Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom apnews.com/article/trum... That’s how it usually goes. First you get disbarred. Then you get the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom apnews.com/article/trum... That’s how it usually goes. First you get disbarred. Then you get the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Every day, my colleagues humble me with their commitment to the pursuit of knowledge in service of humanity.
absolutely terrible news
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
Texas v. Johnson (1989): 5-4 decision the Supreme Court ruled Gregory Lee Johnson's act of burning the flag was a form of symbolic speech protected by the 1st Amendment. The Court reasoned that if done as a political message it would be a type of speech that the government cannot prohibit.
Dan Rather is 93, and 20 years removed from signing off as a CBS anchor. But he’s still tapping out stories. “As Popeye used to say, I am what I am.”
Have you checked in with Melani of #WDNC club?
“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” write nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijM... John Oliver discusses the #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain movement, what they have and haven’t accomplished so far, and whether or not water could’ve done anything to stop Hitler. Ya, you read that right. Water was a bystander
World War II ended 80 years ago. A KY vet reflects on serving in the deadliest conflict. kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/01/w...
I love the work CBTN and MSK do on this. This is a sad day.
Coal burning.
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
No, but while we’re pining for lost prints… I did just now learn that there was a lost script of the 1926 Broadway adaptation by a Pulitzer Prize winner discovered last year. Did a big thesis on 1912-45 women’s modernity once. Everyone look for Carmen for JD!
The 1925 Great Gatsby, also.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
This is so, so bad. They’ve gutted CDC like a fish.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
The US is becoming more dangerous every day.
CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is being ousted just weeks into her tenure - CNN
That’s my WH.
The kids are alright to play Pool Kids. @poolkidsband.bsky.social @themountaingoats.bsky.social @wrfl.fm
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak apnews.com/article/trum...
To stress how extreme Trump and his minions are, the SCOTUS majority in the pivotal flag-burning case Texas v. Johnson included the late Justice Scalia. www.oyez.org/cases/1988/8...
Trump is going after the First Amendment by placing restrictions on flag burning. His executive order goes against a SCOTUS ruling. He’s inciting Americans so his armed goons go after them and he can declare an emergency. Nothing else he says in the clip is supported by facts.
First Day Classes 2025 University of Kentucky. #BBN
A huge 27-square-mile fire has broken out in Napa County at the worst possible time, when grapes are most vulnerable. Good news is CalFire is much better prepared than in 2020, when a fire in the same area damaged or destroyed more than 1500 buildings. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/fi...
Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can apnews.com/article/cons... Overtturn thé tables. Fie on you all.
Vicarious sister. Horseback. Colorado.
US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused plea offer in his smuggling case apnews.com/article/abre...
Back to School. “Girl Number 20 Unable to define a horse!”
vought is personally suffocating pepfar 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
Cutting funding to PBS. Partnering with PragerU, a program that denies the existence of racism in policing. Accusing the Smithsonian of being "too woke" and overemphasizing slavery. Trump is waging a battle on public education, and he's following a playbook that's centuries in the making.
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies apnews.com/article/trum...
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional apnews.com/article/hisp...
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How can this still need to be said? Thankfully we have Clint Smith who can so eloquently remind us of the horrors of slavery, focusing us on those who suffered to tell of their inhuman treatment.
We don’t *know* that this administration is getting rid of any intelligence officer who provides information contrary to Trump’s decreed view; but we don’t not know that either. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I remember it was « It’s Friday, I’m in LOVE. » Now it’s just « It’s Friday the FBI is in JOHN BOLTON’S HOUSE »
"Our work is for the adventurous and independent spirits who thirst for more..." ICYMI, two renowned independent presses have joined forces with the @sevenstories.bsky.social acquisition of @twodollarradio.bsky.social earlier this year. #booksky #literature new via @publisherswkly.bsky.social
Blame the agency, take no responsibility for cuts to NWS and NOIAA, blame democrat run weather weapons...next they'll say all the victims were "crisis actors"
We need your help! Send a letter to your elected officials and tell them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act 💪 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Useful data to share with university leadership and lobbyists #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
really good one icymi
#educationsky #academicsky
And thus began the Rise of R. Lowell in #21C Next stanza needs booze.
