James Enge
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Classics by day; sword-and-sorcery by night. The other way 'round sometimes.
https://jamesenge.com
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Joshua J. Friedman
about 18 hours ago
I called them both! New Yorkers, so should you (To reach your state's senators, you can always go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121)
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 19 hours ago
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Jon Cooper
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Typo of the day: _instrwad_ (where I intended to type _instead_). Instrwad is obviously some kind of instant wad (possibly trademarked as Instowad!ā¢). What kind of wad is involved I decline to speculate.
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ProPublica
about 23 hours ago
About 6.5 million Americans have peripheral artery disease, caused by fatty deposits that block blood flow to the legs. Doctors have likened outpatient vascular care to a Wild West in need of more oversight. Hereās what experts say you need to know.
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Blocked Artery in Your Leg? Hereās What You Should Know.
A ProPublica investigation found that some doctors overuse invasive treatments for peripheral artery disease. So we talked to experts to learn what vascular patients should know when seeking care.
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-to-know-about-peripheral-artery-disease?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1762707660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Sardonicus
2 days ago
Sidney Herbert Sime āMung and the Beast of Mungā, from āThe Gods of Peganaā by Lord Dunsany, 1911
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Philip Bump
2 days ago
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president.
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Gumby Screens
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Yank in DK
2 days ago
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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āHeroic actions are a natural tendencyā: why bystander apathy is a myth
Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/08/heroic-actions-natural-tendency-bystander-apathy-myth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Rebecca Solnit
2 days ago
āThe regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.ā --Mariame Kaba
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In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN8QZVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqSnBhdHA1VjVjRVAxS0Noc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHr7e5kHUWCrUT2dMaaC01HAvZEK07ssPp1xs-qtc0UwiT-uQE6kQEU4KSdIy_aem_6WMYEJlBlOBkXngQ94ZOvg
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Governor Andy Beshear
3 days ago
Great news, Kentucky. Weāve been notified that the @USDA will fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November. These funds help feed Kentucky families who need it most, and they should never have been delayed.
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In which I flex my etymological muscles, or mussels.
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
3 days ago
While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
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jamelle
3 days ago
apropos james watsonās death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. ābuh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smartā is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Andrew Lawrence
3 days ago
things that arent the future of civilization - chatbots - crypto - robot butlers - cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people things that actually are the future of civilization - free clean energy
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Michael Whelan
3 days ago
ELRIC OF MELNIBONĆ (1976) Oil on Canvas Board - 24ā x 18ā Originally published in 1972 as THE DREAMING CITY, this novella was later reprinted by DAW and would be the first of my Elric covers. 1/2
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Richard Chambers
3 days ago
The worldās first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Sanat Tarihi
3 days ago
Peter Paul Rubens -Ā Prometheus BoundĀ 1611Ā (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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Even more roads than expected led to Rome.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
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All the Roads That Led to Ancient Rome in One New Digital Map
New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empireās road network by more than 60,000 miles
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-roads-mapped-in-detail-from-great-britain-to-north-africa/
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Danielle Froom š³ļøāš
4 days ago
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Aparna Nair
4 days ago
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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The New Yorker
4 days ago
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary āRovinaās Choiceā tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Onion
5 days ago
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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Aaron Rupar
5 days ago
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
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The American Prospect
5 days ago
No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From
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Americaās Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
Itās encouraging on many levels: New York City didnāt submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.
https://trib.al/LEnjMCa
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Joachim Boaz
5 days ago
Ron Walotsky's cover art detail for Michael Bishop's brilliant collection Catacomb Years (1979)
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#art
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Inside Higher Ed
5 days ago
Would We Rather the Humanities āBe Ruined Than Changedā? Yes, the humanities are in crisisābut enough with the hyperbole already. https://bit.ly/4oMgsTa
#EDUSky
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #BanX
5 days ago
Following victories by progressive parties in Moldova (September) and the Netherlands (October), progressive candidates won yesterday's elections in the US. Let's seize this momentum to fight far-right parties with renewed energy, because it's not billionaires, but the people who should govern.
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Ali Winston
5 days ago
The second in my trilogy on Mamdani & the NYPD. The departmentās mass surveillance programs and intelligence division may face their first serious reckoning in decades - or not, if the De Blasio/mainstream Dems climbing onto Zohranās bandwagon have their way
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Jess Nevins
5 days ago
This may interest some of you: The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
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More Perfect Union
5 days ago
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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Sarah Avery
5 days ago
I don't know enough about polling and statistics to assess the blog post this comes from, but I hope it's right. If so, Trump's gains among younger and Hispanic voters in 2024 have not carried over to this year.
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Alex Puncekar
5 days ago
I've got another interview out!
@stevewestenra.bsky.social
talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.
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A pretty short ballot in the Swamp this election day, but I never miss voting if I can help it. If nothing else, thereās that one guy I will always show up to vote against.
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6 days ago
A new adventure begins! Goblins & Galaxies #1 mailed out a few days ago and will be arriving in your mailboxes throughout this week!
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Jennifer Crƶw
6 days ago
Iām not in NYC, but I am in New York, and hope someone with decent skills and insights primaries the wildly disappointing Schumer and Gillibrand.
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The Frontier
12 days ago
A yearlong investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica reveals that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not mandate that responsible companies clean up the pollution belowground, as state law requires āwhen feasible.ā
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Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahomaās drin...
https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxic-wastewater-from-oil-fields-keeps-pouring-out-of-the-ground-oklahoma-regulators-failed-to-stop-it/
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
6 days ago
Thersitesā Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2 ā SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Thersitesā Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2
Iliad 2.211-224 āThe rest of them were sitting, and they had taken their seats.Only Thersites, a man of measureless speech, was still declaringāA man who knew many disordered things in his thā¦
https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/04/thersites-body-2/
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Typo of the day: _oncline_. This happened when I was changing the filename of a syllabus from āoncampusā to āonlineā. Because Latin _in_ can mean āinā or āonā, this looked both right and wrong to me, and I had to swim through some confusion before I fixed it. 1/2
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
7 days ago
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
6 days ago
UNTIL ITāS DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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Perry Areolar
7 days ago
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"
www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
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Hypervisible
7 days ago
Every once in a while I check in on this stunt, which was widely reported, to see if there are any updates. AFAIK, there are none. Maybe they dropped out š®āšØ
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University Enrolling AI-Powered "Students" Who Will Turn in Assignments, Participate in Class Discussions
Students at Ferris State University in Michigan will soon be sharing the classroom with AI-powered "students."
https://futurism.com/the-byte/university-enrolling-ai-powered-students
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Dan Johnson (hire me)
2 months ago
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
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Jared PechaÄek
7 days ago
HEY SEATTLITES DON'T FORGET we have a slew of progressive candidates on the ballot this year! and you can vote for them tomorrow!
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News Eye
7 days ago
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldnāt find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she āviolently resisted arrest, injuring two officersā. You decideā¦
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Point Blank Sandwich Hat
7 days ago
I Never Thought It Would Happen To Me: Below is the final line of a judgeās tentative ruling denying an opposing partyās motion. We had pointed out that some of their cited cases did not seem to exist. The judge noticed. I leave it to judicial watchers to evaluate the tone of the comment below.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
7 days ago
UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
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'Active attacker with a gun' reported at UVa
UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/article_3a455bd1-5907-5b3e-87dd-f8546bc03702.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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