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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 5h

Fall break's over. Back to work teaching the Greatest Novel of All Time.

a worn paperback copy of Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House with a blue sticker on it in front of a pillow made by my mom

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 5h

Finally naming the museum after the neighborhood it's in.

Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: the Philadelphia Museum of Art is now the Philadelphia Art Museum and it has a mythological-beast-forward new logo:

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Truman Chipotle @bravepixels.bsky.social · 5h

This logo rocks! Philadelphia FTW.

Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: the Philadelphia Museum of Art is now the Philadelphia Art Museum and it has a mythological-beast-forward new logo:

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5h

What we don't talk about enough is the dignity harm suffered by women who have to share the public sphere with guys who go around talking about our bodies like we're a public resource whose use and distribution they're qualified to determine.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 21h

You mean like: check to see if you have any clues pertaining to the whereabouts of Amelia Earhart...on your desk?

CNN @cnn.com · 22h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 21h

No amount of compliance is enough. No concessions are sufficient. Valid critiques can be made of our institutions, but these people are not making such critiques. This is what they want to do, and they're going to keep doing it.
www.firstalert4.com/2025/10/04/c...

Conservative non-profit calls on DOJ to look into WashU med school

A conservative non-profit is asking the DOJ to look into Washington University’s medical school.

www.firstalert4.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 9d

There is a playlist of every song mentioned in the book, you can listen to it via 🍎 🎶

music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

Camus, Kierkegaard, Charles Schulz

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Phillies fans-

Who so you read for info on your team? Thanks.

I read all the mainstream writers but what about the under-the-radar all-knowing fans?

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sitting on a pilot script, here, that's filled with empty Yuengling bottles. How much is it worth to you if we could change those to Stateside Vodka Soda cans?

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

That's really my question. Like, it's absolutely in the script as local color, so does HBO send Rita's a bill? Or were there drafts where his daughter works at Primo Hoagies or Wawa, and HBO set up a bidding war?

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

Is Rita's paying for water ice product placement in TASK?

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

Graham Platner is going to serve up this news clip with a side of horseradish and cocktail sauce.

(Because he's an oyster guy.)

(Who's running against Susan Collins.)

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

One of Sen. Collins idea to break logjam: Dems give votes to reopen government with a “commitment” to negotiate on ACA premium tax credits. She says it’s not entirely clear what Democrats think of this

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about the current moment is that a lot of people who would probably call you hysterical if you said you didn't believe there would be a 2028 election are acting the way they might if they didn't believe there was going to be a 2028 election

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Melvillains — my friend Rachel has a sizzling new essay on Melvillainy in J19 — get on board!

Rachel Banner @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social · 1d

I joke that it took me twenty years to figure out how to get this off my chest about Herman Melville, starting from my first encounter as an undergrad in 2005. But it kind of did. So thrilled that this essay has a home at J19: Project MUSE - Melville's Idea of a Wife muse.jhu.edu/article/970112

Project MUSE - Melville's Idea of a Wife

muse.jhu.edu

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

If people have ideas about reforming higher ed in this country — especially around academic labor issues — then terrific! But Linda MacMahon doesn't have ideas about how to reform higher education any more than our pest control guy has ideas about how to reform the squirrel community in our attic.

I am purposefully “belittling” a “conservative idea.” Or maybe I am not. I’m not really sure what the legal threshold of “belittling” is, and while I have a pretty good idea which ideas should be considered “conservative” (I studied American conservatism in graduate school with one of the premier historians of the subject), I am pretty sure McMahon does not.

So let’s run this “belittlement” experiment: The policies and goals of the “compact” McMahon proposed to nine university presidents is silly. It’s written by a team of people who have no idea how higher education is run or funded. It’s a petty effort at federal, centralized control of a collection of private and state-run institutions.

OK. So that’s belittlement, almost certainly.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

There's a vague, "well, higher ed *could* use some reform, right?" sentiment I see creeping much further left than you'd imagine in response to Trump's attacks on colleges. @sivav.bsky.social does a great job unpacking the unseriousness of his "COMPACT" here:
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

"there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

- my dog, refusing to come inside from the backyard at night when we're trying to go to bed

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome news — Kate Scott is great!

Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 1d

Some WNBA broadcast news -- Kate Scott (you might know her from the Pac 12 network, the 76ers, and more) will be the lead voice for USA Network in its debut into WNBA coverage. www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

USA Network names 76ers announcer Kate Scott as lead broadcaster for WNBA coverage

Scott recently made history as the first woman to announce an NFL regular-season game for Westwood One Radio Network.

www.nytimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV

But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.

www.newyorker.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

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Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Also not unrelated to the "hostage situation" you've described. There are HUGE stakes to the fanbase being united in response to every utterance. If we don't all clap, then this all goes away.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 2d

"I've decided to take my talents to...Costco. This month, I'm partnering with Kirkland Signature fine wines to introduce the King James Reserve Collection."

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 2d

I finally got a chance to write one of my dream assignments, an in depth evaluation of Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor whose achievements and methods cast a long shadow over the field, and whose work is often misunderstood.

slate.com/culture/2025...

Only One Performer Has Won Three Best Actor Oscars. Is It Fair That He’s Also a Joke?

He might be the greatest actor of all time—and the most misunderstood.

slate.com

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