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LonelyPhDs
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Two friends who also happen to be film professors break down new films each episode of the podcast
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My mind is heavy with the thought “‘Twas the only time in my life I have felt that surrender to power, upon which, as I have learned after, to my sorrow, all government is founded”.- Mason and Dixon, page 312, Thomas Pynchon
Bless you Neighborhood Listen on @cbbworld.bsky.social for giving me the phrase, “Do you want to see Frances McDormand shit in a coffee can?”
Amazing in treating that kitty so well
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Today is the 1st day of Prison Banned Books Week, a week examining the catastrophic impact of censorship on information access in carceral facilities. Go to prisonbannedbooksweek.org for updates & actions this week, and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKS TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS GROUP via books, $, volunteering!
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When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
You are welcome no problem
Maybe baseball related to the Mariners catcher
Thank you @bestshow4life.bsky.social for the phrase, I’m the Mike Schmidt of making shit up.
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Trump’s Layoffs Gut Office of Postsecondary Ed

College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result. https://bit.ly/4qetVVm

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
RIP to artist Drew Struzan, who made the posters of our movie dreams
Excellent documentary
RIP Diane Keaton. 😭 what a loss
It’s something in the air this week….bad all around mojo or something
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One of the bravest things you can say during your PhD:
"I don’t know."

#PhDDailyThought #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky
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No one who calls themselves an academic should ever fold to a "loyalty oath," no matter what vague risks to funding they might face. It goes against everything higher education and academic freedom stands for.

Please, #AcademicSky, and any other educator, worker, student, alum, etc., sign on.

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University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
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Great book about societal class division, still holds up
Glad to know Dragons Lair on my phone is just as frustrating as the arcade version
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Evening viewing recommendation? Watch THEY LIVE (1988).

A subversive science-fiction satire, Carpenter's antiestablishment classic boasts one of the greatest fight scenes ever, as well as Piper's immortal line: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
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Happy Birthday Remembrance Donald Pleasence Born October 5, 1919 🎂
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What are the best movies or documentaries about government and public administration?