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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

LOVE this and also, gonna use that quote in my social media class.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 3d

“Turns out, it wasn’t Twitter we loved. It was each other” @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

when folks ask me how i'm doing, i tell them i got family in the chi and in pdx...their reaction lets me know how informed they are. #iykyk

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 1d

Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth #Science #Biology #Neurobiology #brainresearch #linguistics #fetaldevelopment

Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth

Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

Talked to pres of garden club re: collecting food scraps DOES meet LO's; if someone hasn't written a paper, we should write one... ;)
maybe that'll be where I take the op-ed

Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 2d

LOVE flowers

FeistyEnglishTeacher @flower-power.bsky.social · 2d

Hibiscus continue to produce new buds and flowers. #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastMonday #Flowers #FlowerReport 🌱 #OnlyBeautifulThings #Photography

A hot pink dinner plate size hibiscus with a magenta center rises above four blossoms in various stages of growth . Bright green foliage surrounds the display.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. interc.pt/42vx3lD

A photo illustration of a mother and child, overlaid with the headline, "Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide," and the DEK, "As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world."

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 2d

What's funny = none of them had art, which is what inspired the dataset. #metadata #genai #sourcesmatter

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 2d

As I process someone being banned for advocating for human rights here...
I'm reflecting on 2 GenAI platforms having 2 distinct reads of key terms I manually created for a dataset. Distinct LCSC AND minimal overlap of disciplinary foci.

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ICYMI

himham @himham.bsky.social · 5d

Since you've voluntarily invited a boycott, you get one.

A thread 🧵 about investors in Bluesky, who would love to hear your feedback by phone, snail mail, or email.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing this with my social media students as rec'd reading. Thanks for sharing article AND for TL;DR summaries

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 2d

TFW students are moved by something they read AND you get to report to the homie that students <3'd their work.

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 10d

In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky

We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 3d

Here for the acts of solidarity and humanity...

Chicago News @chicago.thesocial.news · 3d

Brighton Park Gas Station Worker Cheered After Giving Out Supplies To Protesters Tear-Gassed By Feds: ‘We Have To Be Human’

#BlockClubChicago

Brighton Park Gas Station Worker Cheered After Giving Out Supplies To Protesters Tear-Gassed By Feds: 'We Have To Be Human'

Gas station employee Narendra Byrapuneni helped protesters who sought refuge in his Brighton Park store Saturday after they were hit with tear gas by federal agents near the site of fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Rescue teams search for survivors in Indonesia as the boarding school collapse death toll rises to at least 40.

Parents see tragedy, not fault, in Indonesia school collapse

Rescue teams search for survivors in Indonesia as the boarding school collapse death toll rises to at least 40.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3d

Urgent: Please share and give if you can. Donations have slowed and Nema's child is in need of medical treatment.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 5d

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.blackskycomra.de · 5d

New Reading Rainbow theme song.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d

Yep! My friend was telling me her relatives saw them recently in another street in Logan Sq. They’re everywhere in the northwest side today.

Josephine Maria Yanasak-Leszczynski @jmyales.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is currently on the run all over Logan Square/Humboldt Park btw. Anywhere they go, hoards neighborhoods are finding them.

a car is parked in front of a white building with a rooftop garden

ALT: a car is parked in front of a white building with a rooftop garden

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

Colombia: The birthplace of cumbia

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 5d

They removed Ramon Saldivar from the National Council in the Humanities! hyperallergic.com/1046341/trum...

Trump Fires Majority of Federal Humanities Council

Only four members of the council remain, all men and all appointed by the president during his first term, sources told Hyperallergic.

hyperallergic.com

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 5d

Come join me and my wonderful department in a prosperous university in a gorgeous part of the country.

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures

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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 6d

The Trump administration released the first part of a $2.2 billion loan to develop Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine in exchange for taking a stake in the effort.

The Indy spoke with experts at UNR and UNLV to learn more about this kind of deal: thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...

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Mrs. Bayek of Siwa 🇯🇲 @gingiesmom.bsky.social · 6d

Everything sucks right now, eh?

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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