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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 16h

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 13 “Foucault Centennial Orientation” Part 1 The Rest Is History. (2023, July 24). Paris 1968: The students’ revolt (Part 1) Audio podcast episode with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. therestishistory.com/episodes/the...

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History Podcast Episodes & Archive | The Rest Is History

Explore The Rest Is History episode archive with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Browse history podcast episodes, series and bonus content.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 21h

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 12 “Tiptoe Through the Terror II” Shore, M. (2026, August 5). European intellectual history since Nietzsche: Class 13, French existentialism [Video lecture; Yale U HIST 271; lecture delivered October 16, 2023]. YaleCourses. YouTube. youtu.be/G9Ovu6Lxo28

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European Intellectual History since Nietzsche: Class 13, French Existentialism

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 21h

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 11 “Tiptoe Through The Terror” The Rest Is History. (2026, September 24). How Robespierre’s high ideals led to the Reign of Terror [Video podcast episode; with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook; The Terror, Part 2]. YouTube. youtu.be/5u2SLaHzwZA

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How Robespierre's High Ideals Led to the Reign of Terror

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Succession (Season X) “Where’s My Pamela Harriman!? “

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Joint Study Group America at 250 The past 100 years “JFK-109 Reads Roy Cohn” Bird, K., & Goldmark, S. (2026). American scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s dark journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump. Scribner. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Americ...

Digital collage for CAITBC’s “JFK-109 Reads Roy Cohn.” A tilted cover of Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark’s recent bio of American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump rises from a gold boat-shaped pin labeled “JFK-109” and “CAITBC.” Black rabbit-eared Wunnies present the book to a voracious team of red, white, and blue Visitors representing the team within Joint Study Group America at 250. In the high left distance, three tiny Wunnies cross the blue sky in duplication formation above a vintage image of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Poptart Show | Sun 11 Oct 2026 Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/5JL... Playlist link: alieninformationtheorybookclub.substack.com/p/poptart-sh...

Playlist cover image — Square mixed-media digital collage featuring a large, translucent coral-pink puzzle-piece Visitor against a softly textured watercolor background of pastel pink, lavender, blue, and green rainbow arches. The original hand-drawn lines remain visible through the figure. Along the lower edge, overlapping line drawings of college-issue unicorn floaties in purple, blue, and coral form a playful flotilla interfacing with the large translucent Visitor.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks Unicorn Barn Hurricane Isaias Pride float-in hosted by Camp Woman with Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies Saturday 10 October 2026 College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club

Square mixed-media collage in translucent pastel pinks, blues, greens, and lavender. A hand-painted watercolor rainbow forms the background, overlaid with a large pink puzzle-piece Visitor and overlapping multicolored line drawings of college-issue unicorn floaties. A handwritten notebook page dated October 10, 2026, is superimposed across the composition, bearing the words “Hurricane Isaias Unicorn Barn Pride Float-In,” and “Mind the Horn.” The layered imagery combines watercolor, archival handwriting, and playful digital illustration.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks Joint Study Group America at 250 Reuters. (2026, October 8). Democrats in tight US Midwest races split on trans rights strategy [News video]. YouTube. youtu.be/jZt_OVWcv34

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Democrats in tight US Midwest races split on trans rights strategy

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 10 Shore, M. (2023, September 25). European intellectual history since Nietzsche: Class 8, Leninism, the rushing of history [Video lecture; uploaded August 5, 2026]. Yale University, HIST 271/HUMS 339. YaleCourses. YouTube. youtu.be/2F3PzB2iVa4

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European Intellectual History since Nietzsche: Class 8, Leninism, the Rushing of History

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Information Literacy Dojo It’s Banned Book Week

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cinémathèque Week of 3 October 2026 Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks with Joint Study Group America at 250 — The past 50 years present a program of “Extreme American Male Homosociality at the Movies” alieninformationtheorybookclub.substack.com/p/cinematheq...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks Camp Woman – Inherit the Wand Rape Tent “The Past 50 Years” Kenney, S. J. (Host). (2026, January 21). Episode 18: Nancy Whittier [Audio podcast episode]. In Deconstructing Rape. deconstructingrape.com/podcast/nanc...

