Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 7hO barbarous and bloody spectacle! 332759
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 7h“Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, which leads … you get the idea.” 18833
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 7hit would change nothing but it would still be stunning and important to see someone brave enough to withhold communion to certain justices over this 546160
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versionrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 10hdo the men in the group chat like each other, i wonder flaminghydra.com/gentlemen-an... 1331058
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionMarcie808🧡🖤⚾️ @marcie808.bsky.social · 18hI did not know that many suffrage groups ran lunch rooms, often in their headquarters, to raise funds for the cause. The sunflower was a national symbol of the movement. I’ll have the corn fritters, cantaloupe and tea please 🍽️ Sunflower Lunch Room Boston 1916 #VintageMenus 9407
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionKath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Greek life has so many drawbacks, and all of the benefits it offers are things that are already available through joining regular student orgs plus having friends. You can skip all the hazing and Epstein style conspiracy coverups by just renting a janky house off campus w your buddies senior yr 535628
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This feels somehow related to the amount of time I spend explaining that something not being in a certain archival collection is not the same as there being an absence in said collection 0314
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versionc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Qingshan Lake Water Forest in Lin'an District, Hangzhou is a viral attraction sometimes called "Matcha Lake" for the emerald green duckweed (subfamily Lemnoideae). These black swans (Cygnus atratus) & their cygnets are enjoying a nutritious buffet of aquatic plants. Let's learn about duckweed. 10513143
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versionjosh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026people like my parents or people back home often ask me if the reason why the industry is being killed in slow motion is due to AI, and it's a 15 minute long conversation to understand the real reasons why, at the heart of which are: people who own TV don't make TV and don't want to make TV 8456154
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versionaaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026universities can't be little fiefdoms of rampant sadism in a functional civil society, bring all these assholes and their disgusting clubs to heel 1226
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026would anyone from a non elite college like to write about this for Contingent because you know we would publish it 910445
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The two teams are: Desperate to change our systems and structures of power, and desperate to maintain them. There are more of us. Even if they have the resources. Solidarity is the *only* way home. 227252
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionThe Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026“Upon reviewing the disciplinary action we took toward the seven Chi Phi brothers who allegedly gang-raped a student for over seven hours, we have concluded that the mandated two-page minimum on essays was woefully inadequate.” — Michael Kotlikoff, Cornell president theonion.comCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The FutureITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri... 241529210
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And… *BLOCK* I’m fully over people applauding the next generation for solving problems they inherited from us. 1324416
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 176123362628
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versionkate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 29/09/2026new mcmansion hell about whatever the hell is going on with ceiling fans right now mcmansionhell.com/post/8291279...mcmansionhell.comwhat is going on with ceiling fansSometimes new design phenomena slip past even those of us who are most in tune with the happenings of the built environment. Such is the case with whatever the hell is going on with commercial ceiling... 2729262
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor. 522108334
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752341418
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I work at the newspaper and just wrote The Great Awokening is over, I’m both 79 and 12 years old and make 260,000 dollars a year from a man who sent Katy Perry into space on a rocket ship. As you can see, everyone else is the problem. 293388356
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJeremy Pober @jpober.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Both 1) a liberal arts education does not prevent someone from becoming evil on the individual level, and 2) society in general is better off with more people having such educations Are true 416223
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionRobbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Loved seeing this c.1654 painting by Jacobus Vrel known as “The Little Nurse”; Vrel has often been confused with Vermeer, and I thought of John Berger’s words when I saw this very human scene: “What was it that he wanted to say in the stillness of his rooms which the light fills like water a tank?” 2215
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionSecond Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026God forbid women do anything 17914
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 27/09/2026Maybe these articles (about two different people!) are Important in some way I’m not grasping but I gotta say my default position here is “Damn who cares” 1632122
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh no Gen Z is going to learn how fucked up tv was. They’re going to learn that we had psychics on the news like they were legitimate sources of information 1304903566
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I find it strange that some people refuse to believe this is the way our decentralised culture works now, that it's possible to be completely ignorant of hugely popular things that don't match your tastes and interests. People aren't lying about that because they think it makes them look cool. 7762596
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid 123195733
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 27/09/2026Salmon, native bees, rainforest. Study after study shows that if we just stop actively destroying habitats & let ecosystems do their thing, recovery is absolutely possible. 14310
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Great British Bakeoff has a throuple this season. First person to write an essay about this loses 45101457
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't disagree with the thread below but frame it somewhat differently as an academic who regularly sees people who read for a living fail in the way described here. From that perspective it seems more a cultural crisis than an educational one 201213208
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Legacy of Slavery - My family and Bristol 59334
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 23/09/2026Had an "Old Man Yells at Cloud" moment about restaurants not putting where the fuck they are on their Instagram pages 545843
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024041499
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows 🧪🌎🦑theguardian.com‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadowsEco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs 14418
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'd also add that these forums don't even exist internally at many universities. At mine, they began censoring the faculty list serve when people began talking about Palestine on there. Since then, what was once a place of vociferous debate and discussion now just broadcasts the decisions of deans. 1226
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000. 151360304
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Circus owner: alright let’s hear it Musician: do do doo doo do do doo doo do do doo do do doo doo doo dooo do dooo! Doo doo do dooo! Doo do deh do do do doo Circus owner: this is tremendous, this is the jingle we’ve been looking for 1230826
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versiondarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026in your next zoom interview have not only a cup of ice coffee but seven or eight different cups of various beverages just off camera and casually drink from each of them throughout the interview the drinks should have fancy straws or colorful parasols or large pieces of fruit on the edge of the cup 1192746303
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 206188805363
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionAubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Another Brock Turner arc in 2026. Truly grotesque choices from the administration; excellent work from this editorial board. 023956
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642828633
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There was a bloom of stories maybe ten years ago about older professors creating problems for the job market by not retiring, and just checking in now to point out that they’ve since retired and almost none of their jobs continue to exist. 1041271
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"ThErE aRe A lOt Of SkIlLs ThAt DoN't MaTtEr" translation: there are skills that he doesn't recognize the value of 611622
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026I have said that the main use for AI is going to be widescale fraud and I'm delighted to see that people are posting about all the fraud they plan to do on main. 7674138
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting Versioncait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it 222304646
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People typically want to start something new instead of contributing to the maintenance of something that already exists 28712
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460351479
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026great advice in general but doubly so if you're going to spend any significant amount of time on social media 8912161
Reposted by Elizabeth, Posting VersionTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...texastribune.orgDPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to countiesCounties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar. 4119421412
