Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈⬛
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Professor ~ EM English drama ~ Shakespeare ~ feminist ethics ~ parrhesia ~ book series ed. *Late Tudor & Stuart Drama* @MIP ~ https://hcommons.org/members/clalfar/ 🌻 amateur gardener ~ childless cat lady 🐈⬛~ "I can see a church by daylight."
Things that I was frightened of as a child: Abandonment Being lost Being chased (lots of nightmares about it) Not having friends Scary movies
Curtis Perry@curtisperry.bsky.social · 22h agoThings that I was frightened of as a child: Dogs. The dark. Being mugged (I was, a few times). A classmate (now in jail for a big robbery). Abandonment. Any scary movie I saw.
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Climate dangers: In the Rockies it’s impossible to miss the grey belts of what were green forest, killed by pine beetles. Wildfire fodder now.
A Monster Threat Is Coming for America’s Trees—and Scientists Are Racing to Stop It
A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit.
popularmechanics.com
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths. n.pr/4cH3JOe
As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
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An attendee at the Republican midterm convention on Thursday night shouted three times, “He should be shot!” — when Sen. Ted Cruz talked about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico.
GOP convention attendee calls for shooting Democrats during Cruz’s speech
Democrats condemned the calls for violence. The Republican senator did not address the outburst in the moment but later posted a clip in which it could be clearly heard.
washingtonpost.com
Going to spend my $5,000 Trump check on a unicorn since they’re both imaginary.
The Trump administration declined this week to terminate TPS for Salvadorans, even though it has done so for people from other countries like Haiti and Syria. But it also hasn't said whether it will extend the protection in the future. n.pr/4d9y7AU
Trump administration allows TPS to continue for Salvadorans – for now
The Trump administration declined this week to terminate TPS for Salvadorans, even though it has done so for people from other countries like Haiti and Syria. But it also hasn't said whether it will extend the protection in the future.
n.pr
Today, we remember the members of our community who were lost on September 11, 2001. We honor their lives and the families, friends, colleagues, and classmates who carried on without them. Twenty-five years later, we will never forget.
ICE flights. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, an average and terrible day. 75 total flights, at least 16 removal flights — Cambodia, Costa Rica*, Ecuador*, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Israel*, Jamaica*, Laos, Mexico (4), Nicaragua*, & Vietnam. *suspected third-country removal
When ICE deports U.S. citizens and DHS kills a 23-year-old citizen like Ruben Ray Martinez, immigration enforcement stops looking like paperwork. If citizenship cannot protect your family, what is left between you and government abuse? #CorruptTrumpRegime
I had a lovely reunion with the one and only @5minmedievalist.bsky.social talking about my new book coming really soon from @princetonupress.bsky.social : www.medievalpodcast.com/episodes/jus... #skystorians #medievalsky
Justice for Jehanne with Sara McDougall — The Medieval Podcast
In the fifteenth-century, a woman named Jehanne reported a sexual assault to the city authorities of Dijon, setting in motion a detailed criminal investigation that has survived in the records. This w...
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There are people who believe that conservatives gave us Obergefell and there are people who believe that liberals struck down Roe (because it happened on Biden's watch) and we should all remember that, as we talk about Supreme Court reform, a lot of public opinion here is nonsensical
Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 3d agoRotating the phrase “even gay marriage was decided by a conservative SCOTUS” in my mind
🚨VICTORY: Supreme Court BLOCKS Missouri GOP gerrymander for the 2026 midterms. A huge victory for voters and our clients. I could not be prouder of the Elias Law Group team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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As Trump makes yet another soon-to-be-broken promise to put money in people's pockets, don't forget how much he's stuffing into his own.
Shakespeare lived through climate change, too. Scholar Harry R. McCarthy says characters in the plays—from Titania to Viola to the courtiers in "The Temptest"—show the power in catastrophic times of turning "our thoughts to the collective over the individual." www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Titania's warning to America | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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HOT SCOTUS REFORM SEPTEMBER continues! with Alicia Bannon discussing term limits! @aliciabannon.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social crooked.com/podcast/we-n...
Cady Heron: The Limit Does Not Exist - Mean Girls
ALT: Cady Heron: The Limit Does Not Exist - Mean Girls
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Breaking News: The European Central Bank raised interest rates in an attempt to quell rising inflation driven by the war in the Middle East.
European Central Bank Raises Rates in Bid to Quell Inflation
The bank, fighting price pressures spurred by the war in the Middle East, raised its benchmark rate to 2.5 percent.
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The great American experiment continues: how many people are so stupid as to think this desperate bribe will ever happen? We’ll find out soon.
Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
bbc.co.uk
President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, setting high expectations for the convention's final night. n.pr/4xkW3ZA
After Trump promised to pay $5,000 if Republicans win, here's what to expect Thursday
President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, setting high expectations for the convention's final night.
n.pr
The British Museum on Thursday opened its exhibition of the priceless Bayeux Tapestry, its most eagerly anticipated show in decades. Here's what to know.
British Museum Opens Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition
On Thursday, the British Museum opens its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, its most eagerly anticipated show in decades.
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Some sacrifices are too profound for words. On 9/11, the men and women of the FDNY showed us what extraordinary courage looks like — answering the call when our city needed them most.
There are a lot of ways one could interpret that tbh
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: "Vote Republican and we will leave the world in our dust for generations to come"