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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 11h

The attack on our colleagues’ academic freedom, and anything to do with race and diversity, is in full force at OSU.

Obeying in advance once again, OSU is now withdrawing support for scholars studying topics and attending relevant conferences that the federal government doesn't like.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 10h

Fucking hell, UT!

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 12h

Tourneur says hi.

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 12h

Gonna teach some good ol’ Renaissance tragedies. Might’ve gone a lil too heavy on Kyd and Webster. Have been humming “My Little Soda Pop” the whole time. Okay kids, let’s talk Kaine Ferron, Vindici, Hieronimo, and Jinu, it’ll be fun.

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Kaz @breakbeatreads.bsky.social · 6d

I recently read Reframing Women Printmakers and can only describe it as essential reading, wish I’d had something like that as an undergrad

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

GREAT GIFTS 🧡🎄🎁❣️
As a series or individually...
YOUR choice!!
3 womensart books on your favourite artists,
On textiles, painting & printmaking... 🧡🎄🎁❣️
Via here or your usual bookstore! www.waterstones.com/book/reframi...

Three individual book covers with different images and colours

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 1d

YUPPERS.

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 1d

Okay I can't prove it but I FEEL like this $150 Malfoy Manor lego set is related to the sudden Dramione trend.

LEGO System A/S, DK-7190 Billund, Denmark. Must be 18 years or older to purchase online. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, DUPLO, the FRIENDS logo, the MINIFIGURES logo, DREAMZzz, NINJAGO, VIDIYO and MINDSTORMS are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2025 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Use.

www.lego.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 1d

Arguably you see it going way back to the 70s with any of the psionic tropes in Bradley, McCaffrey, etc. I'm currently reading SenLinYu's Alchemised and it's there too.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 1d

"Columbus Day:" No one wants it. No one wants to celebrate it. Perfectly decent Monday in October saddled with the name of a rapist.

"Titus Pullo Day:" 100% participation. Wine flows freely. Someone says "THIRTEEN!" and everyone responds. Boring old October Monday turned great fun.

A picture of Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo from ROME

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren sounds

www.theguardian.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 1d

It's in plain English so I can only assume it's from the 1920s-50s.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 2d

"It's cat pee, isn't it."

Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Where are your gloves?

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jo Walton @bluejo.bsky.social · 2d

Kickstarter for a great new anthology of fantasy stories using Welsh folklore in the present day

www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 2d

Siri be like "Hey do you want to adjust your alarms because tomorrow is a holiday?" Fuck you Siri, it's a fake holiday and no one gets it off but bankers and tech bros lbr

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 2d

::NEEDS::

Extended First Look at The Vampire Lestat ft. Sam Reid | Premieres 2026 | AMC+

YouTube video by amc+

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 4d

Scott, exasperated: Exactly how much time do you think you are going to spend naked in this game????

Me: Well I have every intention of romancing Astarion, so it's best to be prepared! 2/2

a close up of a man 's face with a beard wearing a denim jacket .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a beard wearing a denim jacket .

media.tenor.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 4d

I am finally caving and going to start playing BG3 with Scott. Tonight we were making my PC and they have soooooo many options to customize your character, including eight options for genitalia (three vulvas, five penises). 1/2

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 4d

We just digitized the copy of Sidney's letter to Queen Elizabeth, identified as the hand of the Feathery Scribe.

The coppye off a letter wrytten by Sr. Phillipp Sidnye to Queene Elizabeth, touchinge hir marryage, w[i]th Mounsieur : manuscript copy

Letter written approximately November-December 1579 advising the Queen against marriage to the Duc d'Anjou and Alençon for political, religious, and personal reasons. Copy, entirely in the secretary ...

digital.library.illinois.edu

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about Latvia’s state-sanctioned endorsement of a modern pagan religion - and what that may mean for Europe’s religious future drfrancisyoung.com/2025/10/10/p...

Pagan dawn: Europe’s first pagan state religion in 638 years?

Members of the Dievturi religion at the Latvian Saeima, 9 October 2025 © Dievturi Sadraudze On Thursday the Latvian Saeima (parliament) passed a rather unusual law that, predictably, has escaped no…

drfrancisyoung.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 5d

A v annoying morning, but two kids outside RBML saw the sign for the Sappho exhibit and said "Oh we have to see this" and then went inside, so now I have warm fuzzies!!

a man in a green jacket smiles while standing next to a car

ALT: a man in a green jacket smiles while standing next to a car

media.tenor.com

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 6d

Yeaaaaaaah, you're easy! :)

I'm still pondering weirdest. There's funniest, there's most entitled, but weirdest I'm struggling with...

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 6d

Trust me, not the weirdest request ever. (The hardest part will be if they have a good scale handy.)

::ponders what IS weirdest reference query ever::

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 6d

Come get your fix at #NewberryLibrary!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 6d

doomscroll break

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 6d

[incomplete thoughts about fear of books and power]

White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 6d

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