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I want the subtitle of this book to be:
“And I’m a Carolingian Girl.”
“And I’m a Carolingian Girl.”
I am very excited to announce (and show off the awesome cover of) a new edited volume coming in December! Just the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for your favorite Carolingian aficionados! #Medieval
September 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I want the subtitle of this book to be:
“And I’m a Carolingian Girl.”
“And I’m a Carolingian Girl.”
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melissa etheridge doing a Red Wine Supernova bridge into I Want To Come Over... this is what they mean by herstory
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
melissa etheridge doing a Red Wine Supernova bridge into I Want To Come Over... this is what they mean by herstory
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🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
2. Contact your elected officials
www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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this is violence against the American people and should be met in kind.
1) If you have had Covid you are at risk.
2) THEY AREN’T FUCKING “BOOSTERS” THEY ARE NEW SHOTS. THE VIRUS MUTATES.
3) They are able to do this because the uptake is already so low. This is not the end game, it’s an opening gambit.
2) THEY AREN’T FUCKING “BOOSTERS” THEY ARE NEW SHOTS. THE VIRUS MUTATES.
3) They are able to do this because the uptake is already so low. This is not the end game, it’s an opening gambit.
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
May 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
this is violence against the American people and should be met in kind.
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yup.
This totally glosses over the fact that the boosters differ from each other because they are tuned to the actively circulating variants (assuming the scientists guessed about right). Booster 7 and booster 4 protect against different strains
May 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
yup.
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the new Indigo de Souza song is so, so good -- first time I heard their work I was browsing in a Columbus record store and the song was "Take Off Ur Pants," & I was like "well, I'm not really the target market for this but God that's good." same thing here. giant wow www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qse...
Indigo De Souza - Heartthrob (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by IndigoDeSouzaVEVO
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May 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
the new Indigo de Souza song is so, so good -- first time I heard their work I was browsing in a Columbus record store and the song was "Take Off Ur Pants," & I was like "well, I'm not really the target market for this but God that's good." same thing here. giant wow www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qse...
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related, keep an eye out for fired federal workers announcing runs for office.
virginia is practically the epicenter of trump's attacks on the federal government and if warner can't credibly perform opposition to the president then i think he's toast. the real question is whether there is a virginia democrat ambitious enough to throw caution to the wind and go after him.
May 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
related, keep an eye out for fired federal workers announcing runs for office.
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this is criminal
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is criminal
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i know they're spineless reactionary cowards but the NYT publishing "we should all just calm down and object reasonably" while the US is kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps against federal court orders is indefensible
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
i know they're spineless reactionary cowards but the NYT publishing "we should all just calm down and object reasonably" while the US is kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps against federal court orders is indefensible
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we need to elect this man as our mayor
We’re just two months away from Election Day, yet 50% of New Yorkers still have no idea who I am or what this movement is all about.
The only way we can win is by bringing our message to as many doors as possible — and we need your help to do so.
The only way we can win is by bringing our message to as many doors as possible — and we need your help to do so.
April 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
we need to elect this man as our mayor
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whatever you are excited about today you are still not as excited as I am about this, I am a living version of Tyler's "un-follow me now I have wanted this for years, fuck" tweet about this
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
John Darnielle and the Two Medieval Geoffreys | Modern Philology: Vol 122, No 4
Abstract John Darnielle’s 2022 novel, Devil House, explicitly alludes to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De gestis Britonum and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas to explore the ethics of writing historical...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
whatever you are excited about today you are still not as excited as I am about this, I am a living version of Tyler's "un-follow me now I have wanted this for years, fuck" tweet about this
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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this is literally my favorite film/play/thing -- I rented it from Music Plus in 1986 or 7, and it changed my life.
I started watching this recording of The Gospel at Colonus last night just to see the early number, "Stop, Do Not Go On," and ended up watching the whole thing. This is truly one of the greatest cultural creations of our time, and still too little known.
youtu.be/8ZyQP_zrD2U...
youtu.be/8ZyQP_zrD2U...
The Gospel at Colonus
By Lee Breuer and Bob Telson
1985 production at the American Musical Theatre Festival, Philadelphia
The performers include Morgan Freeman as The Messenger, Carl Lumbly as Theseus, Jevetta Steele as Ismene, and Robert Earl Jones as Creon. The Soul Stirrers (credited collectively) and the Institutio
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is literally my favorite film/play/thing -- I rented it from Music Plus in 1986 or 7, and it changed my life.
Measles is no fucking joke this is terrifying
A new analysis by Stanford epidemiologists predicts that measles could become endemic again in the US in the next 20 years.
