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Since the dawn of this country, war plans included when ships left port. Sailers were cautioned that "loose lips sink ships." But a new body of scholarship questions the belief that mentioning when a craft departs and what was on board is a "war plan." #Satire

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Confident stupidity is the defining trait of the modern GOP

submitted 15 days ago • 46 comments

oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head

submitted 15 days ago • 1840 comments

Wait while I was at the typewriter store, we lost TikTok and maybe... got the ERA?! how long was I in there

submitted 83 days ago • 19 comments

God i love @propublica.org so much

submitted 124 days ago • 72 comments

I really, REALLY can't get over just how beautiful this comet is in our LASCO images! I mean, I've seen more than a handful of comets in this data over the years (~5,200 to be exact - not that I'm counting...) But I've really gotta say... this might be the pick o' the bunch right here. WOW 😱😍☄️☀️🔭

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

400,000 more people rode the NYC subways in a single day and it was barely noticeable. the equivalent population of Tampa piled into transit and it was a blip. almost like transit is a more efficient mode of conveyance than automobiles

submitted 90 days ago • 60 comments

These results really appear to align with reductions in school funding effort and expansion of failed choice schemes

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Park Slopers, bring your Xmas trees to Prospect Park 3rd St. entrance for #mulchfest today and tomorrow. No amount of greenery donated too small, as this elderly neighbor’s cart attests. And puhlease take some mulch with you to make your street trees happy this winter. We have mountains!

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

My draft of a syllabus statement on a.i. for my writing class, for what it is worth:

submitted 91 days ago • 24 comments

Know a deserving journalist in the Philadelphia region? Time to nominate them for the Philly News Awards! (hosted annually by the Pen & Pencil Club, the oldest continuously operating press club in the nation) Send in your noms here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1X5o...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

So I went back to Senator Fischer's 2013 swearing in ceremony, and wouldn't you know it, her husband had no problem shaking then-VP Joe Biden's hand (twice). Video at 1:15:00 www.c-span.org/program/publ... bsky.app/profile/bria...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Totally agree. Too often, American culture loses sight of the "magic" of childhood in favor of programming, predicability, and consumerism.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

If you are anxious about what the next four years means for independent media and investigative journalism, can I suggest chipping in a few bucks to an outlet that relies on reader support to keep going? Honestly, I'd love if you just supported the people and the work you read, whoever that is...

submitted 111 days ago • 5 comments

Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's completely universal but totally invisible adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

submitted 111 days ago • 119 comments

Hakeem Jeffries: "Republicans are marching America to a painful government shutdown that will crash the economy and hurt working-class Americans because they would rather enact massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors than fund cancer research for children."

submitted 111 days ago • 395 comments

Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window

submitted 111 days ago • 413 comments

Tous coupables

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Unbelievable www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

This story is absolutely wild.

submitted 113 days ago • 43 comments

ABC's $15 million settlement w/ Trump is shameful. The sum, and the publicity, will make it harder for journalists to do their work in the years to come. That said, the Stephanopoulos interview that triggered the suit was a train wreck. It wasn't remotely worth $15MM. But it was bad A thread (1/)

submitted 115 days ago • 28 comments

Looking forward to confronting this in every class I teach until I die

submitted 121 days ago • 2 comments

The reporting in this story, about conservatives' takeover of a small public college in Florida, is outstanding. Via @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/new-...

submitted 121 days ago • 9 comments

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

submitted 384 days ago • 991 comments

Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!

submitted 126 days ago • 2 comments

This, courtesy of the owner of the LA Times, is the worst “tech solution for journalism” idea since the CueCat.

submitted 126 days ago • 177 comments

Fabulous 2-year fellowship at @theul.bsky.social / @theulspeccoll.bsky.social! The Munby Fellowship has been doubled this year! They're particularly seeking applications that combine Bibliography/History of the Book & Natural History. Closing date 17 Jan, start October 2025. www.lib.cam.ac.uk/munby

submitted 126 days ago • 1 comment

Semi-regular reminder that books make excellent gifts, but only (ok maybe not only, but ESPECIALLY) when purchased from your local independent bookstore! Just ask them to order it if you have something specific in mind. So many birds, one stone. #booksky #shoplocal #downwithamazon

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

So so so happy about this!!! Sara’s book is outstanding. Daut’s is next in my queue!

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

In January, the Huntington Library will be hosting a special conference: Abortion in American History: Intimate Decisions, Medical Knowledge, and Legal Decrees in the Two Centuries Before Roe v. Wade. Just look at this lineup of scholars! huntington.org/event/aborti...

submitted 128 days ago • 4 comments

This is Tennis Court Oath energy.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

What a feat of reporting this is

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

Right now you’re likely breathing in a tiny bit of formaldehyde, which can cause breathing problems and cancer more than any other chemical in the air. For the past year, the EPA has been working to regulate its use. Here's why that's proven to be tough 🧵

submitted 128 days ago • 11 comments

Anyone working in child care policy comms needs to be prepared to make sure Republicans don't get away with conflating "red tape" and bare minimum safety standards. Important reporting from @jackiemader.bsky.social on the push to deregulate child care. hechingerreport.org/the-dark-fut...

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

I've heard about this project for years and now it's out - a bird's eye view of the US federal workforce, documented and mapped, from 1789 to 1829. Just a huge amount to take in. Looks amazing. Led by Peter Kastor #skystorians #academicsky #digitalhistory creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu

submitted 128 days ago • 3 comments

cool cool cool

submitted 128 days ago • 16 comments

Free universal high-quality public education is in much greater danger than most people realize. Far from being a popular model primed for expansion into early childhood and early adulthood, K-12 is primed for transformation by the revenue-driven private pre-K and higher-ed models

submitted 129 days ago • 3 comments

At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.

submitted 130 days ago • 22 comments

Also sometimes people just don’t wanna drink alcohol on a particular occasion but do wanna drink tasty things and it is nice to have some options other than water and lukewarm mixers

submitted 135 days ago • 35 comments

Oh god this is devastating

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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

submitted 136 days ago • 424 comments