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DN Michael, Prof de français

@madamednmichael.bsky.social
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Language educator & learner Views expressed are my own and not those of my employer or any brand I am associated with. Ohio University BA French '90 OSU MA/PhD (ABD) French Lit '93, '98 🇺🇸🇱🇧

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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 4h
Wordle 1,933 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I'm off my game lately. This wasn't a hard word. May need to rethink my starter word!
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 10h
That all of these universities producing reports on what the future of higher ed should be are collaborating with the American Enterprise Institute is a tell that they see this moment of higher ed "reform" as an opportunity to entrench reactionary policies and undermine the humanities further.
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Stup.Media @stup.media · 03/10/2026
Ce vendredi 2 octobre 2026, alors qu'il couvrait les blocus étudiants à Montpellier, notre journaliste @valentin.stup.media se fait percuter par un policier en moto. Il a pu collecter des images interpellation violente par les force de l'ordre. Monté et raconté par @splinelnd.bsky.social
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans
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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 17h
Tackling misogyny - what schools can do. @sarahmullin.bsky.social writes in @tesmagazine.bsky.social. "Five research-informed tips to help schools take immediate action." I think this is excellent. www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
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6 ways to tackle misogyny in schools
New DfE data shows that schools cannot ignore the problem of misogynistic language - so here are research-informed strategies to address it, says Sarah Mullin
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gonna have to put 5 on Jeremiah Smith. Go Bucks!
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As a French speaker, I greatly appreciate these ridiculous Geico CROISSANT ads. I may have to show it to my students.
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Croissant Bakery
ALT: Croissant Bakery
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great column. And folks should read @sorayachemaly.bsky.social's piece (below). And then maybe if you want to see how this abusive behavior starts from high school, read my book. sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
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33. A Long Read About Living in a World Where Men Publicly Bond over Women’s Humiliation and Pain
From the Burnerverse to Cornell to Clavicular, our society is all too happy to shift the cost and burden of sexual violence and male onto victims to protect men
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wrote a thing Monday. Got held back and is a weekend read at the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While the criminal justice system should address reports of rape, we know that rates of conviction are appallingly low for a number of reasons. Although, thanks to feminist interventions, the legal system is better equipped to understand this crime and less prejudiced against victims, we will not change the world through that means.

After rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men?
Gaby Hinsliff
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Sexual assault arises in part through both the entitlement and the desire to abuse and dehumanize women, which is in part about definitions of both masculinity and femininity: masculinity in that domination, violation and degradation are seen as status-enhancing, femininity in the perception that women’s bodies are for men to use, women’s voices and rights to be ignored.

The most compelling thing I’ve read in response to the Cornell case is in an essay by feminist writer Soraya Chemaly. She cites anthropologist Peggy Sanday, who told her that there are “rape-prone” and “rape-free” societies: “She found that in rape-free cultures, women have far more authority, status, safety and freedom.”

They’re societies in which women’s rights to bodily and social self-determination are respected, and a man who violates those rights would face severe consequences. “Rape-prone cultures, on the other hand, treat rape as an entitlement in a system that revolves around masculine contests and hierarchies.”

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
Department of Homelan... • Follow •.• X
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
DOWN
75%
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential 
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic 
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is 
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted 
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s 
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those 
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is 
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not 
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
respectfully tapping the “talk to your boys, not me” sign again, with rapidly decreasing levels of respect
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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861). Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026
Video appears to show students in Paris blocking classrooms during a protest. They say the demonstration was sparked by teacher shortages, worsening conditions and heavy class schedules.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote this yesterday, about sexual assault and the people who turn a blind eye. About the abject failure to teach our youth how to disrupt the group chat or protect the drink at the bar. And the need to do better. We need to teach our children. 1/ dot-connecting.ghost.io/the-silent-p...
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The silent path from Cornell to Hope High
Three hundred and twenty six miles separate Cornell University from Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island, but right now those two schools sit adjacent in my mind. Two stories of sexual assault...
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I struggled to finish reading this important and horrifying reporting www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"But we can't let everyone follow their dreams/interests, we can only have so many marine biologists or whatever" lads the ocean is taking the brunt of the climate crisis and that's a problem for all life on the planet, if more people were overeducated on that it would be great
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Student journalists still believe that it’s more important to hold powerful people to account than it is to hold on to access to those powerful people. They haven’t become Savvy Insiders yet
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LET'S GO! UM had that coming since the WMU game.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
IOWA - on the final play of the game!
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For soup season
foodandwine.com
30 Fall Soup Recipes to Make as Soon as Sweater Weather Arrives
These fall soups will fill you with warmth when it gets chilly outside. Our favorite autumnal recipes include pumpkin soup, French onion soup, caldo verde, ramen, lentil soup, and more.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The fan reaction to this Jeremiah Smith TD catch made it for me
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear Mr. Illinois Defensive Coordinator, You're going to have to put at least 3 on Jeremiah Smith. #GoBucks 🏈
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CantabKitty @cantabkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's exactly what people expected
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us
Scratchy drawing of a two panel comic.
Panel 1: 
Titled:“How we thought robots would kill us”
A robot shoots a human to death with a gun. It screams “Die flesh sack”

