Kathryn Ostrofsky
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Kathryn Ostrofsky
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Bunk taxonomist, Sesame Street historian, digital humanist, housing & transportation advocate, Boston Rosident.
Not much, sorry! Seems like an instance where a writer thought of a pun they could use to make a pop culture reference, and hung a storyline around it in which they could embed whatever lesson was assigned for that episode. A pretty common tactic for Sesame Street!
May 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I'm adding two articles I wrote back in 2016 and 2017, during a different round of threats to NEH and other valuable cultural agencies.

The first is "How to Fight for Federal Support of Cultural Research and Why It Matters," which offers some specific advocacy tips

medium.com/@jasonrhody/...
How to Fight for Federal Support of Cultural Research and Why It Matters
This post was written on Veteran’s Day, 2016, in honor of the many soldiers and civil servants who worked alongside Vannevar Bush, head of…
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April 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Mary Grace Chapman moved to Boston from Lewiston, Maine, with her parents, two siblings, and a nephew. In 1920, she lived at Franklin Street House, a home for single women, with at least 116 other 1920 New Women Voters. Image: Franklin Square House. Boston Public Library Arts Department.
March 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"We wanted our voices to be heard. We wanted to feel that we were a part of the mainstream, and that as Blacks or African-Americans, we would we would have a certain amount of power that we could leverage for whatever we wanted to in the future."
www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1...
A half-century later, students at the University of Mississippi reckon with the past
University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union from 1970. They were jailed and expelled from Ole Miss for protesting token integration.
www.npr.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
that duck is one ice cold m*fer. flippin' your fins you don't get to far, legs are required for jumping...and murder.
December 29, 2024 at 1:54 AM
between the weight and the nice low aerodynamic body position, that whale is gonna be a killer on downhill segments (if it doesn't get him banned from the race)
youtu.be/2QBcc87yoc8?...
Viral Video UK: Supercyclist is here to save the day
YouTube video by ViralVideoUK
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December 10, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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“Rather than drawing out elements of the ancient past that speak to and give nuance to the problems of modern politics, Ridley Scott’s anachronisms forcibly superimpose modern ideas and ideals onto the ancient world. For me, these anachronisms exist on a sliding scale.” www.hnn.us/article/all-...
All the World’s America’s Stage — Even Ancient Rome
Gladiator and Gladiator II have little to do with the Roman past. But they have a great deal to do with the American present.
www.hnn.us
December 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM