Dr K
@commish24.bsky.social
Professor of English, student of medieval literature and manuscripts, mother of cats.
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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Sometime in the next 15 days, the Justice Department is set to release a huge cache of files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
How to Read the Epstein Files Like an Expert
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown has some tips for what to look for when they emerge.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sometime in the next 15 days, the Justice Department is set to release a huge cache of files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Lawmakers reminding troops to follow the law should not trigger FBI interviews. Full stop.
The FBI has requested interviews with six Democrats regarding their video, which reminds troops to follow the Constitution.
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lawmakers reminding troops to follow the law should not trigger FBI interviews. Full stop.
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"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
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Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
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Trump is facing a GOP rebellion over the Epstein files which Johnson can no longer contain.
The discharge petition now has enough signatures to force a vote and more Republicans are saying they will go on record and vote to release the files.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/APWddSMmUR-
The discharge petition now has enough signatures to force a vote and more Republicans are saying they will go on record and vote to release the files.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/APWddSMmUR-
Epstein furor takes over in the House — The Hill
The furor surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is in full force with the return of the House and the end of the government shutdown.
apple.news
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump is facing a GOP rebellion over the Epstein files which Johnson can no longer contain.
The discharge petition now has enough signatures to force a vote and more Republicans are saying they will go on record and vote to release the files.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/APWddSMmUR-
The discharge petition now has enough signatures to force a vote and more Republicans are saying they will go on record and vote to release the files.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/APWddSMmUR-
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Each new drip is even more damning if that is possible! 👀
Each new drip is even more damning if that is possible! 👀
This is so big, seriously, the biggest scandal we’ve ever seen‼️👀👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Each new drip is even more damning if that is possible! 👀
Each new drip is even more damning if that is possible! 👀
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Eight Senators snuck in a MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT for themselves for being investigated for their possible involvement in the January 6th insurrection.
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Eight Senators snuck in a MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT for themselves for being investigated for their possible involvement in the January 6th insurrection.
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
There is no money for healthcare, but there is money for a payout to Senators? This is fucken 🐂 💩!
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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oh thank god it’s been partially restored
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
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Eyewitnesses in Charleston, North Charleston, and Ladson have reported an increase in federal immigration enforcement along roads and highways this week. We are working to confirm reports of more widespread ICE activity elsewhere in the state. We’re here to remind you of your rights.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Eyewitnesses in Charleston, North Charleston, and Ladson have reported an increase in federal immigration enforcement along roads and highways this week. We are working to confirm reports of more widespread ICE activity elsewhere in the state. We’re here to remind you of your rights.
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Republicans have had chance after chance to reopen the government, and they keep walking away. Millions are paying the price while they play political games.
Read the full story on how GOP leaders sneered at a real path forward. #SCPol #SCDems www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
Read the full story on how GOP leaders sneered at a real path forward. #SCPol #SCDems www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Republicans have had chance after chance to reopen the government, and they keep walking away. Millions are paying the price while they play political games.
Read the full story on how GOP leaders sneered at a real path forward. #SCPol #SCDems www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
Read the full story on how GOP leaders sneered at a real path forward. #SCPol #SCDems www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Don't stop at Spotify
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Don't stop at Spotify
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A roaring 20s Great Gatsby Halloween Party where he's posting this hours before 42 million people will not have new money for food during the holidays... There's a reason people are putting Marie Antoinette memes up of Trump. Because that's how this feels."
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A roaring 20s Great Gatsby Halloween Party where he's posting this hours before 42 million people will not have new money for food during the holidays... There's a reason people are putting Marie Antoinette memes up of Trump. Because that's how this feels."
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
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Portland, 2025. 😂🤣
October 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Portland, 2025. 😂🤣
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It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months.
There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.
There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's utterly devastating to see decades of progress for the disability community being wiped out in just a few months.
There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.
There was of course much work to be done, but now that effort will have to be devoted to clawing back the gains now being ripped away.
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We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark
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In a KFF poll, 65% of Americans said the Trump administration's warning about autism risk with acetaminophen (Tylenol) use in pregnancy was probably or definitely false, and 59% said they disapprove of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s job performance as HHS secretary.
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In a KFF poll, 65% of Americans said the Trump administration's warning about autism risk with acetaminophen (Tylenol) use in pregnancy was probably or definitely false, and 59% said they disapprove of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s job performance as HHS secretary.
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Burton, magnificently erudite and sounding - as ever - as apocalyptic as an Old Testament prophet....a bit of a find, and well worth a listen!
A long lost Burton interview here (from 39 minutes). Unheard for forty one years and recently rediscovered. His final interview for the BBC weeks before his death. It is, as you’d expect, magnificent.
@www.johnbleasdale.com @caiross.bsky.social @mrenglish.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@www.johnbleasdale.com @caiross.bsky.social @mrenglish.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
World at One - Gaza ceasefire begins - BBC Sounds
Thousands of Palestinians return to their homes while Israeli forces pull back.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Burton, magnificently erudite and sounding - as ever - as apocalyptic as an Old Testament prophet....a bit of a find, and well worth a listen!
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🚨 Retired Major Richard Ojeda explains the danger of “floating the use of the 82nd Airborne Division on American soil.” His message needs to be heard. Veterans, retired and active, are aware of the Posse Comitatus Act. The U.S. military is not to attack our own citizens. 1/2
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 Retired Major Richard Ojeda explains the danger of “floating the use of the 82nd Airborne Division on American soil.” His message needs to be heard. Veterans, retired and active, are aware of the Posse Comitatus Act. The U.S. military is not to attack our own citizens. 1/2