Panel 2:
Titled “How robots will actually kill us”
A MediBot is injecting something into a humans arm. The bot says “Whooops. I injected you with cancer instead of insulin. That’s on me”
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wordle 1,924 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Frame this. I'm very proud I sorted this out so quickly. I suppose all those years of studying literature helped with the vocabulary a bit.
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Steve Smith @spsmith45.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the third and last post based on the Robert Sakhrani PhD thesis. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/09/what...
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What could schools do to increase uptake?
This is the third of three posts based on the findings of Rober Sakhrani's PhD thesis about why uptake in MFL has declined in schools in En...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The student newspaper is leading the charge www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In the time of enshittification of, well, everything the role of higher education is not to teach students how to enshittificate more efficiently. It is to provide them with hard skills like source criticism, languages, writing or critical reading that will allow them to survive all of this.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know that AI search result about recent news? Well AI only knows the answer because a human reporter did the work and wrote the story. So support local news and read the actual article instead of the robot summary. You’ll learn a lot more and support the work of human beings.
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know for some it's hoodie weather or decorative gourd season, but for me it's cool enough to make bolognese sauce. There is no quick way, it will be ~ 3 hour process this weekend. But the results freeze well.
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Marcella Hazan's Bolognese Sauce
This classic bolognese sauce from Marcella Hazan sets the gold standard in pasta sauces.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is being done in the name of keeping Americans "safe." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Shell @risu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m so tired of people saying that AI can be useful. So was asbestos. And lead. I don’t expect to halt the use of AI but I do wish we could just say “there are harms and we don’t know enough to call it safe or exciting”. And we definitely shouldn’t let it be used in schools.
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Commentary: Ohio buried its own court ruling. Now it wants you to blame the tax bill instead. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/15/o...
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Ohio buried its own court ruling. Now it wants you to blame the tax bill instead. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio spent 2025 building the biggest overhaul of its property tax system in decades, and it still didn’t touch the part that matters most, a gap that gets harder to call an accident the longer you…
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This loss couldn't happen to a more deserving guy (Kiffin). I'm not an Ole Miss fan but happy to see them win.
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19/09/2026
Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied access to the White House.
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MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban
Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied access to the White House. Reporters from the two cable networks both went live to report they’d been barred following a ban imposed by President Donald Trump.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Vaccines don't cause autism. Even if they did, that's still a better outcome than dying from these diseases. Autism rates are higher now because we have better diagnoses. We've always existed and always will. If you correctly think life's challenging for autistic folks, change society to be better.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.
Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
3. That college is about reading for “the workforce.” No, it’s about development for the adult force. Of which work is a part. 4/
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sigh. Not pleased.
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So far a good night for both my alma maters! Ohio University Bobcats won in 4 OT and Buckeyes hanging tough in Austin. Welcome entertainment after a tough week in the classroom.
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You're not going to have much luck out strategizing Matt Patricia. Players' execution may vary, but his prep and play calling won't.
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Idc who wins the Heisman Jeremiah Smith is the best player in CFB
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DN Michael, Prof de français @madamednmichael.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What does it take to get a holding call in 2026 college football?
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