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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 3h

10 horrors to get to know me

✝️ Frailty
🪡 audition
👰 ready or not
🏒 Friday the 13th part 4
🐺 the howling
🧙‍♂️ the witch
🔥 drag me to hell
🪰 the fly
💀 night of the living dead
🎃 Haloween

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 3h

10 Horrors to Get to Know Me

🎃 Halloween (original)
🦈 Jaws
💀 Army of Darkness
📕 In the Mouth of Madness
🐕 John Carpenter's The Thing
📽️ Sinister
🧟 Night of the Living Dead (original)
📖 Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
👾 Alien
🐙 Creature From the Black Lagoon

James Van Fleevil Dead @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 9h

10 Horrors to Get to Know Me

🪐 Alien
🛍 Dawn of the Dead
📖 Evil Dead II
🪰 The Fly
🎃 Halloween
✉️ The Invitation
🐆 The Leopard Man
📽 Peeping Tom
⌨️ Pulse
🪦 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

It’s a start anyway.

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 17h

This is unexpected....

a man stands in a room holding a glass and says " gentlemen you had my curiosity but now you have my attention "

ALT: a man stands in a room holding a glass and says " gentlemen you had my curiosity but now you have my attention "

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Maryellen MacDonald @maryellenmacdonald.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, kids must read outside of school. Educators know this, sometimes tell parents/caregivers, who sometimes have the resources/interest/time to promote home reading. Estimates of kids' reading (aka print/text exposure) predict reading skill big time. One example from the research lit: rdcu.be/eJTI3

Effects of individual differences in text exposure on sentence comprehension

Scientific Reports - Effects of individual differences in text exposure on sentence comprehension

rdcu.be

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19h

66% of US companies “have already passed through up to 50% of tariff costs” to customers, per KPMG’s latest Tariff Pulse Survey, which polled 300 US-based C-suite and business leaders of companies with annual revenue exceeding $1 billion.

www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...

Tariff-driven price hikes are (still) coming

The increases are just getting started.

www.cfobrew.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky firmly on the side of genocide. Please donate to or share Abo Jameel's fundraiser. Thank you

ultrakin.bsky.social @ultrakin.bsky.social · 1d

@lexialex.bsky.social
Friend الكسندرا
Abo jameel
Today you made a quote for me and it was deleted immediately

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

@cantb.bsky.social and I shared some thoughts/concerns about the proposed higher education compact in this @chronicle.com piece. But I still think that quite a few red-state publics would sign up, if for no other reason than state legislatures would expect it.

Trump Says Signing a New ‘Compact’ Will Benefit Colleges’ Finances. It Could Also Do the Opposite.

Despite the promise of more federal dollars, several provisions could upend an already precarious business model.

www.chronicle.com

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 2d

The advantages of unionization are obvious, so why don’t more workers join unions?

Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.

theconversation.com/the-advantag...

#canlab

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 3d

Maternal Acetaminophen Use and Offspring's Neurodevelopmental Outcome: A Nationwide Birth Cohort Study

Paracetamol/Tylenol during pregnancy does not pose a risk for ADHD, or Autism development.

onlinelibrary.wiley....
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Maternal Acetaminophen Use and Offspring's Neurodevelopmental Outcome: A Nationwide Birth Cohort Study

Background Maternal acetaminophen use during pregnancy is common globally. However, its potential risks for neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disor...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. a Hollywood studio chief was crowing about how great A.I. is because he wouldn’t have to pay ‘all these idiot producers and actors and lighting people and composers and writers and agents.’”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/nation-shudd...

Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text

WASHINGTON—Unable to rest their eyes on a colorful photograph or boldface heading that could be easily skimmed and forgotten about, Americans collectively recoiled Monday when confronted with a solid ...

theonion.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

Given what I've heard from undergrads, it seems a lot of K-12 schools no longer assign novels, especially outside AP classes. Instead, it's all anthologies or even digital anthologies (like Savvas offers) that come with read-aloud options so that kids never have to engage directly with the text.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.

blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence

Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.

blog.dividedargument.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4d

If H‑1Bs “took jobs,” you’d expect lower wages for U.S. grads. The best available studies show the opposite: 1990–2010 H‑1B inflows raised wages of American college grads by 4.2% and non‑college by ~2%, with native employment unchanged.

Think complements, not substitutes.

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CNN @cnn.com · 6d

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

www.cnn.com

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The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 5d

“Good scientists…know the cure for their ignorance is to actively & rigorously test their own assertions. That kind of humility is no different from enduring the hardships required to become a champion…boxer, a great rock climber or a master musician.

It’s time to make that connection explicit.”🧪🛟

“Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. They don't just claim they are right. Instead, they know the cure for their ignorance is to actively and rigorously test their own assertions. That kind of humility is no different from enduring the hardships required to become a champion middleweight boxer, a great rock climber or a master musician.

It's time to make that connection explicit, and the best place to start is with members of Gen Z themselves. If I could talk to that young man on the plane again, I would not simply tell him to exercise caution when it comes to fringe experts. I would instead explain the long traditions of scientific discipline and determination that built the jet he's flying in. Einstein's relativity, evolution and genetics, climate physics on any planet (even alien ones) - these topics are a thousand times more compelling than faked moon landings because they are not the fever-dreams of hucksters but a direct vision of nature's outrageous beauty and complexity. Make the effort to walk down that road, embrace its honesty and humility and you'll be hooked forever.”

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Jason Sterlace @sterlace.bsky.social · 5d

"After 30 years as a researcher, science communicator and university science teacher, I’ve been unsettled by what appears to be a growing skepticism of science among some of my Generation Z students..."

Some people mistakenly believe that skepticism *is* science.

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 5d

“framing science as a debate to be won makes it easy to paint established scientists as opponents who must be overcome”

An interesting thesis and suggestion of a solution

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o... 🎁

Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science

www.nytimes.com

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 5d

“framing science as a debate to be won makes it easy to paint established scientists as opponents who must be overcome”

An interesting thesis and suggestion of a solution

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o... 🎁

Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 4d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Screenshot of message from UPS:

Hi Adam,
All import fees must be paid prior to delivery.
Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied.
Total Amount Due
119.20 USD
Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes.
Pay Now ›

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 4d

OMG I thought I recognized the music in that Claude ad!! My wife and i were trying to figure out out. I hope the $$$ goes to the artists

a man wearing a mask and sunglasses is in a grocery store

ALT: a man wearing a mask and sunglasses is in a grocery store

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5d

There's a reason I pulled out of my talk at Brown this fall, which I explicitly shared with the folks there. The administration's actions added fuel to this exact fire.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

"This is extortion, plain and simple.... The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher education."

A sobering analysis of the illegality of the administration's "compact" and its stakes for higher ed. 🎁🔗

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 4d

Hadn't thought of this before but this would have been a great needle drop in Iris

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

By my read, the only way for a university to comply with this compact is to gut their social sciences, arts, and humanities, and a good chunk of their sciences, too.

www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Peter McInnis @defendeducation.bsky.social · 5d

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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