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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people:

Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president

TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 1d

Truly.

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 1d

Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton):

#medievalsky #earlymodern

memorients.com/news/assista...

Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton) | MEMOs

British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton)

memorients.com

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 1d

Early Modern Literature and its Global Legacy, Sarah Lawrence College:

#earlymodern

memorients.com/news/early-m...

Early Modern Literature and its Global Legacy, Sarah Lawrence College | MEMOs

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (USA)

memorients.com

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 1d

From a recent stop at Lock 52 Port Byron. So much skill, right down to the curved stone stairs.

Grey stone blocks of a dewatered canal lock. Stone stairs curve along opening of lock.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

reut.rs

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 2d

What a sweetie

Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 2d

But looking marvelous while not helping!

Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Yes.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Our dog would have to be put outside while any cat in our house worked this puzzle!

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

I suppose this is one of those “Democrat” programs and Trump and his cronies imagine no Republican gets food assistance. Yes I know they don’t care, but they often lie about some fabricated differences

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Some Buffalo team. ANY TEAM. I get it.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Barred owl. Western New York, summer 2025.

Barred owl with big round dark eyes looking down from leafy canopy of black cherry tree.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, things are going to get harder.

Jackie @jackief.bsky.social · 5d

People are worried they won’t be getting their SNAP benefits for the month of November. Please consider donating to the local food bank. Here’s one in WNY

www.feedmorewny.org

Home - New Home - FeedMore WNY

Serving Western New York by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties.

www.feedmorewny.org

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Small black and white dog under covers in bed

Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Ah in case the AMA wonders why more physicians don’t join the organization…

Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Even worse

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 3d

Even worse

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 4d

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 5d

Wish I could go. Just a little too far. Seriously, posts like these are some of my favorite Bluesky things. But if you are close enough to go check their repost for correct booking number!

Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society @sanhs.org · 6d

Geological Walk - Ham Hill
Led by Andy Gordon

Saturday 1st November
2pm - Meet at Prince of Wales pub

Please email [email protected] or ring 01823 272429 to register for the walk.

We suggest a donation of £5 or more

Full details: sanhs.org/event/sanhs-...

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 5d

One side of my family owned a dairy farm 125 years ago, no more. Urban lack of understanding about rural life and terrible lies about urban “hellscapes”imbibed by rural voters. This isn’t mealy-mouthed both-sidesism it’s a description of another of our social, political chasms. Coda Nanci Griffith

Argentina and Rural America’s Awakening

Suddenly, Trump’s contempt for his base is showing

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d

Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.

Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church

Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...

www.scotland.anglican.org

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 6d

And with this thought, I call it a night.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7d

This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House – who indisputably
meets the constitutional qualifications of the office – may be denied her rightful office simply
because the Speaker has decided to keep the House out of “regular session.”
2. If the Speaker were granted that authority, he could thwart the peoples’ choice of
who should represent them in Congress by denying them representation for a significant portion
of the two-year term provided by the Constitution.
3. Fortunately, the Constitution does not give that authority to the Speaker—or anyone
else

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 6d

I could use some maximized happiness right about now. Could you ask them once more, very nicely @gregjenner.bsky.social ?

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 6d

Scrolling through my 5,000 photos on my phone, trying to organise them into albums, and stumbled on this important piece of journalism from 2022 🤣🤣🤣

It's all downhill for philosophy!
HISTORIAN Greg Jenner had a useful suggestion for utilitarian
philosopher Jeremy Bentham's preserved body. "I asked [its curator] whether it'd allow for maximum happiness if we could put Bentham in a bobsleigh and push him down the hill at the Winter Olympics," Jenner tells us, as Bentham argued for maximising happiness for the most people. But Jenner, host of the You're Dead to Me podcast, says his suggestion was met by
"disappointment and genuine alarm".
Happiness minimised.

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