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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 4h

If only we held men to the same standards we hold women to.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah I think Katie Porter is done.

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 10h

We are always looking for submissions, all year around!

Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 6h

we're at the point where MTG makes sense... jesus

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 17h

#OTD 1 yr ago: Alice Casalini @UChicago introduces DIGA, the created with the intention of digitizing artifacts from Gandhāra scattered all around the world.

Check it out 👇
#streamline #workflow #digitaltools #DHinpractice #DHresources

digitalorientalist.com/2024/10/08/t...

The DiGA Project—Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts: An Interview with Jessie Pons and Cristiano Moscatelli (Part 1)

In the field of Buddhist art, recent years have seen more and more digitization projects that center around the art and archaeology of Gandhāra.1 Produced between the 1st c. BCE and the 5th c. CE, …

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 17h

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Help us spread the word

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Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 1d

Hybrid meeting: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Biblical Hebrew, 7 November 2025, 9:30–17:00 (CET), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/online. Register here: networkinstitute.org/2025/10/03/e...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 1d

This week, Emma Donington explores the #digital storytelling facilitated by #digitizing the Royal Botanic #Gardens’ collections. The article examines digitised Japanese specimens and showcases Kew’s database platforms, digitisation techniques, and digital collections now public!

#newpost #DHaccess

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"Sometimes these women shed their pelts in some secret place / To become human women again."

Read more of "The Dog" by aracelis girmay, from LARB Quarterly, no. 46: Alien. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/from-aracelis-girmays-the-dog/

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

One day. Five hundred miles. Three town halls in small town Maine. Four hundred people.

We will leave no person and no place behind.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d

Religious extremism isn’t about Bible stories or faith in a god, it ‘s about manipulation via power & obedience - no point arguing against those using ideas of Jesus - they don’t give a toss about Jesus - similarly, many terrorists are more driven by being abusive men than any religious texts

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 3d

That’s what i don’t get.

Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 5d

nothing compared to what he deserved. Absolutely terrible.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · 5d

Strange country. Unwilling to ban guns in case of government overreach, but willing to ban apps due to government overreach.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 5d

📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!

Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.

Applications due Nov 17, 2025.

Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

2025-26 Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants. Apply by November 17, 2025: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

Call for Applications. MEAP invites applications for its eighth cohort of projects to document, digitize and make accessible collections at risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on the open access UCLA Library Digital Collections platform.

Application Details
All MEAP applications must be submitted online. The online application portal is now open at meap.smapply.io

Preliminary applications due: November 17, 2025
Detailed applications due for invited applicants: February 20, 2026

Funding Available
Regional Grants
Opportunity to expand on previous MEAP digitization. Create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories.

Project Grants
Funding for digitizing and documenting archival content or curating already-digital assets.

Planning Grants
Funding to evaluate and prepare materials for digitization.

2025 MEAP Application Webinar Thursday, October 9, 2025. 8 a.m. PDT
Register: ucla.in/4nvcb6F

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 5d

Of interest to the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social’s audience!

UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 5d

📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!

Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.

Applications due Nov 17, 2025.

Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 6d

#tbt to a piece by Chris Diamond, contributor for #DH in Indian literature and culture

Do you like 🎙️ podcasts?

Diamond and colleagues did one on the topic of digital repatriation. Here, he details the steps behind this work👇

#DHtools #DHinpractice #teaching
digitalorientalist.com/2023/03/17/p...

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Maddalena Poli @madpoli.bsky.social · 7d

pointless if after pushing once, you let them tell lie after lie for another 45 secs.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 8d

Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 8d

House Republicans didn’t even show up for work today, and they’re going to blame Democrats for shutting down the government? Please.

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 8d

Today Brian Tsz Ho Wong (@edinburghuni) completes his series on the NDLJP Full-Text Search System using the system to identify different locations visited by politicians in the 1940s.

Check out the latest installment, with links to part 1 &2
digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/30/u...

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