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Suzanne Conklin Akbari
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Living on Lunaapahkiing, faculty at IAS, servant of two cats and sometimes one dog.

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari is a medievalist, recognised for her global and comparative approach to medieval literary history. She was a Professor in English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto from 1995 until 2019, when she joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. .. more

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 13h
🎶 Thou needest not have wealthe
To be my love
Thou needest not be coole
To rule above
Ther nys no especial signe Ich have affinitee wyth
Ich nede naught but
thyne extra tyme and thy

[lute riffe]

kysse 🎶

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It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com · 2d
As a holiday treat for our Patreon supporters, Chris & Charlotte joined other Megaphonic podcasters to talk about SONG OF NORWAY, a 1970 musical biopic about the composer Edvard Grieg.

The movie isn't worth watching. But it was fun to talk about for 2 hours!

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Text reads: The Greatest (crossed out, replaced with Grieg-est) Podcast Ever Recorded. A holiday treat from Megaphonic. For our supporters on Patreon and elsewhere Thank you! patreon.com/Megaphonic Featuring hosts from IT'S JUST A SHOW BY-THE-BYWATER FIASCO FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT GAME SHOW 1939 THE SPOUTER-INN & MORE With the poster for the 1970 musical biopic Song of Norway

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 2d
NYC's immigration courthouses have loomed large in our reporting on ICE. Routine hearings now inspire terror for immigrants, who might be aggressively detained in the halls. However, I didn’t realize, until TPM spoke to him, that Mamdani’s father was there this spring for a citizenship interview.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 3d
I try to share gift links where I can, but maybe this is an outlet that doesn’t provide that option. Thanks anyway!

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 3d
Would be great to share a non-paywalled version if you can

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”

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antipastor.bsky.social @antipastor.bsky.social · 4d
You already know, but here’s an internal email.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices,” Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. “It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 5d
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North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe receives full federal recognition after 137-year effort
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.
www.npr.org

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 5d
This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all!

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 5d
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 5d
🧵⬇️🐟🐠

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 5d
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5d
Merry Christmas
More Images Bethlehem City in the State of Palestine •

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.

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Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 6d
It could be Mrs Bennet holding forth to Mr Darcy while Elizabeth (at right) rolls her eyes

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6d
Yf wolves koude do that it wolde be front page newes

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 6d
I promise, if they can do calculus and determine that saying Palestinians should not be murdered is too political, they won’t be taking any risks on your behalf. Look for solidarity somewhere else.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
CBS News/Free Press program "Has feminism failed women" brought to you by bank of america and hosted by Liz Plank and Allie Beth Stuckey

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d
The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.

He had this to say about the experience:
Excerpt from Magnum. The text is by Anderson: "“A couple of days into our journey, the boat began to sink. We were doomed and we knew it. We started saying goodbye to one another. Strangely, it was quite calm on the boat. There was not much to do except resign oneself to the inevitability of it all. Up to that point, I had not taken many pictures. Everyone on the boat knew I was a photographer, but it somehow had not felt right. It’s difficult to explain. But as the boat sank, David, the Haitian whom I had followed on this journey, said to me, ‘Chris, you’d better start making pictures. We only have an hour to live.’ And so, without much thought, I began making pictures. We were saved at the last moment by a US coast guard cutter that happened upon us, but that’s another story. Much later on, back home safe, I reflected on this question: why make pictures that no one will ever see? The only explanation for me was that the act of photographing had more to do with the explaining of the world to myself than explaining something to someone else. The pictures were about communicating something about my experience, not about reporting literal information. This would be the single most transformative moment of my photographic life.”"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d
The photographer on that boat was Christopher Anderson, who, 25 years later, snapped the famous photos of the Trump administration for Vanity Fair.
A photo of Stephen Miller for Vanity Fair. Excerpt from The Washington Post interview with Christopher Anderson: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d
A story I found about Haiti:

In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
Some photos of Haitians running in the streets. There's smoke in the background. It looks like political disorder. A Haitian man stands next to a wall with some barbed wire behind him. The original Magnum caption said the man felt Haiti was a prison and he dreamed of making it to the United States. He wanted to be a rapper. Some men take a break from building a boat. A boat sets sail far off into the distance.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8d
When the nighte hath come
And the londe ys darke
And the moone ys the sole lighte that we see
Nay, Ich wil not be afrayde
Oh, Ich wil not be afrayde
Just as longe
as thou stondest
by me

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 9d
The Magdala Stone was excavated in the area of the Palestinian village of al-Majdal, which was ethnically cleansed during the Nakba. Today, only ruins and an old shrine of Muhammad al-’Ajami remain. Pic credit + more info: www.palquest.org/en/place/168...

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 9d
picked up yesterday’s art projects at daycare dropoff this morning and I have to say. 15/10
A large green fallen leaf with three Googly eyes glued to it, and a gingerbread man cut out of brown construction paper with two googly eyes of different sizes on his face and three small googly eyes as buttons

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Mike (1 of many) @chicagomike.bsky.social · 9d
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...

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Amplify Palestine @amplifypalestine.bsky.social · 10d
Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities.

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You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.
Two Palestinians are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza, after Israel’s war and genocide destroyed nearly all existing libraries, schools, and universities. The two men, Omar Ha…
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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 11d
“We know our Indian reservations were the government’s first attempts at detention centers. We were placed here because we were prisoners of war. So we must ask ourselves why we would ever participate in something that mirrors the harm and the trauma once done to our people.”