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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 4h

Ah damn! Maybe another time!

Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 4h

London: Come listen to me prattle on about trans history (and watch Framing Agnes!) at this free event at Birkbeck next week! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 4h

Letting go of defensiveness isn’t easy and no one is perfect at it, but it can completely change your life, your mental health, and your relationships.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 4h

It is no mistake that the heart of nearly every major religion in the world is humility! They were trying to tell us, babes.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 4h

If we all learned how to apologize, self-reflect, and take responsibility for our actions and mistakes literally none of this would be happening to the world.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 23h

Oh hey.
This is nice.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 1d

It is crazy to me how novels from the French Revolution era are somehow more readable than most florid Victorian works. And so blasphemous! They were having such a fun time, literarily.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 1d

Matthew Lewis’ The Monk (1796) is a cautionary tale about listening to the advice of FTM demon twinks that some of you really need to take to heart!

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

I love that the Zoology department was integral to finding text about Merlin that was otherwise invisible to the human eye.

Rare Merlin and King Arthur text found hidden in binding of medieval book

The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries.

www.popsci.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: police used a nationwide network of Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But new docs show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' into the fetus
www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody asked ChatGPT to dumb it down for them.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 1d

Brits interpretation of Ethel Cain trailer gothic is kind of giving more SHEIN Picnic At Hanging Rock vibes.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 2d

Bless all the Cool Mums taking their daughters (various genders) so to see Mother Cain.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone outside Ethel Cain looks like they are ready to Call the Quarters.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 2d

The real shocker is that I walked the length of this line and did not see one (1) person I knew.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 2d

Reader: there are many a chranny here but I will not find a husband in this place. It’s giving Women.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 2d

The line for Ethel Cain is ten blocks long.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 2d

I am so tired of being told that I, a person who got a significant portion of my diet out of dumpsters in my early 20's, hold elitist & "luxury" beliefs by people who have been Professors of Thinking at Harvard since before I was born.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d

If your considered analysis is that everyone has gone completely mad except for you, then is it likely that’s what happened? Or is it you that is the arse here.