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Sarah Emily Duff

@sarahemilyduff.bsky.social
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Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum/ enigmatic relief/seasoned harridan (historian of age, gender, reproduction, opinions my own and not my employer’s etc.) www.colby.edu/people/people-directo…

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But this is not all.
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/unt…
Untitled
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My post this week for @tristramshandy2026.bsky.social: on suspicious and innocent reading, marbling, metaphors etc.
tristramshandy2026.substack.com
Read, read, read, read
Volume III, Chapters XXI-XLII || Sarah Emily Duff
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Raphael - Portrait of a Young Man - ca.1518 / 19
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BoschBot @boschbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Garden of Earthly Delights
Garden of Earthly Delights
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Oakland is largely immune to the warping effects that AI has had in San Francisco … Anthropic is not hiring thousands of engineers a month to come live in Oakland and commute across the bay. Every part of that equation has changed, to SF’s detriment and Oakland’s benefit.’
oaklandreviewofbooks.org
The great vibes divergence
Why does San Francisco feel so weird during this tech boom while Oakland is more or less still Oakland?
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘“My feeling is there are benefits to having a moon, but it isn’t required for habitability… The moon has definitely changed the way Earth has evolved through time…” Even if very Earth-like planets are located, if their rotation speeds are not fast enough, they might come to devour their moons.’
wired.com
Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon
One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘“Albertans have enjoyed living without the menace of rats since 1950 when the Rat Control Program was established,” the province says in its rat guide.’
theguardian.com
Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘But much of professional life is now text-based, as anyone with a significant email inbox can attest. Learning to write is integral to success in text-based spheres of activity. … Studies suggest that outsourcing that task to AI comes with significant cognitive costs.’ By @dandrezner.bsky.social
danieldrezner.substack.com
I’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.
It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing!
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Myriam Rincón www.instagram.com/mdmyriam/
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘“We called up our lawyer and we were like, ‘Can we do this?’” she recalled. “He was like, ‘I mean, it’s kind of a risk.’ And we were like, ‘OK, I guess that’s how we’re going to start the editorial.’”’ All power to the editors and journalists at the Cornell Daily Sun:
nytimes.com
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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explore.org @explore.org · 30/09/2026
Introducing your ultimate fighter and champion: Bear 89 Backpack 👑 Thanks for joining us for the biggest Fat Bear Week to date.
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Edi Albo @ediazalbo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remedios Varo con máscara de Leonora Carrington, fotografiada por Kati Horna. Una expresión de la unión artística de estas tres mujeres.
Remedios Varo con máscara de Leonora Carrington (México).
Foto de Kati Horna, (1957).
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All respect to the Cornell Daily Sun: ‘Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men … in October 2024. Cornell has failed her.’
cornellsun.com
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Room with a View, 2021 by He Xi
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I say, I saw that this situation of mine was the precise situation of every mortal that breathes
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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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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 22/09/2026
Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist in full:

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
The Disappearers by Marlon James
Black Bag by Luke Kennard
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
John of John by Douglas Stuart
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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
EMPHASISE REPETITIONS
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PSA to HS seniors & their adults - do NOT let the stated costs stop you from applying to expensive schools!! Many students pay less to go to fancy places than they would have paid at their state school. Even at places without a stated "free for families below $X" policy.
Screenshot of this webpage, key thing is the headline - "Swarthmore Expands Financial Aid With New Tuition Guarantee"

https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/swarthmore-expands-financial-aid-new-tuition-guarantee -
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 24/09/2026
Did AI increase unemployment among recent college grads this summer? Probably not. Summer of 2026 was pretty normal compared to earlier years. new research from Robert Fairlie and Jane Wu
Line plot of monthly unemployment of recent college graduates, by year.

