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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

Historian colleagues, can you recommend the best books on politics and life in 17th century Britain? Thank you!

Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

I'd like train drivers to be very well paid.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · 12h

Wonderful new paper from Amrita Roy on "Caste Embeddedness and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Contemporary India" in @entandsoc.bsky.social

Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 12h

"How has caste influenced entrepreneurship in India in the past and how does it do so in the present?" Amrita Roy sets out to answer this vital question with a fantastic new paper in @entandsoc.bsky.social. Get it Open Access here, one click away.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Caste Embeddedness and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Contemporary India | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core

Caste Embeddedness and Entrepreneurship in Colonial and Contemporary India

www.cambridge.org

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 13h

Proof that public outcry can still be helpful, if temporarily. The money was rerouted to the National Center on Deafblindness, who will then distribute to the other programs. But it is only one year's worth, so keep an eye on it.

Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. Department of Education reverses decision and will fund programs for students who are both deaf and blind.

But the money will flow a different way.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12h

Everything is a casino.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 12h

#Berlin makes losses in the millions on its ... residential parking permits. Because the price of about €10 per year is lower than the costs to the administration (which is about €42). www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/koste...

Kosten für Verwaltung sind viel höher als Einnahmen: Berlin macht Millionenverlust mit Anwohnerparkausweisen

Bei jedem neu ausgestellten Anwohnerparkausweis zahlt das Land drauf – und zwar immer mehr. Auch, weil der Preis seit 2008 nicht erhöht wurde. Bringt das angekündigte Parkkonzept der CDU bald die Wend...

www.tagesspiegel.de

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

It sounds great. Could you recommend books about what I suppose is called the sociology of architecture? I loved Summerson's Architecture in Britain (less sociology) and Girouard's Life in the English Country House (more sociology).

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 12h

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more.

The government gave her nothing.

This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

reason.com

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

It's incredible. I guess people can't stand to be alone with the silence in their heads. I mean, in high school we talked on the phone for hours at a time but that was high school.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 12h

I would pay extra money to be on a flight and a section of the airport where yahoos are not yapping on their phones at full volume nonstop because I’m always next to one of them.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

Stay strong, Democrats. The GOP owns this. @whipkclark.bsky.social

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: Obamacare fight escalates as shutdown drags on

Speaker Johnson calls the expiring subsidies at issue a "boondoggle" that won't be extended in this bill—or without "real reform."

Democrats aren't budging, saying action now is urgent to avert a premium hike.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 12h

The Navy marks 250 years of service on Monday, and it will kick off a weeklong celebration in Philadelphia on Thursday despite an ongoing government shutdown that has paused smaller celebrations. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

Navy goes ahead with big 250th birthday bash despite shutdown

The Navy will mark 250 years of service with a weeklong celebration in its birthplace of Philadelphia despite an ongoing government shutdown.

www.stripes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

“This was due to a glitch in the system.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Trump administration reverses layoffs for some CDC staff

An official said the employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and were notified that they aren't subject to the reduction in force.

www.nbcnews.com

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Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 13h

🍄 Oct 23 || Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Introduction to fungi ID >>> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-...

Introduction to fungi ID | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Join Jon Tyler for an introduction to identifying fungi in the field.

www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 12h

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3d

Opinion | Curators of Knowledge, Not Chaos

Universities cannot—and should not—platform every perspective, Gerardo Martí writes. https://bit.ly/3KK8CuU

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

A photo of a microphone at the front of an empty lecture hall.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 13h

Britons' top choice is actually "Don't Know" with 37%.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 14h

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 18h

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Tam-Rah @blue-fire1.bsky.social · 12h

theconversation.com/3-legged-liz...

3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.

theconversation.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13h

I just had a creative meeting where our team solved four problems and made a huge leap towards achieving our goal and I regret to inform you — truly — that sometimes an in-person meeting truly is the best, most efficient use of your time.

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 12h

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“hedge fund Praetorian Capital” ?!?!?!

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 13h

Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 1d

Politically Extreme Individuals Exhibit Similar Neural
Processing Despite Ideological Differences

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

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