Rumors would like a word.

For the first time in 25 years I have fewer than 3+ cats. My beloved Isidore died two weeks ago and I have no cute tummy to hug at night or lap sitter. The two left are rambunctious and standoffish. I miss him so much and would love to see cute photos of past pets and hear a story about them.

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Michael Hancher@michaelhancher.bsky.social · 3d ago

Interesting to see recent news from China about machine translation vs. English-language instruction (www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...). That same question concludes "Global English" (doi.org/10.4324/9781...), the last chapter in _Macaulay and English in India_ (Routledge, 2026).

Good Shabbos, avoid doing anything you'll have to repent!

@callalily57.bsky.social and @pymundgenealogy.com for some reason my family wasn't big on telling stories about "The Old Country" and those who were left behind. But we had to have had people left who were killed in the Holocaust, I assume?

Also please do not confuse us with The Professor Is In. That is apparently not good at all.

Rebecca Shapiro@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hi and good afternoon, @dlspratt.bsky.social and @vivzp.bsky.social are meeting with me today to discuss The Doctor In In for ASECS in Portland. Here's some topics we discussed with people in 2026. Feel free to add and request:

Hi and good afternoon, @dlspratt.bsky.social and @vivzp.bsky.social are meeting with me today to discuss The Doctor In In for ASECS in Portland. Here's some topics we discussed with people in 2026. Feel free to add and request:

@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social didn't you ask about this some time ago?

So this is happening… We’re more than halfway there and I’m in awe of the other contributors here.

((Herschel))@jaklacroix.bsky.social · 5d ago

Read this excellent piece about halakha and neurodivergence by the formidable @lizshayne.bsky.social! Back the book now on Kickstarter to read the whole thing and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Associate / Assistant Professor in English Literary Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX191/a...

Associate / Assistant Professor in English Literary Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Recruiting now: Associate / Assistant Professor in English Literary Studies on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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My book group is reading A Confederacy of Dunces. I hate it so much. Please tell me it gets better after p. 85.

Does anyone do anything specific or particular during the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? I'd like to hear about your personal thoughts and practices.

Does anyone do anything specific or particular during the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? I'd like to hear about your personal thoughts and practices.

Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend

Rebecca Shapiro@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · last wk.

Shabbat Shalom!

May all of us strive for world where everyone has the possibility to live and to thrive. May we have peace. L'shana tova u'metukah Blessings for a sweet new year.

תִּכְלֶה שָׁנָה וְקִלְלוֹתֶיה תָּחֵל שָׁנָה וּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ Let this year end, together with its curses Let the new year and its blessings begin. May 5787 be filled with joy and justice, healing and hope, peace and prosperity for us all.

Shabbat Shalom!

@elizagiardina.bsky.social & I are co-chairing an #asecs27 roundtable about "Spheres: Then and Now," very broadly construed. Some #c18th ideas: Étienne-Louis Boullée’s cenotaph for Isaac Newton Hot air balloons London’s time ball Globes in Milton, maritime history Habermas public vs private

Marbled endpapers in some of our books for auction this week. Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time) #antiquarian #bibliophile #history #endpapers #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...

Nothing. Literally nothing. And I wouldn’t call it campaigns against extremism. I would call it islamophobic mass murder.

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In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished? www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...

#18thc and Novel people, what work of secondary criticism or work of novel theory would you pair with Eliza Haywood's Fantomina? (this for a hastily pulled together grad seminar, not necessarily populated by people with an interest in the period, but definitely interested in the genre). Thank you!

Hello again! If you've been considering joining my online Gothic course with the University of Liverpool... there are still places and we need three more sign ups to run the course. Come join us for a deep dive in the 18th and early 19th century Gothic! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

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Haunted Histories of Experimental Psychology: A Re-Examination of Hodgson and Davey’s Mal-Observation Report

In 1887, psychical researchers Richard Hodgson and S. J. Davey published a study that revealed counterintuitive aspects of human cognition: How healthy, sober, honest observers of events can be pro...

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Today on WFMU: On Techtonic with Mark Hurst: AI voices are infiltrating more and more aspects of daily life. Interviewing for a job? Have a "conversation" with an AI voice. Mark plays examples of AI voices trying, and failing, to make any sense (6 p.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming

Isidore my learned cat getting the hell off my boring lap

Trying to be better at setting boundaries and I sent the message. It's hard, this adulting!

Rebecca Shapiro@rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tomorrow I get to set some boundaries with a college president who wants me to edit his book. For free because I know him.

Language matters

letithappenalreadymama@pnutsmama.bsky.social · 2w ago

so it’s an attempted political assassination, got it.

So, your time has no value...to him.

How early did you have to start calling pharmacirs for estradiol? Just checking that one month out is only a little too late.

Tomorrow I get to set some boundaries with a college president who wants me to edit his book. For free because I know him.