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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1h

And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...

Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHA

The Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture.

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 2h

Let the finger-pointing begin!!!
Good one by @bloomberg.com’s Sridhar Natarajan

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Dimon’s Cockroach Barb Ruptures Uneasy Truce With Private Credit

On Wall Street, everyone’s a friendly rival until the losses start.

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Matt Calamia @mattcalamia.bsky.social · 20h

Every visiting goalie against the Rangers this season.

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 23h

The group chat members spoke freely about the pressure to cow to Trump to avoid being called a RINO, the love of Nazis within their party’s right wing & the president’s alleged work to suppress documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex crimes www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 1d

Ishmael isn’t an ordinary, earth-bound, mortal human. He’s less solid, sometimes not really there at all, a narrator-spirit who represents the potential for intimate moral scrutiny of man by God.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 2d

It’s hard to keep up with all the affiliate transactions

Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 2d

Hey he finally found a buyer 😆

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Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 2d

I love the way Keaton screams “I’m SORRY!” When she finds out her husband and her therapist are having an affair.

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 2d

Remember, Greenspan’s "Irrational Exuberance" speech was in December 1996.

All bull markets run further, longer, and higher than most expect...

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Robert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 2d

Public Radio Cuts Could Silence Classical Music in America

The vast majority of classical radio is broadcast by public stations, all of which are fighting to stay on the air.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen... via @washingtonpost.com @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social

Column | Public radio cuts could silence classical music in America

Sweeping funding cuts to public radio could deal a devastating blow to classical music communities.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

Remarkable words here from David Webb, who has done so much for corporate governance in HK and Asia. Due to serious illness, he is shutting down his website and transferring to a substack. Have huge respect for what he has done over the years webb-site.com/articles/shu...

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 2d

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 3d

Never forget TP S2:15

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 4d

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"Academy of the Overrated"-- Mary (Diane Keaton) repels Isaac (Woody Allen) in Manhattan

YouTube video by David Gibson

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 4d

Wheat. Fields of wheat. Red wheat, yellow wheat, CREAM of wheat…

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 4d

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4d

The underperformance reflects a broader shift in the mindset among foreign investors, who have started targeting domestic champions as Donald Trump wages a global trade war.

A Great Year for US Stocks? Not Compared to Rest of the World

Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the US doesn’t crack the Top 10. You won’t find it in the Top 25, either. Double that, and the S&P 500 is still absent.

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile, south of the border: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, how are you? I’m agog over this 3,500-year-old Hittite poem translated and published in @theparisreivew.bsky.social

Photo of a page from the Fall 2025 issue of the Paris Review containing a Hittite poem called “Telipinu went,” written between 1450 and 1350 BCE

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required license plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks and no name tags. Now some are driving cars without license plates.

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 6d

'Comerica intentionally ended phone calls before the cardholder could speak to a representative, and callers sometimes had to wait on hold for several hours, according to the CFPB’s December lawsuit...In April, the CFPB dropped its suit as the Trump administration gutted the bureau.'

Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: How do you think the US distributes social security benefits to people without bank accounts? If you answered “badly,” you’re correct. Yizhu Wang & I took a look at the latest fumbles in Treasury’s efforts to improve the program, & what’s likely to happen next www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks

The US government has begun phasing out paper checks for unbanked Americans who receive federal benefits, adding to the ranks of millions who rely on Direct Express prepaid cards. The problem: that pr...

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: How do you think the US distributes social security benefits to people without bank accounts? If you answered “badly,” you’re correct. Yizhu Wang & I took a look at the latest fumbles in Treasury’s efforts to improve the program, & what’s likely to happen next www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks

The US government has begun phasing out paper checks for unbanked Americans who receive federal benefits, adding to the ranks of millions who rely on Direct Express prepaid cards. The problem: that pr...

www.bloomberg.com

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 6d

Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, unbeatable from the very first paragraph

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7d

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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