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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 11h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 11h

Seriously, this is amazing.

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 11h

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 15h

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care? Story via @newyorker.com

Starved in Jail

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

www.newyorker.com

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 11h

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"Vote of no confidence in Swansea University vice chancellor over job cuts" - BBC News share.google/S6IXx2Wk9SZP...

Vote of no confidence in Swansea University vice chancellor over job cuts - BBC News

UCU members at Swansea University pass a vote of no confidence in its vice chancellor due to job cuts.

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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 11h

"That's Vinicius' existence: being himself while constantly measured by someone else's comfort...Spain's moral code still confuses composure with virtue...But that code was built in a football world that no longer exists" www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Vinicius Junior smiles again but his Real Madrid future has never been more uncertain - Guillem Balague column

As Vinicius Junior enjoys his best start to a season at Real Madrid, European football expert Guillem Balague believes his future remains uncertain.

www.bbc.com

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations to LSA’s 2025 Advance Grant Winners! Learn more about their upcoming projects here: bit.ly/2026Grants

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to compete with this.

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23h

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 22h

“Bluesky claims to want decentralization and composable moderation, but they still enjoy abusing the power of arbitrary banishment.” - Link

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

plus.flux.community

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 20h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 20h

Grieving for all the lives taken. I dont know what we look like as a society when this is over

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 16h

new announcement soon.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 21h

Every faculty and staff meeting in higher education since the beginning of 2025.

two men are sitting in a car with the words `` damage report ! '' written on the screen .

ALT: two men are sitting in a car with the words `` damage report ! '' written on the screen .

media.tenor.com

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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 21h

Nayeli L. Riano's article in the new JHI, "The Pueblo and the Politics of History and Historiography in the Writings of Andrés Bello and Francisco Bilbao," is now available for free. Read it here on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 3d

I used to be the guy on Twitter reminding people that contractors like me do not get back pay. “And then also contractors experience permanent economic harm because they don’t get back pay.” Thanks to OMB Circular A-76 far more of the federal workforce is contractors than you know.

The 51st @51st.news · 3d

ICYMI, the federal government is still shut down.

Here's what that means for the people of D.C.

The federal government has shut down. Here’s what it means for D.C.

You can’t legally get married, for one, and the city’s economy will take a hit.

51st.news

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 21h

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list

by Amandla Thomas-Johnson

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

www.theguardian.com

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IfS Frankfurt @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social · 1d

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 1d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 2d

Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Canada’s historic wildfire season hits Indigenous people hardest

Indigenous people make up 5 percent of Canada’s population but have accounted for more than half its wildfire evacuees this year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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