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@galahadiant.bsky.social
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Archivist, part-time author and artist. Specialties include magic & religion, medieval science and medicine, and rare books generally. on here I mostly post art of my TTRPG ocs. He/him. Mid-20s.
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sydney-bauer.com
One thing Gwen understands more than most about the Texas and Oklahoma crack down on trans people existing in the university is that this is part of a broader movement by TPUSA and astroturf right wing groups to push society to make having a job while being openly trans impossible again.
kissphoria.bsky.social gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.

Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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doomfunk.bsky.social
drawn to commemorate my time in Fallen London being nowhere in particular. no thing shall be a single thing. done on my phone, probably about an hour.
A three-colour composition in a dark blue, coral red, and white. the subject is a woman in her fifties with her hair gathered up in low braids under a Captain's hat, with her flight captain's vest and ascot worn underneath a dark greatcoat with its collars turned up. She has her hands folded in a peculiar way, wearing white gloves, and has an honest butcher's tool cradled in the crook of her arm. Her buttons are bright. There is a brooch fixed to her coat of a spider. Her face is cast deeply in shadow; her irises shine brightly from the shade, almost like a devil's.
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed. Raisins turn water into wine; the assassination of a medieval Hungarian duke; why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed
The assassination of a Hungarian duke, why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more.
arstechnica.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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punsultant.bsky.social
How does a wolf start his gravy?

A roux
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Waking up and it's still dark outside like
A rough wooden carving of a face high in a church. He looks... Unimpressed.
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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weedenkim.bsky.social
Context is important. Instructor is a trans woman. Student is daughter of a lawyer who defended J6 rioters and is active in GOP politics. (That's how she could get governor and GOP pols involved w/in 4 hours.) Lawyer mom now on X calling for a ban on all trans profs.

If it quacks like a set-up ...
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Look, y'all know I hate AI as much as the next passionate hater of AI, but ChatGPT has nothing on the University of Oklahoma deciding that based on the first amendment students can literally say anything in their papers as existential threat to the university.
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
galahadiant.bsky.social
As a grad student instructor at OU I definitely gave at least one student a failing grade for citing the Bible (and no other sources) as empirical evidence. Which underscores that this isn't even a consistent OU policy.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20h
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.

In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.

Universities are cooked.
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay that cited the Bible. According to a statement released Sunday, the university wrote it is taking these concerns seriously and has begun a full review of the situation. “The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter,” the statement read.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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rezaafsharr.bsky.social
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December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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krusekis.bsky.social
Kibellah~

#roguetrader #wh40k #warhammer40k
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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krusekis.bsky.social
Since I'm out of a massive artblock and have started painting again, I'm gonna be moving my Rogue Trader fanart here :)

#roguetrader #wh40k #warhammer40k
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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magichomerun.bsky.social
#Warhammer40K #RogueTrader
政委……好长官……帮我保养一下枪……
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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halkuonn.bsky.social
My #rtgiftexchange gift - hosted by the amazing
@jaal-ama.bsky.social - for @maggotknight.bsky.social ❤️

#RogueTrader #HeinrixvanCalox #bskyart #BRart 🎨
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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juunipupu.bsky.social
Back to my bs with rambling about my own drawings☝️
Who is the ‘knight’? The metal encasing or the man inside? Who is responsible and who is in control? Personally, I’m fascinated by knight romanticism for two reasons: the visualization of knights in stories and art and the more factual aspects of knighthood. The former usually telling us about modern anxieties and conceptualization of this pinnacle in almost romantic masculinity and latter about…well, history. I’ve always seen Wreg as a man of both of these worlds. He romanticizes knights himself – he easily falls in love with fellow knights and hopes to hold knighthood to high standard but ultimately leaves his title and life behind in face of what being one means. While ‘Knight and Dream’ was on paper a master study, the thought behind the piece was very much of Wreg’s romantic aspects of Knighthood, and it was always meant to go hand in hand with this piece. Armor: The armour clambering on Wreg’s shoulders is his own. Be it the weight of responsibility, expectations, or past – the weight is heavy burden to carry, especially as it tries to take control in an eternal struggle between man and an ideal. (There’re especially interesting papers on medieval masculinity and the idea of a struggle between body and mind that I relate to Wreg’s character a lot especially as a knight) Banner: The banner depicts not only Wreg’s own insignia of a growling wolf, but also his family line’s heraldry, and the extensive families as well. While he presents himself as a knight, in and out of armour, he also represents his immediate, extensive family, and ultimately whole lineage with his actions. (His family line wears a wolf with red-tipped tail, while other known lines include purple and golden tail. I also love how banners with both fringe and schwenkel look like so..that’s what they have now.) Sword: While there’s clear divide between the man and armour, they still share the same body and same decisions. Wreg is a man burdened by myriad of things, and yet he is an active player in his own story. He ultimately holds the sword and has the final decision to give in or make his own path. The sword is sharp enough and as if to test its blade Wreg has cut his other palm.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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atherton.bsky.social
As a parent of small children, I wish everyone responsible for bringing back measles and whooping cough a very

time travel accident that strands them in the black death
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 3d
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally

Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more

Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall

with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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wiglet1981.bsky.social
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Pope stands holding a baseball bat on a plane
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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angus.bsky.social
I am allowed to fail students for AI use, and I do, and I say I will, repeatedly and emphatically. As a result, I wind up having to fail very few students for AI use.
itsthebrandi.bsky.social Brandi, Adebisi's Tiny Santa Hat Hatter😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 2d
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
jesbattis.bsky.social Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 3d
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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definitelyvita.bsky.social
That is the most gangsta answer to this question I have heard so far 😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
robdelaney.bsky.social Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 2d
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Bong Joon Ho took a characteristically radical approach when questioned on his thoughts around the rise of Al technology at the jury press conference of the Marrakech Film Festival on Saturday. The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal. "My official answer is, Al is good because it's the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I'm going to organize a military squad, and their mission is to destroy AI," he said.
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
galahadiant.bsky.social
fairytale of new york fulfills the same ecological niche as no children by the mountain goats but during christmastime
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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blacksalander.bsky.social
Shallan Davar
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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gorangligovic.bsky.social
Was in the mood to make a dungeon synth album cover.
First person view of Frodo Baggins wielding a sword. He is in a barrow and his three unconscious Hobbit friends are superimposed over the background, dressed in white with a sword laid over their necks. An arm of a wight is visible on the right, as is Tom Bombadil's boot. The writing reads "Mathom - Fog on the Barrow-downs".
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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galahadiant.bsky.social
friend asked me to draw my tolkien oc pelethtir in "funny medieval hats" #ocsky
Two headshots of Pelethtir, an elf with dark hair and brown eyes who wears round glasses. On the left he wears a dark red chaperon or decorative hood with silver trim, and on the right he wears a blue rondel (a padded, circular hat) with a long liripipe decorated with yellow stars.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM