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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.

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Kaneesha Parsard @kaneeshaparsard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hi everyone! My first book Desiring Freedom is coming out this November on the University of Chicago Press. Pre-order here (bit.ly/4j51OqD) and check out blurbs from David Scott and Faith Smith below:

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Desiring Freedom

A groundbreaking account of concepts of freedom in West Indian literature and visual culture.Desiring Freedom examines post-emancipation West Indian literature and visual culture to ask how they reima...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Once more before Sunday ends, here’s today’s thread of great public scholarship from the last week. Please share widely to support all this work, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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🌱 ⓥ Francisco Robles ⓥ 🌱 @franciscondine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm still giddy about this review by Grace Tierney. I know the book could be a lot of different things and could have a different archive, yet Tierney picks up precisely on what moved me to bring each particular text into *Coalition Literature,* and finds ways to push the book even further.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's mostly not about the technology, itself. They are angry about A.I. because they are anxious about how to be successful. No one in charge will tell them the new path to upward mobility. No seems to want to even figure one out. All anyone will talk to them about is A.I.

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🌱 ⓥ Francisco Robles ⓥ 🌱 @franciscondine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Okay, I am very moved by how this review just understands my book at a deep level, especially in terms of how the pieces fit together, the stakes of its arguments, and places I couldn’t quite go far enough (but that I hope are taken up by others), and why it mattered so much to me to write the book.

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ASAP/Review @asapjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Grace Tierney looks at Francisco Roble’s book, *Coalition Literature: Aesthetics on the Move in Midcentury Multiethnic Writing,* and how it “offers a future for art that expresses and inspires effective protest, drawing on twentieth-century leftist power.” asapjournal.com/review/revie...

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Review of Coalition Literature: Aesthetics on the Move in Midcentury US Multiethnic Writing by Francisco Robles - ASAP/Review

Coalition Literature offers a future for art that expresses and inspires effective protest, drawing on twentieth-century leftist power. Francisco Robles’s book is an illuminating literary history of m...

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Brandon Menke @bamenke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hey hey hey! Check out this smart, savvy, and positively glowing review of @franciscondine.bsky.social's brilliant COALITION LITERATURE (Stanford UP, 2025) by Grace Tierney up now at @asapjournal.bsky.social. It's front and center—you can't miss it! 🧡

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that

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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As with American culture, Dolly sought to represent the best of what southern culture can be, in defiance of the no-good peckerwood assholes who try to define it at its worst

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

immediately had to search for the video of Dolly and Patti singing Shortnin’ Bread while keeping the rhythm with their acrylic nails youtu.be/AOxsQNVOhro

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Dolly Parton & Patti LaBelle play 'Shortnin' Bread' on their Acrylic Nails

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕

Dolly Partons IMAGINATION LIBRARY

Dear Imagination Library Graduate,

My, how time flies. It seems it was only yesterday when your family and friends read you your first story. You were just a baby. Now you're five years old and about to go to school. How exciting!
This may be your last book from my Imagination Library but you have to promise me you will keep on reading. If you go to your local public library you will find a great number of books just for kids your age. Every book is a treasure and every time you open one up you will meet new friends and take wonderful journeys to magical places.
I hope you have a great time in school. I bet your school will even have a library where you can check out books. You and all of your friends are very special. There is no limit to what you can do or how far you can go.

Just remember the lessons my family taught me - dream big dreams; learn everything you can learn; and care for all those who care for you. You do all of these things and you can be anyone you want to be.

You are terrific, and remember...
I Will Always Love You,
Dolly

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a real one. RIP.

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Kristin Grogan @kristingrogan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

9 to 5 is still one of the funniest antiwork films, and easily the best soundtracked (nails on a typewriter! Feminised labor as percussive spine of the world!). Rest well queen

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Karen Tongson @inlandemperor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

9 to 5 is one of my queer roots, it was my entry into a feminist “America,” and it inaugurated a lifetime of loving the brilliant Dolly Parton and her music. This world, and especially this country, are much poorer places without her. May the hardest “Working Girl” in show business rest in peace.

