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Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live.
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This looks interesting--two books free from U of North Dakota Digital Press on the oil field boom and bust cycle's effects on the state. Likely broadly applicable to Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, too.

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This post made me realize I’ve been confusing Roland Garros and Roland Barthes for a few years now, occasionally wondering why the French named a tennis event after a semiotician

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@buildsoil.bsky.social Why Kant in particular that Galton falls back to after Darwin?

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Anthology of Haitian poetry in translation, published in 1934 in *Maine*. It reproduces a letter of support from Stenio Vincent, then president of Haiti. Also has a substantial introduction from Edna Underwood, the translator, that seems really, ah, of its time.

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Grudgingly have agreed to keep older kid's Duolingo streak going for her while she's away at camp.

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Yes

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BikeWalkMHK's 4th Annual Tour de Taco will be held on Saturday, June 28. Tickets are $15 and include tacos from 3 local restaurants. The ride is #PartyPace and chill! #MHK #TourDeTaco www.bikewalkmhk.com/tour-de-taco

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*Action without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse* is out today! The official release got pushed back due to an issue w the art, & despite being mostly about literature it's very visual. So to celebrate its full entry into the world, a thread of some of my favorite images from it:

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It's naive I know but I'd like a political party that is clearly committed to democracy, not just to *different* plutocrats.

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Great are yourself and myself,

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Did you know the Dawes Allotment Act was inspired by Henry Dawes visiting the Five Tribes and not finding any poverty and deciding that the problem was "There is no selfishness, which is at the bottom of civilization"

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Haskell in Lawrence has been hit already pretty hard (news from March) www.kshb.com/news/local-n...

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Dude just bicycled down the street with the theme music from Cops playing on his Bluetooth speaker. What have we come to.

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Taking care of yourself is part of the job. This week’s episode of @pastduepodcast.com with @maggiemaefish.bsky.social, @anamariecox.bsky.social, and @mike-eagle.bsky.social dives into burnout, boundaries, and the myth of endless productivity. Listen/subscribe: open.spotify.com/episode/3FWk...

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I'm writing about the history of study guides at the moment, and am researching the early days of SparkNotes, back when it was largely staffed by Harvard undergrads. It turns out that their very first guides to DRACULA, OTHELLO, and PRIDE & PREJUDICE were written by none other than...Ross Douthat?!

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And he regrets nothing

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