“Girl Number Twenty unable to define a horse.”
Book 110: ‘Epiphanies, Individuation, and Human Flourishing : Essays on Nature, Beauty, and Art’ By Frances Gray #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #psychsky #consciousness #academicsky #artsky
Yes
three albums released in the past week that I want people to listen to repeatedly, they are all so good: Pool Kids, "Easier Said Than Done" Auri, "III - Candles and Beginnings" Shakti, "Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live"
Program for a performance by the group Theatre of Eternal Music, with La Monte Young, John Cale, Marian Zazeela, and Tony Conrad, ca. 1965, a 2pp primer on listening to #drone music. #scoresproject #academicsky #booksky #johncale #fluxus #arthistory #musicology www.getty.edu/publications...
CRISPR Gets Easier with sid-1’s Reversible RNAi Trick 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @craigphunter.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @microbiometcell.bsky.social @zombiflied.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @jeeyunc.bsky.social
Today's the day! But Is It Feminist is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. New episodes every other Friday through November. 💅 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... #sociology #academicsky #academia #butisitfeminist #feminism
It’s the Ask Me Anything crew from the #kweek25 Instagram account. These Student Success employees have put a lot into planning a super week that will show you all the ropes. Honored to work w Mary Clark (in the blue UK Alumni t-shirt) as she masterfully heads up this weeklong event for 5800 #BBN
I told this in person to some guys last night, but UK Grounds has got this campus trim, green, in bloom . So much work in awful heat, but ready to welcome #BBN students and parents for move in and K-Week. #kweek25
we need to change direction and we need to be serious about it
President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are holding talks at an American military base in Alaska on Friday. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/3JC330E
#feminism #Blacksky #theresistance 💪🏽 #philsky #academicsky #edusky
After years of periodically looking online, I purchased a first edition 1899 copy of The Conjure Woman, by Charles Chesnutt (one of my favorite #19century authors). Bonus purchase was this 1973 illustrated adaptation. #booksky #academicsky #americanliterature #Amlit #AAlit
Salve Regina. Aug. 15, Solemnity of Mary. Newman Center, Holy Spirit Parish, University of Kentucky, Rose Lane, Lexington, Kentucky. Father Anthony.
Unabashed promotion of this @copyrightliteracy.bsky.social event..... #skybrarians #academicsky #edusky #copyright #scholcomms copyrightliteracy.org/upcoming-eve...
Tragic news #AcademicSky
Dog days. Dogstar.
Trump says that all of the choices for Kennedy honorees "came through me" and adds that he turned down "some wokesters"
Asian hornet spotted in Cork City sparks biosecurity alert for Ireland Members of the public have been asked to report any suspected sightings through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch reporting portal.
"I've been asked to host OK, I am l i t e r a l l y losing my mind over here.
Real quick note here since I am seeing some confusion. GAO is not a part of the executive branch. It is Congress's watchdog, established in the 1920s to attend to how appropriated funds are being spent. Comptrollers General are appointed for 15-year terms through a process controlled by statute.
The Bing cherry is named after Ah Bing, a Chinese immigrant who worked as a foreman in an Oregon orchard. The cherry was named after Ah Bing in recognition of his work in cultivating the new variety. Erased Asian American History. #AANHPI #AAPI
New Opportunity: Arts Technical Specialist: #Video, #Projection, #Lighting Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/170143 #mfajobs #theterjobs #AbuDhabi #theater #academicsky
Tracking Key Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Higher education groups are suing the federal government at an exceptional scale to block executive orders, DEI guidance and other policy changes. Here’s the latest on the legal challenges. bit.ly/46Uw2Xw #EDUSky #AcademicSky
The time is NOW to email the regents of the University of California to stop the settle! They met today to decide what to do, and a court decision is tomorrow. Email them at regentsoffice@ucop.edu Also contact the Gov. www.gov.ca.gov/contact/ #standupforuc
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup... Kentucky friends, I am a notary in the Commonwealth and will travel to any county for free to notarize any document needed for your gay wedding. Here in Lextown for Bluegrass area as well.