Figure 2a from https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/publications/2026/working-paper/early-impacts-ai-employment-among-recent-college-graduates
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Edgar Degas, Russet landscape, 1890
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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
from heaven, lighting
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice. …they are narratives based in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, and wishful thinking about imagined future digital humans.’ By @emilymbender.bsky.social and @timnitgebru.blacksky.app
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘This bait is usually enough to land one, but if not, the team puts on music for luck. Knotek says their current list of favorites are Jimmy Buffet, the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack and anything by Taylor Swift. “They’re absolutely Swifties, fun fact,” Knotek said.’
wbur.org
Scientists spend another summer tagging sharks in Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor has become a hot destination, and not only for humans. Scientists with the New England Aquarium have tracked sharks for years now. WBUR’s Amanda Beland went along on a trip to learn more...
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The Royal Tenenbaums @theroyaltenenbaums.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Get in here. Quick.
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explore.org @explore.org · 23/09/2026
Today, we had our biggest Fat Bear Week day 1 turnout of all time and experienced some system overload. If you already voted today, your vote still counts. If you didn't get a chance, don't worry: Day 1 voting will restart tomorrow, Wednesday September 23rd.
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 22/09/2026
Today’s Fall Equinox at 8:05 pm ET marks the start of astronomical fall in the N. Hemisphere and is when the Sun is directly over Earth’s equator. Now through the Winter Solstice, the Northern Hemisphere will receive less ad less direct sunlight as Earth continues along its tilted orbit.
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The Royal Tenenbaums @theroyaltenenbaums.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll be the judge of that.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘There’s no division, he said, just fat bears.’
alaskapublic.org
It’s Fat Bear Week. Meet this year’s heavyset hopefuls
On Tuesday, you can vote online for the one you want to be crowned the chubby champion.
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Artist's Right Hand, 1588 by Hendrick Goltzius
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this labyrinth is indisputable
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘the usual rodent lure — peanut butter — failed to attract the mice in Sri Lanka, so the researchers instead turned to something more familiar to the local mice — pieces of burnt coconut.’
news.mongabay.com
How burnt coconut helped discover new to science endemic species in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO —  As dusk settled over the paddy fields at Puwakpitiya, a village on the northern edge of Knuckles Mountain Range locally known as Dumbara mountains in Central Sri Lanka, researchers began la...
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘When technology starts to feel sinister, and when the makers of synthetic materials saturate the market with dreck, consumers begin to wonder why they’ve allowed themselves to be swaddled in petrochemicals. In that sense, the polyester backlash is right on time.’ By @amandamull.bsky.social
bloomberg.com
Hating on Polyester Is Back in Fashion
The popularity of synthetic fabrics waxes and wanes in tandem with consumer sentiment on new technologies.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘The lack of investment in the cities where our tech lords work and live reveals a…reality about how this wealth benefits a select few at the expense of everyone else. As the industry expands its footprint…with data centers, the rest of America would be wise not to let the same thing happen again.’
nytimes.com
Opinion | Paris Has the Arc de Triomphe. Florence Has the Uffizi. Silicon Valley Has a Big Shopping Mall. (Gift Article)
The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Theo van Doesburg, Rhythm of a Russian Dance, June 1918 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
in fantasy sipping rare tea with their wives, and good ale with their cronies
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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Again and again, you called us to return.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Two brilliant friends—Amy Rahn and Lisa Botshon—on the threatened cuts at the University of Maine:
pressherald.com
Maine’s public universities should not be mere assembly lines | Opinion
Our students should not have to choose between workforce readiness and the liberal arts.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘Jäger assumes Houellebecq’s relevance but makes no case for it. Why draw on…cheap reactionaries? …for an author engaged in delineating the subsumption of political action into hyperbolic cultural division, it would be worth reflecting on whom he does and does not choose to make his interlocutors’
lareviewofbooks.org
Between Potatoes and Barley | Los Angeles Review of Books
An uncertain political pamphlet for uncertain times.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘If it’s the case that our larger culture offers fewer and fewer entry points for prospective readers, then bookstores playing a larger role in their communities may be exactly what’s required to push in the opposite direction.’
defector.com
What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector
If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘OpenAI’s policy director…wrote that the company was “creating systems that substitute for the labor of the people that define the ‘culture’ of society”… OpenAI called itself an “existential threat” to news publishers, …“no matter how prominently we show the links, users won’t click.”’
404media.co
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘tech companies tend to focus on … the accuracy, rather than the clinical efficacy, of a tool. “But … we want to know that it actually makes an impact on patient outcomes… And there is really shockingly poor evidence that AI actually makes an impact on patient outcomes.”’
giftarticle.ft.com
Medical AI has a proof problem
The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
PLEASE. I am BEGGING YOU.
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Leap into the Void (Saut dans le vide), 1960 by Yves Klein, Harry Shunk, János Kender
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
fiery effulgences, infernally superb
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George Eliot @georgeeliotsays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences: and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘While Barnard used the idea of the merging of her voice with Sappho’s as a powerful rhetorical gambit, her translation is better understood as a knowing substitution of voice… The reciprocity lay in the fact that it was in translating Sappho that Barnard achieved a lasting voice as a poet.‘
yalereview.org
How Mary Barnard Invented the Sappho We Fell In Love With
Emily Greenwood on Mary Barnard, Anne Carson, and how translators have interpreted Sappho.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“To look at her photographs of Garner, Horace Silver or Bud Powell at the piano is to be struck by her emphasis on musical performance as a form of work – or, as Thelonious Monk put it more emphatically in an album title, ‘Work!’” @adamshatz.bsky.social on Lisette Model:
lrb.co.uk
Adam Shatz · On Lisette Model
‘I was absolutely overwhelmed by jazz because I knew that was America,’ Model wrote. ‘And that was something I...
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maine friends, Walgreens (and I’m assuming CVS) has this year’s Covid vaccine as well as the flu jab.
walgreens.com
Schedule Free COVID-19 Vaccines | Walgreens
Find information and answers to your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, including scheduling, kid's shots, boosters, additional doses, records and more.
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