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Nancy Whittier – Deconstructing Rape Podcast

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Chattanooga field trip opportunity: The 3Sisters Bluegrass Festival www.3sistersbluegrass.com

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ALT NPS CHA We saved our bridge! The famous blue walking bridge reopens this weekend. Engage your historical imaginations ChattanoogaR. (2012). Walnut Street Bridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee: We saved our bridge [Historypin collection]. Historypin. historypin.org/collections/...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 08 Shore, M. (2026). European intellectual history since Nietzsche: Class 6, Nietzsche and the death of God [Video]. YouTube. youtu.be/MqbQ0loF3zM

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European Intellectual History since Nietzsche: Class 6, Nietzsche and the Death of God

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Chapel Joint Study Group America VBS Pro-democracy Picnic re Succession (Season X) “Soldier Onward, Christian Superintelligent”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks Bookshelf “Cornell 7 Woman 0” Vorenberg, A., Durkis-Stokes, J., & Brown, J. C. (2024). Utmost resistance: Examining sexual violence law in the United States. Carolina Academic Press. cap-press.com/books/isbn/9...

Graphic on a blue-to-pink gradient background featuring the cover of Utmost Resistance: Examining Sexual Violence Law in the United States by Amy Vorenberg, Jessica Durkis-Stokes, and Jessica C. Brown. The black-and-white book cover shows a blindfolded Lady Justice holding a sword. Three black rabbit-eared CAITBC figures (Wunnies) appear around the book as if presenting it to the viewer.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Succession (Season X) “Handwriting Analysis”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Joint Study Group America at 250 Tennessee vs. Texas SEE ALSO Creekmore, B. B. (2018, October 3). Billy Graham crusade [22-31 May 1970]. In Volopedia. University of Tennessee Libraries. volopedia.lib.utk.edu/entries/bill... Richard Nixon spoke on May 28, 1970.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 06 The University of Edinburgh. (2026, September 9). The Gifford Lectures—Lecture one: A world full of gods [Video lecture by Paula Fredriksen, May 4, 2026; The Conversions of Christianity, 2026 Gifford Lectures]. YouTube. youtu.be/wzTc7hgW4zA%...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Poptart Show | Fri 25 Sep 2026 intersection with The Southern Rock Opera Seminar “925 and 529” featuring Parton, D. (1970). A real live Dolly [Album]. RCA Victor. youtube.com/playlist?lis... Playlist link alieninformationtheorybookclub.substack.com/p/poptart-sh...

Square collage on a pale yellow-to-pink gradient. A brown frame surrounds the A Real Live Dolly album cover, showing Dolly Parton singing before a packed audience, with text naming special guest Porter Wagoner. Two bright pink, puzzle-piece-shaped Visitors wearing towering blonde wigs overlap the frame at upper left and right. A tiny matching Visitor appears among the audience. A black, rabbit-eared Wunnie sits at lower left.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Joint Study Group America at 250 Fall 2026: JFK-109 “Team JFK-109 on patrol” Currently reading Logevall, F. (2020). JFK: Coming of age in the American century, 1917–1956. Random House. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/242113...

Vintage postcard view of the Kennedy Center across the Potomac, overlaid with three gold JFK-109 patrol-boat pins at different scales. Red, white, blue, and gold puzzle-shaped Visitors ride the boats, while additional red, white, and blue Visitors float in the sky.

Close-up collage of a large gold JFK-109 boat pin with a black rabbit-eared Wunnie seated on it beside the cover of Fredrik Logevall’s JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956. A smaller black Wunnie appears near the Kennedy Center in the background, and a tiny Wunnie icon sits beside the CAITBC mark on the boat.

Cream-colored vintage-style CAITBC display card labeled “Camelot Algorithm,” featuring a gold JFK-109 boat pin centered beneath the title. Text at the bottom reads, “Inspired by the PT-109 campaign pin.” The card is set against a blurred blue-water and Kennedy Center background, with a small black Wunnie visible at left.

