Terri Bourus
@terribourus.bsky.social
Bereaved mom, Professor FSU Shakespeare, Performance, Book, and Theatre History, Irish Drama. Musical Theatre. General Editor: New Oxford Shakespeare. Author. Dramaturg. Amateur Astronomer. Private pilot.
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Terri Bourus
@terribourus.bsky.social
· Apr 28
On this date… a minute and a lifetime 💔
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
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NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.1 is now published! Now fully open access, this issue features a cluster of essays edited by Louise Geddes and Nora J. Williams reflecting on casting, race, community, and tragedy in productions performed on and off Broadway.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55715
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55715
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.1 is now published! Now fully open access, this issue features a cluster of essays edited by Louise Geddes and Nora J. Williams reflecting on casting, race, community, and tragedy in productions performed on and off Broadway.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55715
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55715
The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
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August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Obfuscating on Obliterating www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
Opinion | Obfuscating on Obliterating
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June 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Obfuscating on Obliterating www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out Anyway newrepublic.com/article/1973... via @newrepublic.com
UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out Anyway
Ryan had not fought Trump on DEI and other matters. His forced ouster proves that no capitulation is enough.
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June 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out Anyway newrepublic.com/article/1973... via @newrepublic.com
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One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
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April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Republican Senator Thom Tillis just said he’s not comfortable voting for Trump’s nominee for US Attorney Ed Martin after it was revealed he went on a white nationalist podcast.
April 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Republican Senator Thom Tillis just said he’s not comfortable voting for Trump’s nominee for US Attorney Ed Martin after it was revealed he went on a white nationalist podcast.
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A Chinese-born American businessman was sentenced last week to five years in prison in China, on charges related to a criminal case nearly 25 years ago, despite having frequently made routine trips in and out of the country after the fact.
A U.S. Businessman Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in China
The charges stemmed from a criminal case more than 20 years ago. In the interim, the businessman, David Lee, had repeatedly visited China without issue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A Chinese-born American businessman was sentenced last week to five years in prison in China, on charges related to a criminal case nearly 25 years ago, despite having frequently made routine trips in and out of the country after the fact.
On this date… a minute and a lifetime 💔
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
April 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
On this date… a minute and a lifetime 💔
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
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“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
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U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
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April 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
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www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
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The defense secretary is accused of dangerous incompetence by insiders. The homeland security secretary has her purse and $3000 nicked. The FBI director flies gov't air to visit an NHL game and his country-singing girlfriend.
The supposed pretext for a security state is that it makes you safer
The supposed pretext for a security state is that it makes you safer
April 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The defense secretary is accused of dangerous incompetence by insiders. The homeland security secretary has her purse and $3000 nicked. The FBI director flies gov't air to visit an NHL game and his country-singing girlfriend.
The supposed pretext for a security state is that it makes you safer
The supposed pretext for a security state is that it makes you safer
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...
This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction (Gift Article)
Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.
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March 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...
We know whenever completely unqualified hucksters are hired for mature educated trained expertise type jobs, it’s inevitable that they will screw up. Ringmaster Dump and his circus monkeys. “I don’t know anything about it.” Says the “boss”.
March 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We know whenever completely unqualified hucksters are hired for mature educated trained expertise type jobs, it’s inevitable that they will screw up. Ringmaster Dump and his circus monkeys. “I don’t know anything about it.” Says the “boss”.
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Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted after a power outage at London’s Heathrow Airport, causing travel havoc worldwide.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
London's Heathrow Airport Closed After Fire Causes Major Power Outage: Live Updates
A giant fire near one of the world’s busiest airports knocked out power, and the cause was under investigation. Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted, and analysts said disruptions could last ...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted after a power outage at London’s Heathrow Airport, causing travel havoc worldwide.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem. Meta pirated millions of books to train its #AI. Search through them here. (Alex Reisner) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem. Meta pirated millions of books to train its #AI. Search through them here. (Alex Reisner) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
1. The astronauts were not “rescued.” They were never “stranded.”
2. USAID never spent $50million on condoms for Gaza.
3. Haitian migrants were never eating peoples’ cats & dogs.
4. Trump did not win the 2020 election.
Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.
2. USAID never spent $50million on condoms for Gaza.
3. Haitian migrants were never eating peoples’ cats & dogs.
4. Trump did not win the 2020 election.
Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.
March 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
1. The astronauts were not “rescued.” They were never “stranded.”
2. USAID never spent $50million on condoms for Gaza.
3. Haitian migrants were never eating peoples’ cats & dogs.
4. Trump did not win the 2020 election.
Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.
2. USAID never spent $50million on condoms for Gaza.
3. Haitian migrants were never eating peoples’ cats & dogs.
4. Trump did not win the 2020 election.
Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.
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Review: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre
"A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"
"A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"
Review: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre
Review: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre
"A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"
theatreweekly.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Review: The Mosinee Project at New Diorama Theatre
"A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"
"A brilliant, multi-layered, and intrinsically meta-theatrical project"
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"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
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'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
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March 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
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University leaders “need to defend the core mission of their institutions” against the Trump administration’s campaign against higher education, the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
University leaders “need to defend the core mission of their institutions” against the Trump administration’s campaign against higher education, the editorial board writes.
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On the one hand, it’s bad to turn the White House into a used car lot. But on the other hand, let’s not talk about how we are becoming a kleptocracy.
shameful whitewashing of egregious corruption in the Washington Post
March 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
On the one hand, it’s bad to turn the White House into a used car lot. But on the other hand, let’s not talk about how we are becoming a kleptocracy.
