Crochet an Astounding Velociraptor, Amigurumi Pattern Designed By Megan Lapp Of Crafty Intentions: 👉 knithacker.com/2021/08/croc... #crochet #amigurumi
Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch
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she/her. English literature, medievalist, singer in the band, recovering indoor cat. In both research and life, resisting being reductive about religion. I don’t speak for my institution, and it doesn’t speak for me. Expect posts about academic freedom.
I don’t want to get sucked into another round of odyssey discourse, does anyone know a good way to steer past it without getting lured in?
The wise oracle bowed her head. She spoke only these words:
multi celled morganism@meltedmistress.bsky.social · 23h agowhen you break it down, every movie is either about spider-man, or not about spider-man 🤔
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
🚨 JOB 🚨 The Department of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University seeks a colleague with specialization in Black studies to teach introductory and advanced literature courses. www.hollins.edu/about-hollin...
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Invitation to Apply from Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D., Hollins University’s 13th President In 2020, Hollins University embarked on a bold and necessary plan to ensure all of our students are heard, seen, ...
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The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...
2026 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey
The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...
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The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...
New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over
The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...
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I don't think it will harm her. I think it will harm a lot of kids as a second-order effect.
“Young Goodman Brown” is about a man who comes upon a focus group of swing voters in the forest
I am both enraged by AOC pandering to MAHA and in agreement with this short thread
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 2d agoShe’s going to sweep white suburban moms after all
There’s plenty to dislike about the way corporations operate. That they produce safe, effective vaccines and affordable food at scale aren’t part of that list.
Counterpoint: MAHA is a eugenicist scourge totally incompatible with any kind of solidaristic movement.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
Word to the wise: any president or board that responds to this letter without formally consulting their faculty and staff through established governance bodies and after a public comment period is abdicating their fiduciary responsibility. #MakeSharedGovernanceMatterMore www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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Me on the AAU "The AAU claims to be comprised of America’s leading research unis...But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
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President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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So no I'm not surprised by: "the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges." 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...
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I still maintain the secret sauce to making hit movies is giving a bunch of weird kids a reasonable amount of money to make something they're passionate about, and the suits don't like that answer because it makes the weird kids too important
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧@charliejane.bsky.social · 3d agoI am very grateful to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma for introducing me to the phrase "Zombie IP." It's not that IP is suddenly unpopular per se, rather that a certain properties have simply overstayed their welcome or simply never had a real fanbase to begin with
For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks
For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
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This nonsense about the printing press and universities is simply a different form of the "the Church enforced thought control in the Middle Ages" canard and says quite a bit more about what the speaker thinks about modern institutional surveillance and control than about history.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 3d agoI’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true.
Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) with this golden winged creature. #ParashahPictures MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.106r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Why is it pink and girly, she asked wearily
Flingjore@flingjore.com · 4d agoSenator Rand Paul publicizes the pandemic-era diary of Anthony Fauci, exposing the doctor's private thoughts during the global crisis. The government logs reveal a stark contrast between internal policy debates and his deep fascination with sudden fame.
What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.
I genuinely cannot follow Lab Leak discourse, even when I've tried, and who am I to decide between these bewildering reports, diagrams, charts, fights among experts? but all that furor over who's "ultimately" responsible for COVID's origins seems to sidestep accountability for all that happened next
I post for the people who grew up wailing “ahhhh! ahhhh!” in perfect time with the lady slumped backward over a gravestone in the Masterpiece: Mystery! opening credits and still do it every single time.
Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater Animation
Alt: Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater Animation, first shot is the fancy 1920s people dancing and then we quick cut to the lady with the amazing batwing hat and the magic eye fan holding a shushing finger to her lips.
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