Reposted by Terri BourusShakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 10/10/2025NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.1 is now published! Now fully open access, this issue features a cluster of essays edited by Louise Geddes and Nora J. Williams reflecting on casting, race, community, and tragedy in productions performed on and off Broadway. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55715 2134
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away 010
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025images.app.goo.gl/CGmfRnvjv5XS...images.app.goo.glGoogle Image Result for https://filmartgallery.com/cdn/shop/files/The-Sorrow-and-the-Pity-Vintage-Movie-Poster-Original.jpg?v=1738912794 000
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Obfuscating on Obliterating www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Obfuscating on Obliterating 010
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out Anyway newrepublic.com/article/1973... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comUVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out AnywayRyan had not fought Trump on DEI and other matters. His forced ouster proves that no capitulation is enough. 000
Reposted by Terri BourusSteve Purcell @stevetpurcell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...theguardian.comShakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggestsProfessor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage 12913
Reposted by Terri BourusPeople For the American Way @peoplefor.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Republican Senator Thom Tillis just said he’s not comfortable voting for Trump’s nominee for US Attorney Ed Martin after it was revealed he went on a white nationalist podcast. 2541860629
Reposted by Terri BourusThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/04/2025A Chinese-born American businessman was sentenced last week to five years in prison in China, on charges related to a criminal case nearly 25 years ago, despite having frequently made routine trips in and out of the country after the fact.nytimes.comA U.S. Businessman Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in ChinaThe charges stemmed from a criminal case more than 20 years ago. In the interim, the businessman, David Lee, had repeatedly visited China without issue. 128111
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 28/04/2025On this date… a minute and a lifetime 💔 It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch. 020
Reposted by Terri BourusRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..." www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...azpm.orgU.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days 50797143463
Reposted by Terri BourusAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The defense secretary is accused of dangerous incompetence by insiders. The homeland security secretary has her purse and $3000 nicked. The FBI director flies gov't air to visit an NHL game and his country-singing girlfriend. The supposed pretext for a security state is that it makes you safer 721962381
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...nytimes.comThis Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction (Gift Article)Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. 000
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025We know whenever completely unqualified hucksters are hired for mature educated trained expertise type jobs, it’s inevitable that they will screw up. Ringmaster Dump and his circus monkeys. “I don’t know anything about it.” Says the “boss”. 010
Reposted by Terri BourusThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/03/2025Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted after a power outage at London’s Heathrow Airport, causing travel havoc worldwide. Follow live updates.nytimes.comLondon's Heathrow Airport Closed After Fire Causes Major Power Outage: Live UpdatesA giant fire near one of the world’s busiest airports knocked out power, and the cause was under investigation. Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted, and analysts said disruptions could last ... 910019
Reposted by Terri BourusDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem. Meta pirated millions of books to train its #AI. Search through them here. (Alex Reisner) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comThe Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books ProblemMeta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here. 033
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 21/03/20251. The astronauts were not “rescued.” They were never “stranded.” 2. USAID never spent $50million on condoms for Gaza. 3. Haitian migrants were never eating peoples’ cats & dogs. 4. Trump did not win the 2020 election. Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth. 031
Reposted by Terri BourusTheatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 15/03/2025Review: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre "A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"theatreweekly.comReview: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama TheatreReview: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre "A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project" 011
Reposted by Terri BourusRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..." abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...abcnews.go.com'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: SourcesThe White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say. 86483683484
Reposted by Terri BourusNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 15/03/2025University leaders “need to defend the core mission of their institutions” against the Trump administration’s campaign against higher education, the editorial board writes.nytimes.comOpinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses. 2237493
Reposted by Terri BourusJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 12/03/2025On the one hand, it’s bad to turn the White House into a used car lot. But on the other hand, let’s not talk about how we are becoming a kleptocracy. 1454531811
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 10/03/2025www.propublica.org/article/joni...propublica.orgEthical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her CommitteeErnst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti... 000
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.com‘What the hell’s happening to your country?’ Traveling as an American under Trump 2.0 | Shanti NelsonMy American accent inspired pity, empathy and utter confusion. I feel the same: it’s as though we’ve entered hospice care 000
