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I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer

College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 8h

cookin' with fire

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 5h

Banger of a thread and a linked piece that’s a great read

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 01/10/2026

Please accept this perfect photo of Maxx who believes himself invisible as my contribution towards your mental health for the day. Also, take a break, drink some water, and double check that curtain isn’t see-thru.

Maxx hiding behind a sheer gold curtain.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The Department of Information Studies seeks a scholar specializing in Media Archival Studies whose research and teaching address historical and contemporary media-making contexts, media formats, and the information systems that support their preservation, management, and use."

recruit.apo.ucla.edu

Assistant Professor of Information Studies (Tenure-Track), Specializing in Media Archival Studies

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Covering the 2026 elections? We built the thing I wish every election reporter had: one place to ask vetted election officials, lawyers, academics and voting-tech experts the very specific questions that come up on deadline. The Votebeat Expert Desk is free: www.electionexpertdesk.com

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Election Expert Desk - Votebeat Election Expert Desk

Election stories move fast. Election law is technical. Local procedures vary widely. And the loudest voices about voting systems are not always the people who understand them. Votebeat’s Expert Desk i...

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 26/09/2026

See, this whole time there really were people reading Playboy for the articles!

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland

A six-foot (ish) high turquoise iceberg with a small friend on a black sand beach. Grey rainy day with some of the turquoise reflected in the blank sand, and long exposure smooth waves breaking.

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Toulouse-Lautrec @toulouselautrec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dun, a Gordon Setter Belonging to Comte Alphonse de Toulouse Lautrec

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reuters: US SUPREME COURT BLOCKS MISSOURI FOR THIRD TIME FROM USING REPUBLICAN-DRAWN CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 25/09/2026

“I hope that (we) can get as many people expunged as possible so that they can seek employment and whatever other benefits that they may need that were being hindered from that prior prosecution,” Jobs for Jacksonians Director Candace Ingram told the Mississippi Free Press. buff.ly/7u7RZJE

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Free Expungement Clinic Offers Mississippians Chance to Clear Records and Move Forward

About 40 people attended a free expungement clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, to help them expunge prior convictions from their records.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.

"Great Western Railway NOTICE. It is forbidden for vagrants, beggars, itinerant musicians and females of doubtful reputation to enter these premises."

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Sol @solexposure.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To help w/ buying car parts - for today - buy any two prints in my store & you can pick out a third, on me. Get them framed, and the third will be also, on me. That is a pretty incredible Wednesday special! www.sol-exposure.com/shop/

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Store – sol exposure

This is where you can browse products in this store.

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Need cheering up? Have a bit of this happy little Roman dog in the Clayton Museum at Chesters.

Small bronze figurine of a happy terrier type dog.

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The WPA gave us so much good across the country; just imagine how much a 21st century WPA could offer. Yes, please.

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So, the GOP is rolling out AI Death Panels to decide who gets access to healthcare and who gets to live or die in America. Democratic Party: Start shouting 24/7 about AI billionaires, destructive data centers, and now, death panels, too.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 22/09/2026

The Supreme Court has delivered yet another defeat for the Trump administration’s illegal efforts to take over the election process and undermine public confidence in our democratic system. bit.ly/4rfW930

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Supreme Court Rules Postal Service Must Deliver Mail Ballots

The ruling affirms that American citizens can vote by mail with confidence.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026
The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions.
Funding Opportunities
PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships.
Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association.
Graduate Student Association
The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty.

A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026

Ossoff: "Georgians deserve to know the full extent of the congressman's ties to some of the nation's most notorious white nationalists. I am calling on the congressman to release these files in full."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today I learned that the Manhattan House of Detention is called “The Tombs” because its original 1838 structure on Centre Street, an Egyptian Revival building by architect John Haviland, resembled an Egyptian tomb complex:

The original Egyptian Revival-style Tombs building is shown in a photograph from 1893

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

A cow who is feeling happy because I have taken the photo it will use for the cover of its psychedelic debut LP which it feels confident will get a five out of five star rating in Rolling Stone magazine.

