Cassandra
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She/Her
HIST/PHIL faculty at a Texas CC. Lover of old garden roses, Austen, Tolkien, sci-fi, romance, history, and philosophy. Ed.D in Educational Technology. I read a lot. 💙📚🍎🏛️🗃️
HIST/PHIL faculty at a Texas CC. Lover of old garden roses, Austen, Tolkien, sci-fi, romance, history, and philosophy. Ed.D in Educational Technology. I read a lot. 💙📚🍎🏛️🗃️
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Modern Phoenix
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Modern Phoenix
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Apple TV's new sci fi show "Pluribus" is fun and intriguing. It also present a weird and ambiguous (maybe inconsistent?) account of free will and consent.
#philosophy #philsky
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#philosophy #philsky
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Eh, Pluribus, uhn, erm
A Philosopher Watches Sci Fi: This time, the philosophy of consent and free will
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November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Apple TV's new sci fi show "Pluribus" is fun and intriguing. It also present a weird and ambiguous (maybe inconsistent?) account of free will and consent.
#philosophy #philsky
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#philosophy #philsky
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
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Every day that goes by before you read A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich means you have one less day on this earth to appreciate what history can be. It's truly outstanding. Your life can be improved instantly by reading this book.
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every day that goes by before you read A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich means you have one less day on this earth to appreciate what history can be. It's truly outstanding. Your life can be improved instantly by reading this book.
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In a story that brought me to tears, perhaps the most chilling words were these:
“Camp Mystic has announced plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary.”
I imagine they tell themselves it’s what God wants.
Content warning for detailed descriptions of child suffering and death:
“Camp Mystic has announced plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary.”
I imagine they tell themselves it’s what God wants.
Content warning for detailed descriptions of child suffering and death:
Clinging to trees, screaming for help: Lawsuits paint heartbreaking picture of girls’ last moments at Camp Mystic | CNN
Weeks before 8-year-old Eloise “Lulu” Peck was carried off by the violent Texas floods that swallowed Camp Mystic in a surge of darkness and debris, she had suddenly begun to fear the forces that woul...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In a story that brought me to tears, perhaps the most chilling words were these:
“Camp Mystic has announced plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary.”
I imagine they tell themselves it’s what God wants.
Content warning for detailed descriptions of child suffering and death:
“Camp Mystic has announced plans to partially reopen next summer for its 100th anniversary.”
I imagine they tell themselves it’s what God wants.
Content warning for detailed descriptions of child suffering and death:
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BREAKING: House overwhelmingly passes Epstein bill www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
House votes to release Epstein files, nearly 20 years after first sex charges
It now moves to the Senate, where 17 Republicans would need to vote with Democrats to reach the 60-vote supermajority required to pass it.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
BREAKING: House overwhelmingly passes Epstein bill www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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It's the fortieth anniversary of "Calvin and Hobbes," so I'm reposting the long piece that I wrote about the comic strip for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Outside of my books, it's my favorite long-form thing that I've done. lareviewofbooks.org/article/sell...
Selling Out the Newspaper Comic Strip | Los Angeles Review of Books
The comic strip and its evolution and devolution.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's the fortieth anniversary of "Calvin and Hobbes," so I'm reposting the long piece that I wrote about the comic strip for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Outside of my books, it's my favorite long-form thing that I've done. lareviewofbooks.org/article/sell...
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Glad to see smallpox (finally) play a major part in the last half hour or so of episode two. I would have liked to have seen more on the soldiers’ demand for inoculation, but it was good that they mentioned Washington was initially against inoculation—that’s often left out
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Glad to see smallpox (finally) play a major part in the last half hour or so of episode two. I would have liked to have seen more on the soldiers’ demand for inoculation, but it was good that they mentioned Washington was initially against inoculation—that’s often left out
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This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. Sadly we know the answer. But we can try.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. Sadly we know the answer. But we can try.
I'm excited to see this film but also anxious because I think it is going to destroy me. 📽️ 🎬
There are a million ways through to profess your love for cinema, but seeing a photo like that, of two actors in a position impossible to witness with real life people in real life, because it's mostly the deepest, closest moments behind curtains that only films can capture
#FilmSky🎥 #MovieSky🎬
#FilmSky🎥 #MovieSky🎬
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm excited to see this film but also anxious because I think it is going to destroy me. 📽️ 🎬
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From Duke:
“A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term survival is almost unheard of for patients with metastatic breast cancer”.
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“A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term survival is almost unheard of for patients with metastatic breast cancer”.
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Could a Cancer Vaccine Developed Long Ago Hold the Key to Long-Term Survival?
DURHAM, N.C. – A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From Duke:
“A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term survival is almost unheard of for patients with metastatic breast cancer”.
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“A small group of women with advanced breast cancer received a vaccine via a clinical trial more than 20 years ago. Today, they’re all still alive. Scientists say that kind of long-term survival is almost unheard of for patients with metastatic breast cancer”.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Looking forward to the launch of my new company That Lady In The Twilight Zone Movie With No Mouth.
all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Looking forward to the launch of my new company That Lady In The Twilight Zone Movie With No Mouth.
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13. Tantalising Doom Arch Of The Horticultural Elfwomen.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
13. Tantalising Doom Arch Of The Horticultural Elfwomen.
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Timeline cleanse
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Timeline cleanse
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"It was only for 8 months."
I tell students there are 2 lies people always tell about wars: It'll be over by Christmas and it'll be cheap.
No one knows how long a war will last at its start. & war are ALWAYS expensive. #HATM
I tell students there are 2 lies people always tell about wars: It'll be over by Christmas and it'll be cheap.
No one knows how long a war will last at its start. & war are ALWAYS expensive. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"It was only for 8 months."
I tell students there are 2 lies people always tell about wars: It'll be over by Christmas and it'll be cheap.
No one knows how long a war will last at its start. & war are ALWAYS expensive. #HATM
I tell students there are 2 lies people always tell about wars: It'll be over by Christmas and it'll be cheap.
No one knows how long a war will last at its start. & war are ALWAYS expensive. #HATM
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And VERY WELL deserved by a GREAT WRITER...CONGRATULATIONS to N.K. Jemisin!!!!!
😀🤩🥳🥰😎
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😀🤩🥳🥰😎
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Press Release - November 16, 2025 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
SFWA Names N. K. Jemisin as 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master For Immediate Release On November 16, 2025, the […]
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November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
And VERY WELL deserved by a GREAT WRITER...CONGRATULATIONS to N.K. Jemisin!!!!!
😀🤩🥳🥰😎
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😀🤩🥳🥰😎
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Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
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The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
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November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Re-upping this post since it starts soon.
In about 90 minutes. This one needs registration but is easy to do. See below. Let's all love/hate on some Ken Burns tonight.
And more importantly, learn and celebrate some history. #hatm
And more importantly, learn and celebrate some history. #hatm
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
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November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Re-upping this post since it starts soon.
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Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
Margaret the First - Philosophy Talk
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle in the 17th century, was a fascinating polymath. And she had a radical idea about the universe: everything in it thinks. Amoebas, rocks, trees, dust—you name i...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
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She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
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“When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. She still hasn’t. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. She still hasn’t. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”