What Do Masks Mean? A book review with an Adar / Purim theme @sharrona.bsky.social's *Mask* from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is a fun and insightful read! open.substack.com/pub/elirubin...

What Do Masks Mean?

A book review with an Adar / Purim theme

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I haven't yet shared here that @sharrona.bsky.social and I have a new book series in health humanities at @hopkinspress.bsky.social. This thread gives a brief overview of the series. ⬇️ (The link below is correct despite the unrelated image from my website.) www.colleenderkatch.com/health-human...

Health Humanities Series

Questions of health are more urgent than ever. The new Hopkins Health Humanities Series at Johns Hopkins University Press aims to set a research agenda for the health humanities through innovative …

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It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox

One week until Election Day! If you’re wondering what is at stake, here’s a story about a Nevada woman who was found guilty of manslaughter and sent to jail for having a miscarriage. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law

The 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy.

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Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally Friday in Texas, a state she does not believe she will win but one where her campaign plans for her to begin making a closing argument to voters centered on abortion rights.

Harris to hold a rally in Texas on Friday focusing on abortion rights

Visiting a politically unfriendly state can be a way to make a splash and send a message about taking on a fight.

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I had the BEST time on the What the If podcast talking about face blindness. To hear about my new fungal titles and the wild world of face recognition, check it out: whattheif.com/episodes/face

FACE Blindness with Sharrona Pearl! — WHAT THE IF?

Explore a world where everyone is face blind and discover how society might adapt in our latest mind-bending episode.

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When Harris went on Call Her Daddy, Trump responded by trashing the host … who then doubled down with an episode highlighting GOP abortion restrictions. Rogan has recently said he’d never have Trump on, so there’s a good chance Trump attacks him too, with similar blowback.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2y ago

part of the value in going on rogan for harris is that trump probably can’t do it and it may be a disaster for him if he tries

I think Harris is going on Fox and Rogan because she is modeling what good leadership in a democracy should look like, where you are unafraid to speak to audiences of voters who might be unreceptive because that's your job, to be the President for the whole country. The contrast w/ Trump is glaring.

Open position for an Analyst in Science & Technology Policy at the Congressional Research Service (a division of the Library of Congress). GS-12 with promotion potential to GS-15, possibly telework eligible, application deadline November 12th: www.usajobs.gov/job/813846300 #STS

Analyst in Science and Technology Policy

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Are you or someone you know interested in getting a *FUNDED* MA in the History of Art? Consider us at UMass Amherst! Our MA program is over 50 years old, and we have a reputation for providing an excellent and supportive community for out students. Spread the word! www.umass.edu/art-history/...

Me: BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF RABBI HE IS. Him: A tv one. Me: BUT WHY ARE THEY MAKING KIDDUSH AT THE END OF THE MEAL NOT ON SHABBAT AT A BAT-MITZVAH? Him: They are doing Jewish things. All the "Jewish' things. They are going to blow shofar next.

Bernie Sanders issues a statement thanking Kamala Harris for her new Medicare proposal.

So we moved to Texas: www.kveller.com/i-knew-our-f...

I Knew Our Family's Move to Texas Would Be Hard. I Never Expected How Much the Jewish Community Would Help. – Kveller

Y’all, this is Texas. And, much to my surprise and the surprise of everyone who knows me, my family and I live here now. We joke that it makes perfect sense: Where else would a progressive Jewish vege...

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We had to go to a notary this morning. I LOVE having an excuse to visit the upper floors of nondescript office buildings — to visit the residual landscapes of stamps, seals, signatures, and indexical, analog administration 🥰

RIP Kris Kristofferson Time to reread the story of him putting Toby Keith in his place www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Kris Kristofferson: The Last Outlaw Poet

Kris Kristofferson has been in more than 70 films; Ethan Hawke looks at his time spent as Army Airborne Ranger, boxer, helicopter pilot.

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Rest in peace, Kris Kristofferson. One of the few stars who stood by Sinéad O'Conner. Literally stood by her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8B_...

Kris Kristofferson on his special relationship with Sinéad O'Connor

YouTube video by RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Kris Kristofferson, the renowned actor and country singer-songwriter, has died. He was 88

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #66,505!

Should the accounts of dead people to stay around after they die? Why are tech billionaires preparing to turn themselves into chatbots? @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @parismarx.bsky.social to discuss what happens to our digital footprints when we die. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/239_...

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I’m going to need a massive chart that explains which Republicans are self-identified Nazis, which Republicans are simply parroting Nazis, which Republicans are defending slavery, which Republicans are dealing with sex scandals, and which Republicans are juggling combinations of the above.

a man in a blue shirt and tie is standing in front of a wall with papers on it .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is standing in front of a wall with papers on it .

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I can't speak for all American Jews, but for me at least, a presidential candidate saying there's Good Jews (ones who vote for him) and Bad Jews (ones who don't) and if he loses the election it was "rigged" and he'll blame Jews, is a lot more concerning than some college students denouncing Israel.

There's an article in the Washington Post today on the enormous backlogs at the National Archives, as well as the recent switch to digital-only records acquisition www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | A digital tsunami is coming. The National Archives is in trouble.

The National Archives and Records Administration has been starved for resources for many years.

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Sharing a CfP for an ICA panel I'm co-organizing called "Corporate Power Beyond Media Ownership Concentration." It's pretty open methodologically, theoretically and epistemologically, so if it speaks to you, do submit! telegra.ph/Internationa...

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

"I think of [Harris'] mobile, legible face as a satisfying call-and-response to Trump’s lifelong preference for female adulation and Botox." Hard to pick just one quote from this @dahlialithwick.bsky.social banger slate.com/news-and-pol...

Kamala Harris’ Face on Tuesday Was the Stuff of Legend

Put aside for a moment Frank Luntz’s implication that female political faces need to be trained, like small dogs or cucumber plants.

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Faculty knows what this means but most people don't. It means 70% of all US faculty are being paid close to minimum wage.

Then administrators will bemoan their declining persistence and retention rates, and hire a bunch of expensive consultants instead of putting the money into faculty support.

And something like *75% of all credit hours* in US higher ed are taught by adjuncts. So the overwhelming majority of faculty members, and an even higher proportion of instruction, in colleges and universities is poorly-paid and precarious. This is grossly unjust, bad for education, bad for students.

Tom Rooney@tomrooney.bsky.social · 2y ago

Faculty knows what this means but most people don't. It means 70% of all US faculty are being paid close to minimum wage.

Want to learn more about how women are, and are not, role models for adolescents in American politics? Our new book, See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People, will be out this Spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

See Jane Run

The definitive analysis of how the presence of women politicians affects young people. From Kamala Harris to Nikki Haley, women in public life are widely expected to inspire young people, especially g...

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Christina Wolbrecht@cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 2y ago

At @goodauth.bsky.social, Campbell & I show that Black adolescent girls consider @kamalaharis.bsky.social a role model, and that exposure to Black women politicians leads both Black and white girls to express more interest in running for office themselves. goodauthority.org/news/kamala-...