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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 32m

Dems, young people don’t vote.
Young people, I’m not voting for great grandma.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 37m

It’d be great to see the democrats run some candidates not old enough to remember the moon landing.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 38m

I will say that I finished writing a book chapter in 2020 and it’s finally being published this month but there was always communication about the delays.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 39m

No response at all seems weird. Not even a “we sent to out for peer review?” Did you submit it through some system? You might look there for an update but I assume you’ve done that/contacted the editors.

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 15h

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 2h

Yes and if you’re at the point of asking it’s probably been an unreasonable amount of time.

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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 3h

At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 21h

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 21h

Religion scholars: One week left to apply to be my colleague in the small but mighty Religion Department at my small liberal arts college. We are hiring a TT professor of Religion in the US. Right now we have four religion professors, and you could be number five! slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2425

Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position

Sarah Lawrence College seeks candidates for a tenure-track position in Religion in the United States, to begin in fall 2026. We seek scholars from the fields of religious studies, area studies, and hi...

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 1d

Had a dim sum feast today!

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 1d

Because no one asked, here's my opinion on One Battle After Another: I wish the Black characters (aka the women) were deeper and more fleshed out and not just there to move along the narrative of the two white men.
Otherwise, enjoyable.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 1d

Oxford University set to undermine hundreds of years of research with some bullshit.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 24d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 2d

Your bad theory led me to this good article so I guess thanks.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 2d

“Do you take supplements that you bought at a gas station?”

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

Tina Fey does a hilarious cold open for SNL as Kristi Noem & Amy Poehler does Pam Bondi.

*Chef's kiss* on the ICE commercial.

See the full Pam Bondi below 👇🏼🧵

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 2d

Me, 5 minutes into it yesterday at a matinee knowing nothing about it except PTA/Pynchon: Oh. Cheery.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 2d

This is an absolute joy to read.

Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to the happy couple! www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 2d

Bauer said RW influencers don’t follow journalistic norms of balance, independence & not participating in stories... they start out w/ an ideological vision of the world & then narrate what they see in a way that fits that vision. “The consequences are that we have two competing visions of reality”

OPB @opb.org · 2d

Right-wing media influencers are now being welcomed into the federal government to promote its messages. This kind of media access shows a deepening alliance between the Trump administration and an online world willing to misrepresent facts if it means furthering political goals.

Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests

Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.

www.opb.org

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 3d

Pie crust! (For sweet American style pies, not savory British ones) cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1285...

Foolproof Pie Dough (Published 2012)

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 3d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 3d

Also those are bagels

Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

This photo is not from recent anti-deportation protests in Portland, Oregon. The image is more than a decade old and can be geolocated to Toronto, Canada. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 3d

It was vegan coconut. The most dangerous kind of shake known to man.

Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 4d

The feds really had no idea they were up against the most sarcastic and passive-aggressive city in America.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4d

But also good luck staffing the knowledge economy, which is required to operate an AI-centric ecosystem, after you've destroyed all of higher ed and made it impossible for the smartest people in the world to study here if they happen to be from another country.

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 4d

What is “free” for a billionaire is not free for the rest of us.

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