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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 24/09/2026
Lessons for the 21st century from a 200‑year‑old book by ‘Frankenstein’ author Mary Shelley by Eileen Hunt theconversation.com/lessons-for-... The Last Man by Mary Shelley at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247 #books #literature #postapocalypitic
The Last Man 1st ed title page.

First edition title page of "The Last Man" by Mary Shelley, credited only as "The Author of Frankenstein." Published in three volumes by Henry Colburn, London, 1826. Includes a Milton epigraph.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tonight @professordemerita.bsky.social & I shared first pages from our collaborative Mary Shelley universe novel-in-process at the fabulous bicentennial conference for The Last Man organized by @eileenmhunt.bsky.social & I think all of this is very norm-core & not nerdy at all 🖤🖤🖤🖤
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Haunted Cherub @goodmourning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“In a meta-fictional moment, the reader discovers that Verney’s “History” is actually the book they are holding, Shelley’s “The Last Man.” 🖤
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's THE LAST MAN and the completion of her JOURNAL OF SORROW. #LastManat200 theconversation.com/lessons-for-...
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Lessons for the 21st century from a 200-year-old book by ‘Frankenstein’ author Mary Shelley
The catastrophic story is familiar, but the insight, and the ending, offer an opportunity, and perhaps motivation, for modern readers.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Rewatching HBO's Station Eleven in anticipation of Emily St John Mandel's visit to Notre Dame this week...and I have found that, so far, the first three episodes, which track closer to the novel, are the most powerful compared to some later episodes, like ep. 7, which was my favorite in 2021-22.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Now that I have almost left social media entirely except for occasionally checking in here, I find myself binge watching enormous amounts of Netflix horror and true crime--it's like the early 00s all over again, except no DVDs in the mail.
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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And is this the event? www.k-saa.org/events/curra...
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2026 Curran Symposium: THE LAST MAN AT 200–Imagining the Future After Environmental Disaster — K-SAA
We are looking forward to our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s  The Last Man . The event will take place on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University of Notr...
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David Gunkel @davidgunkel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I call this "The Last Man Complex." And I will be talking about it (and my essay that develops the concept) at the Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s "The Last Man" (1826) that will be taking place at @notredame.bsky.social 24-25 September 2026. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Thrill of Wanting AI to Destroy the World
An Anthropic researcher quit his job because he believes AI will destroy humanity. His story is going viral because so many others want to believe too.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fantastic show (season 2 BEEF) and Isaac was perhaps even more Creaturely than Frankenstein-ian in it.
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NEW PAPER Duncan Bell, "Psychic Socialism: Telepathy, Freedom, and Individuality in Interwar Britain" (2026) Forthcoming in Duncan Bell & Eileen Hunt (eds.), Political Theory and Speculative Literature papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Psychic Socialism: Telepathy, Freedom, and Individuality in Interwar Britain
Draft chapter - a version of this essay is forthcoming in Duncan Bell and Eileen Hunt (eds.), Political Theory and Speculative Literature. <div> <br> </div> <
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
That feeling when you complete a 377,254 word book manuscript and send it in! And to top it off, it's Wollstonecraft's Selected Writings for the C21. Oxford Authors series! A dream come true!
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David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Happy Belated Birthday, Mary!
Colored pencil of Mary Shelley w her monster hidden behind her and a bouquet of flowers behind

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LIFE ANDEATH APPEAREDTOME IDEAL BOUNDS, WHICH I SHOULD FIRST BREAK THROUGH
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Keats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Still need to register for #Curran2026? See the event page to register by September 10th. Some events will be available by Zoom. www.k-saa.org/events/curra...
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2026 Curran Symposium: THE LAST MAN AT 200–Imagining the Future After Environmental Disaster — K-SAA
We are looking forward to our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s&nbsp; The Last Man .&nbsp;The event will take place&nbsp;on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University of Notr...
