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Mick Gusinde-Duffy

@mickodopolous.bsky.social
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Bookish armchair radical. "Well, that's just, like, my opinion, man. . . ." Long, literate Editor-at-Large for @upittpress.bsky.social

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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How are those "concepts of a healthcare plan" coming along Mr. President?" news.bgov.com/health-law-a...
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Trump Administration Removes 760,000 From Obamacare Rolls (1)
Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration is taking hundreds of thousands of people off Obamacare plans, alleging that some were enrolled improperly and others don’t exist at all.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I often claim that Guinness cures all ills. This one might require a few more glasses. But well done, @undpress.bsky.social, for landing the US edition of this thought-inducing little gem.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the bright side, I just learned I'm still capable of being shocked
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation" [Grauniad headline] He's trying to distract by triggering my (our) pedantry, isn't he? Hold my anorak . . .
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I feel your (and TT faculty's) pain. Yes, UP books inform P&T decisions, but I try to stress/remind authors that UPs are not formally responsible for tenure. We are merely trying to publish the best possible books we can for a community of readers well beyond a) PhD committees and b) P&T committees.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I was saying . . . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Why does the New York Times keep calling the left ‘divisive’?
The newspaper often uses the word to describe elections with progressive contenders, implying a previous whole destroyed by the left
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Well, that and the Keegan vs. Malcolm Macdonald FA Cup final.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
As the tributes are paid, I have this strange memory. On holiday in Tunisia, early 1980s: The beach vendors shuffle through the recumbent, sun-burned tourists calling "bonjour, guten tag, Kevin Keegan, fish & chips!" to identify the punters' preferred language.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wasn't "woke 1.0" the Reconstruction era? Your regular reminder that "woke" has always meant "aware" or that "attention must be paid" if we want more kindness and fairness. So please stay woke. #TedTalk
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sasha Gusev has a great new blog post on faculty hiring during the DEI era. Remarkable how much backlash there has been to what was an tiny and temporary bump in hiring Black, Latino, and Native faculty of about 1 person per R1 campus theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-actua...
Demographics of R1 university faculty, 2001-2024
84.5% 80%
White 69.8%
60
40
20
8.9%
3.4%
2.9%
0.3%
2001
'05
'10
'15
'20
— Asian/PI 17.1%
lispanic 6.4%
Black 4.8%
'24 Other 1.9%Hiring counts for tenure-track positions at R1 universities
4,000 hires
3,797
• Non-URM 3,753
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2,000
2,254
1,000
623
623
298
→ URM 788
Black 348
2018
2019
2020
322
2021
2022
2023
2024
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why does @npr.org feel compelled to describe progressive democratic socialist candidates as "self-described democratic socialist"?
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I love UEFA's stand, but isn't it just dripping with hypocrisy or, best-case, sad irony? "This model has no place in world football. Football’s future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return." Stable door, horse? www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
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Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations
UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Day made.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Cue the "Chelsea Pensioners" gags . . . www.theguardian.com/football/202... Chelsea explore surprise moves for Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson
theguardian.com
Chelsea explore surprise moves for Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson
Chelsea are understood to be in talks over move to sign Danny Welbeck from Brighton and Jordan Henderson from Brentford
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Lindsay Naylor @lbnaylor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New commentary out with @embodimentlab.bsky.social co-facilitators Naznin Sultana and Dr. @nusrattm.bsky.social - Decolonising Displacement and Re‐Thinking Resilience rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475... Out in the most recent issue of @areajournal.bsky.social
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this journal
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 22/07/2026
Colorado drought increasingly linked to long-term climate change
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Colorado drought increasingly linked to long-term climate change
Climate change has made a repeat of this year's historic low snowpack 14 times more likely to happen again, Colorado School of Mines researchers say.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Saka for England! (and Chelsea?)
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Nice shot from the Irishman. It's coming home!
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A great snapshot of the strange, entrepreneurial and institutional world of university press publishing. Happy trails to Alison Shaw.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