Vintage postcard view of the Kennedy Center across the Potomac, overlaid with three gold JFK-109 patrol-boat pins. Black puzzle-shaped Visitors ride the boats and float through the sky, creating a dark reprise of the earlier red, white, blue, and gold patrol image.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Succession (Season X) “Everyone Out of the Pool”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 05 “The Notorious Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984” YaleCourses. (2026, August 5). Since Nietzsche: Class 21, power and archaeology: Michel Foucault [Video lecture by Marci Shore, November 15, 2023; HIST 271/HUMS 339]. YouTube. youtu.be/tyeGAGus-oY%...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

an intersection of Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand (04) and The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates “Cultures of Fetishism” Dolly Parton. Dolly Patron. Dolly Patronus. Kaplan, L. J. (2006). Cultures of fetishism. Palgrave Macmillan. doi.org/10.1057/9780...

Square graphic with a pale yellow-to-pink gradient background. At left, the cover of Louise J. Kaplan’s Cultures of Fetishism is overlaid with a large black Wunnie figure and wrapped horizontally in a heavy metal chain. At lower right, two pink Visitor figures wear large blonde Dolly Parton-style wigs. At upper right, the citation reads: “Kaplan, L. J. (2006). Cultures of fetishism. Palgrave Macmillan,” followed by the DOI in blue.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates Dolly Crest (Season I) She’s Alive LLC made headlines in September 2026 after filing for a temporary restraining order in a Nashville court against Parton's nephew and chief of security, Bryan Seaver

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Peace Talks Camp Woman “The Lavender Menace Strikes Again!” Women’s Declaration International (WDI). (2026, September 22). NOW lesbian caucus—Does NOW know what a woman is? [Video]. YouTube. youtu.be/yMx_EDkB4TQ%...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Comparative Iteration Studies Weekend Coda Hitchcock, R. (2026). Stranded in the future. Akashic Books. www.robynhitchcock.com/strandedinth...

Atop a map of East Nashville, a Wunnie icon tracks south towards a small book cover icon

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The Wunnies swing by Tiny Ghost Records HQ to pick up their hardback copies of _Stranded in the Future_.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend Finale The Wunnies conduct wig bestowals and the sending of the Dolly-identifying Visitors. On to 09 25 [2026]!

Library of Wunnies suite at The SongTeller hotel.

Wunnies conduct wig bestowals upon Dolly-identifying Visitors as pink Visitors receive enormous blonde Dolly Parton-style wigs and process through the library to launch into the mouth of a book-lined tunnel. No 7 looks on.

This concludes Comparative Iteration Weekend.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rentrée 2026 New books display

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend Dolly Parton. Dolly Patron. Dolly Patronus. The Wunnies enjoyed a Sunday hop around the Vanderbilt University and Belmont University campuses before the afternoon heat drove them back to their suite.

Square image of Vanderbilt University’s Kirkland Hall framed by leafy trees in warm afternoon light. In the foreground, a large tunnel-boring machine labeled “No. 7 — The Unboring Company (formerly known as Prufrock)” emerges from a trench surrounded by heaps of freshly displaced red earth. Wunnies emerge from the tunnel

Square image Belmont University’s historic buildings and tall bell tower in the background. In the foreground, a tunnel-boring machine labeled “No. 7” emerges from a trench amid piles of freshly displaced red earth. Wunnie populate the scene: two sit beneath a gazebo, several hop across the lawn.

Tunnel-boring machine No. 7 of “The Unboring Company (formerly known as Prufrock)” appears wearing vast cascade of flowing golden-blonde hair, parted at the top and curling around the scene like a curtain amid freshly displaced red earth. A procession of black Wunnie silhouettes hop into the illuminated tunnel.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend Sun 20 Sep 2026 As the others sleep in dreaming of Dolly, one Wunnie hops out to the suite library to read and review yesterday’s adventures in comparative iteration.

Dawn. As the others snooze, one Wunnie hops out to the suite’s
library to read.

A turquoise, wood-paneled vintage station wagon carrying Visitors and Wunnies from Margaritaville turns into Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. A pink Visitor in the back wears an enormous blonde Dolly Parton–style wig. The entrance sign hangs overhead against a bright blue sky.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend “Buffett, Jimmy (1946-2023)” Sayre, K. (2026, September 12). Lost in Margaritaville: The messy drama over Jimmy Buffett’s $275 million trust. The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/style/lost-i...

