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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m really thrilled to share details of a special day-course that we’re running at @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk ‘Toil and Trouble’: Early Modern Witchcraft Sat 27 Feb 2027 - Oxford Speakers include Dr Laura Kounine, Dr Tabitha Stanmore and myself. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/toil...

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'Toil and Trouble': Early Modern Witchcraft - Oxford Lifelong Learning

Explore the history of witchcraft belief and persecution during the early modern period in this special study day.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This makes it sound like they were rooting for rival teams. How about: “devolves when it is shown that Senator Schmitt can’t read….”

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When it comes to burying the lede, ya just can’t tbeat the NY Times Pitchbot …. Oh, wait, this is not the Pitchbot.

Email NYTimes subject line: “Hearing aimed at Jack Smith devolves when subject turns to nasketball@

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern… [A]dministrators have allowed the idea that enough ambiguity, enough he-said-she-said, enough familial connections, enough money will allow you to get off scot-free.” This editorial is 🔥🔥🔥🔥.

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Legal Defense Fund is calling for accountability in the investigations of suspicious deaths of Black people across the country. Over the past year, at least 10 Black people have been found hanging from trees, with some deaths ruled suicides that families question. bit.ly/3SOrltz

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A Series of Hanging Deaths Has Black Families Demanding Answers

Over the past year, at least 10 Black people have been found hanging from trees, with some deaths ruled suicides that families question.

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

book on main book on main post it post it book on main

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A most obscene example of failing up.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It was only when I looked at this fabulous shirt my friends are printing that I realized that the names of the places Drumpf has tried to rename by fiat have, um, something in common. All indigenous. Is anyone talking about this?

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... Gift link. I wish health care were free but at least this article is. May it be read all over Kansas.

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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)

Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Gulliver is shown a large wooden contraption that allows “the most ignorant person … [to] write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.”♥️♥️♥️ I guess I’m a Swiftie now. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

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Jonathan Swift v. AI — The Dial

Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it?

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Why is revolutionizing college education necessary or desirable? The document does not say. Woe betide anyone who dares question this purportedly apolitical & inevitable development & how it might intersect with our goal of imparting a humanist education to our students." = A question to ask deans

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I totally get why Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian, but I am also very worried and very sad for what may come. All of the nation's history is in peril, and who knows what kind of historian may be coming to lead it under this administration

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

Everyone doing this just needs to understand that they are actively skipping the thinking step

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Good afternoon. Lake Ontario would like a word.

Lake Ontario, strong waves crashing on shore, taken at Fairhaven Neach State Park in NY state

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m so lucky to spend the weekend camping on the shores of the truly Great Lake Ontario.

Lake Ontario, at dusk, taken from Fairhaven Beach State Park, N. y.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interestingly it is STILL true 3 hours later.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“i had to kill… many precious things.” -me, trying to make a word count

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Tsenacommacah Chamber of Commerce @archaeomancer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

seriously: poll workers are Just Normal People. It’s like being on a jury except you sign up to do it, and it’s hella rewarding. Help your neighbors vote! Maintain the basic mechanisms of democracy! Do Very Important Paperwork!

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Deleted Google Maps and added Mapquest today ( Apple Maps is fine too).

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last year the AHA released “Guiding Principles for AI in History Education.” It was measured, made all the right critiques, but somehow tried to find appropriate uses cuz, you know, it is inevitable. Clearly, “F*ck this useless sh* t” is the better response.

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Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education

These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loreto Javar, a green card holder who’s lived in the United States for over three decades and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months.

A 76-year-old retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, Javar was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials June 23 during an interview for his U.S. citizenship application in Tukwila. He was receiving ongoing cancer treatment when he was taken into ICE custody, his family said, and has missed several medical appointments since his arrest.

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Honestly, it's one of the honors of my life that I got to write this essay that put into words what so many people feel and do, fight for and love. Here it is again, and thanks always to everyone sharing it and @bostonreview.bsky.social for publishing it. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

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The Claims of Close Reading

Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/08/2026

I almost forgot to post today, but Week 34 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included: A printer A race car A mailbox A Canadian flag A guitar A pair of eyes A great lake

An embroidered calendar with stitched icons for a news story each day, including:

A printer for the discourse around Trump's aide, Natalie Harp
A race car for Trump's Formula One race in DC
A mailbox for the Supreme Court decision allowing Trump to go ahead with restrictions on mail voting
A Canadian flag for Trump's escalation of the tariff war with our northern neighbor, along with the Prime Minister's not-backing-down response
A guitar for the death of the brilliant singer, songwriter, actress, advocate, and all around good human, Dolly Parton
A pair of eyes for the death of the wickedly funny, bravely independent, and brilliantly irreverent Tim Curry
A great lake for Trump's announcement that he would be renaming Lake Ontario the Lake of America

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For good measure, gave it a 5-star review on Google as well.

My 5- star review of Lake Ontario on Google. “Lake Ontario will always be Lake Ontario.” With photos of the lake.

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Apple Maps holding strong at the moment

Screen shot of Apple Maps taken 4:57 pm on August 27, showing Lake Ontario is labeled “Lake Ontario.”

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Apple Maps holding strong at the moment

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

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Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We're excited to share the final programme of events for our upcoming conference at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See the thread below for details, and register here for three full days of talks discussing early modern violence beyond the battlefield: forms.gle/i2qhzBTpboxK...

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Last week, HHS released a new report alleging that gender-affirming care is a hotbed of fraud by predatory doctors. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social and I dug into it and found numerous problems. This piece was done in partnership between @accountabilityji.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org.

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New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information

“As soon as you politicize any sort of healthcare it's a really slippery slope.”

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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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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One of the world's great African Studies programs. You've got to be kidding.

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If I can influence you to buy one book this summer, let it be Chin Jou’s Captive Consumers: Hunger, Violence, and Inequality in American Prison Food. This book starts with the quote “I’m tired of this shit!” and doesn’t stop. uncpress.org/978146969315...

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Captive consumers
Hunger violence and inequality in American prison food
Features an image of a spork on cracked concrete

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lupacabra @lupacabra.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I know black people are not a monolith, but I'll never forget my friend (who is black) telling me years ago after a similar case: "Black people don't hang themselves; that was a fucking lynching, and the local cops know it."

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Liz Schiller #DefundthePolice @lizzzs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Always read Kate Manne. In this piece: several reasons why Generative AI and LLMs, the girly chat bots created by guys who have trouble getting a date, are bad for women and loved by self important men who miss the sycophancy of women, who now don't have to put up with all their crap.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/07/2026

Stand up for SCIENCE! The deadline for comment on this disastrous proposal for America’s scientific research infrastructure is TODAY! @standupforscience.net

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hey Bluesky, here in NY-24 we have an awesome Democrat running for Congress against the evil Claudia Tenney. Check out Alissa Ellman and maybe donate www.ellmanforcongress.com

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Rachel Weil @racheljweil.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Supreme Court makes a terrible decision. Then the Supreme Court makes another terrible decision. Then the Supreme Court manages to NOT make this other hugely terrible decision that they should not have even considered making. Yay, I guess? Ugh my stomach is still in knots.

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