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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/10/2026

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In this moment, I hope all of us are thinking about how to support the survivors who are demanding more. College campuses are often the source of social change. The students find optimism in the places the rest of us are cynical. And they will be more powerful if we stand in solidarity with them.

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is absolutely no rational reason that anyone needs a billion dollars. Billionaires should not exist.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From the paper: "There is very little research on the role of class in career outcomes like hiring, pay, or promotion"

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Proud to have helped this piece come together.

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@jessethorn.bsky.social It’s my husband’s 50th birthday this weekend. In lieu of a cake, I got him 50 IT’S-ITS, overnighted from the Bay Area to Maine.

A Styrofoam cooler packed with nine visible ice cream sandwiches in three different varieties.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/09/2026

This is the crux of it. We can't have nice things because too many Americans would rather make life harder for themselves than let go of the belief that they're inherently superior to anyone lower on the ladder than they are (especially if the person lower on the ladder has darker skin).

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

critical to remember that for a lot of dolly's adult life she was a punchline - the reverence is recent. nevertheless she persisted etc

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I will say it until I’m out of breath but if you’re critical of colleges offering “fake” degree programs with absolutely no intellectual rigor, start with the undergrad business degree or I’m not taking you seriously. 100% fake curriculum of airport Leadership slop.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 05/08/2026

I kind of love the idea of defanging Citizens United by making campaign spending a sign of weakness rather than a sign of power.

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One of my favorite classic science fiction short stories.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Sociology is amazing. Our biggest problem is bad-faith actors who maliciously spurn the field because we teach people how societies work and they'd rather we all stay in the dark. Not today, Satan!

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you’ve never recalled a book from yourself, are you even an academic?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I will be taking this energy forward for the rest of the summer.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Who would prioritize white patriarchal displays of social power over petting these ears?

A smiling brown puppy with little white tips on his feet, sitting on the sidewalk with a green leash, begging for strangers to pet him. (His name is Koa. He’s 15 weeks old. We have no idea what his breed is. And yes, he IS the friendliest puppy ever!)

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

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Tennille Nicole Allen @tennillenallen.blacksky.app · 27/06/2026

Printing this to hand to prospective students and their parents in particular who ask why they should major in Sociology.

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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey! Let’s go candlepin bowling with @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social !

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This was actually written by four faculty from across disciplines, including myself, but they limited us to two bylines.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If sexual abuse was really considered a terrible thing, the world's richest and most powerful people wouldn't be abusers. The most valued technology wouldn't produce sexual abuse on demand. And allegations of abuse wouldn't be framed as positive depictions of masculinity. Our culture rewards abuse.

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@darthbluesky.bsky.social help me welcome Bruce to his new home! Bruce has just arrived in Maine after a two-day trip from Texas. He needed a bath and is now napping.

A large white wet dog stands sulking on a driveway.

A large fuzzy white dog is asleep on a dog bed

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

danah boyd recently argued that social media (as we knew it) is mostly dead; what we have now is parasocial media: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... I agree. Networked social media is disappearing, replaced by a new logic/structure of content creator, creator-centered community, & algorithm.

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Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media - danah boyd, 2026

When practitioners used the term “social media” to describe the internet tools that emerged in the mid-aughts, they were giving a name to the kinds of platforms...

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CRobertBuchanan @crobertbuchanan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Instead, why not report that this Supreme Court thinks the rights of political parties not mentioned in the Constitution are more important than those of black voters for whom we drafted and adopted Constitutional amendments protecting their right to vote and receive equal and fair representation?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I think about this Every Single Time someone laments the loss of political community and bipartisanship.

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

“The UC system, the CSU system, CUNY — these are the institutions actually educating America’s workforce, actually moving first-generation students into the middle class, actually delivering on higher education’s democratic promise.” This, from my alma mater. 👆🏼

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Post the best picture you’ve ever taken of your pet

An Anatolian Pyrenees dog lying in the snow with her face pointed upwards towards the sun.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 10/04/2026

Impossible to overstate how hard this specific aspect of AI is cooking the brains of millions of the people who least needed their brains to be further cooked.

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Boulevard of Broken Memes @olizardo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A Federal judge has permanently blocked Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...

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‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye To Her Pack

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Is it a giant wooden horse

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Ingo the Belgian Malinois and his buddy, rescue owl Gandalf. by photographer Tanja Brandt

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/03/2026

A lot of blaming voters, not enough blaming voter suppression

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Lorien @lorienlakecorral.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

👇True story. I learned this one the long, painful way.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/02/2026

I also wonder if Trustees prefer administrators with up-and-out aspirations over ones who want to stay long term, since up-and-out aspirations might make administrators easier for Trustees to manipulate during the time they're there.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 06/02/2026

if everyone could take on the “what if we just did the thing instead of waiting for it to happen” energy that much of minneapolis has right now, the world could be pretty good

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/02/2026

As care gets more expensive, and as shortages of human care increase, desperate people may be willing to buy the lie that AI is a reasonable substitute. But really, they'll just be getting, at best, a cheap knock-off, while the wealthy hoard what remains of human care for themselves. 1/

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026

Academia is so incredibly fucked up and also a lot of the intellectual work that goes on in the academy is incredibly important Part of what makes life in the academy tough is holding and navigating both of these truths at the same time

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