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 21/09/2026

Please accept this perfect photo of Maxx as my contribution towards your mental health for the day. Also, take a break, drink some water, and chill under a comfy blankie.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Shrug off the short, crossover red satin jacket to reveal a strapless, many petalled cocktail dress in the same fabric. Mainbocher had made a name for himself two decades earlier but in the mid #1950s was still creating drama in evening wear @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A red satin ensemble shown here with a short jacket with crossover fastening and a roll necked collar with tie dress beneath consisting of a layered petal shaped skirt

The red satin cocktail ensemble shown without the matching jacket showing the strapless bodice above the many petalled layered skirt

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👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026

The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.

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it's coup for my family @ghostesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

asked @actualkatherine.bsky.social for a Bailey portrait and they knocked it out of the park this is so pretty and so cute and it's paper!!! and it looks like my dog!!! people are amazing artists are amazing

portrait of a black dog made with different patterns and textures of paper

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE NEWS: A federal judge just permanently blocked Trump’s attempts to politicize food assistance. Oregon DOJ led this multistate lawsuit, which also protects food assistance for lawful permanent residents. #orpol #breakingnews

AG Rayfield permanently blocks Trump’s SNAP penalties

Today, a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from penalizing states, including Oregon, with steep fines tied to their administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The judge also struck down the administration’s attempts to restrict food access for lawful permanent residents.

“Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, we’ve all watched his administration play games with emergency food assistance,” said Attorney General Rayfield. “This is about parents’ ability to feed their kids, and partisan politics shouldn’t have any part in it. The court’s ruling means that Oregon will continue to effectively manage the SNAP program, and our vulnerable neighbors will get the food they need.”

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excuse me, but are you aware that snicky-snack time was 9:00 and no one has begun fixing my bowl?

A black pup with a little silver on her nose is lying upright on a carpet next to a coffee table. She’s tapping the table with her paw to request your attention please. She has concerns, expressed via cocked ears and an intent expression. She hasn’t had so much as a morsel of food for three whole hours and is obviously near perishing from the lack.

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Do you need some good Karma? You look like you could use some good Karma

Karma, a charming, black furred, Heinz 57 of a senior pup, sporting some perked up ears and a big smile as she pops out from beneath a patio table to give you some very good vibes and a happy little boop with her nose

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I agree with @jvl.bsky.social. Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...

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Impeach Them. All of Them.

Hegseth is only the beginning.

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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is excellent and includes explainers applicable beyond the system.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...

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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms

The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Post secondary institution accreditation is not exciting, but it is the vehicle through which the people who brought us DOGE are trying to do a DOGE to higher ed. It can be stopped, but it requires public pushback. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/you-can-he...

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You Can Help Prevent a Major Disaster for Higher Education

An opportunity for your voice to be heard.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lovely piece on Habitat, the first massively multiplayer online game in the late eighties on Commodore 64s and how so many aspects of today’s online world were foreshadowed there www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-invent...

A happier surprise was the spontaneous emergence of performing arts groups. To coordinate their movements despite the latency of their slow connections, performers practiced using stopwatches and telephone calls. 'It looked like it was done in synchrony when in fact it was all wildly asynchronous and decoupled, Morningstar recalled in a 2022 interview.
'The fact that people would go to the kinds of lengths that were required, the kinds of obsessive attention to detail, to engage in that kind of creativity - it speaks to something very powerful about people's drive to interact with each other and be creative

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 10/09/2026

A federal appeals court compared the Trump administration’s no-bond immigrant detention policy to the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, in a scathing decision on Thursday.

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Appeals Court Compares ICE Detention to Japanese Internment in Scathing Ruling

The Trump administration’s policy of holding undocumented immigrants without bond faced its ninth appeals court loss on Thursday.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10/09/2026

Judge Declares West Point Faculty Gag Order Unconstitutional bit.ly/4A4fxnN

West Point cadets, dressed in gray jackets and white pants. Several cadets are out of focus in the foreground of the image, to the left.

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"With prompt and appropriate medical care, maternal health experts say, women should not die. Yet ProPublica’s analysis found a stark & baffling increase: Almost 200 women with the condition died from 2020 to 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years" www.propublica.org/article/ecto...

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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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