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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 3h

Wow! 😻

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 3h

This is an incredible narrative of how one Chicago neighborhood sprang into action to defend their neighbors ❤️🙌🇺🇸

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 3h

Not a huge Rahm fan but he’s right that Midwest farmers are staring at a huge market that’s just gone, maybe forever

I see the farmers out there harvesting beans & I wonder if this is just the end of that enormous industry

Local ag reports complain about “trade policy” but don’t blame Trump 🥴😬🙄

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Emanuel: China's basically found leverage; they're applying pressure, and they're doing it to soybean farmers. Our farmers have lost that market, are out a huge amount of money, and could see a lot of bankruptcies in the rural parts of the Midwest.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Careful and powerful analysis by @gregsargent.bsky.social of the New York Times treating Trump's propagandists as "provocateurs" and decision to treat MAGA's ideologically-driven lies as part of a legitimate clash of perspectives in describing Portland.
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 9h

It’s a weird weird weekend to know anything about Catholicism while priests *in the US* are leading protests against ICE with golden monstrances and Bill Kristol points out that the Pope is quoting Arendt on totalitarianism to defend journalists and free speech

a baby in a green shirt with the word help on it

ALT: a baby in a green shirt with the word help on it

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 12h

Me, an early career English prof: I am an historicist by training but I am also interested in genre theory and the history of ideas
Me, an English prof now:

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 9h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 15h

It’s hard to parse “best things” that happen in any week: was it something concrete like a court victory or a viral media spectacle, since politics is now a weird slurry of real & fantasy 🥴

I’m going (Oct 12) with the Portland Frog! My 11yo nephew wants to be the frog for Halloween: that’s a win 🏆

theoregonian on Instagram: "The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.“I saw a comrade …"

The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.“I saw a comrade that got shoved really hard to the ground and helped him get up, and in the process, they (federal agents) sprayed my air vent … where my air intake goes,” he said. “I was stuck in it for like an hour.”But he said the spray tasted minty and “wasn’t that bad.”“I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,” said Todd, still in costume but with the top off to reveal his face.And despite the whimsy of his bulbous green outfit, Todd said he’s serious about the reason he’s a protest regular.Click the link in our bio to read more.Video by Fedor Zarkhin/The Oregonian

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 15h

This word angered me even when I was a kid watching TV commercials.

Mom is a word you use to address YOUR OWN Mom: it is not a plural ((unless you, yourself, have two), and it cannot be spoken by a corporation

The phrase “Choosy Moms” is offensive to every child

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 15h

This is a crucial problem in graduate training (such as it is etc. etc.)

We prepare students to position themselves within a discourse, & also to do institutional service work: but not “how to defend the humanities”

Does that really fall in the category of “things you can only do once hired”?

Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 16h

I do think this is at the heart of the issue. Our fields prepare us to participate in stable institutional structures but not how to collectively protect those structures from bad faith attacks and neoliberal dismantling.

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 15h

It’s hard to parse “best things” that happen in any week: was it something concrete like a court victory or a viral media spectacle, since politics is now a weird slurry of real & fantasy 🥴

I’m going (Oct 12) with the Portland Frog! My 11yo nephew wants to be the frog for Halloween: that’s a win 🏆

theoregonian on Instagram: "The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.“I saw a comrade …"

The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.“I saw a comrade that got shoved really hard to the ground and helped him get up, and in the process, they (federal agents) sprayed my air vent … where my air intake goes,” he said. “I was stuck in it for like an hour.”But he said the spray tasted minty and “wasn’t that bad.”“I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,” said Todd, still in costume but with the top off to reveal his face.And despite the whimsy of his bulbous green outfit, Todd said he’s serious about the reason he’s a protest regular.Click the link in our bio to read more.Video by Fedor Zarkhin/The Oregonian

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 1d

Badass hat

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 1d

What would the ending of The Godfather be without her face?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o... I'm unreasonably pleased that the end of this fantastic piece provides a NYT shortlist of opinion pieces on "reclaiming the constitution" that includes my own. There's something in the air that both pick up on.

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 1d

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 2d

Guy who owns WQWOVRVO desperately scanning his socials hoping to see a protesting anglerfish

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 2d

For some reason no price bump on the perfectly good WQWOVRVO anglerfish www.amazon.com/WQWOVRVO-Inf...

Amazon.com: WQWOVRVO Inflatable Costume,Anglerfish inflatable costume Kids,Funny Halloween Blow up Costumes for Boys& Girls : Toys & Games

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 2d

This is it www.amazon.com/Stegosaurus-...

Stegosaurus Inflatable Frog Costume for Kids Halloween Cute Animal Costumes Funny Blow Up Suit for Boys Girls Cosplay Party

Amazon.com: Stegosaurus Inflatable Frog Costume for Kids Halloween Cute Animal Costumes Funny Blow Up Suit for Boys Girls Cosplay Party : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

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Ivan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social · 2d

“When you read Dickens, when you read Zola, when you read Flaubert, when you read George Eliot, when you read Jane Austen, don't you want to try that stuff?
When you look at the 19th century novel, it's so much more varied and so much more alive and so much stranger than I think people remember”

Brandon Taylor On His New Novel, 'Minor Black Figures'

Podcast Episode · The Book Review · 10/10/2025 · 40m

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 2d

Nephew now wants to be Portland Frog for Halloween 🐸

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 2d

The rise of “dirty pastels” in interior design: welcome transition away from gray, but feels very 1830s somehow www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/r...

Goodbye Gray Walls. Hello, Dusty Rose.

www.nytimes.com

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