This would be a catastrophic failure and a result of anti-vax propaganda. Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that was declared eliminated in the US in 2000.
This would be a catastrophic failure and a result of anti-vax propaganda. Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that was declared eliminated in the US in 2000.
April 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Measles is no fucking joke this is terrifying
nothing like going to bed early and then being woken up at 9:15pm by the hospice calling.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
nothing like going to bed early and then being woken up at 9:15pm by the hospice calling.
found myself fighting sleep for hours until I finally gave in and had a meal and now I am finally sleepy. I’m always a little fond and incredulous that this is how my body wants to work. WILD that the brain needs fuel to rest, tbh.
April 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
found myself fighting sleep for hours until I finally gave in and had a meal and now I am finally sleepy. I’m always a little fond and incredulous that this is how my body wants to work. WILD that the brain needs fuel to rest, tbh.
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SB1 does a lot of other horrific things as well—enforcing ideological capture and state oversight at the hiring and curricular level on Ohio public colleges.
Ohio college presidents decided to stay neutral on the bill as it was passed. It’s on them too.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
Ohio college presidents decided to stay neutral on the bill as it was passed. It’s on them too.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
Senate Bill 1 guts academic freedom and reshapes Ohio’s public universities • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Republican higher education overhaul substitutes governmental edicts for academic freedom; eliminates all diversity and inclusion activities on campuses; restricts how faculty teach; and bans...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SB1 does a lot of other horrific things as well—enforcing ideological capture and state oversight at the hiring and curricular level on Ohio public colleges.
Ohio college presidents decided to stay neutral on the bill as it was passed. It’s on them too.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
Ohio college presidents decided to stay neutral on the bill as it was passed. It’s on them too.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
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Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
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That’s why it’s worth primarying every member of congress who has outstayed their welcome and force them to decide between having to run an actual campaign or retirement.
WOW!
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Weeks after @katmabu.bsky.social announced that she was taking her on in the Democratic primary, it's reported that Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will retire rather than face Abughazaleh, who outpaced the congresswoman's first quarter fundraising in just one week
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement
The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge.
www.politico.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
That’s why it’s worth primarying every member of congress who has outstayed their welcome and force them to decide between having to run an actual campaign or retirement.
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The thing is if the pope had died a day after meeting Kamala Harris your uncle whose emails you had to mark as spam would be on FB for the next four years sharing 1000-word posts about a vast conspiracy and the posts would be accompanied by AI images that drained you of the will to live
I have it on good authority from my sources inside the Vatican that JD Vance killed the pope
April 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The thing is if the pope had died a day after meeting Kamala Harris your uncle whose emails you had to mark as spam would be on FB for the next four years sharing 1000-word posts about a vast conspiracy and the posts would be accompanied by AI images that drained you of the will to live
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I am opposed to the stanning of politicians living or dead, generally and universally, stan/fan attitudes around public servants are poisonous but having said that this dude appears to be putting in the work right now
Fuck him up!
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I am opposed to the stanning of politicians living or dead, generally and universally, stan/fan attitudes around public servants are poisonous but having said that this dude appears to be putting in the work right now
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A physician in Texas saw patients and offered quack treatments while he himself was sick from measles. This is completely unethical.
April 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A physician in Texas saw patients and offered quack treatments while he himself was sick from measles. This is completely unethical.
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Can confirm. Absolutely awful.
BREAKING: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is firing 1,500 workers, and will soon have only about 200 remaining.
That means the CFPB will be largely unable to carry out its mission of overseeing financial institutions and regulating companies that scam consumers.
That means the CFPB will be largely unable to carry out its mission of overseeing financial institutions and regulating companies that scam consumers.
April 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Can confirm. Absolutely awful.
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I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. So I finally did.
It was never about antisemitism
From abducting college students to an attack on a Jewish governor, Trump’s real motivations remain clear.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. So I finally did.
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Good thread. No action taken to bring the administration to heel in this moment would be excessive, in my view. They work for us and we must revoke our consent
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
1/
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
1/
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Good thread. No action taken to bring the administration to heel in this moment would be excessive, in my view. They work for us and we must revoke our consent
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In any functioning democracy the elimination of an extant department that protects children from lead poisoning would be a game ender for the entire administration under which it occurred.
I’ll expect a strong statement from Chuck Schumer and some fundraising texts.
I’ll expect a strong statement from Chuck Schumer and some fundraising texts.
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In any functioning democracy the elimination of an extant department that protects children from lead poisoning would be a game ender for the entire administration under which it occurred.
I’ll expect a strong statement from Chuck Schumer and some fundraising texts.
I’ll expect a strong statement from Chuck Schumer and some fundraising texts.