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Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈‍⬛

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Professor ~ EM English drama ~ Shakespeare ~ feminist ethics ~ parrhesia ~ book series ed. *Late Tudor & Stuart Drama* @MIP ~ hcommons.org/members/clalfar 🌻 amateur gardener ~ childless cat lady 🐈‍⬛~ "I can see a church by daylight."

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 5h
The billionaires want to keep the system rigged in their favor so they can keep getting richer while working people fall further behind. This November, we're ready to elect Democrats who will fight for a country that invests in all of us, not just the wealthy few.
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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 4h
Theaters are time machines, and William Shakespeare knew it. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores on the blog. Read now: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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"Call back yesterday": Time-traveling Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6h
Banning bookes ys terrible. But cutting entyre fieldes of researche by defunding universityes and closing departments doth also destroye knowledge & freedom. Universityes are the source of bookes on specialized topics. Yf you fighte booke bans, plese consider following news about universitye cuts.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
"I intentionally call him by the wrong name because it just sounds more racist, see?"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h
BREAKING: FBI employees fired for their roles in President Trump's classified files probe sue to get their jobs back.
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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate are suing to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19h
Polls show a tight race between GOP incumbent Darline Graham, who succeeded her late brother Lindsey Graham, and Democratic challenger Dr. Annie Andrews. She says her campaign is for "everyone in South Carolina who feels like the broken Washington system isn't working for them."
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Michael Steele @michaelsteele.bsky.social · 18h
He Likes that! A Moment of Clarity youtu.be/lgTKNUeuIqQ
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"Why Are We Still Pretending This Is Normal?"
YouTube video by Michael Steele Network
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17h
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa talks to Ali Velshi about the clear parallels between the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte and America under Donald Trump today. “I joke that we went from hell to purgatory. And I worry America is just going to hell.”
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Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈‍⬛ @cristinalalfar.bsky.social · 5h
People, do not try to rehome your pet on Craigslist! You can't just hand them over to random people. It's more humane to find a rescue that will take them.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 7h
Maybe lettinge a small amount of immenselye wealthye tech bros control technologyes needed for the public was... a badde ydea?
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 7h
🚨The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings of critical fire danger for LA County.🚨 Sign up with the link below to receive emergency notifications including evacuation orders: ready.lacounty.gov/emergency-no...
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Emergency Notifications
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h
anyone know Angel? I'm looking to track down the human inside this pink inflatable unicorn I met at No Kings Day one year ago! tysm.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 6h
This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community. Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power. If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h
i think it is fun when people write things that are just totally in tension with easily observable reality. like, this is “charlie brown had hoes” levels of nonsense: “in his first term Trump largely respected the cultural consensus of the Obama years.” www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
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How ‘Woke 1’ Radicalized the GOP
On May 30, 2020, five days after the death of George Floyd, the head of a prominent DC-area think tank issued a stentorian condemnation of the killing and the bigotry she said had enabled it.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed frustration with the U.S. this week, saying he would no longer abide by President Trump’s demand to stop striking Russian oil refineries. As winter nears, Russia has continued its campaign of striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. nyti.ms/4yn79O6
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h
The Supreme Court was asked to apply a Blockbuster Video law to [gestures broadly] the Internet. And… I think they might go for it. I think there is a small chance Blockbuster might help us restore some measure of digital privacy. My latest in @thenation.com. You can now call me Kurt Loder.
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Is Blockbuster Video the Answer to Our Digital Privacy Woes?
The Supreme Court is weighing whether a 1988 video-store law can be used to protect our digital privacy.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22h
James Talarico: The drain on our resources is this war in Iran. Not only is it costing us a billion dollars a day and driving up gas prices at home, but it is killing our brave men and women in uniform. Our service members love this country. It’s time for this country to start loving them back.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h
BREAKING: President Trump says the Pentagon won't livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter after bipartisan backlash.
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Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
President Donald Trump says the Pentagon will not be livestreaming the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 8h
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, New York. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Nueva York!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 8h
It’s time to hold the bankers who financed Jeffrey Epstein accountable.
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What is wrong with him? What what what?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h
Blondie is set to release a new album, "High Noon," early next year, a decade after their last outing.
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Blondie to return with the new album 'High Noon' next year and you can have a taste of it now
Blondie is set to release a new album, “High Noon,” early next year, a decade after their last outing.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina early voting begins, with students targeted by suppression schemes
Ultimately, voters described the roadblocks as a feature, not a bug, of the state’s electoral system — one that’s littered with so much confusion that some may decide to stay home and not vote at all.
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Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just got out of the truly side-splitting Roundabout production of Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid. I can think of worse ways to spend a weekday afternoon. If you can, go!
