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Michael Springer

@michaelspringer.bsky.social

Human; History professor focusing on early modern Europe, immigration history, library history; pronouns are he/him; 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇩🇪

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Michael Springer@michaelspringer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Saddened to hear of the passing of one of my favorite authors. Thank you, Benjamin Alire Sáenz for your voice and the stories you shared. www.ktep.org/2026-07-30/c...

Celebrated Borderland Writer and Poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies

Award-winning borderland author, poet and painter Benjamin Alire Sáenz died at 71. He was a literary giant, proud of his humble beginning. His world-renowned writing was rooted in the region he called...

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Yale Environment 360@yalee360.bsky.social · last wk.

In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.

In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels

Together, wind and solar generated 44 percent of Germany’s electricity, while fossil fuels generated roughly 43 percent, according to data from the Energy Institute, a think tank based in London. The figures represent a major milestone for the German “Energiewende,” or “energy turnaround,” a national push to ramp up renewable energy and phase out gas, coal, and nuclear power. 

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Michael Springer@michaelspringer.bsky.social · last wk.

Spending this hot, humid Sunday in the cool AC watching The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and remembering fondly the first time I saw this film 30 years ago at Cinema 21 in Portland. Much has changed in my life since then, but my ❤️ for independent arthouse theaters remains constant.

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Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 2w ago

Houston community members continue to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent July 7. We get a report from Democracy Now! producers on the ground in Houston.

“Justice for Lorenzo”: Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father

Houston community members continue to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent July 7. He had lived in the United States for ne...

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Michael Springer@michaelspringer.bsky.social · 2w ago

A fantastic interview with Jia Tolentino on Fresh Air. It is sobering to think about some of the ways the digital age is changing how we think about, and understand, our world. Thanks to Jia Tolentino, Tonya Mosley, and @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/07/22/n...

In pursuit of 'Instagram face,' are we losing the imperfections that make us human?

Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. The New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.

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Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Historian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E

Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says

About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.

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Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2w ago

HAPPENING NOW: Houstonians are gathering to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and call for the abolition of ICE and prosecution of its killer agents. Shut it down for Lorenzo! ICE OUT NOW!!

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

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Martha Hickson@sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Texas students will be taught Bible passages about accepting limitations & depending on higher authority. Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place & the place of others in the economy & larger society should not be questioned.“

The Real Lesson Behind Texas' New Bible Curriculum Requirements

Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