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've heard that Dolly Parton had a rule that if she was in a room where anyone was crying, she would join them--just good manners. On this day of her passing, I'm assuming many of us will honor the great singer and human being by crying together.

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Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She did everything you could ask of a human being to accomplish in life and it still feels like she had more to give. This sucks

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

R.I.P. Dolly Parton, a fantastic artist and a defender of books.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs: My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING We have lost an American treasure!!! Dolly Parton has died. She was 80. What heartbreaking news.

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Heather Chacon @wickettred.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In mourning for Dolly. Truly a GOAT.

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Dolly Parton Wink

ALT: Dolly Parton Wink

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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...

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Dolly Parton - Wikipedia

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No greater tribute to Dolly than depicting her as she always preferred to be: stacked and snatched

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🌱 ⓥ Francisco Robles ⓥ 🌱 @franciscondine.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly’s singing and lyrics in “Wildflowers” has bolstered me for years and years. What a life, what a legend. QEPD Dolly Parton 💔 youtu.be/lNxwVFqHiB0?...

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Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris/Dolly Parton (Trio) - Wildflowers

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm sure everyone will share the hits which are hits for a reason, but this girl-group-sounding record for very early in her career really shows how versatile she was, RIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq6_...

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Dolly Parton - Don't Drop Out

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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

not accepting news of Dolly Parton’s death at this time. probably not ever

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We've lost America's Greatest National Treasure. 💔 RIP queen. www.huffpost.com/entry/dolly-...

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Dolly Parton, Queen Of Country Music, Dead At 80

Parton was one of country music's most honored performers.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly!! You made good music and did good work.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@radiolab.bsky.social did that entire fantastic podcast, for anyone who didn't already indulge. I imagine I'll re-listen ... radiolab.org/podcast/radi...

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Radiolab Presents: Dolly Parton's America

We enter the Dollyverse.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.

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Chris Ward @chrisward.de · 16/08/2026

The people who tell you money doesn't grow on trees, or quote Thatcher by saying "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" are constantly running out of other people's pension funds with their dumb startup ideas that somehow got Series A funding.

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Len @len.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We honestly don't witness very many situations in 2026 where the good guys don't just win, but they windmill dunk on evil and make it very funny at the same time.

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Contemporaries at Post45 @atpost45.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New cluster, new cluster!! 🚨💡 💌 💫 💌 💡 Come to post45.org/contemporari... to read "Asian American Mass Culture," edited by Leland Tabares and Timothy K. August! post45.org/sections/con...

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Contemporaries – Post45

Post45 seeks to reinvigorate the erstwhile convention of academic critics not only describing past traditions but also actively intervening in current tastes. It provides a forum for writers to conver...

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🌱 ⓥ Francisco Robles ⓥ 🌱 @franciscondine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This was a great cluster to edit! Leland Tabares & Timothy K. August brought the cluster together, with additional essays by Timothy Yu, R.F. Kuang, Nancy Carranza, Alex Chun, & Nayoung Yang. <3

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David B Hobbs @deebeehobbs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

more gas from Defector: “Every day, scientists are allowed to publish sentences like, “Many assume there is a close connection between human history and culture (Donaldson 2019)," and yet English departments are the problem? …humanists are very obviously the best writers.”

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"Simply put, color has gone private." Super excited to publish @lidazeitlinwu.bsky.social's Panoramic Pantone Piece at @post45.bsky.social post45.org/2026/08/big-...

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Big Color Analytics: Privatization, Precarity, Pantone – Post45

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🌱 ⓥ Francisco Robles ⓥ 🌱 @franciscondine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hi Bluesky! Please share this Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is from 2027-2029 & housed in the English Department at the University of Notre Dame. Salary is $75,000 for each year, & the fellowship carries a $15,000 research budget for its duration. Mentorship & an individual office, too!

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