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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 2d

When you know, you know 🤣

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 2d

I need to purge some books because I am out of shelf space . . .

a man with a wig on his head says nooooo i can 't

Alt: a man with a wig on his head says nooooo i can 't

media.tenor.com

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3d

Is fall festival season causing FOMO? Consider The AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend in Silver Spring, Md. It returns Nov. 6–9 with restorations, rarely-screened gems, silents with live musical accompaniment, delicious pre-Codes, 35mm prints. I'll be introducing a few! silver.afi.com/classic-film...

Classic Film Weekend | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

silver.afi.com

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 3d

I did that during the election. Highly recommend.

Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 5d

Congraulations! I can’t wait to read it.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 7d

This is A+

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 8d

And a million historians cried out “NOOOOOOO”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social · 12d

Wait til you see it. A book-lover's book.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 12d

a man says i would like that very much in front of a schitts creek logo

Alt: a man says i would like that very much in front of a schitts creek logo

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 13d

As someone who lived through their agency getting DOGE’d, this brought everything back.

WIRED @wired.com · 13d

Months after the Department of Government Efficiency's attack on the federal government began, WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 13d

Federal employees have been through enough already. They shouldn’t be pawns in the standoff.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13d

Breaking news: White House budget office instructs agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down Oct. 1, after federal funding runs out.

White House directs mass firings if there is a government shutdown

The Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to federal agencies Wednesday night instructing them to plan for staff reductions, including firings.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15d

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 15d

SAME

Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 15d

What time is the rapture? Do I have time for more coffee?

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations!

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 21d

NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 24d

Fox really thinks America is more interested in Giants-Cowboys than Eagles-Chiefs.

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in a chair in an office .

Alt: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in a chair in an office shaking his head

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 28d

“We do more before 9 am than most people do all day.”

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 29d

But then he wouldn’t have time to podcast.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 29d

Today is publication day for The Nursing Clio Reader. As I write in the preface of the book, I started Nursing Clio back when I was a second-semester grad student as part of a final project in a public humanities seminar taught by historian Matthew Countryman at UMich. 🧵

A picture of Jacki Antonovich standing in front of a copy of The Nursing Clio Reader on a book shelf.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · Sep 7

You know what wins real wars against peer opponents? Warehouses full of bombs and bullets and tourniquets, maintenance crew to service the vehicles that move them and "warriors" to where they need to go, and boring spreadsheets to tell you how much of everything you have. Logistics! Logistics!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · Sep 8

2025 makes everything harder. Hang in there.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 6

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · Sep 5

At the federal agency I worked at, every new administration, like clockwork, would spend $$$ on a rebrand to make us “more relevant.” So much money spent to fundamentally misinterpret our mission. Same here.

WIRED @wired.com · Sep 5

How far the rebranding might go is unclear, but any comprehensive effort would saddle taxpayers with costs in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars.

Read more: www.wired.com/story/depart...

Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department

President Donald Trump said the so-called Department of War branding is to counter the “woke” Department of Defense name.

www.wired.com

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excellent! I told some friends it felt like a small victory after RFK Jr’s testimony.

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