It was always the other way around (this one knocked me over) #SundaySentence #poem #Margaret Atwood
Robin Kirk
@robinkirk.bsky.social
Vagina American, science booster, writer, Duke Human Rights Center fan girl, pocket Rottie walker, emotional support human to Maximus Stripus, whistle at the ready. GOOD TROUBLE ALWAYS, she/y'all/youse, posts mine own http://linktr.ee/robinkirk.
If the plans that are currently being elaborated for Gaza go forward, genocide may come to be seen by some nations as the legitimate and lucrative extension of politics by other means.
I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era.
Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.
nyti.ms
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
A little long but in a summer of house upgrades and DIY repairs, this hit me in the feels. #SundaySentence
It occurs to her, eventually, that Doug and all the other humans talk about their lives with a myopic intensity, sharing singular, subjective opinions as if they are each the protagonist of their own novel #SundaySentence
I reread Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth on the way to The Rose Field. Lyra’s estrangement from her daemon hit hard and felt painfully contemporary in the age of AI. But too many quests, POVs. What do you think? robinkirk.substack.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Commonwealth re-read
TL;DR: A complicated slog
robinkirk.substack.com
I reread Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth on the way to The Rose Field. Lyra’s estrangement from her daemon hit hard and felt painfully contemporary in the age of AI. But too many quests, POVs. What do you think? robinkirk.substack.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Commonwealth re-read
TL;DR: A complicated slog
robinkirk.substack.com
This is the story the White House and Israel are trying to bury. Kristof brings receipts about a horrific pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence by soldiers, settlers, interrogators in the Shin Bet internal security agency and, above all, prison guards. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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I often imagined that my father would have made a good solicitor, if he hadn't taken up anarchy instead #SundaySentence @alixeharrow.bsky.social
When you can buy your way out of any mistake, when you can fire anyone who disagrees with you, when your social circle consists entirely of people who need something from you, the basic mechanism by which humans learn that other people are real goes dark #SundaySentence
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
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Empathy only lives at the intersection of facts and imagination, and once you know [Emmett Till's] story, you can't unknow it #SundaySentence
“With this burn to the moon, we do not leave Earth,” Ms. Koch said shortly before the maneuver. “We choose it.” #SundaySentence #Artemis nyti.ms/3OlhPfb
Time to call your senators and reps. This man is insane and should be rolled out of the White House in a strait jacket. (202) 224-3121.
This might be the MOST STUNNING photo from Artemis II yet Crescent Earth illuminated by light above 🤩 📷 Artemis II
It’s pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4mo ago
Check out my post on my re-read of Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage. The story is surprisingly resonant for our times. robinkirk.substack.com/p/the-la-bel...
The La Belle Sauvage reread
TL;DR A surprisingly timely story
robinkirk.substack.com
Check out my post on my re-read of Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage. The story is surprisingly resonant for our times. robinkirk.substack.com/p/the-la-bel...
The La Belle Sauvage reread
TL;DR A surprisingly timely story
robinkirk.substack.com
Duke implemented OpenAI's ChatGPT without consulting faculty or assessing classroom impact--before the contract was signed. That needs to change. #AI #humanrights #education www.dukechronicle.com/article/facu...
Faculty oversight is a necessity for AI at Duke
We owe students the right to education — not just AI-generated slop.
dukechronicle.com
TACO: imma destroy your oil fields! Iran: ok, we’ll destroy everyone’s oil fields TACO: 😭
"A musher is like a water-skier behind a boat, making requests he cannot possibly enforce." Just one of many exquisite lines in @blairbraverman.bsky.social's essay. Gift link.
Blair Braverman@blairbraverman.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt's hard to think about retiring from racing, because mushing is, and will always be, a huge part of my life. So I took a journey with my older dogs, who have retired themselves. They've taught me so much over the years; now, they're teaching me to live with change. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...
That’s the thing about divorce: You’re losing not just the future you pictured, but also the past as you knew it @blairbraverman.bsky.social #SundaySentence nyti.ms/4sUq4gH
The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer #SundaySentence bit.ly/47viq47
