A Disabled American in Paris, PhD
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A Disabled American in Paris, PhD
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Recovering Academic, Lost in the Archives of 16th century Paris
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Becoming disabled is a crash course in giving and receiving care, adapting to the unexpected, and accepting imperfection—all of which are crucial for parents. Jessica Slice on how disability can be a parenting strength: https://theatln.tc/vd9m2aYf
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Dans un premier temps, le périmètre des travaux a été limité aux documents écrits médiévaux produits sur les territoires de l’actuelle Belgique et de la France pour une période courant de 500 à 1500 – qu’il s’agisse de chartes, de documents administratifs ou de manuscrits entiers et fragmentaires.
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I made a list of every literary magazine I could find on Bluesky. Follow them and share this post. The sooner they see Bluesky as a viable platform, the sooner they leave X.

go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
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38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump
The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...
chroni.cl
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Our state faced the biggest storm in 19 years with November's bomb cyclone, with hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians losing electricity and two people losing their lives. Yet, the President refuses to help cover the $34 million in damage.
FEMA denies disaster relief for bomb cyclone, Gov. Ferguson says
The denial of the aid comes after President Donald Trump has talked of reshaping or even eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
www.seattletimes.com
Ah, the old Inspiration Porn gambit. Right up there with people asking me if I have "recovered" from my disability yet (?!?!).
Out of curiosity, what kinds of "inspirational " stories are you referring to? Can you give a few examples? Merci.
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We are saddened to learn of the passing of Ian Lancashire, U of T Professor Emeritus of CMS and English, and one of the founders of the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project. We offer our sincerest sympathies to Professor Lancashire's family, friends, and colleagues. uoft.me/buG
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Hey @hbo.bsky.social I'm available to take over the show. HMU
Musk sharing Maher’s video about his dinner with Trump is all you really need to know
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A fascinating collection of questions and answers—about courtship, marriage, love, and sex—from a seventeenth-century periodical

Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize–finalist Mary Beth Norton's “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” is out April 22.

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.
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Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Apr 13
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
www.npr.org
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The NEH Digital Humanities office housed people doing amazing work and connecting and supporting DH ecosystems in ways many of will never be able to chart or fully appreciate. Is there a way we can honor them at the ASA or MLA or AHA or. . .
Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities