Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 17hThe encouragement of toxic masculinity, popular misogyny, and unrestrained power and violence has victims everywhere and we cannot and should not ever carry on with this. 6859252 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzSteven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 13/10/2026I spoke with The Daily about what’s happening to mathematics in the age of AI—and what it feels like to be a mathematician right now. The conversation went places I hadn’t expected. Thank you to Rachel Abrams, Annie Minoff, and their team. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/p...nytimes.comMathematicians’ Latest Problem: What if A.I. Can Do Our Job?In the span of just a few months, A.I. systems have solved some of the biggest outstanding problems in math — adding mathematicians to the list of those terrified of losing their job to the technology... 66024 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"...Little public things—like designing postage stamps or National Park Service photographer stipends or spending the pittance of pre-DOGE NEA dollars on public programming—did something to cohere a nation. Everyday aesthetics made place." 114943 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzKamuka @kamuka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 111960 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzCity of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community. 42121411605 0
Reposted by Heather Eve Lefkowitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 459175832700 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzLearotha Williams, Jr. PhD @learothawms.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My art friends are gonna let me hang out with them for a few hours at the end of the month. If you are around on Saturday, October 24, I invite you to join us for the 10th Anniversary of the North Nashville Culture Crawl, a celebration of the history, art, music, creativity 1/2 151 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzNashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 05/10/2026Critic's Pick: A new group show of Black creators, curated by local artist Marteja Bailey.nashvillescene.comCritic's Pick: 'Before We Had Names'Opening reception 6 p.m. Oct. 3; Through Oct. 31 at Woodcuts Gallery 021 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest. 4654295 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185644907 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“I am not afraid to die,” Pike wrote in a letter included as part of her clemency petition ahead of the execution. “I’m only nervous about the process.”nashvillebanner.comChrista Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville BannerTennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility. 0234 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzSteven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026After her final statement, Christa Pike and a spiritual advisor standing next to her in the execution chamber, repeated a sort of mantra for several minutes: "May you be at peace, may you be at peace, may you be kind and gentle to yourself." At one point she addressed it to all of us watching. 118111 0
Reposted by Heather Eve Lefkowitzmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 169188904735 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.” 691722607 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzLiz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a wrong that can't be made right. We are now seeing or hearing of its horrors. Usually we shield ourselves from them. Tonight, I pray for Christa Pike that she be spared any further violence inflicted in our name 38517 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“A lawyer for Christa Pike said executioners have administered two syringes of lethal injection drugs to Pike but that she remains alive and breathing.” It’s been over an hour. 44758238 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier today and which was, on its face, intended to be temporary in nature. Sotomayor wrote tonight’s dissent. Order and dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 21667165 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Stunningly, the Court acquiesces.” 1123866 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzGloria Miele, PhD @gloriamiele.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you work in higher education, this thread is a must read. 🧵 0104 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pottery. Do pottery that can later be carbon dated to this specific period and make sure you sign your name bsky.app/profile/mtsw... 2589883 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzNashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 29/09/2026The International Black Film Festival — taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in Nashville — continues its mission of independence and thematic diversity.nashvillescene.comThe International Black Film Festival Continues Its MissionThis year’s event, which runs through Oct. 4, represents the most ambitious International Black Film Festival yet in terms of the film presentations, panels and seminars being offered. 021 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tennessee plans to kill Christa Pike tomorrow at 10am. 56733 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEWS: SCOTUS won't stop Tennessee from killing Christa Pike on Wednesday. There were no noted dissents. If Tennessee proceeds, Pike would be the first woman put to death in the state in more than 200 years. It would be the state's second execution this year. 88725 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31401377 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As fallout from the Cornell story continues, do you want to hear some history about the rape-on-campus/false-accusation panic from someone who was starting college as it took shape? Because this isn’t new, and it’s going to get ugly 5326113 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81170549 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzNashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · 27/09/2026It's becoming increasingly likely that we stay dry the remainder of the month. If this holds, not only would it be the driest September on record, but it would also tie our driest month all-time. October of 1963 is the only other month with only a Trace of rainfall recorded. 2317 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026AOC goes to Ithaca and denounces rape culture: www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comAt Ithaca Town Hall, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Denounces ‘Culture of Rape’ at Cornell Amid Chi Phi LawsuitRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the 2024 alleged gang rape at Chi Phi was part of a "culture of rape" at elite institutions, including Cornell, during a Sunday visit to Ithaca. 535883 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.” 261203269 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026college for all, college for all 110529 0
