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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 9d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 13d

That is what this entire account is dedicated to making happen! www.panaccindex.info

Pandemic Accountability Index | JJ Kogburne | Substack

A public registry of pandemic disinformation artists, the latest medical research on COVID-19, and biting commentary. Click to read Pandemic Accountability Index, by JJ Kogburne, a Substack publicatio...

www.panaccindex.info

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 10d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 10d

When my colleagues want to know why I’m singing this all day, I’ll be sure to show this to them.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, has died at 95.

Sara Jane Moore, Would-Be Assassin of President Ford, Dies at 95

A mother of four on the fringes of radical leftist movements, she fired at the president outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975. She had hoped to spark a revolution, she said.

nyti.ms

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 14d

The many many women & BIPOC who‘ve been endlessly repeating ourselves (& being erased) since the dawn of computing were not & are not prescient or ahead of their/our time…

Eugenics isn’t a bug—it’s a feature! We were & are excluded by design & intention…these predicted outcomes aren’t accidents!

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 14d

Officer Dicksmack McPowerTrip is working the scanner at the Independence entrance today.

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dr. eerie katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 14d

Smithsonian Folklife Festival is hiring for all sorts of different seasonal festival positions, applications due Oct 14 festival.si.edu/jobs

Jobs & Internships

Job openings are listed here when available.

festival.si.edu

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Nathaniel S. Katz @nathanielskatz.bsky.social · 14d

Come work with me at the University of Arizona!

www.classicalstudies.org/placement-se...

Assistant Professor, Roman Archaeology (Tenure Eligible) | Society for Classical Studies

The Department of Religious Studies and Classics at the University of Arizona invites applications for a full-time, tenure-eligible position in Roman Archaeology at the rank of Assistant Professor, to...

www.classicalstudies.org

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 18d

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 15d

It’s sometimes difficult to not explain my high level of caffeine intake to my colleagues for what it is: I caffeinate until I stop singing little songs to myself about how *waves hands around* makes me want to jump off a tall building.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 15d

This is really not a good time for me to encounter books with NSDAP property stamps.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 16d

Although ABC is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back tomorrow night, Sinclair Broadcasting is indicating that it will not air his program on their stations/affiliates.

Please go to the link below.

If one of their stations is in your area, CALL THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Map of Sinclair-owned local affiliates/stations.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 16d

If any of y’all get raptured, can I have your stuff?

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 16d

If the Nats are going to suck, they can at least wreak a little havoc on playoff chances.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 17d

Sorry, Mets fans!

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 21d

We're coming up on the 10th anniversary of this Tweet. I feel like I should buy it a birthday cake.

Tweet by Matt Zoller Seitz from January 28, 2016:
"If Trump becomes president it will be because right up until the end, the media treated him as a great story rather than a potential Hitler."

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 21d

I can’t believe I still have to say this in 2025: only covering your mouth with your mask doesn’t do jack shit.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 22d

Same. I have my emergency ramen and pancake mix on deck.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 22d

People in my neighborhood: “If we tell the NG troops outside schools that they’re scaring children, maybe they’ll stop?”

Y’all, scaring people is the entire reason they’re here.

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 22d

bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup is a tool that helps you delete past posts, likes, & RTs; you can set it to delete all posts older than __ days (or just posts w/o or w/images). To create a revokable password for it, on Bluesky go to Settings>privacy and security>app passwords>add app password>next & copy. +

Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 29

I still maintain my friendly Bluesky guide (tinyurl.com/DHbluesky) if you want to learn more or help incoming folks be aware of helpful settings like this. 3-step or incredibly detailed versions! Suggested starter packs to follow. Aimed at academics, GLAM, DH folks but broadly useful.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 22d

Note: he has never set foot in the buildings, and Dr. Hayden’s erstwhile deputy is still the acting Librarian of Congress.

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Yersinia pestis @yersiniapestis.bsky.social · 22d

All of *waves hands around* this is making me utterly exhausted. Physically, mentally, emotionally, existentially exhausted. All I want to do is sleep.

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