I find this exciting also. Mostly because of ease of interface. Journal was like : “It’s Chicago.” And, voilà!
How Colleges Use Geography to Recruit Students The long-standing practice of geographic recruitment is now under scrutiny by the Trump administration, which claims it can be unlawfully used as a proxy for race. bit.ly/3Ujn929 #EDUSky #AcademicSky
🧪 A new Trump executive order centralizes control of research grants under political appointees, upending the peer-review system. Agencies must halt new funding until review processes align with the "President’s policy priorities." #AcademicSky
I’ll allow it x 200 percent!
This thread is such a good reminder of something we should all remember. It's true outside of genre stuff too - we only know who Melville was today because of one Ivy League dude. (Carl Van Doren.) How many potential classics don't have their Campbell/Van Doren yet?
Gimme some Marlowe, am I right?
Who thinks that the man who doesn't know where he's going this week is likely to have even the most basic grasp of any of the issues he's supposed to be discussing when he gets there? Who in the admin *is* shaping policy on Ukraine and Russia for Trump?
Features and signals in precocious citation impact: A meta-research study #academicSky journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Need to generate random numbers for the purposes of data sampling so I've cracked out the mini polyhedral dice I keep at my desk for #TTRPG emergencies. I swear it's for academic rigor, and not because my mini dice don't get enough love... #AcademicSky
you've gotta be fucking kidding me
+1
Fucking trash decision.
Vicarious sister. Somewhere in Colorado.
New Executive Order Gives Trump Greater Control Over Science Grants Here’s my coverage of this in @forbes.com 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🚨Publication Alert! Check out my review of the Community Media Archive! This impressive digital collection of 2.7 million programs shows how residents, organized civic groups, and local governments use community television to keep their communities informed www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ERFFR...
Tx! Will look!!!
Which one specifically? Watching on socials from home. NCA for me this year. (Have a community media center project in works)
Sure, Jan! On this week's @midnightmasspod.bsky.social, Peaches and I are celebrating THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE and A VERY BRADY SEQUEL! Joining the conversation are "drag clown" Very Gerry and superstar Trixie Mattel to bring the 70s to the 90s! midnightmass.buzzsprout.com/1796691/epis...
I've just updated my article about the pending Trump-Putin meeting here in Alaska. It's worth noting that this will be the first-ever visit by a sitting Russian leader to Alaska: alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/08/t... #akleg #Alaska
Not "deals," nor are they "negotiations." This is only extortion #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Stanford University will opt of Cal Grant financial aid and preserve its right to give legacy preferences in admissions. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Manchester scientists, in collaboration with @ethz.ch @tuwien.at and @icfo.eu have achieved a major breakthrough by cooling the spinning motion of a nanoparticle to its quantum ground state, the coldest possible state of motion. Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #AcademicSky #Physics #Quantum
A little good news re NEH grants, thanks to @oregonhumanities.org.
The Voting Rights Act was the culmination of a generational fight. It enshrined into law a message that every citizen, regardless of their race or zip code, deserves an equal voice in our democracy.
which means at least its enterprise model will comply with the terms of EO-14319—preventing woke AI in the federal government—that will require them to suppress or distort factual information about “transgenderism.” so, “my use case is different & special” openAI users—welcome to the epistemicide.
No, I wish. And I’m not in Breck either. Sis sent those from Colorado. Here in town buying Tyler Childers physical CD to juice his numbers, etc etc.
Momma and baby moose in the Peak 8 backyard breakfast area.
