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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 2h

UTAustin has one of the most important archival centers dedicated to Latin America and Latinx studies. This would be disastrous for human knowledge of our past.

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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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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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 8h

All I'm gonna say is my Chevy Bolt is the best car I've ever owned. A pleasure to drive. Easy on the wallet.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22h

General Motors will record a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed. https://to.pbs.org/4n9lQyK

GM takes $1.6 billion hit as incentives for EVs slashed and emission rules eased

General Motors will book a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed. S

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 2d

I am deeply honoured that the American Journal of Philology awarded my article 'Spectatissima femina: Female visibility and religion in urban spaces in Republican Rome' the AJP Best Article Prize for 2024.

Citation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 22h

As I grade, a brilliant piece of student writing reminded me in the abstract of Resistentialism. The joyous moment when the late great Simon Price introduced me to the concept in a sunny LMH garden c. 2003, I believe.

The things, they are against us.

https://www.nytimes.com/1948/06/13/archives/thingness-of-things-resistentialism-it-says-here-is-the-very-latest.html

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a res publica, not a democracy, say people who support the wealthy demagogue ruling without the senate or popular assembly and suggesting paying the army from private funds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter 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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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 1d

hear hear

Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 1d

probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 1d

gorgeous. That would last a 1/2 day at my house.

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 1d

This proposal has no word limit, no margin guidelines, no font guidelines, if it fits on two pages of A4 and they can read it you're golden. I find making these formatting choices all the more stressful when my only criteria is legibility.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite parts of writing these scientific/cultural heritage proposals is that they welcome pictures. You have to give up proposal space but I really love a picture.

screen shot with aes grave illustration and surrounding incomplete word doc text

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 1d

The grant is complete in the proposal system... 23 hours early. I've saved it 100 times. I'm going to sleep on it before hitting the submit button tomorrow AM in case I spot a typo or the team raises a red flag. But still it feels good. V v good. Each time gets easier.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Bring a sense of whimsy and friendliness like you are the Dude. Also bring a sense of paranoia like you are Walter. Bring both the wolves inside you.

Walter Subchak from Big Lebowski next to a table sign that quotes his character: "Calmer than you are, dude. Calmer than you are."

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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 1d

This is it. This is the moment for full, industry-wide co-ordinated action. From the rarefied air of the elites to the community colleges to the regionals. One word in response: absolutely fucking no.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not following enough colleagues. Does anyone have any good lists (starter packs?) on stuff I might like (cultural heritage, archaeology, ancient history....)? Have I not followed you back and you want to give me a chance to rectify that?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

The brilliant thing about this is they cannot outlaw anthropomorphic frogs without losing their precious Pepe demographic

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Continuing on my theme of all writing is good writing. livyarrow.org/2025/10/10/p...

Puffy Pita

A colleague asked for my puffy pita recipe. I don’t really like recipes. They are so bossy and rigid. Where’s the story with all its beautiful digressions in that? The volume of a bread…

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 5d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 5d

This poor baby got skunked. We have had a nice warm bath and now a rather damp snuggle.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 6d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave') @profyarrow.bsky.social · 6d

a little personal essay celebrating tears and the power of art livyarrow.org/2025/10/09/l...

Let them flow…

Arachne link Sometime in 2009 (or thereabouts) my beloved and I decided we could see no future together. We were too different. Being long distance was too hard. The present was full of pleasure, b…

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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 7d

I'm at a CUNY training for Immigration Court observers; about 15 out of 28 participants are Jewish. Don't underestimate us.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8d

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

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