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Nicholas Birns @nicholasbirns.bsky.social · 3h

a legacy of a former Albanian neighbor.

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Anthony Reed @blackpoetics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📣Everybody! Vanderbilt English is hiring a tenured associate professor of Global Modernism. We especially welcome candidates who study Anglophone modernisms comparatively alongside other modernist traditions of the early 20th century. Please help me get the word out! apply.interfolio.com/194557

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey hey -- it's publication day! Couldn't be more excited for this to be out in the world. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Nicholas Birns @nicholasbirns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

oh, that’s so great, many thanks for your comments and for your enthusiasm.

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Dr. Barry Torch @barrytorch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will always feel weird doing self promotion, but my latest article has been officially published in "Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Reforme," titled "Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469." jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...

A screenshot of a journal article page titled “Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469,” by Barry Torch, with an abstract in English and Italian, followed by the section heading “Premise” and the opening paragraph. The page is from Renaissance and Reformation, Winter 2026.

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To that end, here are some of the early experiments in finding new data and sharing it as infographics. Please ask questions about the evidence used and production processes. These images are drafts and still being revised. /19

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Playbook | President Trump is privately demanding that Republicans prove their loyalty by going on TV and insisting that, no matter what was said in the Senate hearing, Jack Smith did attend an Atlanta Hawks game on February 3, 2024.

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Stefen Rosner @stefenrosner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“He might be expecting more steak dinners going forward.” Cal Ritchie on setting up the birthday Victor Eklund for his first NHL goal. More from Eklund & his teammates on a tremendous night @TheElmonters #Isles ⤵️ www.theelmonters.com/p/victor-ekl...

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Victor Eklund’s Birthday Bash Comes With His First NHL Goal

Victor Eklund scored his first NHL goal on his 20th birthday, added an assist for his first two-point game and celebrated with his mom at UBS Arena.

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The russian supremacist hockey player Ovechkin, who earns money playing in the US National Hockey League, has appeared in an advertisement in support of the largest genocidal war of conquest since 1945. Former NHL star Dominik Hašek criticises the US organisation for not banning the russian player.

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Opinion | Alexander Ovechkin advertises Putin’s evil on American ice

The Capitals star’s campaign ad makes the NHL a partner in Russian propaganda.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're back! @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social and I are resolute in tracking down the last ten Wildwood crow sculptures today! Thread... 1/?

all three photos of blue and white crow almost like china tea set

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Last Will and Testament Moss @williammoss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

American CEO: “We can’t control it!” American CEO 2: “It will destroy us all!” American CEO 3: “The apocalypse!” French CEO [hitting a Gauloise, exhaling slowly]: “C’est une issue de skill.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026

Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a beach club in Cozumel, Mexico, learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.

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On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)

Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 26/09/2026

How much does it cost to send your child to San Francisco’s priciest preschools? We put together an analysis of data from more than 300 preschools around the city to find out.

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What it costs to go to San Francisco’s most expensive preschools

How much does it cost to send your child to San Francisco’s priciest preschools? We put together an analysis of data from more than 300 preschools around the city to find out.

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Stefen Rosner @stefenrosner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eiserman one-timer against the grain but Shesterkin is able to get the butt-end of his stick on it as he slid right to left. Quick feed from Heineman at left point found Eiserman in right circle. #Isles

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Save theatre, libraryes, parkes, indie bookestores, museums, cinema, non-chain restaurantes, coffee shoppes, meetinge places, qualitye public educacioun, communitye marketes, lyve musique, weirde places, goode places. All the thinges that corporate logic ys so eager to distorte and remove.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026

Four beluga whales who were part of a large rescue mission when they were moved over the summer from a defunct marine park in Canada have died over the past few weeks, aquarium officials said.

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Four Beluga Whales Die Weeks After Major Rescue Mission

The belugas were among 30 whales transferred to aquariums in the United States and Spain from a closed marine attraction in Canada.

