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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

This Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)

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GUEST ROOM | I Lived at Chi Phi in 2012. Now I Say Tear It Down and Build Something New

Jared Hoffman '15 shared his experience as a member of the Xi chapter of Chi Phi. He calls for the tearing down of the Greek system and of the Chi Phi house.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 5h

The American Historical Association @historians.org has announced its book prize winners and I STRONGLY recommend the following to you: First Miranda Spieler's _Slaves in Paris_ has won TWO prizes from the AHA (as did her first book! that has to be a record) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Slaves in Paris — Harvard University Press

A pioneering biographical study of enslaved people and their struggle for freedom in prerevolutionary Paris, by an award-winning historian of France and the French Empire.In the decades leading up to ...

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 3h

Lord, have mercy!!!! As you engage in your pre-dinner scroll, I promise you will run across some news report regarding Terra Cotta and his band of bandits to prompt this prayer.

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Brent Travels @brenttravels.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not shedding any tears for Guilfoyle, but anyone else notice that the only people who suffer consequences for the corruption are the women?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

Just saw an ad for “plant based pancakes.” Apparently there’s a lot about pancakes i don’t know

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h

Based on social media responses to @bakerdphd.bsky.social column @ the civility industrial complex, 1) the right wing rebrand of bias as civility really captured a fundamental American conceit and 2) liberals are the reason its worked so well. Because whew. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

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What’s Wrong With Civility?

Civility can be a tool of engagement. But history has shown it can also be used to oppress the powerless.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h

I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 21h

APA* invites you to the first in a series of public talks in collaboration with orgs creating possibilities beyond the limits of our existing institutions. Register at bit.ly/APeoplesAcademy 🤓

A People’s Academy post titled “Reimagining Leadership Institute” Saturday Oct 17 at 3:00pm.

Register at bit.ly/apeoplesacademy

Cohosted by Black Birthing Futures. Black Girl’s* Guide to Surviving Menopause. Bloom Collective. Climate Justice Universities Union. CLLCTIVLY. Circles ofCourageous Commons. Critical Internet
Studies Institute. Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. Immigration Justice Collective. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.
Options Program Inc. Powerful Pathways. Therapy Fund Foundation. School for Poetic Computation. School of Radical Imagination. The Privacy Center at Georgetown.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 21h

The burnout is atrocious and you are much, much more than your clips (among other things, a light in the dark on here). 💚

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 20h

or ever. not about the quantity.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21h

I gave so much of myself to jobs and to others for so many years. It felt confusing and radical to give myself so much time and space to just rest and recover. And then I'd tell people the medical problems I had in 2024 and 2025. Their faces told me they understood how my job was the reason why.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21h

Sometimes I wonder about how little I produced this past year because I was recovering from burnout. Then I remember people are still reading something I published in 2015. And also, the people who love me don't care about how many articles I published this year.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23h

I love that this might be the thing that tanks Paxton, and not the biblical divorce or letting a child rapist out early.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 23h

They are quite literally automating their bigotry. AI as fascist tech.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ilhan Omar: I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies & weaponize federal law enforcement. For 10 years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies & smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Ilhan Omar:

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.

For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

I will not be silenced.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Per the Middle East Studies Association, since October 7, 76 North American academics have been fired for speaking out against the genocide in Palestine. Two-thirds of those people are non-white. 16.5% are Jewish. afi.mesana.org/resource/les...

Retaliation goes far beyond firing. Of 196 recorded incidents of employer retaliation against employees speaking out on Palestine, nearly 40% (76) resulted in termination. Retaliation that does not rise to the level of termination is an even larger phenomenon.
All categories of academic workers are at risk. Of the 162 individuals whose employment status was disclosed, 30% involved non-tenure track faculty or instructors, and 36% were tenured.
People of color are disproportionately affected. Of the 134 cases recorded in the AFI database in which respondents’ identification is known, two-thirds were people of color: 30% SWANA; 10.5% Black; and 27% other POC. Additionally, 16.5% identify as Jewish. More than half of those targeted whose gender is known are women. Such retaliation compounds the abuse of already racist and sexist work environments.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 23h

If Hakeem Jeffries is the “left,” grits ain’t groceries, eggs ain’t poultry, and Mona Lisa was a Merchant Marine.

