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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

night-blooming cereus that hasn’t bloomed in three years since he passed away finally bloomed yesterday. But not for long. It has withered again. It won’t bloom again anytime soon.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

‘It’s the language you speak because you drink the blood of my people. I can’t trust it with my memories.’ - Yahya Ashour, ‘The Violence of English’ www.thekeymagazine.com/p/yahya-asho... @palfest.bsky.social

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The Violence of English

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"We could only depend upon each other anxiously, without the means to protect each other from the larger forces that have stolen so much from us." On October 7, the political unconscious, transference, and solidarity. www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the...

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Clinical Conflict I: The Good-Enough Lovers — Parapraxis

Ambivalent Dependence Across an Imperial Split

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I wanted to get the tears out of the way, so I can act sensibly”; “the power of grief to derange the mind has in fact been exhaustively noted.” Quoting Joan Didion in my soft-resignation email is crazy, but yet here we are.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just heard my friend telling me something scandalous that my mind literally had to dissociate while thinking of this meme

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"If our happiness depends on turning away from violence, our happiness is violence." - Sara Ahmed.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

love how beautiful this looks on print! thankful for the editors, & most importantly always thankful for Jayson — the friendship, the shared space, for nerding out over soil & plants together 🫂🤗 here’s to more Southeast Asia x Latin America collaboration 🥂

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Microdosing quitting academia by procrastinating my R&Rs.

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m excited to finally see this collaboration with @postcolsandwich.bsky.social in print in this Plant Humanities volume! We researched and wrote our dissertations together, and we’re sharing space with writers I admire like Sumana Roy, Judith Carney, Romita Ray, Gary Paul Nahban, and Yota Batsaki.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Probably the only person who can talk me out of quitting academia & abandoning critical agrarian studies altogether. BW for president 🥲

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When your most respected & admired agrarian scholar not only share your birthday, but also some life challenges & milestones 🥺

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/09/2026

‘Part of the pleasure of the books is that they present us with a less ethereal version of Woolf than we usually encounter. More granite, less rainbow.’ @djbduncan.bsky.social on the books that Virginia Woolf made at the Hogarth Press. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Dennis Duncan · At Charleston: Hogarth Press

‘Our press you know, is to give birth to every monster in the vicinity,’ Virginia Woolf told Clive Bell. Hogarth’s...

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Lord, please give me the strength for the next 5-7 years to earn as much money as possible so I can quit this shitty industry.

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Animatedwoman Headache

ALT: Animatedwoman Headache

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Gabriel S. Pumpkins 🎃 @gsjphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

let's be real: plagiarism scandals in academia happen all the time (not because academics plagiarize a lot, but just because of how many millions of faculty there are around the world) and it is never general-public news unless the culprit is a member of a minority.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

when arday was hired, cambridge had five black professors. does that sound like an institution in thrall to DEI? does that sound like an institution that's handing out jobs to black academics?

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Stop pretending that this sector had some well-established, rigorous standards to maintain, man. It just doesn't.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Jason Arday is dead. The UK media won’t learn a thing from this. Because they’re racist bastards. He has two children.

PROF GONE Jason Arday 'found dead after being found unresponsive at home' following Cambridge plagiarism scandal
Bruno Brown, Reporter

Published: 20:04, 14 Aug 2026 | Updated: 20:14, 14 Aug 2026

picture: Jason Arday a black man with long hair

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wb. @willbdoubtful.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Worth noting this was all started by a racist

Allegations of Arday's plagiarism were first made public in July 2026, on a Substack post by Nathan Cofnas, a philosopher at the University of Ghent and self-described "race realist".[14][6] Cofnas stated that he had run

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The average human spends nearly 4% of their lifetime being Indonesian.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This narrative during Pride month was absolutely intentional. The corporate media is fully in for fascism and desperate for you to agree.

Slate: Was the LGBTQ+ Movement's pursuit of Visibility a mistake?

NYT: is it time for a new sexual revolution? One that brings men and women together.

The Walrus: Are there any straight women left?

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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

As Ryszard Kapuściński observed in 1982: “the concept of oil expresses perfectly the eternal human dream of wealth achieved through lucky accident, through a kiss of fortune and not by sweat, anguish, hard work. In this sense oil is a fairy tale, and like every fairy tale, a bit of a lie”.

