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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 1d

My neighbour: isn’t it a little early to have your Halloween decorations up?
Me:

a man wearing an orange pumpkin mask is pointing up

ALT: a man wearing an orange pumpkin mask is pointing up

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 2d

Where was the O-line? Embarrassing job of protecting the QB

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley.

Ex-NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez stabbed multiple times in altercation leading to charges against him

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley.

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 3d

An interesting essay that ties in to what @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social have been writing about in their book The Politics of Feeling

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | The West Is Lost

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 4d

[T]he act “was caused by an uproar over the actions of the chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Spencer Clark,” who had “placed himself on a five-cent note and had a large quantity of them printed before it was noticed.” 🤣😆🤣😆

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 6d

To the fox that pooped in my window box

a man is talking on a cell phone with the words " what i do have are a very particular set of skills " written below him

ALT: a man is talking on a cell phone with the words " what i do have are a very particular set of skills " written below him

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 Congrats to Caleb Tan!

@ucl.ac.uk Geography student wins the @rgsibg.bsky.social PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for research on transnational migrants’ experiences of National Service in Singapore, exploring mobility, identity, and citizenship.

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/ucl-caleb

Caleb Tan wins RGS-IBG PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

Caleb Tan, a UCL Geography student, has won the PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for his research on transnational migrants’ experiences of National Service in Singapore.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 6d

Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 6d

Faustian pact on offer. Time for collective courage, if such a thing exists any more.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 8d

“We’re living through a golden age for losers who don’t seem to realize how much they keep telegraphing their loserdom to the rest of us.”

Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 9d

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

We’re Being Ruled Over by the World’s Biggest Losers

They effectively control our fates, but deep down, they know they’re sniveling, pathetic, and inadequate, and it eats them up.

www.thenation.com

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 10d

I love the idea that every professor can spend departmental money. If that was true we would have better coffee.

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 12d

In Britain, a former far-right Reform party politician has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian viewpoints.

Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.com

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to discussing @benandersongeog.bsky.social & Anna Secor's brilliant new @goldsmithspress.bsky.social book, The Politics of Feeling, with the authors and @jemgilbert.bsky.social on 25th Nov - all welcome, register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...

The Politics of Feeling and this Conjunctural Crisis

A workshop on the politics of feeling in this conjunctural crisis, with Anna Secor, Ben Anderson, Will Davies, Jeremy Gilbert.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 13d

My money is on Dean Cain

08:49
Hybrid attacks are here to stay, says minister
As a reminder, Minister of Defence, Troels Lund Poulsen, earlier classed the drones as a
"hybrid attack", saying they seemed to be the work of a "professional actor".

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Kinlika @kinlika.bsky.social · 16d

'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol

2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.

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No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children

In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 15d

I recommend this article, which provides an excellent introduction to the history both of the term autism and the ways in which the label has been applied to a changing set of human characteristics, in line with changing scientific and diagnostic approaches.

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How autism became autism - Bonnie Evans, 2013

This article argues that the meaning of the word ‘autism’ experienced a radical shift in the early 1960s in Britain which was contemporaneous with a growth in e...

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 17d

A dagger pointed at the heart of America

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Giovanna Di Mauro, PhD @giovannadimauro.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled and honoured to have an entry published on @lseusablog.bsky.social where I reflect on politics and pop culture. Enjoy the reading!

LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social · 23d

The blurred line has vanished writes @giovannadimauro.bsky.social of Zayed University, and politics has become pop culture blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

The 2026 Midterms: The blurred line has vanished, and politics has become pop culture | USAPP

Recent years have seen a blurring of the line between presidential politics and popular culture.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 22d

Now that it’s the time of year when the obscurely-funded right wing Restore Trust, a private company, try once again to take over the National Trust, my annual reminder of what they want to do with our history & heritage.

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Culture Warriors’ Attacks on the National Trust

Charles Moore uses the Spectator of 3 June to rally support for a rebel National Trust group. Calling themselves Restore Trust, this group of disaffected members and former members bemoan the insti…

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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 22d

on.ft.com/46mnJlf Banks tighten debt terms as squeezed UK universities refinance loans

Banks tighten debt terms as squeezed UK universities refinance loans

Almost half of the sector’s providers run a deficit, as some institutions secure funding against campus sites

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 23d

@washingtonpost.com confirming yet again that so many of us made the right call when we canceled our subscriptions.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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