S.C. Kaplan
@medievallitura.bsky.social
XV s. French #medievalist, women's libraries. #editrice, #feminist, #reader, #foodie she/her/hers http://mftranscriptions.wordpress.com https://sckaplan.com
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Calling all #French #Medievalist friends in search of a job: there's an ad up for a VAP (max 3 years, I believe) at University of Florida (at their main campus in Gainesville). Link here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Medieval Studies
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December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Calling all #French #Medievalist friends in search of a job: there's an ad up for a VAP (max 3 years, I believe) at University of Florida (at their main campus in Gainesville). Link here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
Calling all #French #Medievalist friends in search of a job: there's an ad up for a VAP (max 3 years, I believe) at University of Florida (at their main campus in Gainesville). Link here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Medieval Studies
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Calling all #French #Medievalist friends in search of a job: there's an ad up for a VAP (max 3 years, I believe) at University of Florida (at their main campus in Gainesville). Link here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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The sooner we accept that this is Hitler Youth for 21st Century America, the better.
This is how you indoctrinate people.
This is how you indoctrinate people.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The sooner we accept that this is Hitler Youth for 21st Century America, the better.
This is how you indoctrinate people.
This is how you indoctrinate people.
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Happy everything in academia is due at the same time season for those who celebrate!
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy everything in academia is due at the same time season for those who celebrate!
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Because the vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis B for which there is no cure and the lifelong treatment costs more than a single birth dose of the vaccine. Insurance companies recognize this is a no brainer.
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Insurance coverage of hepatitis B vaccine won’t change, industry and officials say | CNN
Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost even though the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention’s vaccine advisers recommended a major change to t...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Because the vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis B for which there is no cure and the lifelong treatment costs more than a single birth dose of the vaccine. Insurance companies recognize this is a no brainer.
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
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On the back of some discourse on neurodivergence this morning: does anyone know of a study of the prevalence or likely prevalence of ADHD and Autism among university faculty? I've been looking for one for a while — partially out of curiosity (I'd wager that this is a profession in which we're +
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
On the back of some discourse on neurodivergence this morning: does anyone know of a study of the prevalence or likely prevalence of ADHD and Autism among university faculty? I've been looking for one for a while — partially out of curiosity (I'd wager that this is a profession in which we're +
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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It’s been a busy day, but I want to draw your attention to this critically important paper by @jonshaffer.bsky.social and colleagues.
In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.
In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.
Obstetric-Related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Violations and No Health Exception Bans
This difference-in-differences analysis examines changes in obstetric-related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act violation filings following state and federal restrictions on abortion.
jamanetwork.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s been a busy day, but I want to draw your attention to this critically important paper by @jonshaffer.bsky.social and colleagues.
In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.
In it, they show that since its strict abortion ban was enacted, Texas has seen a significant increase in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies.
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
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I honestly don’t understand why any real soccer fan would want to go to this World Cup.
But if you do, check out this thread so you are prepared for the costs.
But if you do, check out this thread so you are prepared for the costs.
As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I honestly don’t understand why any real soccer fan would want to go to this World Cup.
But if you do, check out this thread so you are prepared for the costs.
But if you do, check out this thread so you are prepared for the costs.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
www.vox.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
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Yesterday was a rough day for Nebraska higher education. Departments of Statistics; Earth + Atmospheric Sciences; Educational Administration; and Textiles, Merchandising, + Fashion Design were all shuttered. 51.5 positions (many faculty) cut and 541 students affected at multiple levels.
‘This hurts’: NU regents back shuttering four academic programs at UNL • Nebraska Examiner
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to eliminate four academic programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
nebraskaexaminer.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yesterday was a rough day for Nebraska higher education. Departments of Statistics; Earth + Atmospheric Sciences; Educational Administration; and Textiles, Merchandising, + Fashion Design were all shuttered. 51.5 positions (many faculty) cut and 541 students affected at multiple levels.
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It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
Moving things out of storage and into the house today.
There's also a shitton of editing to do, emails to deal with, things to put in the mail, and other errands to run, but the real settling in begins today ❤️
There's also a shitton of editing to do, emails to deal with, things to put in the mail, and other errands to run, but the real settling in begins today ❤️
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Moving things out of storage and into the house today.
There's also a shitton of editing to do, emails to deal with, things to put in the mail, and other errands to run, but the real settling in begins today ❤️
There's also a shitton of editing to do, emails to deal with, things to put in the mail, and other errands to run, but the real settling in begins today ❤️
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Everyone, yes including you, needs to read this excellent piece. It has the numbers, sources, and asks good questions. This is the journalism we need.
"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Everyone, yes including you, needs to read this excellent piece. It has the numbers, sources, and asks good questions. This is the journalism we need.
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There's not long left to apply for this role with us!
Head to the link below for more information.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/336539/
Head to the link below for more information.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/336539/
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There's not long left to apply for this role with us!
Head to the link below for more information.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/336539/
Head to the link below for more information.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/336539/
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Grateful for the clear messages coming from @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @apha.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Grateful for the clear messages coming from @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @apha.org
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At the same time, USC is paying a presumably large sum of money to OpenAI to give students access to ChatGPT we-are.usc.edu/2025/12/03/a...
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
At the same time, USC is paying a presumably large sum of money to OpenAI to give students access to ChatGPT we-are.usc.edu/2025/12/03/a...
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ICE is on the ground in New Orleans and this group is a well established community organization with a lot of trust. They are doing vital accompaniment work for people targeted by ICE, grocery deliveries, and providing legal aid. Please share and donate.
familiasunidasla.org/donaciones/
familiasunidasla.org/donaciones/
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE is on the ground in New Orleans and this group is a well established community organization with a lot of trust. They are doing vital accompaniment work for people targeted by ICE, grocery deliveries, and providing legal aid. Please share and donate.
familiasunidasla.org/donaciones/
familiasunidasla.org/donaciones/
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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My neighborhood just canceled the 71 year old holiday parade because of ICE
Milpas Holiday Parade | Santa Barbara Eastside
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
My neighborhood just canceled the 71 year old holiday parade because of ICE
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It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
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It’s a public service not a business. Losses are not relevant. It’s in the goddamn constitution. Gonna lose my mind. AAAAAAAAAHHHHH
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s a public service not a business. Losses are not relevant. It’s in the goddamn constitution. Gonna lose my mind. AAAAAAAAAHHHHH