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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're having an online launch event for Beyond Modernism: noncanonicity in early-twentieth-century British literature, at 6pm UK on Monday 12 October. Speakers will include the editors, @nicholasbirns.bsky.social, @rsazzad.bsky.social, Chris Hopkins, +... Sign up: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Mjsn26ZMek

The cover of Beyond Modernism: Noncanonicity and early-twentieth-century British literature. At the top, the title is in white on dark blue, with the subtitle below in dark yellow. The image is a hand taking a blank-spined book from a shelf; the other spines have the names of classic novels crossed out.

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Andrew Sabl @andysabl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yoda as an alien version of a wizened, wisecracking shtetl rabbi is actually perfect.

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Delighted to join the History on Film podcast with Brad to talk about the rise of broadcast journalism as a 1940s nation-building paradigm, how it became a mid-century public service, and the emergence of newsertainment in the mid-1970s. Plus…Ned Beatty.

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Opalized turtle shell

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 15/09/2026

A Ukrainian grandma neutralizes a russian drone, casually removing its fiber optic spool💪 Everyone knows how tough Ukrainian grannies are. Even though they can deal with deadly munitions, they shouldn’t have to. Help down the drones: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

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Nicholas Birns @nicholasbirns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sunset on the Susquehanna seen from an Amtrak window

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Nicholas Birns @nicholasbirns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

my mom and flowers sent by my aunt Judy.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You can't be a Christian nation that's also run by billionaires. You can be a Christian nation or you can be a nation run by billionaires. Not both. www.editorialboard.com/how-can-we-b...

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How can we be a Christian nation when the Christians here don't mind Trump's blasphemy?

Secular arguments against Christian nationalism are too credulous.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 23/08/2026

⚡ Zelenskyy: 70 years of the Soviet regime did not erase our people's memory, did not erase the memory of which flag is the real one for all of us.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/08/2026

You’ve got to see this. Angie Nixon’s Café Resistance is so much more than a bookstore. It’s a community hub offering FREE tutoring, a food pantry, Black history classes, mentorship, mental health workshops, music lessons, healthcare resources and more.

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In certain moods, Dylan’s harrowing, heartbreaking ‘Not Dark Yet’ is the song I need to listen to, and the only song I want to hear.

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sometimes when the last stages of an athlete’s career are not great, one can forget (and some may have never SEEN) the stellar years. It can distort. Russell Westbrook has retired from the NBA. In his prime he was sensationally good. You watched games to see him play.

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Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

online.ucpress.edu/representati... Special cluster on AI is no free to the public with leading article from #CriticalAI's editor #LaurenGoodlad as well as #WendyChun and co-authors, @nicholasbirns.bsky.social, #ewaziarek, and #courtneyhandman

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Volume 175 Issue 1 | Representations | University of California Press

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/08/2026

These polls were wildly inaccurate. I wonder how they could be so far off

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Manoj Mate @manojmate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What a crazy race. Crowley actually pulled out of the race for 2 weeks before reentering the race. Hong spent nothing on TV ads but had strong GOTV. Margin is +3,400 votes (0.5%) with 87 percent of vote in..

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 07/08/2026

I just think it’s ironic that my college shut down my department because it was “unsustainable” and one of the 4 alumni for the career panel for students is from my department liberalarts.vt.edu/beyond-the-c...

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Ignite: Fuel Your Future with Liberal Arts

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sunday 19th January 2031 - hell that's so far into the future right? It's 1,626 in the future actually. That's the exact length that Ukraine has been fighting the full invasion. Imagine fearing for your life every day until January 2031 Welcome to the daily🇺🇦 🧵for Day 1626

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Gender studies might be the most vindicated academic field of all time

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Nicholas Birns @nicholasbirns.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

yes, I agree, the Stevens voters will vote Democratic in the general election, so if El-Sayed brings people into the party that’s fine. But he has to attend to the African American constituency more, that’s obvious.

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