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academic.oup.com/hwj/article/... postcolonial approaches to Eastern Europe

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An escapee from Central Park this afternoon. (She did make her way back in.)

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"Typical Ukrainian Windows" by Oleksiy Kustovsky

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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil

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This ancient video of Nancy Kress interviewing Gene Wolfe is a must-see! youtu.be/MGov82cX4hI?...

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“Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO will enhance the alliance’s missile defense posture through geographical and operational depth, allowing for the deployment of more air defense systems.” Good overview here: breakingdefense.com/2025/06/scan...

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🎵🎵🎵On a rainy morning in the Berkshires, this Yellow Warbler was kind enough to serenade me! Much appreciated, little guy! 💛💛💛 #Warbler #Berkshires #birding

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Sam Schlinkert attended my Spring 2024 seminar on Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and just published this splendid analysis of the movie in light of queerness, disability, and the public/private dichotomy, based in part on some of the discussions in the seminar. whatsamsreading.beehiiv.com/p/dalloway-i...

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It’s Sussex Day today - the county of my birth - it’s amazing chalk landscape, small villages and ancient trackways so much a part of my life. Good old Sussex by The Sea. #SussexDay

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On the water, Lake Couchiching, Ontario, 1950s #FathersDay #LakeCouchiching

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Martin Filler on the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron

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📜 A Note and Poem Written by an Ottoman Father in His Daughter’s Journal, 1900s "My daughter, I am not skilled in poetry or eloquence. However, I do love poetry and prose. So I wished to record the following lines in your beautiful journal...." [𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁] #FathersDay

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Franciszek Żmurko (1859–1910) Morning star 1898 oil on canvas Dimensions height: 280 cm (110.2 in) : width: 503 cm (16.5 ft) National Museum in Warsaw ..

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George Walker’s "The Costume of Yorkshire" is a delightful and informative read for anyone interested in the county’s history. First published in 1814 and reprinted in a limited edition 71 years later, it offers a vivid glimpse into Yorkshire’s economic and

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I wish the USA had respected Jimmy Carter more than they had. He was an amazing man. He was probably the most honest president we have ever had.

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Nezza posted video on TikTok of a Dodger employee telling her to sing the anthem in English, but going ahead and singing it in Spanish anyway, to rapturous applause from the crowd. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjtyvnXC/

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Our well watered lawn

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Lucien Norbert NEDZI's obituary www.directcremationservicesofvirginia.com/obituaries/L...

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I just learnt that our elder Sir Geoff Palmer has joined the ancestors. What a life he led and what a legacy. May his passage be gentle. www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

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re Rayuela Julio Cortázar según Jorge Luis Borges Cómo se conocieron y cuál fue el cuento del autor de “Rayuela” que más lo impresionó. „Muy sutilmente el narrador nos ha atraído a su terrible mundo, en que la dicha es imposible. Es un mundo poroso, en el que se entretejen los seres …“

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New York's TF Cornerstone has deep experience in adapting historic buildings into new uses, but the Wanamaker building will be their first foray into redevelopment in Philadelphia.

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Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

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Beautiful Quartz Lake, Cooper Lansing, Alaska. #mountains #lake #trees #forest #alaskasky #sky #clouds #alaska #quartzlake #coopwrlanding #photography #eastcoastkin

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if you read the way people in the US talk about Lee you'll think he's Võ Nguyên Giáp, then you look at his actual record and the best comp for it is the New York Jets

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I mean Ursula le Guin published the first Earthsea book in like 1968 or something

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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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Thrilled to be talking about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (@ucpress.bsky.social) at Edinburgh International Book Festival @edbookfest.bsky.social! On a panel with Omar El-Akkad & @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social. Chair @yassmin.bsky.social. Aug 15th! 💙📚🧪 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #globalhistory #HAMH 1/3

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"If you hear any noise it's just me and the boys boppin" ~ Happy 74th Birthday to Pittsburgh #Pirates legend Dave Parker! "The Cobra" was born in Grenada, Mississippi on this day in 1951. #MLB #Baseball #History

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Chicago Pope funniest person alive. He's swole now apparently

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Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82

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Tonight my husband fulfilled a lifelong dream--to utter the words "getting railed" on the Tonys pre-show. It was for a good cause!

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Morning meditation: Sunset on the plains. #photography #sunset #landscape #trees

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People often stop me in the street (never happened) and ask: “What do people like on Bluesky?” “Mountains and flowers,” comes my reply. Mt. Fuji with a sprinkle of flowers for #stunday. ❤️ ✌🏽 #photography #nature #art #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #fuji #japan #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape

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The official rose of one of our political parties.

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At the Danish Home

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In the garden

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bring back science journals including (bad) poems written by biochemists alongside peer review articles

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I taught my first version of this class a few years ago as I looked back on creating my first collection and the choices I made. This edition is me thinking into other formal possibilities as I contemplate putting together the next collection.

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These Ukrainian detective novels argue that people living under oppressive regimes can remain neutral for only so long before they must make a moral choice, writes @BlackerUilleam:

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Scholarly publishing advice for academics and cats, from the inimitable @rcolesworthy.bsky.social in the @chronicle.com I actually did start "Marx for Cats," as a video series; it's still up, too, at vimeo.com/marxforcats

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It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.

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Happy birthday to Richard Lofthouse Butler, English singer and songwriter, lead singer of the post-punk band The Psychedelic Furs, born on this day in 1956, Kingston, England 📸 by Steve Rapport #punkrock #postpunk #psychedelicfurs #RichardButler #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Other countries have safety nets. The US has women. Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net. Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

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