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Keats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The 2026 Curran Symposium is coming soon! This year's theme explores Mary Shelley’s genre-defining post-apocalyptic pandemic novel & its legacies. Register 2 weeks in advance in order to attend events. 📆 September 24th and 25th 📍University of Notre Dame #Curran2026 www.k-saa.org/blog/curran2...
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2026 Curran Symposium: THE LAST MAN AT 200–Imagining the Future After Environmental Disaster — K-SAA
Consider joining us for our next Curran Symposium on the topic of Mary Shelley’s&nbsp; The Last Man (1826)! &nbsp;The event will take place&nbsp;on September 24th and 25th 2026 at the University ...
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Conference Announcement: The Last Man at 200: Imagining the Future after Environmental Disaster The Keats-Shelley Association of America (@ksaacomm.bsky.social) and the University of Notre Dame invite you to a hybrid conference next month! More on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6578
Cover for The Last Man at 200: Mary Shelley, Postapocalyptic Politics and the Environmental Humanities, edited by Eileen M. Hunt.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The End of Oak Street: fantastic movie. Reminds me of the best of the films from my childhood — indeed it is set in 1982 the year of E.T.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mary Shelley’s ‘The Last Man’ reaches 200!!! Bicentennial book conference and celebration at Notre Dame 24-25 September 2026, featuring Emily St John Mandel and Susan Wolfson.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Made my year, any season! (and yes, MWS was a Virgo Sun)
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Farewell, Sydney! Till we meet again!
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So moved to hear this!
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The John Locke Society @johnlockesociety.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Conference programs The conference programs for the 2026 meeting of the John Locke Society and the associated 2026 meeting of the Japanese Society for British Philosophy are now available: John Locke Society 2026 conference program Japanese Society for British Philosophy, 2026 Australia-Japan…
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Conference programs
The conference programs for the 2026 meeting of the John Locke Society and the associated 2026 meeting of the Japanese Society for British Philosophy are now available: John Locke Society 2026 conference program Japanese Society for British Philosophy, 2026 Australia-Japan Special Conference program
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excited to be traveling to Australia for the first time to participate in the Japanese Society for British Philosophy conference and John Locke conference at Australian Catholic University in Sydney! Presenting a keynote on "Wollstonecraft on class and friendship." www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/fa...
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John Locke Conference - ACU
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A #tinyjoy to distract you from the overwhelming bad news of this moment, a portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that deserves to be better known--by Irish painter John Keenan, predating the better known portraits. Don't you love how one sleeve is rolled up, as tho' MW were an #18thc Rosie the Riveter?
Oil painting: A woman in dark grey dress with black fichu, with book in one hand, that sleeve rolled up. Her hair is powdered.
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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@eileenmhunt.bsky.social I assume you know about this, but, just in case you don't:
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Research Associate (Mary Shelley) at Manchester Metropolitan University
Start your UK &amp; international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I enjoyed writing this review of two new books on Orwell and his first wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy for the TLS! www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
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Husbandom and wifedom
Literary history has recognized Eileen O’Shaughnessy only for marrying the unmarriable George Orwell. He was an emerging writer and aspiring socialist who had worked under his pen name since the publi...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Excited to visit Australian Catholic University in Sydney in August and present this lecture on Frankenstein at the State Library of New South Wales! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/mary-...
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: an HSC Masterclass
This HSC Masterclass focuses on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the ‘Worlds of Upheaval’ that the text explores.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Three new publications generated by the 2024-27 NEH Scholarly Editions Project on Wollstonecraft at Notre Dame! sites.google.com/nd.edu/eilee...
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Eileen M. Hunt - Summer 2026: NEH Scholarly Editions Blog
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. Mary Wollstonecraft Manuscript Material. ‘[?Holograph] fragment from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ [?Oct ...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Latest Wollstoneblog post for my NEH Scholarly Editions project! This time, we visit Wollstonecraft's Windsor Castle & Wollstonecraft's Shakespearean neighborhood in Southwark! sites.google.com/nd.edu/eilee...
