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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

If you know of any litigation resulting from/related to this, please reach out. Email and Signal are in my bio.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Politico @politico.com · 4d

MIT’s rebuke of the Trump admin's compact presents an opening for other college presidents to resist.

MIT’s resistance gives boost to academics' efforts to defy Trump

MIT’s rebuke of the Trump administration’s compact presents an opening for other college presidents to resist.

www.politico.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 1d

This week is a travel week - headed to ENUG in MA tomorrow afternoon. Do I know anyone else headed to ENUG? 👀

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 2d

We must stop RFK

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d

George Stephanopoulos chose to cut off an interview with JD Vance when it became clear that the exchange was not truthful.

Disinformation will never be the friend of free speech.

50501 Supporters @50501supporters.bsky.social · 3d

JD Vance being cancelled live by George Stephanopoulos

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

This is a very big deal 🧵

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Maine has such good light. It’s beautiful, and different in a hard-to-explain kind of way.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 5d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Sunset in Damariscotta, Maine 😍

Pink and orange sunset off to the right. To the left there is a small house.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 3d

We have a house just near us that does a pirate theme each year for Halloween, and usually they add a new decoration each year. The addition this year is this duck — and, I drive by him everyday and say:

hi leather daddy duck 👋

(I’m quite certain that’s not their intention, but come on)

An inflatable yellow duck with a black vest and a black hat.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 4d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 4d

Night friend!

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 4d

Headed to a pumpkin regatta tomorrow and I am more excited about it than I feel I should be. I can’t wait to watch the pumpkin boats!

a boat is floating on a lake with the words viralhog written on the bottom

ALT: a boat is floating on a lake with the words viralhog written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 5d

The light on campus has been particularly stunning as of late.

A green lawn leads toward a chapel in the distance. The chapel is framed by trees on either side.

A view from the steps of the library. Looking out onto the lawn that is the center of campus. There’s an American flag in the distance. The sun is setting and the sky is a deep pink across the horizon.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 5d

🤮

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

New AI School should totally be fun and safe for academics. Totally.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 5d

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 5d

Sherman-ah! Come on!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5d

Got a bunch of reviews coming up this month on my blog, esp small press titles, but I'm always looking for more things to promo. Reach out if you meet the parameters below.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Sep 9

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/