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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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So who’s “us”?

Would add: if you don’t enjoy the act of writing, it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad writer or you should stop writing

Was just asked in an interview what one piece of advice I have for new writers. Enjoy the act of writing. If you can enjoy the process--the one thing you can control--then you'll be more resilient in the face of the things you can't control. And in this business, you can't control most of it.

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

Do not pass go

Breaking News: Steve Bannon will have to go to prison Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his final effort to stave off a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. nyti.ms/3xOIKYm

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attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

Summer: wake up, do two hours of work related emails before 9 AM, have zoom meetings, go to grocery store, collapse

Come work with/for me! I’m a great team builder and this is a fantastic opportunity. jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/UO...

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Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it

Life update for my five followers: After 15 years, Geoff and I have decided to leave Coe and Iowa for Charlottesville, Virginia, where I have accepted a position as Senior Assistant Dean and inaugural Director of Undergraduate Advising at the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences!

Vergogna! It’s right out of Orsi

This is beautiful www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Rufo? Rowling? wtf

i am screeeeeammmminnnngggg www.tabletmag.com/feature/sina...

If Oxford owed you $100 in books what would you purchase

Is it or is it an eraser

Choriyama Chorio is a kuzumochi fairy from Kawasaki City. (Kuzumochi is a sweet block of jelly made from the kudzu plant.)

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Breaking News: Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidency. In a historic vote, the climate scientist became the first woman and first Jewish person elected to the position. nyti.ms/4bFKZfj

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Here’s a surprising bit of good news: Global carbon dioxide emissions may have peaked last year. This means emissions that are responsible for climate change are starting to fall, according to new data.

The Right Kind of Tipping Pointwww.nytimes.com Global carbon dioxide emissions might have already peaked, according to new estimates, signaling a potentially monumental shift.

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are laws real? stay tuned

Just have a neutral attendance policy with a normal amount of allowed absences and don’t exercise bodily control over ANYONE

Two professors at UT Austin, John Hatfield and Daniel Bonevac, are suing for the right to penalize their students who miss class because they are obtaining an abortion out-of-state. media.aflegal.org/wp-content/u...

Yesterday I learned that Mexico saved California from Russia, way to go Mexico!

Claudia Sheinbaum has a Ph.D. and a shared Nobel Peace Prize and was the first woman elected to lead Mexico City. Now, she's the clear front-runner in the Mexican election on Sunday, putting her in position to become the country’s first female president. nyti.ms/3wUViNE

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It sure would be comical if Samuel Alito had recently published an opinion in which he expressed strong feelings about flags and wrote that passersby viewing a flag flying over a building would naturally assume the flag conveys some message on the owner's behalf www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21p...

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shows how far the Catholic Church has degenerated since the Vatican II reforms that the Pope is using homophobic slurs in vernacular Italian instead of Ecclesiastical Latin

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I fucken love the library, man

“It’s pronounced ‘Aaahs-MAHN”

Spotted in the wild: Illinois ASSMAN plates

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The Massachusetts "millionaires tax" has vastly surpassed projections, bringing in more than $1.8 billion in revenue so far this fiscal year — with the prospect of a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on transportation and education

State’s ‘millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year, blowing past state projections - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.com The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024.

As someone who has read a bunch of periploi, I can tell you confidently that these dudes knew boats

2500 years ago, Herodotus wrote an oddly specific description of an unusual boat. Historians always assumed it was more crap that Herodotus made up, until they found the wreck of a boat just like it

Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 yearswww.theguardian.com Greek historian’s description of ‘baris’ vessel vindicated by archaeologists at sunken city of Thonis-Heraclion

I am having a good day