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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026

"I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thought to how to protect girls and women after they’re born?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg

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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?

“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Enjoy the latest installment from my "A History of Western Art" anneleader.substack.com/p/greek-arch...

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Kouroi and the Greek ideal of perfection

Archaic sculpture in sixth-century Attica

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Enjoy the next installment of A History of Western Art. Special freebie today! anneleader.substack.com/p/archaic-gr...

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Archaic Greece

though thoroughly contemporary to them

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“As long as we continue to rescue our own children from the failing schools where we allow other people’s children to languish simply because those children have been born Black and poor in a nation of racism and riches, there is no absolution here. Not for me. Not for you. Not for any of us.”

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Catch up on the first half of my Survey in 50 anneleader.substack.com/p/history-of...

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Half way through!

Twenty-five down, twenty-five to go.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Enjoy and share the next installment of A history of Western art! anneleader.substack.com/p/geometric-...

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The Geometric Period in Greece

Inching closer to the Classics

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If Trump doesn’t remember precisely where he was and what he was doing, then he is definitely senile and should be removed from office. The only thing I don’t remember is what I was wearing, but I remember exactly what I had to buy at the Princeton Banana Republic on 9/12 because I couldn’t go home

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“To honor those we lost, we must do more than build monuments of stone or recite names once a year. We must recommit to the steady, everyday work of citizenship — greeting our neighbors, bridging our divides and choosing unity before tragedy forces our hand.” Amen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...

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Opinion | My Dad Died on Flight 93. I Miss the Way America Responded. (Gift Article)

My father died on 9/11, and a nation united behind my family, as well as others. We desperately need that sense of togetherness today.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If your feed is anything like mine, you need these griffins anneleader.substack.com/p/greek-cera...

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Shedding light on the Greek “Dark Ages”

Ceramics from Lefkandi

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh, this is such a great loss for the museum. I hope it was truly his choice. Thank you Mr. Bunch for your excellent service.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just got the following from a free subscriber in reply to today’s email. “I appreciate not only your content but your voice. New knowledge about ancient art can become a spiritual experience for me. Thank you.” No, dear reader, thank you.

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Shedding light on the Greek “Dark Ages”

Ceramics from Lefkandi

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Griffins feeding their chicks (cubs? Cub-chicks? Chick-cubs?). How cute is that??? anneleader.substack.com/p/greek-cera...

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Shedding light on the Greek “Dark Ages”

Ceramics from Lefkandi

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Horrifying. America certainly contains multitudes. Looking Back on the Summer of High MAGA in Trump's Washington www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

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Looking Back on the Summer of High MAGA in Trump's Washington

Racecars, crypto, billionaires, troops, sequins and a bloody cage fight.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ten years ago I happened to be on the session that approved the proposal to host Bravehearts at our church. A truly well deserved award. I feel so proud to have helped get it going. I wish we could open more centers at other places in town. #Auburn youtu.be/AcxP3TLyZDk

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Angie Colvin Burque Named 2026 Dr. Royrickers Cook Endowed Engagement Award Recipient

YouTube video by Auburn University Outreach

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What I've been working on this fine Friday.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

‘“The national economy that is really run for the benefit of a very few people is preying upon and slowly destroying local communities everywhere,” Mr. Berry told Sierra magazine in 1990’ And alas still true. Possibly humanity itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As I have shouted into the wind many times -- what is to stop him? A rogue president and feckless GOP congress do not make a good combination.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the myriad ways that the unchecked AI onslaught is moving faster than pedagogical responses. I'm not willing to abandon spelling, grammar, and syntax to make my writing look like mine.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

‘one of the independent investigators of the Hugging Face incident, minced no words about the danger she saw, writing that it felt to her “like it’s more than 50 percent of the way to full-blown A.I. takeover.”’ /1 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...

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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)

The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A follow up from my unpopular opinion the other day that it behooves us to talk to students about AI. Unfortunately the people who created AI didn’t think about how this would radically impact education, or they didn’t care. Teachers need help! theimportantwork.substack.com/p/at-my-high...

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At my high school no one is talking about AI

But everyone is using it

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I've talked to writing instructors doing very thoughtful work to figure out the role/lack of role of AI in their classes (see: The Important Work). But, alas many of the people deciding whether AI belongs in the writing classroom have never taught writing/seen how students develop their own ideas.

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The Important Work | Jane Rosenzweig | Substack

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Click to read The Important Work, by Jane Rosenzweig, a Substack publication.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

ICYMI folks seem to be enjoying this one. And, it’s the last post from the era of #Odysseus. 😢 anneleader.substack.com/p/octopus-and-warrior-kraters?r=1fmqhb&utm_medium=ios

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Marine and military life in the ancient Aegean

More Minoan and Mycenaean pottery with lively octopuses to chariots and the famous Warrior Krater from ancient Mycenae.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Now, who’s calling whom crazy???

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

‘ “Corporations,” he said, “have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be condemned. They therefore do as they like.”’ What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...

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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wow! I’m so glad someone still wants to teach my field.

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This truly makes no sense. Is this guy an idiot or just lying?

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Anne Leader @anneleaderphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No. We do not need to be nice. We need to prevent deaths from diseases that should be something from the past.

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