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The Price of Oil

As the Nigerian government pushes to restart oil production in Ogoniland, decades of pollution, dispossession and broken promises cast a long shadow over the future.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Come join my Online Masterclass for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social on Writing with Grief, Fri, JULY 31, 10AM-12 BST. How to write abt grief and means of repair—capturing & honouring what has passed, &what remains—across genres, in a safe, supportive environment.🤍 www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The Islamic Center of San Diego has a fundraiser for the families of the three heroes who died protecting the children inside. May their courage and sacrifice be remembered. goodbricks.org/campaign/ics...

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ICSD Victim & Family Support Fund

Donate to support the victims of shooting at ICSD.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

What a day for AI resistance resources! 1) The AI Resist List from @karenhao.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at airesistlist.org 2) The Luddite Lab from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at labor.dair-institute.org

A screenshot that reads, "The AI Resist List" with the subtitle, "Actions against the empire of AI".

A screenshot of the Luddite Lab homepage. The homepage has the tabs: Case Studies; Primers; Resource Library; Contact Us; About. The webpage also has the text, "The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library."

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Working for Blackstone or JPMorgan sounds less soul-crushing than being in academia these days. Glad that I never had any strong feelings about academic jobs & still thankful for having one. But jfc. Which one is more aggravating? Admins or disillusioned/too-comfortable-already tenured faculties?

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"Compulsory Seminar: How to evaluate students' feedback with [insert GenAI]" Maybe in this meeting, I'll ask if and when GenAI would replace university administrators.

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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We can all try to switch browsers to maintain something like standard searching, but does anyone know of an alternative to Google Scholar? It’s been getting worse for ages 🤷‍♀️

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

long day work & tough gym session, and coming home to someone texting “You’re in my mind today” with Black Sabbath’s song attached. The chokehold of some UChicago men on me requires a study.

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El Brento @andbrent.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

"We are going to have to make war their problem." Insightful, timely piece from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social. It's up to us to force those in political and financial power to realize we are actually all in this together. www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

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A Year of Magical Thinking

Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Being a woman in Indonesia in public transport means either being harassed by men, being failed by unreliable public infrastructure, or being murdered by infrastructural negligence. Charming.

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 15/04/2026

i'm only using the term "hell" lightly here, but still seriously: I don't think there are many better examples of "living hell" than "being in a place where you can't trust anyone". it's also the flip side of committing totally to low-trust behavior, and never doing the vulnerable pro-trust stuff.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Always, always, always, center SA victims' safety and needs. You might not want the abusers' apologies; the victims might. You might want the abusers to die, but the victims might not. There's a world out there in which listening, grace, and compassion are more powerful than anything else.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Sexually abusive messages from a group chat of male students of Universitas Indonesia's Faculty of Law were leaked. Hundreds of students attended the public trial & (not the victims) screamed at the perpetrators: "We don't need your apology." Centering victims' voices remains difficult for some.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This season has: a Tr*mp supporter, emotionally checked out men, men who make juvenile excuses for not praising their fiancées, and a leprechaun-size gym-rat douchebag. 9/10 are just incel-coded guys. Conclusion: men are not lonely enough.

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Catching up with the latest Love is Blind, and there's an assistant professor who successfully got the girl of his dreams there. I'm so ready to see you folks of my age bracket and profession on Too Hot to Handle next.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/03/2026

In that night of bliss and joy seen by none, in secret and quiet, with no clear vision I stepped forth with neither guide nor light save that which burned within my heart ‘Dark Night’, a poem by John of the Cross, translated by Martha Sprackland. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Martha Sprackland · Poem: ‘Dark Night’

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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"EV sales are surging in India, Mexico and Brazil, where they now make up a higher share of the market than in Japan, according to data from Ember, a thinktank. All are buoyed up by cheap Chinese cars." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

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Pepitorino @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Lecturers from the Metropole are allowed to teach in their “offshore” campuses with Metropole $$$ because of #excellence but we can’t do the other way around because the execs leadership think these abroad campuses & their Brown talents put the ranking down. Got it. 😇

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