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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 3h

Wouldn’t miss it a bit. AI should be tightly constrained and controlled, only used as a tool when/where there is evidence its use is a benefit (and not just profit-making or “productivity”).

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 8h

Developing research skills means not jumping to conclusions based on one piece of evidence. A competent researcher cross-checks evidence, looks for context, and interrogates their own biases. And we certainly don’t shoehorn evidence into a predetermined conclusion. Talking to you, Eric Schmidt.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 15h

Why am I just learning now that 2027 is the “Year of the Normans” across Europe? As someone interested in contested narratives (particularly of longer history), why can’t I live in Europe for the next year???

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Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) in Nerd Rage!

ALT: Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) in Nerd Rage!

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21h

A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has deepened questions and uncertainty about the incident. to.pbs.org/4ymWQKL

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British police find no explosives in vans linked to 5 men detained near U.S.-run military base

The UK's Counter Terrorism Policing said petrol was recovered from three vans near RAF Fairford.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 19h

You have to laugh at something like this because reality doesn’t make you cry anymore - it hits cold & hard because this is the America your mothers, sisters, aunts, nieces, daughters, friends, & wives grew up in. A country that rips away women’s bodily autonomy is also one that supports rapists.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Sen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 20h

Viva la AWESOME! 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽

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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today before Senate.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What also depresses me is that at Drumcree - as we see in other contexts - words like “negotiate” & “compromise” are thrown around with such disingenuousness that you have to just sit & stare in awe at the cognitive dissonance required. I wish people would use such powerful words more carefully.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Deleted a string because BlueSky is not a good place for discussion and I am not gifted with an ability to write the thought-provoking or inspiring prose. Sadly, my ramblings leave people more confused than anything else. Generally the story of my life, but that’s why I don’t social media well.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A must read. “A civilization in which 1 in 3 women are sexually assaulted, in which 98% of rapists face no consequences, in which nine out of ten women murdered by men are killed by someone they trusted—that civilization is not stable. It is not healthy. It is not just. It is destroying itself.”

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t understand how you can have Paragraph 27, but also say, “this dispute remains extremely divisive” (Paragraph 30). I think particularly noteworthy is Paragraph 28, “The Commission…notes that the parade has not resulted in any disorder or violence for many years…” Um, 🧐🧐🧐

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Why the controversial Orange Order parade was approved

The Parades Commission's Drumcree decision shocked many. Its written ruling reveals how it was reached.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am an American who studies policing in Northern Ireland, & the scenes from Drumcree and the Garvaghy Road has just deflated me. I feel so bad for those who still feel the negative impacts & trauma of the mid-90s, who now see others *choose* to threaten the peace & retraumatize. Just mind-numbing.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apparently, it’s also a good day for my Mini to blow up on the way home from work. 😫😫😫😫

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey, @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social #Eagles - why is this horrific and hateful use of the team’s name and this athlete’s image still available on the DHS social medias? Why is there such a weak response? #PhiladelphiaEagles #NFL

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Never ever did I think I would be sitting on my front porch wondering if I used the correct greeting in an email to a member of UK aristocracy. 😳

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Nor’easter harvested a bunch of fruits from my persimmon tree over the last 12-hours, so today I experimented with making persimmon pudding (more like dessert bread for an American who thinks of pudding as Jello pudding). Turned out quite well - 17 likes it, so WIN!

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Trans-panic” does not need to be explained by ANYTHING other than lack of moral courage and a modicum of humanity. Shame on any Democrat willing to throw trans-friends, family, and community members under the political bus in the hopes people who succumb to fear will vote for them.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026

The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 24/09/2026

"Once the individual finally identified himself" – DHS "Finally", as if he was just casually refusing that info while the ICE goons kicked his fucking face in. Cc: @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last week, I had the pee scared out of me by an Orb Weaver spider on my porch. However, like a good human, I captured her & threw her into the front garden (yes, while screaming). Well, look who showed up right out my window in front of my porch desk… Little Miss Orb mama, loving on my lilac…🕷️🕸️

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 22/09/2026

Our Secretary of Warfighteriness has another great idea: Make all potential generals and admirals pass a war game. And the guy they picked to design it? A Marine Corps LTC (never close to being a general) who was courtmartialed for his unhinged rant after the Afghan withdrawal. Great work,guys!