Reposted by Terri BourusNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 07/03/2025“The right invented the term Trump Derangement Syndrome to dismiss analysis of Trump’s autocratic tendencies,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “But the real derangement lies in either the refusal or the inability to see Trump clearly.”nytimes.comOpinion | The Right’s Trump Derangement SyndromeThey keep pretending the president is someone he’s not. 3638778
Reposted by Terri BourusJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 07/03/2025“Purge of journalists” underway at Voice of America, I’m told. Ukrainian correspondent Ostap Yarysh already impacted. 15741991535
Reposted by Terri BourusJeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I was expecting al green to be thrown out, sure, and then other people to have stood up with him, and one by one they all get thrown out like Spartacus. They make them be removed. I was expecting that because movies have made me expect courage, solidarity, and honor 479161401805
Reposted by Terri BourusSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I am looking at a chamber filled with hundreds and hundreds of people, and if you asked me to seriously estimate what percentage of them understand how deep in the s*** we are right now, I mean really truly understand how close America is to full collapse, I would put the number at between 10 and 20 857224813501
Reposted by Terri BourusFaculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Find out more about Henry IV, Part 1 in our next #Shakespeare webinar! 🗓️3 March at 6-7.15pm 💻Online via Zoom Emma Smith will be discussing the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Henry IV, Part 1 with Indira Ghose. FREE and all welcome! #HenryIV #EnglishLitshakespeare-webinar-henry-iv.eventbrite.co.ukEnglish Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Henry IV, Part 1In this free webinar, Shakespeare expert Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Henry IV from Oxford World's Classics. 1103
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 28/02/2025February 28, 2025 A day that will live in infamy. 000
Reposted by Terri BourusDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I stand with President Zelenskyy against King Trump and Autocrat Putin! Do you ? Long live Ukraine ! 1353
Reposted by Terri BourusFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/02/2025Trump cuts short Zelenskyy meeting after fiery White House clash www.ft.com/content/2108807d-2f06-4c…ft.comTrump cuts short Zelenskyy meeting after fiery White House clashUS president says Ukrainian leader is ‘gambling with world war three’ 426311
Reposted by Terri BourusEric @edpch38.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I want everyone to know that screaming match in the Oval Was all for Russia TV that was there 632215493531
Reposted by Terri BourusThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/02/2025The mother of a jailed British Egyptian activist has been hospitalized and is at risk of sudden death, a doctor has said, as her hunger strike to demand her son’s release reached 151 days.nytimes.comMother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release. 49520
Reposted by Terri BourusSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Plus Joy and Lester Holt? Looks like the slide deck of a Power Point presentation at an employment discrimination webinar. Not a good look @msnbc.com Not a good look at all. A betrayal of your loyal audience & a disaster for your network. www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bl...thedailybeast.comNew MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced OutJonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows. 808133683492
Reposted by Terri BourusHarry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This week’s #leshow reveals Elon’s cheating at video games (he’s 53), and corrections to the geyser of hagiography coming out of NYC last week. First hearing: 10a PT/ 1 p ET wamc.org, wcbe.org, kalw.org, and public radio stations through the day. & podcast!wamc.org 4333
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Opinion | Trump’s border czar picked the wrong congresswoman to bully - MSNBC 010
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025substack.com/@joycevance/...substack.comJoyce Vance on SubstackIf you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it. 010
Terri Bourus @terribourus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Remembering Navalny. Murdered by Putin one year ago. 000
Reposted by Terri BourusThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/02/2025Breaking News: Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney resigned after she was ordered by the Justice Department to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams that she had championed.nytimes.comManhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered DroppedDanielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. 601028177
Reposted by Terri BourusTheatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com · 14/02/2025London Theatre Company have today released production photos of Richard II, starring Jonathan Bailey and directed by Nicholas Hytner, this fresh take on Shakespeare’s subtle, caustic and powerful play is currently playing the Bridge Theatretheatreweekly.comFirst Look: Richard II at Bridge TheatreLondon Theatre Company have today released production photos of Richard II, starring Jonathan Bailey and directed by Nicholas Hytner, this fresh take on Shakespeare’s subtle, caustic and powerful play is currently playing the Bridge Theatre 162
Reposted by Terri BourusThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/02/2025President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia’s military struck the site of the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, causing “significant” damage to a structure that prevents radiation from leaking from a damaged reactor. Follow live updates.nytimes.comUkraine Says Russia Has Struck Chernobyl With a Drone: Live UpdatesPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said there was “significant” damage that prevents radiation leaks at the nuclear site. The U.N. confirmed an explosion, which comes as top diplomats meet in Munich to disc... 55764319
Reposted by Terri BourusGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/02/2025One underreported facet of the Great University Crisis is the contribution of a small number of consultancy firms who recommend: *Centralise functions *Cut small courses *Reduce student options *Abolish loads of joint awards *Chop staff headcount This is *exactly* what you must not do. (1/3) 1119792
Reposted by Terri BourusGreg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later. 1402332155656
Reposted by Terri BourusD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13/02/2025📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base. 📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.msnbc.comHegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroadThe question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon. 440171434146