Reposted by Heather Eve Lefkowitz@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 372526784 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026SOCIALIZE TO ORGANIZE the party must throw parties, daily joy is for everybody "a Sing in Solidarity choir, soccer and softball leagues, picnics and potlucks, “Coffee with Comrades,” a running club, dance parties, singles mixers, game nights and birding outings." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Young Democrats Are Putting the Party Back in Politics. It’s Working.Fun, free events communicate a larger goal: that everyday people should be able to afford a joyful life. 421946 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Review: With Dudamel and the Philharmonic, Joy Is in the Work www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...nytimes.comReview: With Dudamel and the Philharmonic, Joy Is in the Work (Gift Article)Gustavo Dudamel, settling in at the New York Philharmonic, led a world premiere by Tania León and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. 1113 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52529662 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzNashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Vanderbilt University has placed the Divinity School into receivership. The university says the process will last at most two years and will help rejuvenate the Divinity School. Some university employees and Divinity School faculty are more skeptical. ✍️ @mikeiereiland.bsky.socialnashvillebanner.comVanderbilt Divinity School in receivership - Nashville BannerVanderbilt Divinity School has been placed into receivership as university administration looks to restructure operations, reevaluate investment. 056 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58755321518 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy 9/25 Eve. Don't forget to leave out a plate of chicken and dumplings and a bottle of nail polish or Dolly won't come and visit you tonight 730153 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This has gotten worse in the last decade or so. It’s become difficult to talk with people I genuinely like. And the moral binary of typical/divergent has codified into the belief that it’s more important for people to talk than it is for others to feel heard. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘But enough about you …’ How to survive in a world of monologuists, interrupters and trauma dumpersConversations are supposed to be two-sided – but all too often we come up against someone who’s passionately, exclusively in love with the sound of their own voice. Time to fight back … 1343354 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 21522361 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzAngela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Nashville is currently facing a Musk failure tunnel, two data centers (one at our zoo, the other in a Black neighborhood), the destruction of its speedway, displaced families and businesses for toll roads, and an ICE national coordination center. We need help. No one here wants any of this. 2199 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We saw some AMAZING waves this weekend. 08410 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzCharles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There is no more renewable resource in the United States than wrongheaded takes by writers who confidently use country music as a simple symbol of rurality without having a clue about the music or seemingly anything else. If only we could harness such empty pontificating as a fuel source... 927625 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzPaula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Undergrad English majors, language majors, theater, folklore, creative writing majors: for conversation with writers of romance novels, advice on job seeking, opportunities to apply for grants up to $5000, and lots more, join the MLA's new undergrad member program! www.mla.org/Membership/A...mla.orgUndergraduate Affiliate MembershipWhether you’re a Spanish literature major, a creative writer, a health humanities student, or an undergraduate with a deep commitment to the Oxford comma, the MLA invites you to join our new community... 33115 0
Reposted by Heather Eve Lefkowitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026to place the sexual and reproductive exploitation of black women at the center of your understanding of american slavery is to see that the system was forced birth and this, in turn, should lead to a more expansive vision of what the 13th amendment actually guarantees. 363073531 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzSI: Museum of African American History (Bot) @simuseumafro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Deacon's chair from Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.158 031 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“Pierre died as a result of policy,” said Central Christian Church Pastor Carl Ruby. “It’s our immigration policy that took his life.” 215358 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Again. Again. It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...dukechronicle.com‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraudNew evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ... 111451378 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 02/09/2026More harrowing reporting on this from Springfield via @rns.org's @kathrynpost.bsky.social: Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...religionnews.comTwo pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICESPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — ‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also... 7316175 0
Reposted by Heather Eve Lefkowitzjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel. 8843761008 0
Reposted by Heather Eve LefkowitzFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog. “I saw the birds sitting and singing in the tree. I saw my mother and father working in their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.” 228932 0
![interest in [her] own life." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U. S. 1,
9 (1985).
In capital cases, "[a]ppreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal," demand caution before "acting irretrievably." Bowersox v. Williams,
517 U. S. 345, 347 (1996) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting). Indeed, this Court often states that it is "'a court of review, not of first view?" McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. 72, 85 (2017) (quoting Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7
(2005)). Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreic2pj24tnxhjgzvpr7n777r27ac5liklla2vxxbiypqvjaouxvh4q)
