Shannon Murray
@shannonkmmurray.bsky.social
I teach Shakespeare and children’s lit on the beautiful Prince Edward Island — and I write about teaching for hope in higher ed.
Rereading The Hobbit, which my students voted in as our last novel for a Children’s Lit class. This line got me: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, the world would be a merrier place.“ Amen.
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Rereading The Hobbit, which my students voted in as our last novel for a Children’s Lit class. This line got me: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, the world would be a merrier place.“ Amen.
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Tech wythout heart ys a horror.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Tech wythout heart ys a horror.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
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At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!
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I realized today that my article on source study and the plot of romeo and juliet was published online a few days ago! i'm very proud of this one & if you're working on R+J or teaching the play, please check it out
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I realized today that my article on source study and the plot of romeo and juliet was published online a few days ago! i'm very proud of this one & if you're working on R+J or teaching the play, please check it out
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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The evil that men do lives after them
September 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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"Our subjects need to be allowed to be their subjects, or else their value will fail."
Useful reminder of what's happening to our jobs and disciplines.
Useful reminder of what's happening to our jobs and disciplines.
August 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"Our subjects need to be allowed to be their subjects, or else their value will fail."
Useful reminder of what's happening to our jobs and disciplines.
Useful reminder of what's happening to our jobs and disciplines.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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“It is essential that we build into our teaching vision a place where spirit matters, a place where our spirits can be renewed and our souls restored. We must become as articulate in naming our joys as we are in naming our suffering.”
—bell hooks
—bell hooks
August 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“It is essential that we build into our teaching vision a place where spirit matters, a place where our spirits can be renewed and our souls restored. We must become as articulate in naming our joys as we are in naming our suffering.”
—bell hooks
—bell hooks
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
August 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
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I could see no compass before me to steer by
August 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I could see no compass before me to steer by
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And today I wrote about the overthrow of tyrants.
Today Is the Original No Kings Day/Happy Bastille Day
Yesterday I wrote, "The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn't making that clear. It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
And today I wrote about the overthrow of tyrants.
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Hamlet: am I just an overthinking coward?
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Can't remember if this speech was in the 2018 Almeida production, but it's never not time for a picture of Andrew Scott; there was at least one show when an audience member replied 'YES!' to the question 'Am I a coward?'
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Can't remember if this speech was in the 2018 Almeida production, but it's never not time for a picture of Andrew Scott; there was at least one show when an audience member replied 'YES!' to the question 'Am I a coward?'
July 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hamlet: am I just an overthinking coward?
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Can't remember if this speech was in the 2018 Almeida production, but it's never not time for a picture of Andrew Scott; there was at least one show when an audience member replied 'YES!' to the question 'Am I a coward?'
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Can't remember if this speech was in the 2018 Almeida production, but it's never not time for a picture of Andrew Scott; there was at least one show when an audience member replied 'YES!' to the question 'Am I a coward?'
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July 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
Last week, with two extraordinary colleagues, Lisa Dickson and @drjessicariddell.bsky.social , we celebrated the power of theatre with our students for a week at @stratfest.bsky.social. We watched three tyrants rant and harm and fail: Leontes, Duke Frederick, and Macbeth. And we saw the reactions.
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last week, with two extraordinary colleagues, Lisa Dickson and @drjessicariddell.bsky.social , we celebrated the power of theatre with our students for a week at @stratfest.bsky.social. We watched three tyrants rant and harm and fail: Leontes, Duke Frederick, and Macbeth. And we saw the reactions.