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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 1d

Iowa lawmakers call on Regents to join Trump administration higher ed compact iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/13/i...

Iowa lawmakers call on Regents to join Trump administration higher ed compact • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Two Iowa lawmakers sent a letter to the Iowa Board of Regents Sunday, calling on the board to join a new higher education compact.

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing feels better than returning home to one's own toilet after a day full of car shows and fall festivals with only porta-potty access.

Well maybe some things, but this is pretty good.

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 3d

Accidentally used my mom voice in public and everyone around me thought they were in trouble

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 4d

Needed this last week.

Erin S. Pumpkins @erincikanek.bsky.social · 4d

The ideal conference outfit doesn’t exi-

A still from a Thom Browne runway show of a person with an alien mask on holding up a little sign with a green bar on. They are dressed in a gray outfit with a white button down and tie, where the jacket has multiple arms and the pants have multiple legs, wearing platform heeled shoes that look like saddle shoes.

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 5d

This week has been 1000 years

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 11d

If you’re a scientist at a Compact campus, how are you going to feel about getting grants in exchange for the suppression and harassment of your colleagues in the social sciences and humanities?

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 13d

how quickly universities have moved from “our mission is an expression of free speech” to “we are pleased to announce the elimination of the Office of Diversity and Equity” or whatever

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Bonnie Burton ✍️ @bonniegrrl.bsky.social · 15d

Sigourney Weaver sends her love & a warning to fans seeing the movie ALIEN at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. 👩‍🚀🤖😻👽

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 14d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 17d

Portland’s Antifa headquarters.

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Dr. Megan Faragher @meganfaragher.bsky.social · 18d

Hey!

If we applied the same can do attitude to UNIVERSITIES as we do to late night, we could get them back to their mission of serving the public good too!

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 19d

Iowa State University fires employee for social media posts after Charlie Kirk death iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/09/25/i...

Iowa State University fires employee for social media posts after Charlie Kirk death • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Iowa State University has completed an investigation into social media posts made by an employee after Charlie Kirk's death.

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 19d

A favorite part of our downtown.

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Main Street pets bring comfort to downtown Ames

On Main Street in Ames, not all the regulars are people. In flower shops and bookstores, jewelry stores and gift shops, pets are part of the everyday scene. They are not just animals, but familiar pre...

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 19d

Yikes.

“AI-related energy usage already represents 20% of global datacenter power demands.”

Futurism @futurism.com · 19d

It's even worse than we thought.

Researchers Just Found Something Extremely Alarming About AI's Power Usage

The carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into videos is far worse than we thought.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20d

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment.

'Very mean squirrel' seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room.

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 20d

Canada would like a word. 😆

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Hurley: Against Midwest maximalism

Recently, I came upon a disturbing chart (please use the 2nd map from this as the picture) that alleged far-flung states such as Idaho and Pennsylvania could broadly be considered the Midwest. I shudd...

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 20d

Clever. It’s their season.

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'Gilmore Girls’ boyfriends star in new Panera fall ad

Actors Jared Padalecki and Matt Czuchry star in a Panera commercial highlighting the new ‘Fall for Your Favorites” meal

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 20d

post a concert photo you took

Concert photo of guitar player from rock band Kiss

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Debra Sanborn @debrasanborn.bsky.social · 20d

Conservative law firm leading investigation into undercover DEI videos at UI, ISU
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Conservative law firm leading investigation into undercover DEI videos at UI, ISU

Eight weeks after the University of Iowa placed on paid administrative leave two employees seen in undercover videos discussing the campus' compliance with state DEI laws — including one who said the ...

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Iowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 21d

The University of Iowa’s place in national rankings dropped out of the top 100 for the first time in its history of being included in the U.S. News and World report as some Iowa universities climbed, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/09/23/i...