Rainy fall day = homemade jambalaya time. And don’t be shy with the cayenne either. youtu.be/AUvQExJAuWQ
The Neville Brothers - Jambalaya (Live)
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Rebecca Brückmann
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| Historian | 📖 "Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood" | Heart in New Orleans | Personal account
It’s going to be really funny when this is all over and all these companies are like oh, that hate campaign we ran against you for years? Yeah, we were just kidding
To everyone who had to interact with me in the past hour: my apologies. I realize now that I should have eaten this sandwich much earlier. #TheHangerWasReal
Just stop being Black and then white supremacy would go away - duh! 😅 I swear, racism fries people’s brains.
Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · yesterdayyes, Rod Dreher, I too am infuriated that Jamelle Bouie is Black.
I've just seen corduroy ruffle garments, and now I need a minute to compose myself.
Rebecca Brückmann@historleans.bsky.social · last yr.So, I take it that corduroy is back in style (yet again) this fall? That is unacceptable.
Um... because it worked so well the first time, so now we're adding voyeurism (and 15-minute-fame seeking) to it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanfor...
Stanford prison experiment - Wikipedia
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DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 4d agoNetflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’. The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
As a sociologist, can confidently say, this is not an ethical experiment.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 4d agoNetflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’. The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
"Carleton College is eliminating loans from its financial aid packages, greatly reducing the long-term cost of attendance for many students. The change takes effect next year and will cover tuition, housing, activities and off-campus studies." #HigherEd #EduSky www.startribune.com/carleton-col...
Carleton College drops loans from financial aid, reducing long-term cost for many students
Loans will no longer be included in financial aid packages.
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We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Rashauna Johnson to Carleton College for our Herbert P. Lefler Lecture on October 13. If you happen to be in southeast Minnesota (or like to travel), join us for "Bittersweet Homes: Placemaking in a Parish Haunted by History." 🗃️ #BlackHistory #Blackademics #EduSky
I hope that J. Edgar Hoover looked, well..., up from somewhere and had to watch Patel's entire FBI hearing today.
Great first class of “What Is History?”, a core course for all history majors & minors about philosophies of history. We discussed Keith Jenkins’s “Re-Thinking History” and criticisms of his definition of history (writing). We’ll continue with one of my favorites: Michel-Rolph Trouillot. 🗃️ #EduSky
Job: The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a historian of sub-Saharan Africa at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Special interest in research focus on religious and/or sociocultural practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline: October 16, 2026
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"That's it, thank you, we'll catch you on the flip." 💜 #StephenColbert #Emmys
So... I gather that "Ghoulies" is a real movie and now I cannot not watch it, obviously. #Emmys
Casual US TV ads for serious prescription medication with little side effects like cancer, suicidal thoughts, sepsis, or, you know, straight up death never fail to blow my mind. #Emmys
I love Quinta Brunson, but I'm so glad that Katie Dippold won an Emmy for Widow's Bay because her work and especially this show are amazing. #Emmys
Matthew Rhys speaking Welsh when he accepted his second award of the night for Widow's Bay = 💚. #Emmys
a) Congrats to Kate O'Flynn, who is a delightful "Patricia" in the delightful Widow's Bay, and b) Zendaya looks amazing! #Emmys
From Justice Alito's dissent in Postal Service v. California (2026), page 6: "The rule’s requirements appear more similar to other threshold requirements for mailing—such as the basic requirement to list the recipient’s address on one side of the package or stamping requirement." *blink*
"Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time in more than three months, ending an absence that had fueled questions about his medical condition and ability to continue serving after a health incident at his home in mid-June." 👀 👀 👀
Carleton College’s opening convocation is happening right now, and this year’s speaker is Minnesota governor Tim Walz, rightly (also) introduced as “a former Social Studies teacher.” 💛💙 #EduSky
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
i am not so sure that ross douthat video isn't some ancient curse that will kill you in 7 days if you watch it
“Auburn University’s Board of Trustees dissolved its faculty senate in June with little notice to faculty in order to comply with a state law that does not apply to the university. On Friday, more than 100 faculty and community members gathered … to protest the decision.” www.al.com/news/2026/09...
Protesters speak out against ‘climate of fear’ after Auburn University dissolves faculty senate
Auburn’s decision came after the Alabama Legislature put limits on the powers of faculty senates.
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