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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 13h

Live coverage of student protests in France 👇🏻

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 13h

Good to know, thanks! And also sorry for the original trigger.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 16h

That's why I have avoided spelling out the word in the past, tbh, so people don't have to see it. But you make a good point that people will have it muted... would putting a 'g' in front of it like I sometimes see people do work for your filter?

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 16h

One more day until my grant deadline and somehow I have three back to back Zoom calls this morning. Please send chocolate covered espresso beans.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 16h

Yes! ♥️ Does “SA” also work? I see and use that a lot too.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

TW: r@pe I have no words, only heartbreak, sympathy, rage and exhaustion. I hope she is surrounded with love and support right now, that there is accountability, and that she wins her race in a f***ing landslide. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

phoenixnewtimes.com

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I will keep my eyes open for you!

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Related, but I'm back on the job market for full time positions I prefer remote roles, but an amazing opportunity (in a trans-safe locale) would make me consider relocation If you spot any senior science communication roles or adjacent, please let me know!

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes! When I was in Siberia in 2018 and 2019, I was amazed how many signs, menus, etc. I could read by just sounding out the Cyrillic letters, which I knew from science and math.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Love this news but hate the "surprise comeback" framing. Teams around the globe worked incredibly hard to protect & expand mangrove forests & it worked! Please just say, "We tried and we succeeded! Go team Earth!" We must admit our victories to give people the heart to keep trying! #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Mexico’s overwintering monarch population grew 64% this winter, with butterflies covering their largest area of forest since 2018. The recovery remains fragile, but suggests there’s been a positive impact from conservation efforts in the butterflies’ core habitat. buff.ly/XoPKQ9d #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species

The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is this the first sentence of a 1984 speculative fiction short story?

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, it’s the whole point of voter registration, so people can’t vote twice.

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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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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Coastal Maine representing on the front page of the print edition of the NYT today boop

The top left corner of the front page of the New York Times with a large photo of two people in a row boat in calm water in front of a pastoral setting. The front person has a protest sign that says, “shame on the Roberts court for overturning Roe v. Wade” and caption, “Protesters in July off Hupper Island, in midcoast Maine, where Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has spent many summers.” The headline of the accompanying piece is, “In His Island Retreat, the Chief Justice Finds Himself Isolated”

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ooooh, I’ll need to listen! This is the only piece I’ve heard so far. The Bowie cover is also outstanding.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I must have just missed it, being 9 at the time and it being a serious piece oriented towards adults, so not likely something I’d have heard on top 40 or alt radio or even MTV.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I came across Laurie Anderson’s 1982 performance art piece/music video, “O Superman” recently, via a live cover by David Bowie. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s still relevant now if not moreso. There’s even a spooky but unintentional prediction of future events. youtu.be/Vkfpi2H8tOE?...

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Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Nonesuch Records

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You do NOT have to have filled in the form to request an absentee ballot ahead of time. But if you did, that’s okay, too! You can bring it with you or just show up and they’ll give you a new one. (They’ll mark down that you’ve voted and won’t accept a second ballot from you if mailed in.)

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🫎🦞🦅🌲 Mainers!🌲🦅🦞🫎 Early voting started today. Here’s how it works: you go to your municipal clerk’s office any time between now and Thurs, Oct. 29. They will give you an absentee ballot, you fill it out, and hand it back to them.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There are eerie parallels between what’s happening in Irkutsk and what happened in Wuhan in early 2020. Doctors claiming the government was hiding the extent of the spread. Masks being mandated. Schools being closed. Pay attention. Listen to independent journalists & locals:

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Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN

Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If an in-person haunted house counts as "media," mine was a Jaycees haunted house in Virginia circa 1979 in a dilapidated Amityville-Horror-esque house. Bloody Mary got beheaded, Dracula loomed up over you, and Frankenstein came to life. There was also a weird gorilla. I don't make the rules.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And “Finger [insert high school crush name]”. (For anyone following along, I swear this wasn’t dirty.)

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I remember watching that little Fetch dog run with such anticipation and delight.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Y’all, I know we’re all barraged by ads, so I’m just going to put this here so folks don’t miss it if they need it. AT&T is currently offering a pretty amazing trade-in deal on iPhones. I got $1,200 towards a new iPhone by trading in my 4-year old iPhone 14 from 2022.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Truly. And University of Utah is off the charts. It should be shut down.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Absolutely heartbreaking and enraging.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I forgot the TW this time. Apologies.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Love your avatar btw. I’m really feeling Mrs. White’s energy right now. *smashes crystal glass on the hearth*

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes, reported incidents are always just the tip of the rotten iceberg.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And that’s just reports! We know the actual number of incidents is much higher.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My god, that’s almost one per day during the academic year.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...

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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post

Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When I saw “you’re being used as a mouthpiece” I just assumed it was satire.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(Spotted in the wonderful Farm 23 coffee shop, bakery and gift store in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.)

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If I get too close And I’m not how you hoped Forgive my northern attitude I was raised out in the cold

Pair of handmade raccoon earrings hanging from a tag that reads “handmade by northern wonders” in something like comic sans

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Slop Machine (slopmachine.dev) @slop-machine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The dystopia won't be a terrifying chrome skeleton, it'll be a pastel plastic dome with LED blinking eyes asking for a monthly subscription.

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