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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 6h

A Democratic governor celebrating a hedge fund billionaire's donation to a private university feels very on brand for the party's higher ed agenda.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 6h

"warriors" is making a lot of assumptions here about straightness.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 6h

There should be no Ken Griffins (i.e., billionaires) who can change the landscape of higher ed with a single gargantuan monetary gift.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing photo but the headline here is, imo, needlessly indirect, and it surprises me that Senator Schmitt, the person responsible for the embarrassing ”Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up,” isn’t mentioned by name in the headline.

Why Caitlin Clark was at the center of a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up during Senate argument.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 12h

I'm hoping the Cubs can make it respectable and win tonight. I'm hopeful but not, however, optimistic. The Friars have been hot and the Cubs lukewarm.

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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 13h

Not enough parents raise their kids to be functional adults by the age of 18.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Schnell should resign his Dartmouth provost position, or at least be put on leave for being a provost/professor who doesn't understand irony (he used AI to write his sort-of apology statement on his use of AI!!). But seriously, he should resign his provost position. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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Dartmouth Provost Is the Latest College Professor Examined for A.I. Use

Dartmouth said it would investigate its provost over A.I. accusations. Similar controversies on other campuses have prompted frustration among students.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One reason to learn about things outside your major is so that you have something to talk about with people at parties and on dates. No amount of money will make up for you being a crushing bore. History majors learn this early but I guess it takes other people longer.

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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.’

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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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Royal Blue Angel @rba11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎯🎯🎯WISeR, which stands for Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction, aims to use Al and machine learning to...deny medical care #Blues 👇👇 arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I had always thought that Kai Ryssdal was a fine radio personality. I'm sure he'll remain fine and I don't want him "canceled" for pettiness, but this is a douchey, insensitive piece of commentary.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow. What a weird sense of qualifications.

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Bleacher Nation @bleachernation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Chicago Cubs Have Officially - Finally - Clinched a 2026 Playoff Berth www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2026/09…

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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Celebratory scenes from the Cubs’ clubhouse:

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.

nytimes.com

Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)

At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And, apparently, not have the AI analyses double-checked by smart, knowledgeable humans?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

part of this is obviously national political conditions but don't underrate the extent to which a bunch of these incumbent republicans have never had to run a competitive general election campaign and basically do not know how to do it

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My latest takes a closer look at Alex Bregman's adjustments in the second half that have the Cubs third baseman surging offensively www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs...

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Alex Bregman is having a monster second half

The Cubs offense is surging, led in part by their third baseman.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Centrists deplore the culture war as an artifact of 'extremists on both sides' and continually pronounce it dead." -- Ellen Willis, "The Mass Psychology of Terrorism" (2003)

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The history of the birth control pill is explored in a new TimeLine Theatre drama. buff.ly/yJYw6w2

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Historian here: There are many corporate entities in history that have begged for regulations and regulatory assistance. The profit motive, by itself, loves anarchy.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wednesday must be the required in-office day for every corporation and non-profit institution in Chicago. #CTACrowding #SlowTrains

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

an 18 year old died from an entirely preventable disease

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Reminder: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen in 3 months.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On Sept. 10, 2026, Trump led his followers in a public pledge to "cheat like hell" in the midterms. The New York Times didn't put that fact in a headline, instead sticking it in the 3rd paragraph of a story on Page 22 of its print edition.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We're getting a taste of autumn this morning in Chicago. I'm loving it.

A pic of today's weather (current & forecast) in Chicago. It's now 67 F with a hi of 71.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism

In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

"That's a creative idea" -- Mike Johnson (tepidly) supports Trump bribing voters

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"You do my dad's legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate," he said. "I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them."

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Amplifying the love, respect, and tolerance evident in this particular remembrance. Thank you.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your dad would be proud as hell of you, my man.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is this bad? Seems like maybe we should be slightly concerned.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Women are TOO EMOTIONAL to be president!!!!!"

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years... ...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.

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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Cubs Channel: Despite a good-but-not-great record so far this year, the Cubs are getting what they deserve in this Brewers series. This losing situation is partly the result of substantial pitching injuries. No question, and no team deserves those. That's just bad luck and misfortune.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026

to place the sexual and reproductive exploitation of black women at the center of your understanding of american slavery is to see that the system was forced birth and this, in turn, should lead to a more expansive vision of what the 13th amendment actually guarantees.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026

yeah this is a separate conversation but one of the things that hasn’t quite bubbled up from scholarship into mainstream thinking is that american slavery was a system centered principally on reproduction. forced birth for capital accumulation is what it was

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