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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 5h

"Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was so strong it met 100% of the extra electricity demand, even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use." 1/2
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Ian S. Pumpkins @icpetrie.bsky.social · 15h

Ah yes, the bold rebranding from Philadelphia Museum of Art to...Philadelphia Art Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a new name and other plans to revive attendance

Chasing an elusive pandemic recovery, the museum is rolling out a slew of changes. It includes a new name and logo, and an embracing of dips into sports, hip hop, and Sylvester Stallone.

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 5h

Well, it’s not “Goethe” so it must be “Schuylkill”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 5h

The chemistry between Kristen Bell and Adam Brody is unbelievable

Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 5h

We should hang out by the pool

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 5h

I will be attending a series of administrative meetings and giving a paper that I have not started thinking about yet

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 6h

Please God

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

Israeli officials are telling reporters the possibility exists that a Gaza deal could be reached as early as tonight.

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CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 7h

#JustIn: Democrats in the state Senate say "future budget considerations" could impact UVA if it signs onto the Trump administration's education compact.

State Senate Democrats tell UVA to not consider education compact

Democrats in the state Senate write that if UVA signs the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, “there will be significant consequences in future Virginia budget cycles.”

www.cbs19news.com

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 15h

Get out your wallets

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 15h

It's a rainy day and I'm sick in bed, so let's see what's in Iris Apfel's estate sale (3-day auction in New Jersey, Oct 15, 16, 17)

www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2160846...

Couture Feather & Silk Coat Auction

Couture feather & silk coat, Stephen Yearick dip dye orange feather and silk taffeta coat, size 12, paired with James Purcell hi-waisted raw silk orange{ellipsis}

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 17h

You’re welcome!

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

I confirm this as a former Columbia

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

in rocky horror they really sell you on how incredible and orgasmic the time warp is right before revealing that it's like babys first line dance

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

That is terrible

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no Carrriiieeeeeee

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

Ok I know I am a year behind but I finally started watching Nobody Wants This and a)Adam Brody is completely believable Rabbi; b) I would totally watch a documentary about the history of documentaries; and c) @shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social was right about the way Jewish women are portrayed in it

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

Sturgeon King

Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

This is so baller

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

As a modern political movement, that’s true. But deeply rooted in Jewish literature for the majority of Jewish history is the desire to return to Zion. (So, for example, “Ode to Zion” by Judah ha-Levi), or, frankly, Psalm 137. Whatever you think about Zionism, the longing for that is very old

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 1d

On this awful second anniversary of October 7th, as we come out of Yamim Noraim (the days of awe) and begin Sukkot, we need to conduct cheshbon ha’nefashot, an accounting of souls.
open.substack.com/pub/bradland...

An accounting of souls

You don’t get to t’shuvah just by accounting. You have to earnestly commit not to keep causing harm, and start working for repair.

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 1d

Ask him back to do Ecclesiastes, he’s awesome at it

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: Saul Zabar, who over seven decades made the Upper West Side food emporium Zabar’s a New York institution, is dead at 97. nyti.ms/42qGl2n

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 2d

Tangentially: my one literary theory is that Gertrude killed Ophelia

Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I am stuck on this part. How can someone have the thought "I am going to write a Happy Ending For Ophelia story about a Good Man" in the first place? It is one of the more famous arcs in literature and it's about a woman thrown into terrible despair by the actions of every man she has ever known.

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it’s like a weird electric harp? Anyway it sometimes sounds baroque and sometimes sounds like the eighties

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 2d

The score is full of creepy synthesizer

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