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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 8d

There is exactly one way to rapidly cut pollution at scale, save money both at the govt and household level, and do it without federal help.

The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.

Every climate person should be working on this.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

City Hall: Experts at King’s College London estimated that, from when the Mayor came into office in 2016, without additional action it would take 193 years for London to meet legal limits. It has been achieved in nine years.

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 15d

It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.

Cover of the latest issue of the journal Medieval Perspectives

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 15d

Point Reyes Blue is a world-class cheese and I will die on that hill

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 20d

Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here.

There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 19d

The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

www.cambridge.org

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 19d

Just note that if you click through and watch the video, you will see a person being thrown to the ground—and, if you have sound on, it's even more sickening.

Excessive force at a minimum.

Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 19d

And again, why are these agents kitted out like they are going into Mogadishu?

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 20d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 21d

I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21d

This is all he said.

amieraugie.bsky.social @amieraugie.bsky.social · 21d

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 21d

Ta-Nehisi Coates, worth reading (as always)

"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 21d

The data on political violence have been clear for a long time.

The Economist @economist.com · 22d

The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence in America. This is what the data show econ.st/4nqZysO

Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 22d

History is cool!

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 22d

TIL that a curfew is also a literal object! the word has its roots in the French couvrefeu - "cover fire" - and was used to denote a bell rung to warn people to cover their fires overnight to prevent the outbreak of flames between wooden houses. a curfew was a bell-shaped cover for embers!

a brass bell shaped fire cover with a handle worked with pretty flowers

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 23d

I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.

Image of the first page of an article in the journal Medieval Perspectives

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 24d

30 seconds to make your voice heard. Call now.

Protect US Passport Holders from Political Retribution ⭑ 5 Calls

Rep. Bill Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has added a provision to H.R. 5300, the State Department reauthorization …

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations!!!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29d

wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america

Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

www.nytimes.com

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Sep 9

union power is people power is written in white on a black background

ALT: union power is people power is written in white on a black background

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am officially "I hurt my knee cleaning the bathroom" years old.

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · Sep 4

📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...

The programme for the TOEBI 2025 annual conference featuring 20 minute papers, lightning papers, workshops, and a round table discussion on Education and Early Medieval England as well as a Viking walking tour in the evening and conference dinner.

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Sep 1

Billy Doth Bragg

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ther ys power yn a union

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just got a book from an academic press where every third page is uncut. Good think I have a paper knife! Feeling very C18 up in here

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Aug 23

“Service doesn’t just happen when young adults don a uniform in health care, fire protection or a climate corps. It happens every day when they absorb inflated housing costs, heavier taxes and mounting environmental debts so their elders don’t have to.”

Gen Z doesn’t need a year of national service. They’re already drafted into decades of service for older Canadians

Their service is baked into housing markets, government budgets and the deteriorating health of our planet

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 22

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16.

Special Issue Submissions - AHA

Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Aug 22

"He tempts you with the promise that every cruel, fearful, punitive impulse you have aligns with The Way Things Are Supposed To Be, and that it is even your grim duty is to indulge them. In this respect, James Dobson was very much like Satan."

James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector

James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public, repe...

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Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social · Aug 21

I think that’s called “community”

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Building alternatives

EASIER TO DO
Bring community together. Organize a potluck or clothing swap. Get folks together to talk about what they fear or hope in the times ahead.

MEDIUM TO DO
HARDER TO DO"

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Looking for what to do? Some Actions to Stop Authoritarianism

Looking for what to do?Some Actions to Stop Authoritarianism Maybe you’re wondering, “What should I do in these times?” What we have put down here are some meaningful places to start — doable, loca...

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