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 15/10/2026
I’m activating the California State Operations Center in response to high winds and elevated fire weather conditions in Southern California. We are coordinating state and local partners to rapidly pre-deploy life-saving resources, respond in real-time, and protect California communities.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 23h
"Greenland contradicts Trump’s claim that ‘massive’ oil and gas drilling is about to begin there"
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Greenland contradicts Trump’s claim that ‘massive’ oil and gas drilling is about to begin there | CNN Politics
Greenland’s government pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claim on Wednesday that “massive oil, gas and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin” in the Arctic territory.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I wrote about the 2026 midterm trends www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The most important US midterm trends I’m seeing | Molly Jong-Fast
The one I worry about most is voter anger – which both parties are not taking seriously enough
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. And we certainly wouldn't have public executions. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It's about cruelty.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/10/2026
This is such important work, and the thing to keep in mind is that when AI people tell you that games will be personalized for you, this is the kind of thing they are more likely to mean.
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
EXCITING NEWS After 15 years of never being able to sell a used textbook to the guy who comes by our offices, I just sold a TEN YEAR OLD BOOK because APPARENTLY no one trusts E-texts anymore and everyone is going analog again!! PRINT BOOKS ARE COMING BACK BABEE
The $2 I made from this deal
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
it's happened- the 2026 YTD (1/1-10/14) average for diesel has now eclipsed 2022's YTD average (I missed it calling it out a couple weeks ago). 2026 could likely be the most expensive year for diesel prices ever. 2026 YTD diesel average: $5.0715 2022 YTD diesel average: $4.9405
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Democrats @democrats.org · 14/10/2026
HUGE: Ohio Democrats have cast over 30,000 more ballots than Republicans after one week of early voting. Ohio is ready for change.
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Friends, I edit a book series for Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan Univ. See the website for contact info & send me your book proposal! I would love to hear from you! Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Readings in Feminist Theories and Histories #earlymodern wmich.edu/medievalpubl...
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Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Readings in Feminist Theories and Histories | Medieval Institute Publications | Western Michigan University
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Oooff.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/10/2026
After about, I dunno, 40 years of data?, CNBC acknowledges that the rich are getting richer while the rest of us are getting poorer. Kudos to Jim Marx over here for noticing.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
Oops. Little problem for Republicans: what’s driving the expanding home insurance crisis is climate change creating uninsurable risks, and their big fossil fuel donors forbid them to talk about that.
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The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices
Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.
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valerie @vfo.northsky.social · 14/10/2026
We looked at JSTOR in my library session last night and I got the chance to point out the AI features and to tell them I, a tech professional with a CS degree, don’t use these tools because for one thing I don’t use technology I can’t trust to work correctly. I very rarely volunteer to beta test.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Announcement!!! Big news!!! 📢📢📢 My book, The Racialization of Print, has a cover (!!), and a webpage, and pre-orders are now available! Coming in Spring, 2027, from @uncpress.bsky.social and @oieahc.bsky.social Use code 01SOCIAL30 to save 30% uncpress.org/979889313492...
Cover of my book, full title is The Racialization of Print: from John Smith to Frederick Douglsss. A very simple graphic cover with black and white and yellow background
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Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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MS NOW @ms.now · 14/10/2026
Pete Hegseth's recent announcement that he was creating an Office of Religious Affairs followed a decision by the Department of Defense to slash the number of recognized religious affiliations from 211 to 31. Read more from Priya Sridhar and Peggy Helman:
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Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade at the Pentagon riles troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric has prompted hundreds of service members to file complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
NEW: Inflation data came in and Donald Trump’s failed economic agenda has raised prices for Americans by 5.9%. That means families are paying $3,772 more thanks to inflation under Trump.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
Musk's DOGE boys took a 'sledgehammer' to the federal govt & services people relied on. Now they're getting rich off the pain they caused. DOGE was never about efficiency, it was about breaking the govt & selling it off to Trump's billionaire buddies & allies. Endless grift.
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They came to Washington to dismantle government. Now, they’re profiting from it.
DOGE alumni have leveraged their government experience, raising at least half a billion dollars for firms spanning cyberwarfare, AI and data centers, a Post analysis found.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/10/2026
Consumer prices in September jumped 3.7% from a year ago. The Social Security Administration said benefits will increase next year to help keep pace with the rising cost of living. n.pr/47SreRo
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Inflation sizzled in September -- and Social Security benefits will get a boost
Consumer prices in September jumped 3.7% from a year ago. The Social Security Administration said benefits will increase next year to help keep pace with the rising cost of living.
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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Live Update: Soaring Energy Prices Push Inflation Higher www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Ooofff Totally unnecessary!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Comer’s latest oversight target: ‘Activist’ jurors in D.C. courts
The House Oversight Committee chair said the panel launched an investigation into “politicized jury nullification initiatives by left-wing activist groups” in D.C.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/10/2026
Kamala Harris is building out her final fall campaign blitz on behalf of other Democrats. By Election Day, her midterm schedule will have taken her to multiple early presidential primary states on Democrats’ 2028 calendar as the former vice president mulls whether to seek the White House again.
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Kamala Harris adds stops to her final midterm campaign stretch. Her decision about 2028 comes later
Kamala Harris is building out her final fall campaign blitz on behalf of other Democrats. It will complete a midterm schedule that by Election Day will have taken her to multiple early presidential primary states on Democrats’ 2028 calendar as the former vice president mulls whether to seek the Whit
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