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Kyla Wazana Tompkins @kwazana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

About three months ago Tavia Nyong’o & I conceived of a collection of essays on The Epstein Class and the University meant to consider the ubiquity is sexual violence in the university & the fundamental fact that access to young women has long been a side perk of university employment & attendance.

A photograph of an art exhibit from the Donald J Trump and Jeffrey Epstein library showing a shelf of redacted Epstein files

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

committing self-harm by creating a folder called "spring 2027" in which to save a new course description. 😭 (lo it is but SEPTEMBER / the year is young / why doth thou demandedst thus, administrator?)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!

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Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Genuinely so stoked to be part of this incredible, tentacular, gleefully bizarre venture. Huge congratulations to our amazing editors and to all involved. Run, don't walk, to read it.

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Laura Ludtke @ladyelectric.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It is publication day for Configurations of Creepiness. More to come over the next few days, but for now, enjoy this sneak peek at our Foreword. Read the full issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cang20/3...

Screenshot of front page of publication entitled Congogurarions of the Creepy, illustrated with cover image of entwined branches and insects hiding in plain sight.

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have been hearing about this for at least two summers, and now, NOW it arrives!!!! I cannot wait to read!

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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you Empire State Building. NYC ❤️ Dolly.

Empire State Building lit up in bright pink in honor of Dolly Parton. Beautiful.

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

CFP: Post45's Special Issue Why 45? Deadline EXTENDED: 8/31 submissions.post45.org/journal/CFP/...

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Why45? (or Why68?) | Post45 Journal Submissions

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Trimesters are made up! Eugenics is bad! Plastics increase genetic anomalies! Buy my book! Pub date 8/25!

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

faculty! Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas faculty! please answer this anonymous AAUP survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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2026 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey

The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

friends, I'm looking for a statistic on how many academic jobs there were in 2025-2026. where can I find this info? any recent year would be GRAND (hard to prove a negative, I know, but point me in a direction???) also looking to compare with a year in the 90s...just not sure where to find stats??

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

it is the only sane thing. give the people what they want.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My college is once again pushing up course caps on composition classes (now up to 26 students), and it strikes me as additionally insane given the fact that the actual work of teaching composition has spiked in the last four years.

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

the only thing that is happening on my academic bluesky feed is "the odyssey" discourse which is, like, cool, folks, but an entire academic organization representing THOUSANDS has been DECHARTERED by its PARENT ORG in the course of like 72 HOURS.

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

the fact that bluesky is not all a bustle with 4Cs news is just nuts to me. where the academics at who will react to this?! 👀 like, this was the largest rhet/comp academic org EN EL MUNDO ENTERO. it had a 75+ yr history. it supported the flagship journal in its field. like, o.m.g.

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm not a member of 4Cs, but...it was de-chartered as of this AM. WILD. SHIT. Y'ALL.

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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...

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Nicoletta Asciuto's book shortlisted for ESS Book Award 2026!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 23/07/2026

JANE: But you hate Darcy. ELIZABETH: No, I love Darcy. JANE: When did that start? ELIZABETH: Oh I don’t know. It must have happened when I visited his enormous and beautiful and elegantly appointed house. Probably around then. JANE: Oh. Hmm.

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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There is more truth in this cartoon than most of you know. The Supreme Court ruling is not only cruel and amoral, it is going to create chaos. To my dear Haitian friends in medicine, we are so sorry and will stand with you.

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Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

we are being trolled so hard and honestly it is so hilarious.

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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Please Use AI

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Someone pay me whatever the NYT Ethicist was paid to write a report on the state of HUMSS scholarship from my perch as an indie scholar (“scholar”) and publisher of at least 35 HUMSS books per year. I’ll wait. Oh that’s right, I did it FOR FREE. muse.jhu.edu/article/987313

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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 28/05/2026

Google you're killing me 🙃

A Google result to the question "how many p's in the word pneumonia?

There are 2 "p's in the word pneumonia (pneumonia). The first "p" at the beginning is silent.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

Matthew Keys
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Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of "Only in Monroe" from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV channel and doesn't use their intellectual property...
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Michelle Kinney
@MichelleKinney
Happened to us at The Mayday Network as well — this is insanity.
https://x.com/MichelleKinney/status/2058596263004721436

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Coming to you from this AmericanStudier’s hometown of Cville, here’s my 276th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 276 (5/17/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Simon Davies @simonfd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I enjoyed this piece from @rcolesworthy.bsky.social. It applies to learned society publishers too, of course (especially those that haven't sold out to a commercial press) 'Literary Studies Inside Out: Notes Toward Critical University Press Studies' muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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Dr. Melissa Schuh @melissaschuh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So excited and proud that the @c21literature.bsky.social special issue “The Century at 25” that I edited with @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social @keeblearin.bsky.social @alicebennett.bsky.social is now complete and out in the world 🎉 So many brilliant contributions: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1422/i...

Cover poster for the C21 Literature: Journal of 21st Century Writings Volume 12 Issue 3 2025-26 special issue: The Century at 25.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'm really excited that we'll be welcoming @unlawfulentries.bsky.social to @marktwainhouse.bsky.social on June 25 for a conversation about her new book! Join us in person or on the live stream! marktwainhouse.org/event/migrat...

a promotional graphic for Anna Law in conversation on her new book Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A super interesting opportunity at the Whitney Humanities Center. The deputy director there, @dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social, is awesome and you know I <3 New Haven. Please repost and spread the word!!

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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

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Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is out now @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Academic colleagues, please fill out the UCU workload survey. Even if your own workload is fine, more data helps other colleagues. yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Workload-...

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Workload Survey 2026

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Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Inbox: The 5,000 strong faculty of Penn State, including faculty members across all departments, full-time and part-time, and at the main and satellite campuses, have unionized with SEIU Local 668. The union says its the largest public sector win in 50 years.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

"Books are the Grail for what is deepest, more mysterious and least expressible within ourselves. They are our soul’s skeleton. If we were to forget that, it would prefigure how false and feelingless we could become." Edna O'Brien

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Kate, Janis, and Sanjay, three of my brilliant colleagues, talked to Jacobin Radio about why we need a union at USC, what's at stake in higher ed as a whole sector, and how we build better futures with faculty power. Have you 🫵 listened yet?

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Jacobin Radio: Organizing Outside the Tenure Track

Podcast Episode · Jacobin Radio · April 22 · 1h 2m

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 19/04/2026

“This is student housing” A person wrote on their tent outside Seattle Central College, USA. When your home becomes a site of protest, viral art installation and indictment of the capitalist economic system. Instead of hiding class violence, they chose to highlight it for all to see.

Tent labeled "this is student housing" outside Seattle Central College

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

One of the biggest labor battles in the US is happening right now in Los Angeles, at USC, where our faculty-union campaign with majority support is being met by nasty, corporate-grade administrative resistance, and national press won't cover it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

So JD Vance was given two high-profile tasks for the Trump administration -- boost Orban's chances at re-election in Hungary and help strike a settlement in Iran -- and he appears to have failed horribly at both. I'm sure the NYT will be all over that.

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