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Eileen M. Hunt - Spring 2026
Wollstonecraft's windsor
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Also very proud of this article on using handwriting analysis to confidently attribute the four extant manuscript pages of the 'Rights of Woman' (at NYPL) to Wollstonecraft! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: A New Manuscript Fragment
In 2016, The New York Public Library (NYPL) acquired four manuscript pages of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) that appeared to be in her hand. This article provide...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Very proud of this essay in the TLS about Wollstonecraft's manuscript pages of the 'Rights of Woman'! www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
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In her own hand
Few manuscripts from Mary Wollstonecraft’s published writings survive. Until recently, there were assumed to be only two extant: the holograph of her
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”
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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Day11 of #WomenWhoRethoughtTheWorld: US economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch! Balch rethought economic justice for immigrants and working women. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for rethinking international law and leading the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. #herstory
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book
A torn page bearing Dylan’s lyrics for the 1967 song I’m Not There is set to go under the hammer in April when it could fetch £40,000
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘It was bonkers’: Samba the runaway capybara inspires a wild rodent hunt
Members of the UK public join the search after specialist dog units and thermal drones have yet to locate her
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
How did I not know about the OWLS IN TOWELS account until now?????!!!!
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Tower Hamlets Council @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Well-Known Women of East London celebrates women who shaped our history & contributed to society Featuring figures from politics, social reform, the arts & activism, this online exhibition is hosted by Alternative Arts & with support from LBTH Archives 👉🏼 orlo.uk/0eCzy
Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Melania’s Platobot has revived my Franken-research on the un-ethics of AI www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
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Melania and the Robot
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today my 11yo told me he wanted to be a medical doctor and asked what he needed to study to achieve it. Victory is mine.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I have officially deactivated my meta and x accounts. My only social media account is this one.
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Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage.bsky.social) explores the question in the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-a...
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2026 Annual George Rousseau Lecture: "Poland was but a breakfast": or, why 1772 helps us to understand 1776
David Armitage (Harvard University)
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Amazing performance of Arcadia at Old Vic, where Rosencrantz debuted.
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
When Frankenstein was a Chicagoan, or why Mary Shelley's creation will never die www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/18/v...
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When Frankenstein was a Chicagoan, or why Mary Shelley’s creation will never die
There was a doctor in Chicago years ago named Victor Frankenstein, and one of his jobs was finding medical specimens. When you visit his grave, ponder just how much Mary Shelley’s creation remains ali...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In Hoxton — where the 16 year old Mary Wollstonecraft met the eighteen year old Fanny Blood in 1775-76
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
So sad!
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WBUR @wbur.org · 14/03/2026
In the "true spirit of pi (3.1415926…)," MIT is releasing 2026 admissions decisions today at 1:59 p.m. The university among the big Boston-area institutions that drive one of the busiest weeks of the year for local bakeries.
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The Pi Day rush is real for Boston-area bake shops. Here's how they deliver
Fran Kolenik, the owner of Drive-By Pies in Brookline, says Pi Day — aka March 14 — is the second-busiest day of the year for her bake shop. 
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." -George Orwell's '1984'
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David Gunkel @davidgunkel.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New radio op ed on WNIJ Northern Public Radio www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-perspec...
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Perspective: No copyright for AI-generated content
On today's Perspective, David Gunkel explains why a recent court ruling isn't necessarily a win for "Team Human."
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Updated Wollstoneblog post on Wollstonecraft in Bath! sites.google.com/nd.edu/eilee...
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Eileen M. Hunt - Summer 2025: NEH Scholarly Editions Blog
One of the eighteenth-century houses on the northeast corner of Hoxton Square, about a half mile directly south of the Wollstonecraft family home on Queen's-Row (now Hoxton Street) , in 1775-76. The ...
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𝕰𝔦𝖑𝔢𝖊𝔫 𝔐. 𝕳𝔲𝖓𝔱 @eileenmhunt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A good day — an article accepted on Wollstonecraft; a female student from two years ago asked for a letter for law school. Karma!
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