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The Naval Academy and other Service Academies will soon mark 50 years of women’s enrollment (the Merchant Marine Academy is already there).
Women continue to serve with honor and skill across the fleet.
Women continue to serve with honor and skill across the fleet.
Women are an important and growing part of the Navy, and they are here to stay. usni.org/magazines/p...
Women: Still Fighting to Fight | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474
Women are an important and growing part of the Navy, and they are here to stay.
www.usni.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Naval Academy and other Service Academies will soon mark 50 years of women’s enrollment (the Merchant Marine Academy is already there).
Women continue to serve with honor and skill across the fleet.
Women continue to serve with honor and skill across the fleet.
A compelling take on a point that has bothered me in the past. I will enjoy watching with a different perspective.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: It seems people usually rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life' just before Christmas. Can I commend to you this marvelous essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that classic movie.
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
www.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A compelling take on a point that has bothered me in the past. I will enjoy watching with a different perspective.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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This is great to hear, and I hope encouraging to other institutions
Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is great to hear, and I hope encouraging to other institutions
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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Paul McCartney is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Paul McCartney is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Sometimes I can laugh at the president or roll my eyes when he says something wild or ridiculous.
This one just makes me so sad. So deeply sad. I imagine some of you feel the same. Please recognize that, care for it and yourself. It’s rough out there.
This one just makes me so sad. So deeply sad. I imagine some of you feel the same. Please recognize that, care for it and yourself. It’s rough out there.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Sometimes I can laugh at the president or roll my eyes when he says something wild or ridiculous.
This one just makes me so sad. So deeply sad. I imagine some of you feel the same. Please recognize that, care for it and yourself. It’s rough out there.
This one just makes me so sad. So deeply sad. I imagine some of you feel the same. Please recognize that, care for it and yourself. It’s rough out there.
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An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
Dangerous Rogue Waves Aren’t Random—They’re Predictable
An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An 18-year dataset from the North Sea reveals that rogue waves are not freak accidents but particular products of ordinary swells stacking up—an insight that could make prediction possible
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“I think the reason we don’t make those distinctions is because it’s really hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile.”
youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...
youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“I think the reason we don’t make those distinctions is because it’s really hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile.”
youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...
youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...
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Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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Seems like a valid question. Why is ICE considered essential while ATCs are not?
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Seems like a valid question. Why is ICE considered essential while ATCs are not?
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A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
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28 October 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Rudi René Hond was born in Amsterdam.
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
28 October 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Rudi René Hond was born in Amsterdam.
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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The 3 districts facing the highest premium hikes if ACA tax credits expire are all Republican-led districts:
WY: +693%
WV-01: +654%
WV-02: +599%
Republicans would rather abandon their constituents than work with us to reopen the government and protect their health care.
WY: +693%
WV-01: +654%
WV-02: +599%
Republicans would rather abandon their constituents than work with us to reopen the government and protect their health care.
October 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The 3 districts facing the highest premium hikes if ACA tax credits expire are all Republican-led districts:
WY: +693%
WV-01: +654%
WV-02: +599%
Republicans would rather abandon their constituents than work with us to reopen the government and protect their health care.
WY: +693%
WV-01: +654%
WV-02: +599%
Republicans would rather abandon their constituents than work with us to reopen the government and protect their health care.
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Working on my history project and I’ve come across a secondary character who married 4 times, but is a widow only twice (2nd and 4th marriage). 1890s-1910, whose work discusses divorce in the U.S.? What are the chances that she had divorce decrees as middle/working class?
#USHistory
#USHistory
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Working on my history project and I’ve come across a secondary character who married 4 times, but is a widow only twice (2nd and 4th marriage). 1890s-1910, whose work discusses divorce in the U.S.? What are the chances that she had divorce decrees as middle/working class?
#USHistory
#USHistory
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14 October 1922 | A Polish woman, Helena Panek, was born in Dąbrowa Tarnowska.
In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6892
She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6892
She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
14 October 1922 | A Polish woman, Helena Panek, was born in Dąbrowa Tarnowska.
In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6892
She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942.
No. 6892
She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.
--
Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.
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On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
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Something that's so hard with reading history second-hand is to remember that no one knew what was going to come next. Which is archives magic.
Nobody at *this exact moment* knows that Nurse Cavell will become a tragedy and a cause celebre. They just know what she has done, and her family.
Nobody at *this exact moment* knows that Nurse Cavell will become a tragedy and a cause celebre. They just know what she has done, and her family.
On this day nurse #EdithCavell and #PhilipeBaucq were shot at dawn for helping allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War. This is a letter from one of those soldiers.
October 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Something that's so hard with reading history second-hand is to remember that no one knew what was going to come next. Which is archives magic.
Nobody at *this exact moment* knows that Nurse Cavell will become a tragedy and a cause celebre. They just know what she has done, and her family.
Nobody at *this exact moment* knows that Nurse Cavell will become a tragedy and a cause celebre. They just know what she has done, and her family.
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Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
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2 October 1931 | French Jewish girl Alice Huberman was born in Paris.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2 October 1931 | French Jewish girl Alice Huberman was born in Paris.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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#OTD The Senegalese Roll-On/Roll-off ferry Le Joola sank off the coast of The Gambia on Sep. 26, 2002, after capsizing in rough seas while dangerously overloaded with over 1,900 passengers—more than triple its capacity. (1/2) 🧵
#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #TheGambia #Senegal
#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #TheGambia #Senegal
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#OTD The Senegalese Roll-On/Roll-off ferry Le Joola sank off the coast of The Gambia on Sep. 26, 2002, after capsizing in rough seas while dangerously overloaded with over 1,900 passengers—more than triple its capacity. (1/2) 🧵
#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #TheGambia #Senegal
#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #TheGambia #Senegal