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...

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Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us

Alt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Big Fish? Why? Why? For those who don’t know, this is the Salmon of Knowledge, and it is a 27-year old landmark in Belfast. I love Big Fish, and I just don’t understand what is going on right now.

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Man charged after ‘Big Fish’ sculpture in Belfast city centre damaged

A man has been charged after the ‘Big Fish’ sculpture in Belfast city centre was damaged in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Holy heck…just submitted a huge application. It would change my life if I were to get the opportunity. Crossing my fingers…going to be a long wait.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Again, for those in the back of the room, & apparently, celebrities in the front, neutrality does not mean just “not taking sides.” To claim that demonstrates an ignorance of contextualized concepts like neutrality. No, Ed, you are not being neutral. You are just being cowardly & disingenuous.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Current TV binge is Silo. I’m close to the end of Season 1, and I’m quite intrigued by the Sheriffs vs. Judicial storyline. Such a common dramatic storyline, but yet comparison to “real life” poses analytic questions that really only demonstrate that I am a real nerd.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am appreciating some of these recaps of the AI debacles of the past week, but I am still adrift in the sadness that all this represents for me. There’s nothing that can make this better for me, nothing that calms me of the “AI will ruin humanity” feeling I have. I can’t find anything positive.

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Jay @jdbatts79.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Everyone should read this and then read the 24 consecutive hour timeline meltdowns Stancil, ironic John Brown centrist account and other libs are having about the Talarico interview. Which argument actually motivates you? Which one is going to resonate with regular people? I think it’s pretty clear!

We cannot be the ones to preemptively and
"pragmatically" kick our more vulnerable allies off of the plane. The end result will be having to face the fascists later on anyway but with a significantly diminished coalition. Better to turn around right now to face them with our full complement of fighters.
You say "I am for the dignity and safety and equal rights of trans people everywhere.
Fuck you. The end."
And if they keep with the questions about children's sports the answer is "Who gives a shit?"
"I do not believe you care about this issue.
You are lying. In fact you're a straight up weirdo for fixating on kids' genitals so much. That is odd behavior. Let kids run around with their friends."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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Sarah E. Minnis, PhD 🏔️ @saraheminnisphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This piece by Judge Luttig is a clarion call and warning that we need to be prepared for all realistic possibilities that Republicans could disrupt elections, election certifications, and seating newly elected Democrats. newrepublic.com/article/2151...

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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I grew up in Missouri. Brown recluses & Black widows are the stuff of my nIgHtMaReS. I sat down, looked out my front window, & yelled, “what in the FRESH HELL is that?” (WITFHIT) when she appeared. My WITFHIT app said she’s an orb weaver. I captured & put her outside, & screamed as she ran away.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just got back from seeing a Bruce Springsteen / Tom Petty cover band play here at our local theater. They were really good - with all the AI and technology horror we are living with, it was fun just to see 6 dudes of all ages just jam out and play instruments to a happy crowd.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Really happy to say that today's episode of @npr.org's Code Switch is wide reaching interview with me about the current state of police surveillance, the harms being caused by this system, and the deep history of how we got here.

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Why we’re all being watched : Code Switch

There’s a growing backlash to the surveillance systems that have quietly wired themselves into American neighborhoods, with concern growing among people who have never felt watched this way before. Ge...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

America’s Mayor Thank you, @mayor.nyc.gov…these are words so many of us try to say each year. We may lack eloquence, but we share your spirit. I wish for the memories of anyone lost to violence to be held deeply in our hearts. For those suffering, I wish for a shared humanity to aid & comfort them.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

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