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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1h

I hope you were gently corrected 😂

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1h

yeah people also don’t know what to do with “Siskiyous”

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1h

Oregon

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

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

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 2h

she’s still saving me pretty much daily

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 4h

This really is beyond parody

Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 4h

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 6d

Incredible reporting from @nicolechung.bsky.social -- well done

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 2h

my first editorial roles, some of my favorite writing assignments, and my dog

also there was the time I made a wishlist for my mom—who had just been diagnosed with cancer—and online friends and strangers bought every item on it in a single day

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 4h

💛

closeup of golden retriever sleeping on a blue and white mat with one of her front paws curled up under her head

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 4h

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 16h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Dan!

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

DC! Join me at @politicsprose.bsky.social on Saturday, 10/18 to celebrate 🎉 National Book Award finalist 🎉 @meghamaj.bsky.social and her hauntingly gorgeous new novel A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF

Megha Majumdar — A Guardian and a Thief - with Nicole Chung — at Conn Ave

Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

politics-prose.com

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin is threatening not to pay furloughed federal workers -- except that would be illegal, and Trump himself signed the law requiring them to get back pay www.huffpost.com/entry/govern... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social

Trump Administration Threatens To Buck The Law, Not Pay Furloughed Federal Workers

Except that Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.

www.huffpost.com

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

@longreads.com

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 4d

Very much worth a read:

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

Open adoption, a social worker told me, is “an agreement based on promises.” But what happens if some of those promises—to regularly communicate, send updates and photos, allow visits, etc.—aren’t honored? What, if anything, can birth mothers do to protect themselves?

🎁 link:

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4d

This is so beautifully reported and written.

In many cases, birth mothers are the ones who decrease or cut off contact in an open adoption, whether because of financial precarity, health problems, or other challenges. Some pull back because they find it too painful to maintain contact with the child they’re not raising. Several of the birth mothers I spoke with said they wished they’d received more mental-health support from their adoption agency. Fura told me she didn’t realize that placing her daughter for adoption “would be a forever grieving.” Visiting and then leaving her child, she said, used to plunge her into a deep depression, though she kept visiting. Later, when she had a second child, the grief from placing the first threatened to overwhelm her: “I thought I didn’t deserve to have a baby because I gave one away.”

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 3d

Fantastic piece on open adoption and its challenges for birth parents. 🥚👇🏽
#adopteesky

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

I think we are all in dire need of a brain cleanse so here you go 🥹 www.theverge.com/report/79080...

The quest for every Gap store playlist ever

Gap Playlists is an exercise in data collection and nostalgia.

www.theverge.com

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 2d

I know we're all focused on the actions of a unbridled executive...but another major danger right now is that the Speaker of the House is refusing to sit a duly elected representative.

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 2d

Updating this chart because the prior version is out of date. With Mike Johnson refusing to convene the House, the soonest Democrat Adelita Grijalva can get sworn in—and provide the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files—is now three weeks after winning the #AZ07 special election.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 2d

So cool! Brennan Gilmore captured this photo of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) on Saturday about 10 miles east of Charlottesville.

This comet might become visible to the naked eye later this month.

More info at cwg.live

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 2d

okay, that’s enough. let’s take the rest of the week off.

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