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Kristin Girten
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18c British scholar (of literature, science, etc.) Also a university administrator. Author of https://www.sup.org/books/literary-studies-and-literature/sensitive-witnesses . Bird lover and aspiring public humanist. Proponent of the sublime of the small.
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I don’t remember her name, but her scent is as beautiful as her appearance. #orchids
January 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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🧪 "Researchers who have clinical trial participants staying at the NIH’s on-campus hospital, the Clinical Trial Center, said they weren’t able to order test tubes to draw blood."

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Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
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January 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10)
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Dispatch from #Nebraska: Which will win? #Xenophobia or #capitalism? #meat
Immigrants drive Nebraska's economy. Trump's mass deportations pledge is a threat
Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraska...
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January 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Tuberculosis in Kansas… Trump in the White House www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
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January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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If we recognize that *capitalism* is “establishment,” then maybe people will stop characterizing Trump as “anti-establishment.” #trump #musk #capitalism #populism
two men in suits and ties are walking down the street .
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January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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New followers: welcome to the strange & wonderful world of medical history!

Here's Napoleon's toothbrush, c.1810. Napoleon brushed his teeth regularly using opium-based toothpaste. His toothbrush has a silver gilt handle and bristles made of horsehair, which would have been very rough on the gums.
An ornate silver toothbrush with horsehair bristles set against purple silk. At the bottom of the handle is an "N" for Napoleon. Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
January 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Music transports. A song packed full of memories. ❤️ #davidlynch
Laura Palmer's Theme - Instrumental
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January 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Hey @bsky.app , how can I get a feed that is just my besties? (Really trying to stay away from FB but I want to see my #realfriends here. Not just a bunch of strangers who may be cool.)
white clouds in a blue sky with a few gray clouds
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January 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Revolutions are built on hope as much as they are built on righteous anger.
A Reminder from Smaller Beings The bird building her home on your windowsill has had every nest destroyed before. The spider that is delicately weaving a silken masterpiece has had every single thread broken before. And despite it all, they try again.
January 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Don't miss author @kmg23.bsky.social's keynote address tomorrow at The @marcavsociety.bsky.social Conference!

Click here to find out more: departamento.us.es/litingnor/no...

Shop Sensitive Witnesses via the CAP website here: www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978150363303...

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December 11, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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Roast pork and potatoes with homegrown rosemary and homemade applesauce. All the more delicious because the husband made it (with love). ❤️ #autumnfood #husbandswhocook
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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Love @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social . Just look at this spectacular cover art. Looking forward to reading!
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Nov 23
Well, that's it, then. 17 cities across 3 countries in 6 weeks, ending here at the Miami Book Fair to another packed house in convo w the great Nicola Yoon. I signed thousands of books and Absolution made the NYT, LA Times, Indie Bookstore bestseller lists, along w amazing amount of press coverage.
the alligator cover of absolution
November 25, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Ruby the #pom watches me watching the #greatbritishbakingshow while Alfie looks on.
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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As someone who’s had a “pregnancy loss,” I definitely approve! Let’s put the focus where it’s due. On women! #women #prochoice
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
November 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing reut.rs/3UW9MWj
Trump taps former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as education secretary
The move puts the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:26 AM