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Stevie @officialstehee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is not Leadership. Dump him as quick as you can because with him in place even with a big majority it will be work as normal.

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clayplaysguitar.bsky.social @clayplaysguitar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Jeffries should be asking if Melania and Elon could survive the same scrutiny.

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tenseven @tenseven.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh, look, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is deeply disturbed by this. He should be firing back on ALL CYLINDERS ON ALL MEDIA CHANNELS EVERYWHERE, but he pulls a Susan Collins. He's NO LEADER. He just REALLY sucks & MUST NOT BE OUR NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (unless you want Kushner calling the shots).

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PhealinGood @phealinggood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It pisses me off every time I see Jeffries and his stupid letters.

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Sweet Monchu @sweetmm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Another strongly worded letter. We the People can’t take Democrats seriously until they come up with a plan to fight the Christian Nationalist takeover known as Project 2025. Let’s see some “we’re not going to take it” energy from the Dems 💙!

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StormRider @stormrider.tv · 12/10/2026

Hakeem Jeffries is the left's Susan Collins. He is *deeply concerned* but won't actually do anything.

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 12/10/2026

Maybe Hakeem and Chuck should have more vociferously protected her through all the years leading up to this...

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coalminephoenix.bsky.social @coalminephoenix.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Jeffries statements are just weak. This isn’t a “transparency “ problem. This is a complete abuse of power that is in line with the baseless accusations that started Trump’s political ascendancy with the birtherism.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.

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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

RIP Eusi, thank you for everything. I will forever count you among my friends and deepest teachers.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 23h

I don't care if millions of us are talking on bluesky while billions are talking on twitter as far as our impact. I reach many here due to this platform's unique conditions, I'm happy with my comrades here & the information I can glean of the world here in what they call an echo chamber, we matter.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 23h

So glad you were there!! My great-grandfather, Daddy Les, lived to be 94. We kept him at home, but he cld escape from the 🏠 at the blink of an eye. There were always neighbors on the alert, who wld return him home, carrying him lovingly in their arms. Those days are mainly gone, but you were there!!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Anyway--if this story inspires you to help next time someone needs help, then thank you for that. ❤️

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I guess the only real option is to keep being kind and looking out for others, whenever possible. And hopefully that makes capacity for THEM to do the same, down the line. (So, so grateful to the neighbor's friend--whose doorstep we turned up on, so late!--for caring for her.)

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I genuinely believe most people are kind and helpful--when they are able. But right now, most people have barely enough capacity for themselves and their families. I worry that as things get tougher, few will still have the capacity to look out for others. Which makes everything worse. What then?

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I don't know what I would have done if her friend hadn't been home, or hadn't lived at the house she was trying to get to. What are you supposed to do in those circumstances?

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

So sad to be aging and confused and alone, on top of it all. So many people need much more support.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just ran into an elderly neighbor, who has dementia, wandering in the dark in the pouring rain. Took her to her friend's house. So glad I happened to be out walking the dog at just the right moment. If it looks like someone need help--ask, if you can. We need to take care of each other. 😕

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026

Yesterday we all had fun mocking David Brook's pearl clutching abt Jon Ossoff's forceful language at his debate. It's telling that Brooks & his ilk reserve the phrase "That's just not what we do here in this country" for calling out bigotry & not for the fascistic raid on Ilhan Omar.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 23h

WEAK ASS MOFOS—now, tomorrow, and forever!!

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JuliJess @julianajess.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In other words...he "clutched" his pearls. Offered thoughts and prayers? Hmmm...wonder what he thinks were those serious questions.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

These weak ass mofos. "In a statement, US House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other members of the party's leadership in the chamber said the raid was "deeply disturbing and raises serious questions" about the weaponization of the federal government against Trump's enemies."

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Apropos of everything The universe keeps speaking to me quite directly through my dreams, including this one..

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Please notice the similar phenomena among three flagrantly anti-Muslim nation-states — the US, Isr__l, and India — in the run-ups to their national elections. It’s all one story.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I used to say I put all three of my dentist’s children through Stanford; now I’m working on the endodontist’s children. Meanwhile, I stare across the table at my nephew (his braces were removed a month ago), whose teeth are strong and straight and beautiful, four years and many $$$ later.

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