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I didn't have nearly the following that you did, but I too found that once I'd decided to walk away, I had no regrets. And it's spiraled way down since then from everything reliable that's been reported.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 1h

This is so very good. Exactly the kind of work that we should be doing now. Thanks for sharing!

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 10h

The Fellowship of the Ring Cameras

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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 23h

Spotted bats in an Arizona cave share maternal DNA with bats that died there 2,100 years ago, while the Southwest holds most of their variety.

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Bats living in an Arizona cave carry a genetic legacy thousands of years old

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NY-21 is getting interesting. The more people see of Constantino, the less they like him.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

During the Philippine-American War, Filipinos fighting for independence dropped leaflets about the Sam Hose lynching in an attempt to persuade American Black troops to defect to their side.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No, I absolutely do not have time to dust off my copy of Debord and read that into the fact that Jim Crow lynchings ran the gamut from fully state-facilitated to state-permitted. I'll give you this little nugget though. The US had an international reputation.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shhhhh, don't tell them, we got enough problems as it is.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would guess this also means they knew how to treat bagel slicer injuries and the like.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would heavily underline his point that we don't seem to be doing a terrific job at reining in measles at the moment.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Are you Viodent Niflet or Nocio Sboits?

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

At any rate, this response to @dwcongdon.com's original essay on polyamory is more or less non-responsive. It just re-asserts positions he already accounted for, engages with none of the nuances or implications, and essentially says little more than "nuh-uh." Pretty typical, sadly.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think this is a great idea. I'm increasingly of the mind that immigration law doesn't make sense without a background understanding of empire that precedes 1898.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Page One in Philly:

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Particularly important to get checked if you were vaccinated between 1963 and 1967/68. (I had mine checked a few years ago and was OK, but the vaccine used between those years did not provide permanent immunity for everyone.)

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When it first came out, I think it was like 60. I remember harassing my doc every year until they changed it and she was able to give it to me under my insurance.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm so glad they lowered the age for Shingrix! Nobody needs shingles in their life.

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Schnörrfried&Oi! @gutzpe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I added vatican's models into yesterday's graph and it might confuse people

Satirical Graph comparing grok fable and GPT Release Dates to model Numbers. I added the Last popes Benedict 16 Franciscus 1 Leo 14.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is such a heartbreaking story. Unfortunately, policy-wise, the US is going backwards right now, leaving me with little hope that the firm national regulation needed will put these charlatans out of business.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Boarding should be done like road races. Have corrals for how quickly people board. Suitcase stowed and you in your seat in under 45 seconds? First group.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...

The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I tried the "antihistamine + painkiller prior to shot" approach last fall and had a much better time of it. I'm traveling and can't find the research at the moment, but I am pretty sure I remember solid findings that it doesn't impair effectiveness.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Oh, your car got mags that be dippy dippy dope But the whole damn nation got the same Honey only flock to the bee that's the Pope Not the President with government lame." Prince, 1993

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I will be personally responsible if Sherrod Brown loses, apparently.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I guess you just don't care about democracy, Mary.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026

Congress should also make clear that Anti-Deficiency Act violations (moving /spending taxpayer money for something not authorized by Congress) will be vigorously investigated.

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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

People following the Cornell case keep asking the same questions about Jane Doe. Why did she text one of the men afterward? Why didn't she call it rape right away? Why didn't she see herself as a victim from the start? My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't doubt that there's some redundancy and waste, but at a lot of state institutions, a lot of smart people looked at stuff really hard during COVID and did everything possible to find efficiencies. There just is not a lot of room left.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Or, OK, let's fire the person under your university counsel who vets contracts so that you can afford to hire a savvy enrollment manager. Sure, your time on the U side to approve contracts will go from 3 weeks to six months, but no big deal, right?

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

in fundraising, mass marketing and communication, enrollment management, and all the other paths that might lead to securing replacement revenue. So what do you choose? Do you try to find a professional and pay that person to try to help you fill the hole? Or do you cut?

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Part of the problem is that when the state withdraws support, the university has two choices: cut the amount withdrawn, or seek other means of securing it. Your average faculty/staff person is busy doing their actual jobs and has no specific expertise . . .

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million

"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, whic...

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know, I know, I know, this is rage bait and I should just shut up about it.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I spent a lot of time playing with Muse, or "Bob" as I like to call him. It wasn't just useful; I actually enjoyed it. But when I finished writing this article, I revoked Muse's Gmail access and asked the app to erase everything it collected about me." Did you say pretty please?

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When you start it up, it asks if you want it to have access to your whole email inbox. So yes, friends and neighbors, Meta now has access to any email YOU wrote to someone else who just blithely clicked "yes."

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"If Muse plans your holiday trip ... there's no way to know if ... if it chose [vendors] that benefit Meta's business partners. If you ask for music recommendations, will they be based on your taste, or will you hear about artists who inked deals with the social media company?" Gosh, who knows?

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The couple of times I did it, I think I only got about 10% to make the argument that Bob's Organic Cafe wasn't covered. I bet now it'd be more like 70%.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somewhere in a back drawer, I have a full set of hypo materials encouraging students to consider the constitutionality of applying the CRA under commerce, featuring a farm-to-table racist running a cafe from which he wants to exclude people.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the downsides of my current job is that I can't teach it alongside Katzenbach v. McClung.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One can only hope this comes back to haunt him some day.

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