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Pamela K Gilbert

@pamelakgilbert.bsky.social

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Nineteenth century British Literature, history of the body and medicine.

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Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 1d

Idk. I believed it was a wobble the first time. Now it is more like The Dog Returneth

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 1d

Looking at the most important articles of the past decade, I think of the 2018 piece “The Cruelty is the Point” by Adam Serwer. The phrase “the cruelty is the point” has become a part of mainstream language. Its essence has grown tenfold.
@adamserwer.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Cruelty Is the Point

Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.

www.theatlantic.com

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 3d

www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

www.muellershewrote.com

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 7d

Oh yikes

"I know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and if you’ve read my work, you may be sick of my assaults on the educated elites for being insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase “the Epstein class” is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible."

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

I also have been assuming that the primary purpose of this conflict is domestic

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9d

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 9d

There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 7d

There's a lot of that going around

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

I was not expecting a guilty verdict. I hope Judge Dugan is successful on appeal. I’m concerned about this emboldening this lawless administration.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

me using my humanities education to analyze the background when christopher anderson asks me to pose against this wall

Man in a white button-up shirt and blue pants puts his hands on his hips and looks at a gray background

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

No dean in the history of academia has ever told a job applicant they were being blocked be side they were white because (a) that never actually happens and (b) if it did there would be a massive lawsuit.

But thank you, Naomi Wolf, for confirming that this is something the Crazies believe.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.

Naomi Wolf: I got pretty far along in the hiring process for a wonderful position teaching at a NY state university before a dean in the department told me I couldn’t go any further because I was white.

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Garry Peterson, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 2 more Diane Coyle, Garry Peterson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Pamela K. Gilbert, Brian Keegan

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

I guess some knowledge IS forbidden! www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Texas' 'anti-Harvard' university is losing its founders

Who will teach the "Forbidden Courses" now?

www.chron.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 8d

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos

Reposted by Pamela K. Gilbert, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow , and 1 more Pamela K. Gilbert, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Meredith Farkas

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d

One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · 8d

I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. It is worse. And much worse in some fields than others, but overall, worse.

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 9d

You have to take it back from him. Be the hero the broken world needs!

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 9d

Always in the middle. Delete nothing, only put cuts into a file "for maybe later"

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 9d

Even in the early 90s, the market was lousy, the MLA Job analysis was clear, and I knew tons of well-published freeway flyers, adjuncting away. It's worse now, but not new.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Steve Peers, Jill Marshall , and 2 more Rebecca Solnit, Steve Peers, Jill Marshall, Pamela K. Gilbert, Ann Bartow

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10d

The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 10d

Good Lord

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d

Hegseth murdered more people today but still refuses to release the second strike video from September.

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 11d

Oh no.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING

Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.

The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.

Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd

Reposted by Pamela K. Gilbert, Michael D. McDonald, Simon Lester

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11d

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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 14d

We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 14d

Facepalm

Neil Hultgren @profneilh.bsky.social · 14d

Just learned about this story today...what an embarrassment for the system: Cal State says staff AI use 'resulted in errors' in legal filing edsource.org?page_id=745499

Cal State says staff AI use ‘resulted in errors’ in legal filing

An administrative law judge said a document filed by Cal State had "all the hallmarks" of AI hallucinations.

edsource.org

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Neil Hultgren @profneilh.bsky.social · 14d

Just learned about this story today...what an embarrassment for the system: Cal State says staff AI use 'resulted in errors' in legal filing edsource.org?page_id=745499

Cal State says staff AI use ‘resulted in errors’ in legal filing

An administrative law judge said a document filed by Cal State had "all the hallmarks" of AI hallucinations.

edsource.org

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 14d

To quote George Takei, oh myyyyy

James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 15d

An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 15d

An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...

Pamela K Gilbert @pamelakgilbert.bsky.social · 15d

Oof

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