England's gonna England in the big moments. Just embarrassing.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Reece James is rusty.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Once again, 42 (percent) is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Forgive me, but "fearing for public safety an officer discharged his weapon" is one of the most asinine---and the most AmerIcan---statements I have heard for quite some time. Heart breaking.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Auf der Suche nach Zucker Sweet story.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
So England coach and Argentina coach both said essentially the same thing after their wins: "We got lucky; we can do better and need to for final game(s)." But British media (even the Guardian!) trying to manufacture "rift" beteen Bellingham and Tuchel. Fuck. Off.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New colleague at @upittpress.bsky.social, publicist Lesley Raines shares Pittsburgh's bookish gems with the London crowd. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
The best bookshops in Pittsburgh, USA - LSE Review of Books
In this guide, Lesley Rains takes us on a tour of the best independent bookshops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Altitude and attitude training for the . . . delayed big game.
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survister @survister.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
God bless the birthright citizen 😇
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Bastian Schweinsteiger . . . Zu deutsch? Diskutiert.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Grauniad subscription repaid in full . . . "Is Henry mean, or is he just French?" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Cue the Gary Lineker football definition . . .
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Priceless.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Is there any discussion/news regarding World Cup pitches seeming slower (drier?)? Can't decide if it's just heat slowing players' play, or the actual pitch.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"On ice . . . or grass." US soccerball inspiration. But who *wants* it more? [hi @kalenski.bsky.social ]
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
C'est parti C'est parti C'est parti The Guardian's 2026 World Cup Bracket I chose France to win the 2026 World Cup. How about you? www.theguardian.com/bracketology
theguardian.com
Bracketology: predict a path to World Cup victory
Click your way through the group stage and the knockouts to crown champion
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
OK, Blairist . . . www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Love the little shout-out to Enzo Maresca in Pep's post-FA Cup comments: "We had chances, but [it’s tough] against Colwill, James and Caicedo. They are so good. Enzo Maresca created a pattern that is really good. In the pockets, with Enzo Fernandez and Cole [Palmer], they are always dangerous."
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Late to this outrage, but I want a free copy of this book sent to each member of the Supreme Court to correct their cursed consciences: bookshop.org/p/books/vote... [@jimdowns.bsky.social, @redheadprof.bsky.social]
bookshop.org
Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
Check out Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections - <p>Historians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of th...
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Memories of the Audi "if you want to get to the beach before the Germans" advertising campaign . . . www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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German tourist awarded €1,000 after losing out on sunloungers at Greek hotel
Court in Hanover says man entitled to payout after he and his family had to lie on concrete
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Okay genealogical linguists: "Drinking will make a man quaff, Quaffing will make a man sing, Singing will make a man laugh, And laughing long life doth bring.” — Thomas D’Urfey

 [wondering if D’Urfey is a fancy Norman version of “Duffy”!]
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
QED www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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PSG edge breathless 5-4 classic as Bayern Munich rally after Dembélé’s double
Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both scored twice for PSG before Bayern Munich hit back to reduce the deficit to 5-4 in a magnificent semi-final first leg
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Absolutely absurd, absolutely fabulous Champions League game unfolding right now. Our of breath just watching . . .
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
And I'm sure that post-wrestling BP reading was *super* accurate . . .
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Day made (#nottheonion) "The video in question showed the costumed person enter the vehicle and rummage through it in less-than-convincing fashion." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California
State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suit
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What is the timeline from proposal to printed book? bit.ly/3baLS1E University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site. Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
Ask UP logo, tagline: Authors seeking knowledge from university presses
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This reminds me of my old-timer insight that I learned a *ton* about publishing while filing (and reading) all the carbon copies of all correspondence. And became a better writer when using a manyal typewriter and *completely* retyping drafts.
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Publishers
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Mick Gusinde-Duffy @mickodopolous.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My third attempt. Hard to believe the country isn't saved already.
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