ olde low paying human services. These blokes with five degrees never come knocking at my residential homes for folks with IDD, TBI, etc because we got jobs for them, we always do. Too many degrees to wipe some backsides I guess.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

www.nytimes.com

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