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MH Truglia, PhD
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Director, IUB WTS | CITL, Writing Studies, Writing Centers, & Writing Pedagogy | WAC/WID | SoTL | Renaissance woman | Early Modern women's writing | Genre studies | Teacher |Professional Fangirl | Bibliophile 📚
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Jul 31
I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at @georgemasonu.bsky.social and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...
Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.
I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Jul 24
If you need a reason to resist and refuse the entrenchment of AI technologies in schools and demand a different vision of education, here's one: "The Trump administration is willing to put resources behind AI education and AI literacy, while it strips funds for actual public education."
bcmerchant.bsky.social Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Jul 24
Trump's AI Action Plan is even worse than I thought it'd be. It's a tech industry wishlist with every box ticked. It signals the further coherence of Silicon Valley and the Trump-led federal government into a cooperative, automation-bent surveillance state. It's a blueprint for dystopia.
Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopia
The president is trying to give Silicon Valley nearly everything it wants — at a price.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 7
Bill Moyers, the “secular preacher” of TV journalism, was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed
The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Jul 4
Feels like a good day to mention that “The Merchant of Venice” starring Jonathan Pryce as Shylock that the Globe did a few years ago is an absolute masterpiece & centers on the antisemitism & his relationship with Jessica. Whole room was sobbing at end of the live show. Available on DVD & streaming
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Orel Beilinson @orelb.bsky.social · Jul 4
Closing the Central Eurasian program at Indiana is a disaster for generations to come. It was a haven for developing expertise in regions virtually no other university would have. If the State Department, for example, has an expert on Mongolia or Tibet, they are likely IU grads.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · Jun 30
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Jul 1
Atrocious cuts/consolidations of programs at state universities here in Indiana:
www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
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NPR @npr.org · Jun 26
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.
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Absolutely Petrify Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Jun 15
What can you do?
- Don't use genAI if possible
- Educate others on the costs of genAI
- Let companies know you don't want integrated genAI that you can't opt out of!
- Turn off genAI where possible. Eg Google's automatic, often wrong AI summaries:
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
I Loathe AI Overviews So I Use This Hack to Make Google Give Me Just Blue Links
If you want to skip the AI-generated summaries and get straight to the links to websites, here's what to do.
www.cnet.com
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · Jun 9
I never thought there'd be a worse freshman-year assignment than me being required to read a Thomas Friedman book for an international relations class but this is it
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Jun 12
So excited for @rainbowrowell.bsky.social 's next novel!
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bri watson 🐝 @brimwats.com · May 9
never ever let someone tell you that libraries are neutral & apolitical (nor are museums, nor archives, nor art centres, nor histories..)
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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · Apr 4
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15 Native American Women Artists to Know
This Women’s History Month, we delve into art from 15 Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Apr 3
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.

Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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William the Librarian @williamottens.com · Mar 31
This is going to harm small and rural libraries and the communities they serve. Now is the time to:

➡️ Sign up for a local and state library card (if your state offers one)

➡️ Visit your IMLS funded museums

➡️ Call your legislators and demand they stand up for funding America’s libraries and museums
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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NPR @npr.org · Mar 31
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
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Georgina Wilson @georginaemw.bsky.social · Mar 21
Huge thanks to Dianne Mitchell and Adhaar Noor Desai for organising such an energised seminar on Shared Forms! We discussed hating Tuesdays, collaborative v. competitive sharing, and the seminar form. Also some tables were sat on #shax2025
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 22
Learned about another just published digital resource at #Shax2025 and #RenSA25 "The Court and Kitchin of Elizabeth" (Cromwell)
sites.bc.edu/court-and-ki...
The Court & Kitchin of Elizabeth – A Digital Annotated Edition
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 22
Learning about new online resources at #RenSA25 ! A scholar just told us about her project on Early Modern women's prefaces and dedications in Renaissance Italy! parityinrenaissance.net
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 22
A plug too for @artherstory.bsky.social !
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 22
Ending the sessions at #RenSA25 with a truly stunning panel of women scholars on bringing Early Modern women's writing to the 21st century! #publichumanities #makescholarshipaccessible
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 22
Nervous but excited for our panel at 2:30 at #RenSA25! Join us to talk teaching!
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MH Truglia, PhD @crowneofbookes.bsky.social · Mar 21
Ready for the SSEMWG (Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender) Plenary Lecture at #RenSA25 & #Shax2025 !
#womenswriting #EModWomen
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