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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 1h

ACLS celebrates research in Latin American and Latinx/a/o/e Studies. Learn more about the work ACLS Fellows like Cecilia Márquez, Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History at Duke University. www.acls.org/resources/latin-americ…

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1h

Want to learn more about a great journalist? If you are in DC, stop by the John Brademas Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the launch of my biography about Wallace Terry, published by the @unmpress.bsky.social. events.nyu.edu/event/401720...

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 2h

“These people”=mothers & fathers, grandmothers & grandfathers, neighbors & colleagues, nurses & nursing home assistants, teachers & students. They drive taxis & trucks; plant & harvest crops; build & repair our houses. They’ve more dignity & generosity in their pinkies than MwM has in his entirety.

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wmuhockeyupdates.bsky.social @wmuhockeyupdates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having a mariachi band play the national anthem at the Bears game just made my night. Case Keenum, Give Them Hell!

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 3h

If you were raised in the Southwest, as I was, mariachi speaks to your soul. Growing up it often seemed like every great human being I knew who was not family was Mexican. Most everything I learned about baseball, family, generosity, hard work I learned from Mexicans. I love this for the anthem.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Kacey Musgraves Defies ICE, Brings Detained Mariachi band Onstage in Texas

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

None so blind as those who won't look in a mirror.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Royce Hall where I studied Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic. Mediterranean medieval history, Islamic North Africa, Renaissance Italy, and EM Spain were usually in Bunche Hall. UCLA, no. 1 public university in USA, home to many great libraries, one of the finest places on planet earth..

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026

George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And the Philadelphia Phillies clinch the final MLB playoff slot. Mattingly: “You just have to fu**ing get in. We’re fu**ing in.” Not sure Don had anything to do with it, but maybe Phillies’ September slump over. Schwarbs single, double, walk. Padres, for record, currently ahead of surging Arizona.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“evangelicals, who for decades have received heavy financial backing and missionary support from US-based right-wing evangelicals, make up 27% of all Brazilians and consistently back Bolsonaro.” Evangelicals are entitled to their childish religion; it is their deadly politics I cannot abide.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring … and it blossoms in the summer … and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall all alone … just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops." mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...

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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 27/09/2026

Christian Science Monitor 2016 vs. ABC 10 San Diego 2026

Kristoffer is part of a new generation of wunderkinds, many of them lugging school backpacks and still wearing braces, that just might help save tomorrow’s internet. Idealistic and computer savvy, they are mastering the mysterious numerical codes that underpin the digital world in the hope of making the web a more secure place.

The suspect, identified as Kristoffer Von Hassel, was located in the neighborhood where the vandalism incidents took place and was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and damage to property motivated by civil rights violations.

At the time of his arrest, sheriff’s officials said Von Hassel “was found in possession of a handheld electronic device capable of interacting with and analyzing certain wireless signals, including those used by some garage doors, gates and other access systems.”

Von Hassel is accused of drawing hate symbols and anti-Semitic graffiti at homes on Elm Avenue and Seacoast Drive on Sept. 13. He is also believed to be linked to additional graffiti scrawled at the home on Elm Avenue on Sept. 19, with more vandalism discovered in an alley behind the home.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” B. Mussolini Trump will be cut in or paid a bribe and AI regulation will be further forestalled. These asses deserve our ridicule, but there is nothing to laugh at. youtu.be/-Nvne3LzBls?...

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Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Are you a communist?" "No I am an anti-fascist" "For a long time?" "Since I have understood fascism.” — Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A vintage black and white photo showing a smiling girl in a hooded coat and white shoes standing next to a plush teddy bear.

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The trailer for the documentary that a vacuous billionaire wants disappeared. Like the thousands of federal jobs his doge dudes removed. Like the citizens & immigrants removed from American streets. Please watch & repost. Thank you for your attention to this matter. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UCLA 54, Maryland 3. Two more victories for bowl eligibility. Tough road; no guarantees. UCLA is running back by committee but Wayne Knight legitimate Heisman candidate: heard here 1st. Oh and down goes USC, Michigan, USC, Michigan State, USC, Texas A&M, USC, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee, and USC.

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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm adding this book, by Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA professor of history, to my to-read stack: Racist by Design, published by @wwnorton.com dankowalski.substack.com/p/racist-by-...

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Racist by Design

Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1983 was a good year for the Orioles and the Pride of La Junta, Colorado. I was out of the country so had to follow the Series in the International Herald Tribune. Still remember first time I saw Tippy play, Spring 1969, his junior year of high school.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An excellent read. I’m for more aggressive action than the modest practical baby steps at the end of article, but support for sweeping political change is hard to sustain in face of Faux News, Facebook, and X without empathy, without knowing and seeing the real poor, a majority the working poor.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My wife (south side University of Chicago affiliated Lying-in Hospital) and my daughter (almost the Congress Hotel, after ambulance dash up Michigan Ave: Northwestern Prentice Women's Hospital near the Water Tower) were both born in Chicago, so I’m in agreement with the Pope. (They’re Cubs fans.)