Visitors pause outside Margaritaville Resort Gatlinburg beneath a monumental blue flip-flop sculpture. A pink Visitor wears an enormous blonde Dolly Parton–style wig; green and blue Visitors stand beside it. Three black Wunnies hop towards the front door. A turquoise vintage station wagon with wood-panel detailing sits at the entrance beneath the awning.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar F’26: Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend Sat-Sun 19-20 Sep 2026 It’s Bunny Matthews Day! Fensterstock, A., & Tisserand, M. (2026). Bunny Matthews: His life, art, and obsessions. Historic New Orleans Collection. hnoc.org/publishing/b...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Fall 2026: Dolly Parton Iterates Comparative Iteration Weekend Sat-Sun 19-20 Sep 2026 It’s Finster Fest! paradisegardenfoundation.org/finster-fest/

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Dolly Parton Iterates Sat 19 Sept 2026 Having slept soundly following a day of bookstore hopping, record shopping, and communion with Athena and Dolly, The Wunnies are up at dawn for a hot day of Comparative Iteration Studies.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 04 “Cultures of Fetishism” Kaplan, L. J. (2006). Cultures of fetishism. Palgrave Macmillan. doi.org/10.1057/9780...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Succession (Season X) “The Camelot Algorithm”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Southern Rock Opera Seminar Dolly Parton Iterates The Wunnies have arrived in Nashville for the soft opening. Dolly Parton. (2026, September 8). Dolly Parton’s SongTeller Hotel & Life of Many Colors [Press release]. www.dollyparton.com/news/dolly-p...

Wed 16 Sep 2026

Collage of six black Wunnie bunny silhouettes exploring their fanciful library suite at the new Dolly Parton-themed hotel in Nashville.

Rainbow books line curved shelves, and open books hang from the ceiling.

One Wunnie occupies a pink butterfly chair, two explore a small book-lined tunnel, and three gather in the foreground.

At right, the circular cutterhead of “Number 7,” the Boring Company tunneling machine they liberated from New Orleans, breaks through, opening the direct route to CAITBC campus.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 03 “The Mimetic Nature of Desire” Shore, M. (2023, November 13). Violence and the sacred: René Girard (Class 20) [Video lecture]. HIST 271/HUMS 339: European intellectual history since Nietzsche, Fall 2023. Yale U. YaleCourses, YouTube. youtu.be/PTz65ixvjjc

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European Intellectual History since Nietzsche: Class 20, Violence and the Sacred: René Girard

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Poptart Show | Sat 12 Sep 2026 Listen open.spotify.com/playlist/1Lw... Playlist alieninformationtheorybookclub.substack.com/p/poptart-sh...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Unicorn Barn The Magdalen Berns Society screens Sex Reality Bites [@sexrealitybites]. (2026, September 11). Men can become women⁠ [Video, 2 hr. 6 min. 19 sec.]. YouTube. youtu.be/vY3PW3t4Ft0

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Joint Study Group America at 250 The past 25 years Info Literacy Dojo Show and tell Journals and Diaries September 11, 2001 Note: Contains raw and gruesome imaginings of the hijackings. Please go around if sensitive. Enjoy your imaginary “Nutty Buddy,” traditional 911 snack of CAITBC.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Joint Study Group America at 250 The past 25 years 2977 Lights Over New York Harbor. (2026, September 9). 2,977 lights rise over New York Harbor and rebuild the Twin Towers in light [Press release]. PR Newswire. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

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2,977 LIGHTS RISE OVER NEW YORK HARBOR AND REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS IN LIGHT

/PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, September 9, a commemorative public art installation designed with voices of the 9/11 family, survivor, responder community was...

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 02 Cracks in Postmodernity. (2026, August 26). Get over it [trigger warning] fragile millennials! w/ Catherine Liu [Video]. YouTube. youtu.be/J93a5AwW4zc Forthcoming Liu, C. (2026). Traumatized: The new politics of public suffering. Verso.

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Succession (Season X) “The Past 25 Years”

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Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Joint Study Group Inherit the Wand 01 “Off the High (Theory) Dive!” Shore, M. (2023, November 27). French post-structuralism: Derrida/deconstruction (Class 22) [Video lecture]. In European intellectual history since Nietzsche (HIST 271/HUMS 339). Yale University. YouTube. youtu.be/nCGW_H7s7Q4

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European Intellectual History since Nietzsche: 22, French Post-Structuralism: Derrida/Deconstruction

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