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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 8h

My fashion tip of the day is to reveal something specific when asked how you are. Like, “I’m good; adding a lot more mustard to my flavor profiles,” or, “Fine; trapezoids IN, ovals OUT.”

#MJMfashionGuide

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe @bengoldfarb.bsky.social has some suggestions? (There are no doubt some called out directly in his book CROSSINGS, but I don’t have it in front of me!)

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 7h

I have offered before and will again to train anyone who wants to produce and distribute a small-scale newsletter, in print. not a replacement for what we are losing. a way to add to the world though, so it isn't only made of loss

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 12h

www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Brown University rejects Trump administration compact

President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 said that the compact would “restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance.”

www.browndailyherald.com

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Sue Barry-Schulz @susanbarryschulz.com · 16h

little 4” x 4” collage on canvas
“tell what the sky looked like”

Photo of a small collage with colorful vertical strips of paper in hues of purple orange and red and a fragment from an old Children’s language language book that reads “tell what the sky looked like”.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 2d

Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom

The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty and boredom.

www.openculture.com

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 5d

yall my dad wrote this!! a middle grade book about human evolution ⚡️⚡️⚡️ pre-order a copy for your kiddos!

@evoexplorer.bsky.social

Reading the Bones by Marc Aronson | Book Moon Books

High-stakes adventure meets cutting-edge anthropology in this true account of the groundbreaking discovery of Homo naledi, which shocked the world of evolutionary science and redefined what it means t...

bookmoonbooks.com

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 5d

Czesław Miłosz

On the need to draw boundaries
Wretched and dishonest was the sea.

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 5d

We just gorged on them due to a lack of willpower and perhaps a small hope that we’d at least have some fond, green memories in February 🤷‍♀️

(but that is a great idea!)

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 5d

idk if I’m “keeping it together” but some things that are helping me push back despair a smidge:
1. Mashed potatoes
2. Stay booked at bed&breakfast/goat farm
3. Silliness (bad puns! goofy songs! faces made of food!)

Also community/action/gratitude/etc…but I need potatoes & dumb jokes to get there

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Joseph M. Pierce @pepepierce.bsky.social · 7d

Candice said: water never forgets,
Leanne said: water is a map to the future.

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Marijean Oldham @marijean.bsky.social · 8d

I'm looking for a flash fiction piece published in a journal -- I don't remember where, or who, or even the title -- but it's about a mother whose daughter has become a vampire or a zombie and the mother is helping the daughter, at great risk to herself -- does this sound familiar to anyone?

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 8d

There’s a subplot somewhat like this in Anne De Marcken’s novel It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over, but not sure it quite fits (or if it was published as a standalone).

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 8d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 8d

Thai basil seems to hold up to freezing better than Italian, so I just freeze sprigs in a baggie. Italian, I chop/puree w enough olive oil to make a paste; freeze in ice cubes (proto-pesto). To retain more green, you can blanch 1st. Sage is hardier—might survive where you are—parsley’s in between.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 8d

Fully open-access peer-reviewed journal, largely open-access biblio, collectively authored by scholars at teaching-centered institutions, pedagogical theory with psychoanalytic & political economic foundations.

And, simply on its face, a fascinating essay.

www.victoriannetwork.org/index.php/vn...

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 9d

The federal government kept detailed records of every crop in Amache’s agricultural program, but overlooked the ways incarcerees cultivated personal gardens.

Archeologists find that people sent to Amache during WWII sought respite in the Arkansas River

The federal government kept detailed records of every crop in Amache’s agricultural program, but overlooked the ways incarcerees cultivated personal gardens

coloradosun.com

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 9d

does anybody know if my fall vaccine will offer strong protection against all variants?

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 9d

Taylor Swift drops new variants of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’:

• The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) Act 1
• The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) Act 2
• The Fate of Ophelia (Alone In My Tower Acoustic)
• Eldest Daughter (Now You’re Home Acoustic)

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Ryan Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 9d

Get up to speed on tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing over Colorado's conversion therapy ban.

From Purplish:

Colorado banned conversion therapy for minors. A U.S. Supreme Court case could upend that | Colorado Public Radio

The case pits free speech against the authority of states to regulate medical practices.

www.cpr.org

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Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 11d

You’ve been asking… and it’s now! Submissions are open via Submittable for Zine Machine’s Winter ‘26 Edit. All details in bio! 🔥🔥🔥

Zine Machine
Now reading for...
The
Winter '26 Edit

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 14d

All I know to do when things are Very Bad is make art with more artists. I hope my little lit mag @zinemachine.bsky.social (launched today!), brings you what it’s brought me—an insistence that there’s so much brilliance, cleverness, humor, & beauty. That it’s never far away.🩷
zinemachine.com/the-mag