Christina Rooney
@christinarooney.bsky.social
Grammy-nominated audio director and CA native. Incurably curious about history, science, and art.
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Good character should be the baseline expectation for anyone to be given authority over other humans, much less an entire institution and its educational and research mission. Can’t be trusted? End of conversation. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Skeletons in Summers’s Closet | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
If Harvard wants to quash the culture that allowed Epstein and Summers to operate with impunity, it has to demonstrate that even its most decorated figures aren’t untouchable.
www.thecrimson.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Good character should be the baseline expectation for anyone to be given authority over other humans, much less an entire institution and its educational and research mission. Can’t be trusted? End of conversation. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
In honor of Aunt Judy, who taught my kids and me lessons in compassion, optimism, and advance medical directives with no awareness that she had done so. Today, you finally won! Even better than a million dollars! 💜
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In honor of Aunt Judy, who taught my kids and me lessons in compassion, optimism, and advance medical directives with no awareness that she had done so. Today, you finally won! Even better than a million dollars! 💜
Frank Gehry designed grand spaces for the most elevated human activities…music, art, commerce, research…without losing the intimacy and joy to delight children and foster human connection. RIP.
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Frank Gehry designed grand spaces for the most elevated human activities…music, art, commerce, research…without losing the intimacy and joy to delight children and foster human connection. RIP.
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Discover how 20,000 years after the ice age’s coldest snap, Los Angeles is still the city of cats through #TarPits research and “Fierce! The Story of Cats”, on view now at @nhm.org.
nhm.org/cats
nhm.org/cats
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Discover how 20,000 years after the ice age’s coldest snap, Los Angeles is still the city of cats through #TarPits research and “Fierce! The Story of Cats”, on view now at @nhm.org.
nhm.org/cats
nhm.org/cats
The silver lining of working double shifts…glorious sunrise.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The silver lining of working double shifts…glorious sunrise.
Larry’s public misogyny should have been disqualifying years ago, but I’m glad to see that CSA is a bridge too far for fellow economists.
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Larry’s public misogyny should have been disqualifying years ago, but I’m glad to see that CSA is a bridge too far for fellow economists.
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František Kupka, Mme Kupka among Verticals, 1910-11
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135616
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135616
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
František Kupka, Mme Kupka among Verticals, 1910-11
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135616
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135616
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👋 Meet Anjana Khatwa , the author of the new #geoscience book ‘The Whispers of Rock’, and an award-winning Earth Scientist, science communicator, writer, presenter and advocate for diversity in natural heritage spaces.
🧵 Continue reading here in our #GeoTalk: egu.eu/7NKGCM
🧵 Continue reading here in our #GeoTalk: egu.eu/7NKGCM
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
👋 Meet Anjana Khatwa , the author of the new #geoscience book ‘The Whispers of Rock’, and an award-winning Earth Scientist, science communicator, writer, presenter and advocate for diversity in natural heritage spaces.
🧵 Continue reading here in our #GeoTalk: egu.eu/7NKGCM
🧵 Continue reading here in our #GeoTalk: egu.eu/7NKGCM
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📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY
A curated twice-weekly roundup of the most fascinating history and archaeology stories, AWLOH is powered by History Hit and written by me, Dr Tom Horne!
Please sign up with your email: historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY
A curated twice-weekly roundup of the most fascinating history and archaeology stories, AWLOH is powered by History Hit and written by me, Dr Tom Horne!
Please sign up with your email: historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Sign up to my NEW Substack newsletter:
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY
A curated twice-weekly roundup of the most fascinating history and archaeology stories, AWLOH is powered by History Hit and written by me, Dr Tom Horne!
Please sign up with your email: historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY
A curated twice-weekly roundup of the most fascinating history and archaeology stories, AWLOH is powered by History Hit and written by me, Dr Tom Horne!
Please sign up with your email: historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
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Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Moments of grace…https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Moments of grace…https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam
Rosalía’s new album, LUX, is a stunning accomplishment of art, craft, and serious research. It’s also very human. Knocked my socks off. La Perla is the diss track par excellence. youtu.be/wVdnDE95Z5I?...
ROSALÍA: La Perla | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Rosalía’s new album, LUX, is a stunning accomplishment of art, craft, and serious research. It’s also very human. Knocked my socks off. La Perla is the diss track par excellence. youtu.be/wVdnDE95Z5I?...
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‘The world of giant digital platforms often turns on surprisingly small matters, such as whether or not users are willing to spend a few seconds doing something they don’t absolutely need to do.’
Donald MacKenzie on the history and future of Google Search.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on the history and future of Google Search.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie · The Future of Search: Will we still google it?
I’m starting to feel some pre-emptive nostalgia when I do a Google search. Yes, it’s true, search can sometimes take...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
‘The world of giant digital platforms often turns on surprisingly small matters, such as whether or not users are willing to spend a few seconds doing something they don’t absolutely need to do.’
Donald MacKenzie on the history and future of Google Search.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on the history and future of Google Search.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Black on Maroon
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4891
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4891
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Black on Maroon
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4891
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4891
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A delightful chat…even if I got a little mad…
Hank Green has made a living riding the algorithmic waves of the social web. He joins @cwarzel.bsky.social to discuss the early promise of the internet—and what went wrong.
Listen to the inaugural episode of “Galaxy Brain”:
Listen to the inaugural episode of “Galaxy Brain”:
Galaxy Brain: The Internet Is a Misery Machine
Hank Green on outrage, creativity, and what, exactly, went wrong with the internet.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A delightful chat…even if I got a little mad…
Friday mood...
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."
H. L. Mencken
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."
H. L. Mencken
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Friday mood...
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."
H. L. Mencken
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."
H. L. Mencken
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"The news sent me out walking alone along the dyke above the marshes of Rhuddlan.... cursing and sobbing and thinking of the dead."
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"The news sent me out walking alone along the dyke above the marshes of Rhuddlan.... cursing and sobbing and thinking of the dead."
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
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“Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because, given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.”
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because, given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.”
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Watson on Crick, in his own words.
Jaw dropping interview moments throughout this series. The music is fantastic, too. overcast.fm/+ABSaO0OxQdk
Introducing Fela Kuti: Fear No Man — Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
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overcast.fm
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Jaw dropping interview moments throughout this series. The music is fantastic, too. overcast.fm/+ABSaO0OxQdk
