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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Sep 13

me, outloud, to no one: This is not healthy. I am not healthy. This book is not healthy.
me: *presses play on audible*

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 8

Also too: if your school complies with white supremacist demands, you are not getting a good education. You are instead being indoctrinated into a white supremacist conception of the world, which will fail you because it is based on lies and bigotry.

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Aug 8

Well...that was cathartic.

Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · Aug 7

I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest:

"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."

Romance and AI Survey

Survey of romance authors' and readers' attitudes toward generative AI

oakland.az1.qualtrics.com

Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jul 18

Good day to the Oklahoma truck driver who blocked cars trying to cut the line as we merged and good day to that driver only 😁

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jul 9

I want to really, REALLY second this point. And given that these bots will be ridiculously expensive, once again admin will spend money not on people to "help" people. Coming from our union I am extra disheartened.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Jul 9

Even the NYT knows this is a bad idea.
Partnering with these companies to ruin an entire generation of children is shameful.

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jul 8

I fully understand that and may end up being the reason I don't go. Another time with better climate!

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jul 8

Anyone in the Philly area want to see Much Ado with me this weekend in doylestown at central park? It'll probably be so hot we can't breathe but we can bring our own drinks...

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Brent Black @brentalfloss.bsky.social · Jul 4

our country rn

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm so slow tp post but CFP! How Not to be a Misogynist, stemming from a wonderful SAA seminar run by the magnificent Lily Berberyan!

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Jun 24

Calls for Chapters.
Shakespeare: New Voices [BOOK]
Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/05/...

Contributors are asked to provide an Abstract (300 words) and an Author bio (150 words) by 30 June 2025.
Dr Ian McCormick

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · Jun 25

Don't end Pride month without checking out some of these fascinating blogs and podcasts exploring queer Shakespeare over the centuries. 🏳️‍🌈
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Artists and scholars on queer Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

www.folger.edu

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 25

This is a hell of a claim but I mean it sincerely: Superman & Lois may be the best on screen Superman since Christopher Reeve. And my boy Tyler turns in the performance of a lifetime as Clark. *cries in comic book*

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dress it up in progressive language but you're cheating yourself by not doing the work. This is the worst thing about AI: millions of students refusing to learn, taking zero interest in the world around them, empty in mind and heart. Your punishment is the person you will become.

tweet that reads "the student that does not cheat has internalized the moral code of the oppressor."

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Jun 17

It's not just the raids--- people are dying while in ICE custody, and we need to pay attention to this.

A Haitian woman died in ICE custody in Florida in April. At the time ICE said her death was "under investigation".

www.ice.gov/news/release...

Haitian national in ICE custody passes away

Consistent with ICE policy, ERO Miami notified the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility via the Integrity Coordinati...

www.ice.gov

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Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik @annakowalcze.bsky.social · Jun 15

Today we are launching the 2nd Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival in Ivano-Frankivsk, UA, with a series of open lectures, its own theatre studies summer school and excellent productions from all of Ukraine #ifahakespeareua

ifshakespeare.in.ua/en?fbclid=Iw...

Shakespeare Festival in Ivano-Frankivsk

We invite the audience to discover the world of Shakespeare through exciting performances.

ifshakespeare.in.ua

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Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈‍⬛ @cristinalalfar.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Martin Nutbeem (poking a gelatinous blob with a stick) @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just had a dispiriting conversation with a teaching colleague who has had students say to their face this year they don't want to read a hand out (dealing with a core skill of the subject studied).

Students sat in class with ChatGPT up, asking questions the handout answers.

In unconnected news:

Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills

Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.

gizmodo.com

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 9

@thehill.com Media never wants to call actual lies a lie, but quick to frame Harris’s predictions this way. I know y’all don’t feel shame, but be ashamed.

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · Jun 9

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 8

I got excited at 10 am and now I'm cooking my whole family chicken parm for dinner and anyway this is why no decision should ever be made before your afternoon nap.

Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 4

It is only when I must scroll through all the reels I sent in order to access reels from friends that I realize the sheer MAGNITUDE of nonsense to which I subject these people. But happiness is knowing that at any time, someone somewhere is rolling their eyes at me and heaving the deepest of sighs.

Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 3

(I just looked up "rhythm" because I lowkey worried I spelled it right. Also, even after looking it up, the first version I typed was "rhythym." Sigh.)

Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · Jun 3

I am somewhat notorious amongst my friends for my texting typos. That being said, "Y" is a ridiculous letter and if you choose to put it in a word then you can have rythym in your labryrynth because I am not looking up how to spell those words everytime I use them.

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · May 30

I 100% put the Chariots of Fire theme on after posting this and did the dishes. My form was IMPECCABLE

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Jess @mccqua.bsky.social · May 30

New way of doing basic tasks when my executive dysfunctions: narrate like I'm an Olympian.

"Folks this is AMAZING! She's put away laundry and now she is DOING ANOTHER LOAD."

"Did she...is she...is that...a vaccuum?!?"

*chariots of fire intensifies*

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · May 22

I know this feels right (and flattering). But that man doesn’t hate smart people. He hates people who won’t do what he wants. Smart people comply all the time.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · May 22

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · May 23

#ShakeRace #RaceB4Race

Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · May 22

Don't miss our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on

JULIUS CAESAR

with Emma Smith and Brandi K. Adams

2 June
6-7.15pm
Online via Zoom

All welcome! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-julius-caesar.eventbrite.co.uk

#juliuscaesar #historyplays

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