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Pamela K Gilbert

@pamelakgilbert.bsky.social
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Nineteenth century British Literature, history of the body and medicine.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
that post making the rounds reminds me I already wrote USE THE WONDER OF AI TO NEVER SPEAK TO YOUR KIDS AGAIN www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Now, Thanks to Sam Altman, You Never Have to Speak With Your Kids Again
AI can handle these kinds of pointless interactions.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you‘ve studied history, you know what Trump and his fellow fascists are doing in Minnesota. They’re calling Somali Americans “garbage” and “enemy combatants“ because fascists need to create enemies and foment hate to excite their sick supporters.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fascinating cambridgeblog.org/2026/08/the-...
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The Victorian Asylum as a Publishing House
Why would a psychiatric institution publish a periodical in the nineteenth century? This is the question I asked myself ten years ago, when I read the following sentence on the website of the Royal Ed...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Tommy got his Putin talking points scrambled.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100! We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wish I could!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They’re likely trying to prevent defections, but I understand why everyone thinks this is ominous - there’s a lot of intel out there that Putin is planning a major escalation, likely in the Baltic States. Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yep.
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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/09/2026
It's had a lot of near misses in the DOGE era, but in the last few hours, the new head of GSA's Technology Transformation Service removed all of the open source community contributors from USWDS's github org.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People in North Austin are pissed off
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow. Want!!
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ElizabethRDale @elizabethrdale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Things are not great in several universities below the Mason-Dixon line. This has been true several years. I’m glad people are finally noticing.
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Gavin Mueller @gavinmueller.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Maybe someone here wants to get braindrained to Sweden? academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
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Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative – Hiring 25 Assistant Professors - Academic Positions
25 fixed-term (5-year) assistant professor roles across sciences, social sciences, arts & education. Top research environments, strong benefits, relocation s...
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Caffe Latte and cardamom bun at the Gothenburg public library café 🥹
Latte and sweet bun in a light filled glass space in Sweden. This is in May so (granted) half the year it’d be quite dark
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oof. Sorry. If you can rebook in a few days, it will likely be much easier. :/
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope you got on your flight! I was stuck overnight, but got out today.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think they don't have to cover it. It is not the airlines' fault and falls under force majeur. But the UK laws may differ .
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Paul Oswell @pauloswell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Amazing hotel rate. You could probably get a luxury Uber to central London and stay at the Dorchester for the night for less than this. (Theoretically, airlines have to cover this for stranded passengers, but imagine laying your credit card down for this on the hope that BA refund you...sometime?)
Screenshot of The Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Heathrow showing a nightly rate of £982.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just made it back
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AirNav Radar - Flight Tracker @airnavradar.com · 08/09/2026
UPDATE: The operations are gradually resuming at London's major airports: Heathrow, Stansted, and Gatwick.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See this chart? Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950. This is why we must build back worker power.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
“This is probably one of the larger, if not the largest, climate events…that anybody alive is potentially ever experiencing.”
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This “supersized” El Niño is only just beginning to wreak its havoc
Its likely consequences"are so large, I’m not sure we fully understand them.”
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And yet... the University is making staff redundant? Make it make sense! "University of Exeter students left scrambling for accommodation" BBC News share.google/wiDkoIPWiD4q...
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University of Exeter students left scrambling for accommodation
Dozens of prospective university students have been left with nowhere to live ahead of the new term.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
lol
A wikipedia page's recent edit history, all within the last half our or so, of people changing Lake Ontario's name to Lake America and then fighting over it, with one parenthetical reading "aint no one calling it that" highlighted
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stars and Stripes staffers sue The Pentagon.
