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Kassie Jo

@kassiejo.bsky.social
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Hate account. All opinions should be my employer’s. Assistant Prof Early American Lit. Melville. Mill girls. Murder.

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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I fear if I don’t start listening to more music and reading more fiction I will become a villain. But there is so much grading.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is there a super significant difference between a July Leo and an August Leo? This is critical to my burgeoning Herman Melville impersonation career.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ok, ok. So Lake Ontario become Lake America, which means HOMES doesn’t work anymore. But SHAME does. And that makes sense.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Told my chair I’m giving him my “too weak” notice today. I’m simply too tired and must be allowed to convalesce.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
stop making me know about joe rogan jesus christ!!! i am a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN i shouldn’t have to KNOW about that my GOD
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The Melville Society @melville-society.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Now you must choose.
Viral still of Darcy's flexed hand from Pride and Prejudice (2005)Close up of Melville's hand in the new statue. Image from the Boston Globe article linked in preceding post.
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The Melville Society @melville-society.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Starting to feel pretty hurt by how many of you are surprised by this good and correct statue.
bostonglobe.com
The new Herman Melville statue in New Bedford is . . . hot - The Boston Globe
The statue, from sculptor Stefanie Rocknak, stands in front of the Seamen's Bethel.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I bought a loom this summer and immediately hired a child laborer. Have I become an industrialist?
Small orange cat standing on a large floor loom. He does not have the fine motor skills he was hired for.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Are you in New England and looking for a big couch potato? Well, I’m happy to report that Franklin is officially heartworm free and looking for someone to scratch his big, square head forever! www.petfinder.com/dog/franklin...
petfinder.com
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the carie @thecarie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey @melville-society.bsky.social, you have the chance to do something truly amazing with @kassiejo.bsky.social
Screenshot of text message from kassie baron, "A good time to remind everyone my birthday is the day before melvilles and we are the same height and the Melville society should buy me a costume. "
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Or maybe, hear me out, someone making s’mores in Wieland.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
All books should have flip book animations in the corner. Animorphs did not corner this market. I would like to add a little guy doing the Cha Cha Slide to Course in General Linguistics.
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Factory Gothic / Bridget Marshall @factorygothic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Are you in New England and in need of a delightful dog companion? Check out Gigi, currently in Kentucky but ready to move north. She's currently with @kassiejo.bsky.social who can give you more details. Get this pup! www.petfinder.com/dog/gigi-had...
petfinder.com
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When I die, I want to be a tiny ghost and haunt little free libraries.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This season of Love Island is really going all in on feet.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Slippery dog acquired. You know what they say, when the strays start coming they don’t stop coming.
Big tan dog captured yesterday and new smaller brown dog caught today.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NOTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN! Relatedly, DMs are open if you want to adopt this dog or send me money for his shots. Or help me catch the other dog he was with (but she is very slippery).
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@vanoreo.bsky.social
(guy who knows how ai models work) he who posts on
reddit controls the future
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The Melville Society @melville-society.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Those objectively correct children belong to the sea.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m reading @silviamg.bsky.social ‘s The Bewitching for fun (for once!) and what do I get? SURPRISE NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE MILLS! I’ve brought this curse on myself.
Cover of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Bewitching.
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Tim R @elibtronic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Before you get warm feelings about this story, keep in mind it was **labour and contract protections** that got these people back. Not some grand realization that Librarianship is necessary. Get unionized people. 1 / 2
chronicle.com
A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back.
Western Illinois University claimed the library was not an academic program when it essentially was, an arbitrator has ruled, and therefore failed to follow the correct process for eliminating the job...
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
After ironing out a few more wrinkles on her brain, Kim Reynolds signed off on compulsory freedom classes.
kcrg.com
Courses will be required at University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom
University of Iowa Students will now be required to take classes from the new Center for Intellectual Freedom in order to graduate.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Tech CEOs keep saying “AI is the next Industrial Revolution” like that isn’t one of the things I hate most about it.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I’m at the Casey Jones Museum and I just have to believe this is a coincidence.
Action figure of Casey Jones from the Ninja Turtles.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Going to pick up my new car tomorrow ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CASEY JONES MUSEUM. Watch this space.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The mechanic told me “this car is dangerous. I want you to drive it home and never start it again.” If anyone wants to Venmo me a car quick, that would be sick.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today, students were horrified I knew what AO3 and Wattpad are. I immediately transformed into the Bane meme.
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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 28/03/2026
I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
What are some easy beginner steps to becoming a bigger dirtbag?
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Of course everyone lives rent free in my head. Sounds like it’s time for you to unlearn your landlord mentality.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’m going to the Tennessee Fiber Festival tomorrow where I expect to feel immediately validated and cured of all ailments, physical and mental.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
What irresponsible doofus agreed to prepare this over spring break?!
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Come to Martin! We’re so close to the earthquake simulator!
Poster for a talk. Text reads: PHI KAPPA PHI 2026 TOMLINSON LECTURE

SARAH BAGLEY DIDN'T SAY THAT: MISATTRIBUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

DR. KASSIE JO BARON
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH

TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST | 6:00 | MCCOMBS CENTER
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Rachel Banner @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
had so much fun at C19 — beautiful people, beautiful little pierogi, & presenting on Edith Wharton as the straight woman’s queen pervert 👑
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My only regret from @c19americanists.bsky.social 2026 is that I could not stop in Muhlenberg County to see the John Prine statue if I wanted to be home before the tornados.
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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
See you all in C19 Birmingham
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
(Do you think anyone has noticed I forgot to pack nice shoes?)
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This is my first C19 since Twitter died and I feel disoriented. If you see me wandering in a daze, please take me to lunch.
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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
C19 so far
Angel from RHOP driving
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) setting a good precedent, affirming the right to refuse AI for both instructors AND students. The whole "Resolution 2" in the linked document below is worth reading. h/t @evenannaliese.bsky.social cccc.ncte.org/wp-content/u...
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Rachel Banner @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
cryptids love C19 Cincinnati
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Yesssssss dreams come true!!!
outkick.com
Bigfoot Investigators Monitoring Movement Across Ohio As Six 'High-Credibility' Reports Made In Just Four Days
There's been a ton of Bigfoot activity being reported in Ohio over the last several days. As of this morning, there have been six "high-credibility" reports in just the last four days.
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Will Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
If I can’t unionize Claude then it’s not conscious, next question
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I hope you C19ers are ready because I am working on the HOTTEST, the SPICIEST, the WILDEST take on water power monopolies in Massachusetts from 1820-1840.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I will not publish a book until they bring back mass market paperbacks. This is a protest and definitely not procrastination.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I took an extremely pro-bean stance in class today and this will remain a central piece of my identity until the end of the semester. #LegumeLover
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I’m only sweating this much because I’m passionate about the lesson and definitely not because this classroom is inexplicably 85°.
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A student accused me of rage baiting them. A very successful intro to close reading day.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/02/2026
#OtD 16 Feb 1986 200 roving pickets from the Hormel foods plant in Austin, MN, on strike since Aug picketed a plant in Dubuque, Iowa. Despite UFCW union officials telling workers to go in, half of the 900 workers refused stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8782...
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Kassie Jo @kassiejo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
They made Samantha Parkington a worker in 1920s New York. I will only respect this if she joins UGW.
today.com
American Girl's Samantha is All Grown Up In New Novel. Elder Millennials Will Swoon
Forty years later, 9-year-old Samantha Parkington has finally become an adult in new novel by Fiona Davis.
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