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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 1h

Aaron Taylor-Johnson was very clearly having a lot of fun during the Very Serious Film

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h

Mascot Doing Fentanyl Fold

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 5h

"Interim Head Coach Bobby Petrino" is a very specific severe insult to the brain

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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 1d

It blows that in this new gilded age we didn’t get railroad tycoons, shipping magnates and captains of industry. We got ooops, all robber barons.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 6h

Keep the faith.

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 6h

Even in Seattle they know there’s one leader who could unite our country

A sign at a rally bears the phrase “I miss Nixon”

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 6h

It's blunt, but he's going to die. Likely sooner rather than later, and his successors are dumb and petty. The movement isn't built to last.

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 6h

University of Tennessee Head Baseball Coach Garrett Stubbs

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 6h

Billy Napier saw James Franklin on Gameday and said “I wanna do that”

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 6h

I enjoy that Mark Stoops looks like he should be the cheerful deli manager at a Kroger

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.

Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 10h

Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8h

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 7h

Dead Trent Bounce

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 9h

Just heard the phrase "Download the Hardee's App"

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 9h

Uncredited screenplay rewrites by John Milius

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 10h

Sing that song about payphones, children

Madame Brie-ota 🔮 @briesmith.xyz · 10h

Vandy playing "Callin' Baton Rouge" is some PETTY ASS BULLSHIT and I'm here for it

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 10h

Pokémon: Clock Tower

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 10h

Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 11h

UH deciding to play down to their competition and get in a track meet with Arizona is proof we'll always be haunted by the ghost of Art Briles

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 13h

College Football BlueSky:

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 1d

Jeff Passan tomorrow after Manfred calls him:

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

i don't think that shohei ohtani is a good baseball player

Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 1d

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Why are this guy and Eric Adams not doing a podcast together? Neither of these people should be the mayor or New York but both of them should be sharing anecdotes unprompted in front of a microphone.

Gam Silroy ❌️👑 @gamsilroy.bsky.social · 1d

lol

Mr. Mamdani gave a broad smile and said yes.

“I’ve purchased marijuana at a legal cannabis shop,” he said.

Mr. Sliwa said that he had used medical marijuana after he was shot in a taxi in 1992.

“When I was shot five times and I got Crohn’s disease, I did use medical marijuana, yes,” Mr. Sliwa said.

Mr. Cuomo’s answer was terse.

“No,” he said grimly.

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 1d

Ken and Buster are just itching to explain why Ohtani having this game is bad for baseball

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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 1d

Waa-hoo-fucking-wa

Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1d

UVA says no to the compact

To the University of Virginia community:

On Monday of last week, Rector Rachel Sheridan and I shared a message with the community regarding the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. We were asked to provide comments on the proposal no later than October 20.

Today, I sent the letter below to the Secretary of Education and to White House officials. The letter confirms our core values and commitments while expressing our view that federal research funding should be based on merit.

I want to thank personally the Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Student Council, and many other members of our community who expressed their opinions on the proposed Compact, through the online form we provided and other means. Your thoughtful feedback shows a profound care for the University and a strong commitment to its future.

We will continue to work to strengthen free expression and free inquiry, protect academic freedom, ensure affordability , promote intellectual pluralism, and maintain institutional neutrality in an increasingly polarized world. I am grateful for your continued dedication to the University and I look forward to working with you on these vital projects.

Paul Mahoney
Interim President
University of Virginia

October 17, 2025

The United States Department of Education
Washington, DC 20202

Dear Secretary McMahon, Ms. Mailman, and Mr. Haley,

Thank you for your letter inviting comment on the proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. We wholeheartedly agree that “American higher education is the envy of the world.” We also agree with many of the principles outlined in the Compact, including a fair and unbiased admissions process, an affordable and academically rigorous education, a thriving marketplace of ideas, institutional neutrality, and equal treatment of students, faculty, and staff in all aspects of university operations. Indeed, the University of Virginia leads in several of these areas and is committed to continuous improvement in all of them.

We seek no special treatment in exchange for our pursuit of those foundational goals. The integrity of science and other academic work requires merit-based assessment of research and scholarship. A contractual arrangement predicating assessment on anything other than merit will undermine the integrity of vital, sometimes lifesaving, research and further erode confidence in American higher education.

Higher education faces significant challenges and has not always lived up to its highest ideals. We believe that the best path toward real and durable progress lies in an open and collaborative conversation. We look forward to working together to develop alternative, lasting approaches to improving higher education.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Mahoney
Interim President
University of Virginia