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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 4h

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE (repeat as necessary…)

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 4h

Top-tier weird little guy on an incantation bowl from Nippur, Iraq, c 500 BCE, in the Penn Museum.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 6h

I IMMEDIATELY need to use this word without actually having a reason to use it

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Emma Wynne @emwynne.bsky.social · 12h

"The keywords to find abusers’ support communities are “estranged parents” and “grandparents’ rights"." issendai.com/psychology/e...

For several years now I’ve followed blogs about narcissists and other abusers, written by victims of abuse. They’re powerful tools for recovery, and powerful testimonials to the impact of emotional abusers on other people’s lives. What’s been missing is the abusers’ perspective on the abuse. The narcissists I see online don’t write about their relationships with their children and close friends; they hardly write about their own partners, except as props in the narcissist’s ongoing drama. I assumed that there was no way to get the abusers’ side of the story, that abusers are smart enough to not incriminate themselves in their own blogs, and like hell would they get together with other abusers to discuss abuse.

I was wrong.

The keywords to find abusers’ support communities are “estranged parents” and “grandparents’ rights.”

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/10/2026

Huge result from our members at the University of Lincoln. 85% have voted YES to strike action in the fight to save jobs, on a 60% turnout, with 88% also backing action short of a strike. Massive solidarity to everyone at Lincoln UCU. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1467...

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University of Lincoln staff vote for strike action in fight against job cuts

Staff at the University of Lincoln have voted in favour of industrial action in a row over job cuts, the University and College Union announced today.

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 20h

There’s something particularly nasty about classist criticism of food.

I'm sorry, but beans on toast looks like something a homeless person would eat.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 5h

Hegseth doubles down on his vision of a military staffed only with people like him: White. Male. Evangelical. Straight. The problem is that there just aren’t that many of them. And he’s supposed to be fighting a war. www.salon.com/2026/10/07/p...

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Pete Hegseth's holy war on "weirdos" targets most Americans

Forget Iran — the defense secretary is focused on forcing his religion on everyone else

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Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Even a stopped clock and all that.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 5h

The fascists are the garbage. Send them all to Epstein's island and let them never return

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 19h

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 4h

I promise you it can get worse and that your wife can get a lot angrier

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(C)all (M)e "Shirley" or don't, I don't care @realcinematik.bsky.social · 4h

"...drums...drums in the deep...."

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19h

The headline they assigned is pretty hilarious, too. Professor points out that a fictional story is fictional! That that is news, well.

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

Bookmarking to read later

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 17h

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15h

“The case shows how a car app designed to make drivers' lives more convenient can be turned into a tool of abuse. And too often, car manufacturers haven’t built in protections that would prevent their vehicles from enabling harassment.”

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How A Man Used A BMW App To Terrorize His Ex-Wife

A domestic abuse survivor’s ex-husband used his access to her BMW’s connected smartphone app to open car doors and windows, start the engine and track her location. She claims BMW didn’t help.

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 13h

I remember my father telling me how anti trust laws worked as a kid. Something like "Well son, we have laws where one electric company can't just buy all the OTHER electric companies. Then they could just charge whatever they want because there'd be no competition." We were a very optimistic people.

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Dr. Barry Torch @barrytorch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1) Prof Drimmer does amazing work on art history and AI, and among dozens of other reasons, is worth following for her studies and thoughts on AI and the humanities 2) To quote her, “EVERY FIELD NEEDS TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ITSELF!!!”

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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.bsky.social · 18h

Recreating halachic abortion arguments from... Viking principles?

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 16h

TWF your very niche historical specialty shows up in the news in the worst damn way

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18h

everyone at The Chicks show has t shirts that say Maryanne and Wanda 2028

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Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD! @14thcdisability.bsky.social · 16h

We really need to be having this conversation.

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Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD! @14thcdisability.bsky.social · 17h

Damnatio memoriae. Expunge his name from everything. All of it was stolen anyway. And it will make him so mad.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23h

damnatio memoriae is the right thing to do with trump for many reasons and at the top of the list is the fact that it will make him so, so angry

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 18h

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 22h

Wow, what a symbol of pettiness, ignorance, and hollow bravado: "Historically, the atrium of the State Department has flown flags of all the countries in which the US maintains an embassy...Today...every single overseas flag has been replaced...There are more than 190 US flags arranged in a row..."

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026

Because of the Nobel Prize, a lot of people will be talking about neutrinos today (including me I’m sure)! I *also* talk a lot about neutrinos in my new book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking),” which is available for preorder now! www.astrokatie.com/book-htbau

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How to Build a Universe — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST

Information about "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 22h

Status report, "Annoyed Late Night Thoughts": There are right now people high up in the US thinking, "You've got measles? Good, you're weak, you should die." AND they're also thinking: "Your unborn child's got measles because you weren't vaccinated? Good, they're weak, *they* should die too." (1/2)

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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cool deep dive into Zotero's origins

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22h

back in the pre-marriage equality era I once heard a close friend from church earnestly say to someone “I just can’t understand why gay people want to DESTROY my marriage by redefining the meaning of it” I’ll remember the way she said the word “destroy” until the day I die, because she meant it

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 23h

This is outstanding and speaks to an increasing need for pure unfettered authenticity- not for clicks. For the honesty and truth we need as armor against the Sloposcene.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

"Project Meridian is like so much that characterizes this moment in history: oriented toward a real challenge, but with the worst people given the power to come up with the answers. The best we can hope for may be that their recommendations get ignored and then forgotten." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire

Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/10/2026

Sorry I’m not gonna do idea landlords discourse today. You want authors to not get paid? Cool go totally rework society so that we also don’t have to pay for things.

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 22h

I remember when I first surfed on the world wide web, as we called it back then. It was thrilling. We had no idea what we were doing, or why, but it was great.

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My sister studied Zoology at Nottingham, but the music department was her real home where she was involved in many ensembles. It gave her an excellent grounding before she did postgrad performance at the Royal Northern. She's now principal bass with Royal Northern Sinfonia. Awful news. 1/

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Nahyan Fancy @fancynahyan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why we need more history, social sciences & humanities for critical thinking, analysis of audience & how to weigh evidence. Great piece by @lsangha.bsky.social. This is why consultants (in bed with polluters) are dismantling humanities & social sciences from Exeter to Edinburgh & now Nottingham.

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Mike Horswell @mjhorswell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looking forward to @drgavin.bsky.social launching William Morris & His Gardens in October at Burlington House. Tickets still available, should be a great event.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

👇🏼

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 06/10/2026

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The only world fascists envision is one of metal beams that protects their concrete prisons. These trees did more for our world than any one of these fuckass brownshirts ever could.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hastert ain’t dead

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