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S.J. Pearce

@homophonous.bsky.social

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Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here’s the pre-order link for my poetry chapbook, Incident Names, out with @finishinglinepress.bsky.social in November. It’s discounted now but I know individual book budgets are tight, so I’d love it if folks suggested their local libraries order a copy! www.finishinglinepress.com/product/inci...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 12h

So they’ve not only never actually met any Jews, the also clearly haven’t run this by the Poles, either.

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 12h

Do you know why the Twitter antesemites are *obsessed* with polish jews?

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 12h

People never believe this fresco is real, but it is!

Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 13h

Top funny thing from @adapalmer.bsky.social ‘s INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE: “Filippino Lippi’s Saint Thomas Aquinas Interrupts the Annunciation to Introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting, while patient Archangel Gabriel just has to wait.”

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 12h

All the heaven talk started out bizarre and is just getting increasingly bizarre.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 12h

I read your thesis.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

The woman long blamed for the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is finally getting a modern makeover.

Traitor, survivor or influencer? Mexico rethinks story of conquistador translator Malinche

The woman long blamed for the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is finally getting a modern makeover.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 14h

I’m torn. In the one hand they’ve got the food packages illustrated spot-on. On the other, they’re asking us to accept that Grover is Jewish and enjoys eating matzah.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 17h

Cuomo just “both sides-ed” the indictment of AG Tish James. Disqualifying on its own, aside from everything else about him

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 20h

This confused "kids these days" lament that offers very little empirical support for a set of remarkable bold assertions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 19h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

The omniforce is accountable only to Trump: they ignore state and local guidance, or court decisions. Forget about knowing the identity of the official. Now you may not know which agency he works for, or even if he is an agent of the state.

two men wearing American flag facemasks and tactical gear.
Look at the picture above. One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in an violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

Amid the current landscape of regional Mexican music, which has seen unprecedented global success in recent years, Selena’s influence feels even more profound.

Guest column | Selena saw where Latin music could go

Selena has been cited as an inspiration by contemporary stars including Becky G, Jennifer Lopez and Karol G, not to mention fellow Texan Selena Gomez.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 22h

The teaching nightmares have started, very vividly, about political disruptions of my classes and campus violence. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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two stuffed animals are laying on a bed with a candle in the background

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Bookmarking to read later

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

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What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Kidlit recommendation: Cat Nap by Brian Lies. Gorgeously-illustrated story of a cat chasing a mouse through art in the Metropolitan Museum. Held the attention of a pre-reader who often prefers listening to stories while doing something else rather than looking at the book. www.brianlies.com/cat-nap

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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like his deep and sincere love of the Jewish donor people ran up against his loyalty to his antisemite friends.

Charlie Kirk Israel furor deepens as friend leaks haunting final texts

A friend of Charlie Kirk released more text messages from a leaked group chat where the Turning Point leader raged about 'bullying' Jewish donors.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing!

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 2d

I think I offered to scan some maps from this book for someone on here. If it was you, remind me?

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 2d

It’s fantastic!

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 2d

I found the book I thought I had lost in the move!

(It was actually published first in English but I need the translation for a class I teach in Spanish.)

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