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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 1d

"What begins as scholarship becomes something larger: a way of asking how we live with the past and what responsibilities come with knowing it." Wonderful article about research at The Huntington, including a forthcoming HLQ Early/Modern Connections article. www.huntington.org/news/haven-h...

A Haven for the Humanities | The Huntington

Research Fellows reflect on the archives, art, and gardens that have shaped our world.

www.huntington.org

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Gary Dauphin @ebogjonson.bsky.social · 1d

"I want to assure the consulate... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa."

norrell.bsky.social @norrell.bsky.social · 1d

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US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka share.google/ns8Gv6uJgwkJ...

US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka

The US consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.

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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'

Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'

In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology

“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Tamara J. Walker @tamaraw.bsky.social · 1d

Is American Culture Newly Fascinated With the Black Bourgeoisie?

Novelist Rob Franklin traces the contemporary resurgency of the Black bourgeois design aesthetic he grew up immersed in.

www.culturedmag.com

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

It’s real! 📖 📕 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

WRITING, ENSLAVEMENT, AND POWER IN THE ROMAN MEDITERRANEAN,
100 BCE-300 CE
EDITED BY JEREMIAH COOGAN,
CANDIDA R. MOSS,
AND JOSEPH A. HOWLEY

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 3d

“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 · 3d

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3d

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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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 6d

“telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human.”
My words in @aeon.co
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Those declared ‘monsters’ are ejected from the human family | Aeon Essays

For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 7d

I want dumb everything. I want the dumbest appliances in the world in my home. I will pay someone to make them dumb. Just sit there and be a bed. That's all I need from you.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 8d

Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

www.dexerto.com

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 NEW: "Rising autocracies know to pressure schools, universities, corporations and government institutions into silence. Together, these tactics do more than harm Black communities – they hollow out our democracy itself." - Stacey Abrams

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa

DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s story

www.theguardian.com

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Hidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social · 7d

Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives
www.historians.org/perspectives...

New Campus Cartographies – AHA

Infusing historical research into walking tours has helped Andrew Hardy and his fellow graduate students remake their campus into a public history site.

www.historians.org

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 13d

@cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are offering a webinar, Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers, for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Professional Development webinar series.

Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)

#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Screenshot of a Renaissance woodcut/engraving of a scholar writing at a desk and looking serious. Text above: Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers. Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Text below: New professional development webinar.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13d

Resigning from the National Science Board was a difficult but necessary decision for me.

I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.

STAT @statnews.com · 13d

Alondra Nelson Former Director White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talked about how her military family and background always instilled the duty to serve — no matter the political party. Then she explained why she ultimately ended up having to leave.
#STATSummit

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 13d

US Academia Be Like

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 18d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah… this piece was not smart… and that’s okay(everything doesn’t have to be smart)… but the real failure here was that it was not insightful… in that way it fails journalism and opinion

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 17d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17d

The faux feminism at work here is exactly the kind of shit that @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social was writing about when he wrote Elite Capture, the essay and book!

www.bostonreview.net/articles/olu...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Good evening #BookSky Well, #BannedBooksWeek may be wrapping up but the fight for the right to read continues. Here's a quick thread of things you can do all year to help...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 17d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 21d

Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie on what writers have that #AI doesn’t: “Empathy. When you have empathy for the audience, when you can be the audience, that’s where the real process of filmmaking begins.”

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Tamara J. Walker @tamaraw.bsky.social · 26d

Imagine what his team could do for a national campaign.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 27d

A long way off, but I'm excited to officially have some book events on the calendar. Looking forward to a great conversation at Cambridge Public Library at the end of March! Somehow I've made it to nearly-40 without ever being to the greater Boston area. cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/15462659

Washington Remembered, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery (Main/Virtual)

To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington...

cambridgepl.libcal.com

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