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@professorjen.bsky.social
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Victorian literature specialist, live music fan, lover of old homes and vintage housewares, seeker of productive social exchanges

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Victorian Web @victorianweb.bsky.social · 21h
Love the cover of October's Literary Review! Can you identify them all without looking at their book titles? Don't cheat (you probably won't need to!).
Mildly caricatured portraits of famous novelists, each holding one of their novels
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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 19h
super normal behavior ✍🏻 by super normal company ✍🏻
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 19h
Oh, wow! That sounds interesting.
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Simon Petrie (he/him) @fomalhaut451.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h
This is psychosis. He is profoundly mentally ill. He is not fit to be in any position of power over anyone or anything. He should not control nuclear weapons.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pete Buttigieg is spot fucking on here. We don’t have to put up with the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption we have 26 days to vote every Republican enabler in Congress out, it’s time to build a politics that actually responds and works for the people not just the top 1%. Make a plan to vote.🗳️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Service members at our military academies take an oath to the Constitution, not political leaders or parties. Hegseth’s directive intimidates and disrespects faculty, and it denies service members the best education and training this country has to offer. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
The move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is awful!! 😢
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Support our campaign to take back this seat. New polls show us in a dead heat. We have 39 days to win. secure.actblue.com/donate/wellm...
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Donate to Fred Wellman
Show your support with a contribution.
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Elias Law Group @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Victory! For the third time this month, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts to force a gerrymandered congressional map on Missouri voters at the eleventh hour. Elias Law Group was proud to represent People Not Politicians in this critical case. elias.law/press-releas...
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Supreme Court Blocks Missouri Gerrymander for a Third Time - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today paused an appellate court order that would have forced Missouri to abandon its 2022 congressional map
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Françoise Baillet @fbaillet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great news, our pilot website, which displays three editions of Punch's Pocket Book, is now accessible online! Very grateful to the academic and technical teams who worked on phase 1 of this project, including @l19cmanmet.bsky.social, @mrshcaen.bsky.social and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. Thank you!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you are dying to have this as a poster, I'll make some tomorrow: www.etsy.com/listing/4582...
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Broadsheets Are the Future Print - Etsy
This Digital Prints item is sold by thenightwellforge. Ships from Pasadena, CA. Listed on Sep 25, 2026
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
whenever an author says they used AI to check for "style" I think: that's what superegos is for! that's what dialectical thought is for! that's what generalized anxiety that makes you question everything you've ever thought is for! that's what a social-media-tuned knack for reading the room is for!
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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 22/09/2026
The recording of our conversation with @jrvaldez.bsky.social, Sharin Schroeder + Caroline Jones on making the most of your conference experiences is now live! Just in time to get cracking on all those CFPs you're working on, right? #RSVPDigiEvents Watch now: youtu.be/vvRu4u8F-mE
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How to Conference Effectively: A Professional Development Conversation
YouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Before Hitler rose to power, Germany had thousands of competing newspapers. Then the Nazis learned how to control who could be a journalist, what could be reported—and eventually, what counted as news. Here’s why Trump's press purge matters. thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-kil...
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How to Kill a Free Press
How the Nazi’s took over Germany’s news
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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chiefs HC Andy Reid on the one-score game win: "The ball bounces funny ways... The guys did a nice job of pushing through and not getting down. We could've really sunk and felt sorry for ourselves on that last catch, but we didn't do that."
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Charles Goldman @goldmctnfl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes: "I think guys were resilient and we strained to finish like EB always talks about. It wasn't always pretty... but we fought to find a way to win, and that's what this league is all about."
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Greed.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WaPo Exclusive: More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly. Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself. But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bewitched is one of my favorite shows of all time and I have to agree with you. The first Darrin is iconic but doesn’t hold up. Also, once the second Darrin comes along we get way more wacky time travel episodes!
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Wonky @wonkysq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Excellent article. I also recommend @brianbeutler.bsky.social piece today, which provides great context for how new, dangerous technology was handled in the past. www.offmessage.net/p/a-i-risk-a...
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We’re Still Not Taking This Seriously Enough
History suggests we must take radical action to reduce A.I. risk; with Donald Trump in office that means steamrolling him. Bernie Sanders has this right.
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Elias Law Group @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Missouri Republicans have played their last card, and they lost,” said Elias Law Group Partner Abha Khanna. elias.law/press-releas...
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In Huge Victory for Missouri Voters, Supreme Court Blocks Federal Order That Had Required Missouri to Use Gerrymandered Map  - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today stayed a federal district court order that had required Missouri to conduct November’s congressional
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Judge Luttig has again performed a great service to the U.S. Constitution and our republic by exposing the treachery the Trumpsters have planned for 1/3/27, the new 1/6/21, and wisely outlining what must be done to stop the evil coup in its tracks. judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...
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January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress
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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Congratulations to Secretary Hoskins on having avoided being detained for contempt by the Missouri Supreme Court by deciding to do his job and follow the law. Always good to see a fellow Missouri Secretary of State succeed!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oooh, the suspense! It lures you in.
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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Hitchcock made films today.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
MORE FROM MISSOURI: Besides stopping the GOP gerrymander, the state Supreme Court also ordered placed on the ballot a citizen measure that is meant to protect direct democracy and make it harder for lawmakers to ignore popular initiatives. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
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Missouri Supreme Court puts Respect Missouri Voters plan on November ballot
The Respect Missouri Voters plan would make it much harder for lawmakers to overturn voter-approved ballot initiatives.
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Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
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AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 02/09/2026
A quick addition: I had the privilege of reading early proofs of *Frayed.* There is a ton in here that will help your women administrator friends mitigate their own burnout, but more importantly lots of ways for them to create the institutional structures that can help *others* avoid it too.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The truth will set you free But first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem rest in power and thank you
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
SCOTUS is entirely corrupted and must be completely reformed Expansion 18 year terms Thomas and Roberts impeached and removed Enforceable code of ethics End the Shadow docket.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
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ProfessorJen @professorjen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I teach online but I always ask students to introduce themselves by posting and explaining a photo that is meaningful to them but not of them. I learn so much about my students and they enjoy sharing and engaging with each other. It sets the tone for a highly interactive virtual experience.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Page One this am: @nytimes.com
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Seybold: “What companies like OpenAI are looking for from schools is not only a reliable stream of subscription fees to bolster ongoing cash flow problems, but also repositories of aggregatable and monetizable data.”
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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
ANY use. LLMs break the chain of citation on purpose to avoid copyright law. They are not acceptable for use in academic writing.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/08/2026
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.
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Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships
Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service
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Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The process of doing calculations with basic rules that never change is easily automated. The process of research and writing is fundamentally about THINKING. If you cut out the actual thinking, there is no substance there. At best it’s a slick, thoughtless rearrangement of other people’s thinking.
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Priti Joshi @pritijoshi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
You can only get $$ (up to $6,000) if you apply (& work on 19th British/empire periodicals)!
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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I hope everyone facing forced AI adoption knows about this wonderful set of resources from AAUP www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
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Artificial Intelligence
The uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Agree with Bernie Sanders.......
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