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Freddie O’Connell @freddieoconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Polls are open!

Nashville, we have an important special election in one of the three congressional districts that now cover the city.

If you live in TN-7, you have an important federal accountability moment.

#Vote #BeAVoter

vote.nashville.gov

Davidson County Election Commission | Nashville.gov

Official website of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 1d

There are some very strange things going on at the Library of Congress. I’m doing searches for news articles from the Civil Rights Era. Political cartoons. That sort of thing. They used to be easily found.

That stuff is VERY hard to find now. Things are missing, people.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

Cover of the book, "I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

Wondering why Ben and Huw have not done an episode on Bari Weiss.

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Courtney Joslin @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social · 1d

"The Vanderbilt Chapter of the AAUP stands with the national AAUP, the AAUP chapters of the other targeted universities, and members of the Vanderbilt community in opposing the Compact and demanding that our administration do so as well."

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

It's like Jack Benny's routine, where the robber says, "your money or your life!" and Benny can't decide.

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Andy Pinedo @profandy.bsky.social · 1d

Proud that the Vanderbilt AAUP has collectively and publicly declared opposition to the Trump compact for higher education: vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

vanderbiltaaup.org

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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 1d

Vandy AAUP on the Compact. Share widely!

"We join the @aaup.org National Leadership in urging the Board of Trust, Chancellor Diermeier, Provost Raver, & the Vanderbilt leadership to completely reject this Trump loyalty oath & any other that seeks to commandeer Vanderbilt’s institutional autonomy."

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

vanderbiltaaup.org

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

vanderbiltaaup.org

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

Mostly, the tariffs imposed by the Radical Leftist president of the United States have killed their profits.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d

In case of confusion, consult Genesis 25.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.

Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.

Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:

The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 4d

Nice university you've got there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 6d

And before you know it, pragmatism calls for everyone to be a second-class citizen except cis-het Christian White men.

The Oprah "You get a car" meme. She's saying, "You lose your rights! And you lose your rights! And you lose your rights! Everyone but Christian white men lose their rights!"

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 6d

Folks who have been paying attention will observe that there is a pattern in "reasonable moderate Democrat" rhetoric of first conceding to GOP demands to give ground on trans people's rights, which leads to calls to also give ground on women's rights, on POC rights, on immigrant rights, ...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 6d

Dr. @drjengunter.bsky.social's blog, "Bodily Autonomy Is Not A Bargaining Chip" is an excellent, forceful rebuttal to Ezra Klein's idea that Democrats should be prepared to throw women's rights under the bus to win some red state elections.

vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-ezra-...

Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip

Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk

vajenda.substack.com

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 6d

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 6d

Vanderbilt is hiring an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Climate and/or Environmental Policy. This is a 3-year (potentially renewable) non-tenure-track teaching position with a 3-2 load and emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching. Details at apply.interfolio.com/173713

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 6d

Vanderbilt is hiring a Mellon Assistant Professor in Climate or Environmental Humanities. This is a non-tenure-track 3-year position with a 2-2 teaching load. Any historical period and cultural field, especially folks working in arts or public humanities. Details at apply.interfolio.com/173717

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 7d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komabay...

Komabayashi–Ingersoll limit - Wikipedia

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 7d

There's a minimum threshold of solar intensity (the Kombayashi-Ingersoll limit) necessary to drive a runaway greenhouse effect of the sort Venus experienced (where entire oceans evaporate). Sunlight is that intense for Venus, but the Earth is much too far from the sun to be vulnerable.

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 7d

More persistent than nuclear waste. After 10,000 years, only 0.03% of radioactivity from high-level nuclear waste remains, but 25% of CO2 remains in the atmosphere, according to the Archer paper you cite.

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 7d

Also, the FAIR model Zeke used here is available as a python module and should be easy to install and run on your computer.

docs.fairmodel.net/en/latest/

FaIR: Finite Amplitude Impulse Response simple climate model — fair 2.2.1+7.gce06ad5 documentation

docs.fairmodel.net

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