Thrilled for Bryant and his new book! "At its core, Simon’s new book . . . outlin[es] a harsh reality that has proven true time and time again: If you want to make a person feel less equal, take away their bodily needs. The easiest way to accomplish that might be through a public bathroom."

Are public restrooms the key to equality?

Laura H. Carnell Professor of History Bryant Simon explores the history of public bathrooms in his new book For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality. The book will be...

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*psst No actually knows what "AI literacy" is*

The Wiggles Play Pass The Parcel

Alt: The Wiggles Play Pass The Parcel

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I'm Litvak on both sides, with my paternal side being from Vilnius or close to it, so this is my history, too.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 20h ago

"Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations." www.jta.org/2026/08/04/g...

A nice commentary by @doritreiss.bsky.social. "I have said before and will say again that we are not treating people claiming harms from COVID-19 vaccines properly. If they can prove their case, they deserve access to fast, generous compensation."

COMMENTARY: It’s time to fix vaccine injury compensation

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‘Hey jews stop being so influential and throwing your money around, it might make me believe in antisemitic conspiracies’ Um, what?

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d ago

"In Michigan, AIPAC Is Playing With Fire" As an ostensible defender of Jewish rights, it is unwise to behave like the stuff of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Ryan Cooper for Zeteo:

Telluride is one of the most beautiful places on earth IMO. It's difficult to reach, which is part of the point. The Kid and I share a deep love for this box canyon with the soaring San Juan on top of it. It has a "colorful" history, too. #Colorado

Outside the confines of BlueSky, I'm a neuroscientist now focused on concussions. Here I'm discussing my biggest paper, documenting women's under-representation in the concussion research, which spawned greater scrutiny on concussion research equity. #neurosky Link: open.spotify.com/episode/5qNy...

Concussions in Women: Prof Christopher D’Lauro, U.S. Air Force Academy; Thinking prospectively

Concussion Talk Podcast · Episode

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1.7" of the plate and a strike?? I mean, yes, got overturned, but still

Buzz Aldrin No

Alt: Buzz Aldrin No

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*taps sign*

Daniel S. Goldberg@profgoldberg.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hey Dodger fans - you need Skrubal because Wrobleski is not gonna win you big games in the post

New draft posted: The Collision of State Climate Tort Suits with Federal Deregulation, forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal Forum. This Essay examines the preemption arguments in the Suncor Energy v. Boulder case, which the Supreme Court will review in Oct. term 2026: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

In case anyone wants to downplay the seriousness of diarrheal diseases... "Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for approximately 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2021."

Diarrhoea - UNICEF DATA

Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for approximately 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2021. This translates to over 1,200 young children dying each d...

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Hey Dodger fans - you need Skrubal because Wrobleski is not gonna win you big games in the post

Bob's Burgers: Gene to Tina - Not Impressed

Alt: Bob's Burgers: Gene to Tina - Not Impressed

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I love jiujitsu -- it's by far the best mental health intervention I've ever found for most of my problems, but I will NEVER forget or forgive how poorly jiujitsu communities behaved during the worst part of the pandemic and the chud-to-decent person ratio is just unacceptable

Speaking from 14 years of personal experience the fat guy who does jiujitsu is fine. Also, Hill unironically being that guy in the Onion: theonion.com/report-avera... (most people who train KNOW how ineffective we are; we don't imagine we are Jet Li)

Report: Average Male 4,000% Less Effective In Fights Than They Imagine

WASHINGTON—Contradicting the long-held belief that they would just go off and destroy anyone who tried to mess with them, a Department of Health and Human Services report published Thursday revealed t...

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Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d ago

He will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"

This is partly why my core field of public health ethics exists. Aristotle noted there is virtue in discerning the least worst option. Harm reduction can be an ethical priority. h/t @hearing-girl.bsky.social

Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d ago

I get the sense that a lot of people feel on some level that there must be a way to optimize things to the point where there’s a Good Option where no one has to suffer anything and it’s like… No, no, sometimes the best available option that does the least damage still sucks ass, welcome to adulthood

Someone spray-painted a swastika on the statue of the great medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides in Córdoba, his place of birth. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

Rambam statue vandalized with swastika graffiti in Cordoba, Spain | The Jerusalem Post

The graffiti was painted over the base of the statue, located in the heart of the Jewish quarters of Cordoba, in the Tiberiades plaza, with local authorities condemning the antisemitic attack.

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In Samuel van Hoogstraten's incredible perspective box you look in from 2 different angles & see 7 rooms & 3 outdoor areas of this house. Such an ingenious feat of painting. Today is Hoogstraten's day.

I’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true.

And yeah, they're saying *Israel* but this idea that the Jews are causing a Muslim invasion of Spain is positively medieval.

I mean, this is how Spain has viewed both Muslims and Jews for centuries, even as a whole heck of a lot of tourism in Spain is driven by what the Moors built, so this feels extremely on brand all around.

Jasper Cabot@jaspercabot.bsky.social · 5d ago

'Muslims are a punishment' is a really cool take from Al-Jazeera, just amazing work

Pretty niche, but I would give a lot for Filoni to do #NewJediOrder in animation. The #YuuzhanVongWar is absolutely incredible #StarWars material. So compelling, IMO. The Yuuzhan Vong are some of the most interesting villains in all of sci-fi.

I'm excited for the new Spiderman movie. I've loved every single 🕷️ movie. Unless you're #Xiennial or elder millennial, you can't imagine how excited we were for Tobey Maguire Spidey. Before then, superhero movies were terrible. But Sam Raimi was a gawd. We were SO excited & it didn't disappoint.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... my hometown

Montreal police investigating suspicious fire at kosher restaurant | CBC News

Police are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out overnight at a kosher restaurant in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

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I don’t really want to get into this with people who feel this way, but i don’t think this is a good thing! We don’t need to behave this way! It’s not healthy to approach academic discourse as an exercise in harshness!

Correct

a/k/a Craig Esherick's Mustache@cesmustache.bsky.social · 5d ago

the problem is, I've found that BJJ will humble you in order to learn it, but it makes you more of whatever you were so if you were a misogynist transphobic rapist before, now you're one who has top game and submissions

I’ve never seen an onscreen portrayal of Magneto that felt remotely Jewish, let alone like a Holocaust survivor

There still doesn't seem to be much space for ecological thinking in mainstream medicine; for a natural history rather than a laboratory mindset.

That said, while Warwick and James present us with a coherent account of the enterprise their historical actors were engaged in (they all had successful careers), I find it difficult to view the enterprise as such as a success.

It’s tiresome and pretty disappointing to see people say, “please, yes, critique the shit out of AIPAC and work against them, but don’t do it in a way that touches on centuries old, dangerous tropes” get ignored and/or argued with.

This is their focus?? The pernicious ascendency of antisemitism is literally killing people and they're focused on this exclusionary drivel! 🤦‍♂️