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Jackofallbooks

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Sociology. Educator. Writer. Banjo Learner. 📚🪴 These interests intersect at my blog. May be time to start posting at my blog again! http://t.co/hu98anPpGf

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · Nov 24

I found my sociology people! I teach at a community college and love helping students make meaningful connections in their lives. I’m really grappling with how (or whether) to use new AI tools with the students if anyone knows of any sociology resources…

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 9h

I haven’t laughed this much in a while. I cant wait to get home and read my copy! Seanan McGuire is my favorite author.

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 1d

hey Raleigh, I’m chatting with @seananmcguire.bsky.social about her new October Daye novel, Silver and Lead, at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social tomorrow night, if anyone’s into that sort of thing 📚🎤

a Quail Ridge Books promotional banner showing author Seanan McGuire and the cover of her new book, Silver and Lead. the event is Tuesday, October 14, at 7pm

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Andy Jones @photography-aj.bsky.social · 21h

One of five Green-brindled Crescent to light in the North Hampshire garden last night, a maximum count for the garden. #TeamMoth

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

"News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon."

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina still does not have a state budget:

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new U.S. House map as a nationwide redistricting battle unfolds.

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! I definitely need to go see these. Thanks!

Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 2d

I actually haven’t been there yet. Thanks!

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations, you're department chair.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

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

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 5d

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T.'s 2025
PHILANTHROPY FRIDAYS
SO LATE IT'S EARLY EDITION
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Months ago, I promised to help Crayons2Calculators raise $5K for their Fill That Bus school supply drive. But then work happened 😩

I'm kicking in $5/donor, with 3 matchers!

Donate here: bullcityschools.app.neoncrm.com/tgregdoucette

a guinea pig wearing glasses and holding a pencil with the words hammy please no eating the school supplies below it

Alt: GIF of a Guinnea pig with a set of plastic eyeglasses and holding a pencil it is inserting into a pencil sharpener. Overtop the image, text reads "Hammy, please, no eating the school supplies"

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 2d

I live in Apex so I’m glad to help teachers and kids near me!

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d

Am I just being a Puritan?

I think it’s bad enough that the MLB allows betting advertising in between innings, but putting up an ad with the betting line or whatever in a graphic on screen during play?

Given the prevalence of problem gambling it’s IMO inexcusable.

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 3d

This UGA Auburn game is unreal!

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 3d

This is fucking cool

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

This is a Democratic Party I could actually believe in and be proud of. Radically inclusive, welcoming, joyful, respectful, and full of hope.

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I’m looking forward to it.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 3d

For the 2nd week in a row, the federal shutdown has blocked disease surveillance reporting. So Team Force of Infection again visited all 50 state websites to track COVID, flu & RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o...

Outbreak Outlook: Week 2 of DIY Surveillance

State by state disease surveillance of COVID-19, influenza and RSV amid federal public health cuts

caitlinrivers.substack.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 3d

The crisp air and changing leaves mean it’s soup and stew season. I’m making this black bean soup today, a favorite for several years. www.thekitchn.com/teddys-black...

This Black Bean Soup is the Most Comforting Dish I Know

There's something almost magical about it.

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! I appreciate the advice.

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Jason Cann @zurichcrow.bsky.social · 4d

You look like you should be on a Christmas card
#crow #corvid #cawmunity 🪶

A crow standing on a wall surrounded by fir tree branches. Quite Christmassy for October

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 4d

My library is doing a Stephen King Halloween Bookclub. It’s a book of short stories called “You Like It Darker” that I know nothing about, yet. #booksky

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Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 4d

I’m trying to get better at caring for my indoor plants and have started an outdoor pollinator garden. The book “Pollinator Gardening for the South,” was written by people in my city and super helpful! I’m halfway through, but learning about bees, butterflies, flies, and beetles is a balm. #booksky

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 5d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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