Stars and Stripes Journalists Sue Pentagon to Halt Retaliatory Firings
Lawsuit alleges Pentagon is firing journalists defending editorial independence, seeks emergency stay from court
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers for Good Government, Government Accountability Project and the Yale School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte seeking to stop the Department of Defense from firing them.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Slavin and Korte have been charged with insubordination for speaking publicly in support of Stars and Stripes' long-standing editorial independence when covering the Pentagon. Lederer has been charged with insubordination for speaking publicly about his personal concerns with the direction and leadership of Stars and Stripes, and for refusing to fire Slavin and Korte. The lawsuit alleges that the Pentagon's actions violate the First Amendment and its own personnel rules and asks the court to issue an immediate temporary restraining order to block the terminations from going through.
Slavin and Korte are being fired merely for saying on the CBS Sunday Morning TV show that Stars and Stripes should remain independent of Pentagon and political influence. The firings were initiated the day after Stars and Stripes broke the story about the dire conditions on the USS
Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I was today years old when I learned Dolly Parton recorded Woody Guthrie's song "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" in 1980. It's a heartbreaking song about immigration and specifically deportation plane that crashed in 1948 killing dozens of Mexican "bracero" workers. Her version is beautiful💔
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Dolly Parton - 04 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
YouTube video by littlesparrow185
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In a world full of the destructive kookiness of people like RFK Jr, strive to fill it with a little of the restorative kindness of Dolly Parton.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We’ve entered the “degenerate art” phase of American fascism.
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Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 23/08/2026
remember when there was that train accident in east palestine ohio and the right wing talked endlessly about how biden & co didn't care about the middle of the country? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power
Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.
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AFT @aft.org · 20/08/2026
"Higher education is not a luxury...It expands opportunity. It advances scientific discovery. It educates the people who build our economy. It prepares citizens to govern themselves. And it creates knowledge that no market can produce on its own." - @proftwolf.bsky.social @aaup.org
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Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterday
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'The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock': Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting
"This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader.
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Sporkamarink @strivingally.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My personal favourite is still the one about the difference between a sauce and a dressing:
Screenshot from a hilariously off-target google AI overview about the difference between sauces and dressings.
“The main difference between a sauce and a dressing is their purpose: sauces add flavor and texture to dishes, while dressings are used to protect wounds.
Sauces: add flavor, texture and visual appeal to dishes. Sauces can also add contrasting or complementary flavors and colors to a plate. For example, tomato sauce is a common base for Mexican salsas and Italian pasta dishes.
Dressings: used to protect wounds and prevent infection, while also allowing healing. A dressing should be large enough to completely cover the wound, with a safety margin of about 2.5cm on all sides. A standard serving size for salad dressing is two tablespoons.”
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theplainsman.com/article/lett...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Board knows best?
As a student at Auburn University, I feel I must begin by reaffirming that I possess a great deal of admiration and respect for my school. I have formed lifelong friendships and worked with remarkable...
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
*US TOTAL PUBLIC DEBT OUTSTANDING EXCEEDS RECORD $40 TRILLION
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
i expected these cuts would happen, and wrote about the institutional rot that these decisions reflect: muse.jhu.edu/pub/434/arti...
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Project MUSE -- Verification required!
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Neil Hultgren @profneilh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A typo in my chapter today created a new, amazing alternate universe. Members of Bluesky, I give you Edwin Abbott’s _Flanland_ (1884).
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026
US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Breaking: Trump announces the US will now be siding with North Korea and Kim Jong Un instead of the democratic South Korea. “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea...”
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake? | Adrian Chiles www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake? | Adrian Chiles
Just because we find a political leader ludicrous, that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous, writes Adrian Chiles
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here.
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Unfortunately, the second will be much harder on the environment
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Crow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026
I think about this a lot.
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eat shit, René Magritte
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Mauv @ThatsMauvelous • 1d the machine refused to recognize my humanity until i professed to believe that a sign painted to look like a traffic light is indeed a traffic light.
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Select all squares with traffic lights
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Te Guardian: --The row erupted this month after ... self-defined “race realist” Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from ...Emmanuel College, Cambridge ...alleged he had found plagiarism in Arday’s work. Cofnas had... /said/ in a meritocracy, there would be “close to zero” Black professors at Harvard.--
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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Touch water lilies, as it were
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