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UCLA no. 1 ranked public university in the U.S. according to US News & World Report 2027. No. 20 among all universities. No. 6 graduate program in History. No. 11 among Best Global Universities. To heck with private prep schools, private colleges & universities. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#booksky Continuing Alan Hillgarth collection: What Price Paradise? (Cambridge [Mass.]: The Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929). This is the American edition of Change for Heaven and not a different novel.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“He took the assignment, he wrote, because he knew ‘very little’ about the agency and the challenge was appealing.” God save us from WaPo puff pieces, from the Tylers of the world, and from folks who have the confidence of their own ignorance.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spoke to a colleague yesterday, really smart, caring, attentive person. They didn’t know AI can be used to grade, another form of cheating. But students I’ve spoken to sure know, & believe a number of their profs are doing it. Some think, “If profs aren’t going to read my work, why shld I write it?”

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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 16/09/2026

I’m flying to the UK and Ireland in a couple weeks. Weighing the idea of cancelling the return flight.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not voting to cut taxes = Communism. Using state power to root out the Lügenpresse, however, is definitely not fascism.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The book tour Rachel announced tonight includes some familiar stops, but also has dates in Boise and Salt Lake City. Find the full list with links at MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@officialjackwhite.bsky.social has it right on Tigers Stadium: “I despise this new name. I don't want to pronounce it. Who in the hell named your bank ‘Fifth Third Bank’? Sylvester the Cat? From the brilliant creators of Ruths's Chris's's steak house comes your new ballpark name ….”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

God save us from people who have the confidence of their own ignorance: “He took the assignment, he wrote, because he knew ‘very little’ about the agency and the challenge was appealing.” Where is he now? Using his new DOGE AI expertise to provide infrastructure and permitting to data centers.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“If you believe breaking is possible, believe fixing is possible." — Rabbi Nachman of Breslov “you know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you and if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.” —Bob Dylan

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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 20/09/2026

As Israelis begin Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the sounds of traffic are replaced by the whir of bicycles and shouts of children enjoying Israel's car-free roads. Take a look at what some of Israel's busiest streets and highways will look like for the next 25 hours. 📸

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“when we enter the rabbinic period, the era after the Bible when rabbis shaped Jewish law through the Talmud & other writings, the emphasis shifts from biological to intellectual and spiritual generation. It is no longer that this person begat that person; it is that this person taught that person.”

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I talked to Jews across America, from Alaska to Brooklyn, about how they mark Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day. Their stories were deeply personal, profound, and sometimes quite funny. I hope you read every single one and that it enhances your experience or understanding of the day. Gift link:

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American Yom Kippur: How Jews Across the U.S. Observe the Holiest Day of the Year (Gift Article)

We asked readers around the country to tell us what the holiest day of the Jewish calendar looks like for them in 2026. Here’s what we learned.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

UCLA 52, Purdue 38. Wayne Knight, the second coming of Maurice Jones-Drew, rolls on; Nico lamaleava shows his toughness; defense, well, room for improvement. UCLA 3-0, 1-0 in conference. Started strong; finished stronger. Fab uniforms; Rose Bowl. No. 1 public university USA. No truck stops here.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every time Texas A&M loses, an angel has an orgasm.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some days it seems that the whole world, or my corner of it anyway, from the local water supply to the U.S. Presidency and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has gone to shit. wmich.edu/news/news/20...

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City of Kalamazoo boil water advisory includes WMU campus | News | Western Michigan University

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

People devote considerable engineering ingenuity to making unhoused folks' lives worse. Behold two different kinds of Los Angeles unsleepable bus benches.

Los Angeles bus "bench"--3 chairs with the center one taller than the other two to make them hard to sleep on

Los Angeles metal bus bench with steel loop in center to make it very difficult to sleep om. City Hall in background.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

18 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Greetje Leger, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

A portrait photo of a Dutch Jewish girl, Greetje Leger. Very young girl with longer hair and open mouth.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I loathe this lying scum bag and every person responsible for his election, every person enabling his criminal mismanagement of the presidency. This is the ultimate insult to the lengthy list of injuries, from destroying USAID to bombing Iranian schoolgirls to his attacks on science and journalism.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Idiot wind Blowing every time you move your mouth Blowing down the back roads headin' south …. Blowing like a circle around my skull From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol Blowing every time you move your teeth It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.” Just think of the oxygen we’d save.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#booksky My sister Kay, back home in Sydney after a ten day tour of Vietnam, sent me this photo from Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon. If you know, you know. In Room 214 of Hotel Continental Saigon, Rue Catinat in early 1950s, today Dong Khoi Street.

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