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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is what happens when you eliminate your Women’s and Gender Studies program.

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Governor Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Midterm elections are on Nov. 3, and we want Kentuckians to be prepared to head to the polls. If you don’t have a form of ID needed to vote in the next election, Kentucky offers Voter ID cards at no cost. Eligibility requirements are online at tinyurl.com/bdz2pjpx

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh, no, what did we do now 😇 😅

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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Botstein out fully at Bard: “Professor Botstein informed Bard earlier today that he is resigning immediately from all Bard-affiliated positions, including his professorship and roles with The Orchestra Now and other music programs.”

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

what I had to say turned out not to be a column

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Something Like People

A poem

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Kentucky Democrats @kydemocrats.org · 04/10/2026

Make sure you’re registered to vote by 4 PM tomorrow. Check your registration at govote.ky.gov

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

garbage call that was not a fumble

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think I would consider that praise, tbh. Good on you! There is enough email out in the world! 😅

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Begging people to learn the difference between "understated" and "overstated" (this is probably just one of my many pedantic pet peeves)

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026

Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:

Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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henselpushers @henselpushers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is time. Registration has opened. henselfest.org/register/p/r...

Henselfest
Registration
is open!

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Paul David Flood @pauldavidflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're seeking a new Associate Editor to join the Journal of Popular Music Studies Editorial Team! See the attached call for applications. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...

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International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Call for Associate Editor

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It would be so rad if taylor swift saved the nashville symphony

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah, this is truly not an ideal way to start a day, people

Email from the university comms office with the header "School of Music attempted arson"

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Pub Date to THE OPERATIC KALEIDOSCOPE: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by @kristenmturner.bsky.social! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #AfricanAmericanStudies #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicMonth

The Operatic Kaleidoscope
Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage
Author: Kristen M. Turner

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to wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Overheard outside the music building: "I chose a French song." "Why would you do that to yourself? It's *French*!"

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm sorry, but they couldn't have just left them in the classrooms until they stopped functioning? This seems aggressively uncivil

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Prof Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So many, but the one I will never forget was not a typo, but the most desperate final gambit in an essay on, I think, Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex. The student recounted the tragedy ending with, “Few, today, put out their eyes.”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out!

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everyone and especially all the academics on AI task forces and initiatives should read this.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

i hate it @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, please kill this

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Marching band channel when (I am serious... would watch that all the time)

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

nobody can get mortgages anymore so they're bundling and speculating on song catalogs also at the exact moment musical LABOR is demonetized music as ASSET is the way people extract value out of music

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

the best thing they could do is give a bunch of recently graduated film students a budget of like £50,000 and access to a single abandoned quarry for a month and they'd have a perfect series of Doctor Who.

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ugh (and please, please be careful)

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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Abby @abbyshupe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m honored to have been selected for an American Musicological Society and Library of Congress lecture. Lectures like this one draw on a collection at the LoC, and I’ll present on John Adams, *On the Transmigration of Souls*, and 9/11 memory.

Screenshot of event page at the Library of Congress for my lecture about John Adams and 9/11.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(two or more competing things need to be done) i'm just going to do nothing instead

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

You might ask: How can ICE levy a tax? What law gives legal authority for that? No law does; it is an illegal action. That is why the forthcoming proposed rule calls it a 'fee', which it certainly is not. I explain why on pages 5 and A-10, here—> www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Taxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa Pipeline

ROCKWOOL Foundation

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You know they could have asked Nadine Hubbs and/or Francesca Royster to write about this (they are the literal academic experts!) but ofc that's not want this paper wants to hear

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So my husband apparently has magical powers?! He said "I need a goal from Joao Pedro" and not 30 seconds later it happened. Spoke it into existence somehow. Spooky.

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Kirsten Carithers @kcarithers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just look at this absolute goober. I love her so much

Long brown dachshund stretched out on a throw pillow on an armchair. Snooze time. Princess and the pea, really

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 11/09/2026

You cannot in fact make that argument

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AAUP has a new tool and how-to webinar coming for FOIAing third party contracts! the people who do the teaching and research should be in charge of procurement of the tech used in teaching and research make the terrible terms of these contracts public! www.aaup.org/event/foias-...

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FOIAs for Better Shared Governance Around Technology

The second session in our fall series of webinars on AI issues in higher education provides examples of how to conduct public records requests to gather and analyze information pertaining to an instit...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“As members of the Trinity AAUP, we believe this attestation letter represents an unprecedented intrusion into the life of the university…The moment has arrived where a Trinity faculty member must sign a declaration attesting that their curriculum will comply with state restrictions.” 🔥🔥

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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has crossed a line on academic freedom - Trinitonian

On Sept. 1st, Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) across Texas were asked to sign a form specifying what future teachers can be taught and what kinds of academic experiences can be included in their ...

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A little taster from our recent release: Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata in Carwithen’s 1948 ‘Concerto for Piano and Strings.’

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How old is everybody on this app? what memory are we talking about here? Because this never happened.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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