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Sharon Woodhouse

@sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social

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Former indie book publisher. Owner of a book business agency, Conspire Creative, in Chicago. Project manager. Consultant. Coach. Publisher. Ideas, small business, cities, science, the quirky, the future. Also here @ProfitableAuthor.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d

Steven Conn's book "Americans against the City" is an essential history of American anti-urbanism. It will help you understand why fear and hostility toward people who live in cities runs so deeply in US culture and politics. Good summary:

www.governing.com/urban/why-we...

Why We Despise Cities and Yet Are Drawn to Them

Americans have always feared crowding and congestion, blaming the anonymity of the city for a decline in community feeling. But cities’ energy and vitality continue to pull people toward urban life.

www.governing.com

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Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Bloodshot Records fans in Chicago and beyond. Look what's coming: Long hours, low pay. History and memoir from Rob Miller.

Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · Jul 4

Terrified to announce 11/25/25 release. A journey of weird record stores, grimy clubs, and starting venerable label Bloodshot Records. History, memoir, how-to, and a cautionary call to support indie arts communities before they are gone.
Pre-order now:
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Image of book cover for "The Hours Are Long But the Pay is Low" by Rob Miller

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Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 3d

And this wasn't the only bridge people were crossing as they left the park for the march down Michigan Avenue in Chicago, there was at least one more.

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 6d

a world where girls are women and men are boys

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 7d

"however you do CTA is how you do everything"

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 8d

Haha. Right! School committees can't agree on prom themes, condo boards reach stalemates on assessment structures, nonprofits bicker over gala ticket prices, but EVERYONE is in on it.

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 9d

Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy

The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.

foreignpolicy.com

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Rick Kaempfer @rickkaempfer.bsky.social · 10d

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Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Reminds me of something I just read about the nihilism of pointing fingers at virtue signaling

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 11d

Inflata!!

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, and whole schools full of kids are scared and anxious. Grammar schools and high schools. Ask parents and teachers.

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Um, what?

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 15d

Sperm may transmit paternal exercise capacity?

Sperm MicroRNAs: Crucial Mediators of Paternal Exercise Capacity

In a groundbreaking study set to redefine our understanding of hereditary health and exercise science, researchers from Nanjing University and Nanjing Medical University have unveiled pivotal evidence

bioengineer.org

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 19d

Mysterious "rogue planet" spotted gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of 6 billion tons a second.

www.cbsnews.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 19d

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 19d

10 of America’s Most Haunting Hikes

These hiking trails are not for the easily spooked.

www.mentalfloss.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 19d

Want to go.

Tourists Are Flocking to a Chinese Megacity That’s Straight Out of Sci-Fi

Dizzying architecture, bright lights and a cyberpunk vibe have made Chongqing a must-see destination for Chinese and international tourists alike.

www.wsj.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 22d

Why Do Some People Lack an Inner Monologue? | Make This Make Sense

YouTube video by New York Post

www.youtube.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 22d

RIP, AOL dial-up: Take a walk down memory lane to 5 other now-defunct tech icons that defined millennials' youths

AOL is sunsetting its dial-up internet after 30 years. We revisited other defunct tech like the BlackBerry and Netflix DVDs for nostalgia's sake.

www.aol.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · 29d

Wow. The "monkey mind" and internal chatter of most people is coherent enough to be decoded? And an individual can password protect their thoughts with thinking? I would've thought that was a yogic feat accessible only to some.

Gregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · Sep 22

New Brain Implant Can Decode Your Internal Monologue, Raising Fears Of Mind Reading www.iflscience.com/new-brain-im...

New Brain Implant Can Decode Your Internal Monologue, Raising Fears Of Mind Reading

It's early days, but this technology could massively improve the quality of life of people who are unable to speak.

www.iflscience.com

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · Sep 21

"Hey, I know a group of people who should give up their rights..."

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · Sep 19

2) To elaborate on #1: Courts have specifically recognized that entertainment speech receives First Amendment protection.
3) Notable precedents have established that even highly offensive speech is constitutionally protected. See such disparate cases as Hustler v. Falwell and Snyder v. Phelps.
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Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · Sep 19

Mike Pence: ""The First Amendment does not protect entertainers who say crass or thoughtless things..."

3 Things:
1) The first amendment is viewpoint neutral, and the government generally cannot restrict speech based on its content or message, regardless of how crass or offensive.
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Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · Sep 18

Headline is unclear. The ruling isn't against finger-detection technology or making, buying, selling of such. It's against mandating its inclusion in all table saws.

Sharon Woodhouse @sharonwoodhouse.bsky.social · Sep 17

Just as it becomes more common knowledge that it takes into mid-20s and beyond for executive functioning/prefrontal cortex to mature.

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