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Ryan Asmussen

@ryanasmussen.bsky.social
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Visiting Lecturer in English, UIC / Freelance Writer / Member, NBCC & International Vladimir Nabokov Society. Arsenal.

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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Balogun was not a red card. The entire Paraguayan side was a giant red card not given.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Roberts court has been dedicated for decades to restricting the vote and unleashing money as the decisive force in American politics.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Anyone out there have any experience with teaching Stoicism and the research paper for undergrads?
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"I was dealing with characters who had been alive far longer than people ordinarily are, so I was interested in both the psychological and structural consequences of that." Read @ryanasmussen.bsky.social's interview w/ @clarecavenagh.bsky.social. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/06/24/d...
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"Distinguishing Marks": An Interview with "Tillinghast" Novelist, Clare Cavenagh - Chicago Review of Books
In a nineteenth-century land haunted by the fatal spectre of tuberculosis (“consumption” as it was then known), a young Rhode Island cleric falls prey one night to a neighbor’s fleshly seduction. An o...
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
For those currently in new-love with Erling Haaland, this is the same guy who told a team his Man City squad had just beaten to “stay humble.“ For the record, that opposing team just won the league this season.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If a high school says they value teaching writing, but their teachers have a student load over 100 the school is either lying or operating outside of their stated values. In schools where teachers are given the time and resources to do their work with an appropriate load, learning happens.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We have the weakest and at the same time the most destructive president thus far imaginable — he has no strength to achieve anything positive and not unrelatedly he achieves massive degradation wherever he makes a move.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Great read
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
When I Left Big Law, I Learned This www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/o...
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Opinion | When I Left Big Law, I Learned This
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Taxing the rich?! What? No, no, we mustn’t. How could that be fair and actually work??
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Pope’s first encyclical. Not Catholic, but I always need this kind declaration of the importance of the common good and the dignity of the individual.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
With Trump you never really meet the bottom of his selfishness. He can always take you lower.
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The reason people like the Pope’s AI missive is because there is simply no other institution has taken the side of humanity in the humanities sense. I’m not Catholic, but I am a human who cares about the human mind and the poetics Catholics call a soul.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Read this over two or even three times and you’ll see the depth of, the epitome of 19th century prose style.
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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"Paulin has delved deeply into the river of himself, a running water full of reflection." @ryanasmussen.bsky.social's review of “Namanlagh” by Tom Paulin (@faberbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/05/21/n...
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“If only some idea could find its way”: A review of Tom Paulin’s Namanlagh - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Tom Paulin’s new book, "Namanlagh."
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I get the feeling that young people are confusing anxiety with… normal overthinking.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Arsenal are Premier League champions! I’ve followed this club for 13 years, and it’s finally happened. Trust the process.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Read 48 of the Guardian 100 best. Lists are harmless. Reading is essential.
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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Guardian has a new 100 best novels list. These things are generally met with skepticism. But, really, you're going to have fewer negative social problems and meet with more openmindedness from people who have read even 6 books on that list than from those who have read none.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Is it me or is there just much more shame to go around? Conversely, is there a deep lack of shame?
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Yes. Down with the Electoral College.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
D.C. restaurant owner says we need to lighten up. Sure. Let’s just imagine the slide towards authoritarianism is really a fun kiddy water slide.
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Bloomsday Festival @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Ulysses80 Book Club invites readers from all over the world to revel in Ulysses by reading it together over a span of 80 days. To join Ulysses80 & to find out more, email readingulyssesin80@gmail.com or visit ulysses80.ie You can follow along on Facebook Bluysky.
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.
David Attenborough and one of his creations.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/05/2026
The First Amendment is clear: The federal government can't punish media organizations just because it doesn't like what they have to say. By fighting back, ABC is sending an important message: Our rights are worth fighting for.
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ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NEW: Study finds attending a Major League ball game costs an average $225 — thanks to higher ticket and concession prices. Every MLB team owner is in the richest 0.1% and will receive an average $286,000 in tax breaks this year. Giving the rich more money helps no one but them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Not sure I want a 'third act' for my life.
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Ryan Asmussen @ryanasmussen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
There are some unquestionably good things happening.
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