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Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers "The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanitiesโ€”typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languagesโ€”lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'โ€

12.10.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 372    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, youโ€™re missing the entire point of a college education.

Weโ€™re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves โ€” how to find the answers on their own.

16.10.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4097    ๐Ÿ” 982    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 270    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100
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Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

16.10.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2107    ๐Ÿ” 891    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45

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16.10.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

15.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4933    ๐Ÿ” 2054    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 285
a screenshot of some privacy settings one can toggle on and off in spotify โ€” โ€œPrivacy and social
Profile visibility
Followers and following
On your profile, people can see who's following you and who you're following.
Blocked users
Manage who you've blocked from viewing your profile.
>
Social features
Messages
You and your friends can send content and messages to each other on Spotify.
Jam access with Bluetooth
Use Bluetooth to connect to nearby devices and listen along with others.
Learn how
View more options on the Account Privacy page on the web.โ€

a screenshot of some privacy settings one can toggle on and off in spotify โ€” โ€œPrivacy and social Profile visibility Followers and following On your profile, people can see who's following you and who you're following. Blocked users Manage who you've blocked from viewing your profile. > Social features Messages You and your friends can send content and messages to each other on Spotify. Jam access with Bluetooth Use Bluetooth to connect to nearby devices and listen along with others. Learn how View more options on the Account Privacy page on the web.โ€

very low importance butโ€ฆ the new spotify feature โ€œmessagesโ€ is verrrry surveillance-esque & feels creepy plus was pushed in an app update you may not have noticed. if you still use spotify, you can turn it off. here.

14.10.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

On top of the endless performative public lying (bsky.app/profile/donm...), this is more of the endlessly offensive/inane โ€œgovernment jobs are not real jobs, except when theyโ€™re cops & soldiersโ€ nonsense that every right-wing politician from Ronald Reagan to Scott Walker has been selling for years.

12.10.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Wiener Holocaust Library The Wiener Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library's unique collection of over one million items includesโ€ฆ

Looking for accurate, truthful information about various aspects of the history of the Holocaust?

We're constantly adding new videos to our YouTube channel drawing on our unique archive collections, academic talks and lectures, and our expertly curated exhibitions.

Subscribe now: buff.ly/IH0i9uf

12.10.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

โ€œI spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.โ€ - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

12.10.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11892    ๐Ÿ” 6149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 347    ๐Ÿ“Œ 346
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ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to groundโ€”then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doorsโ€”so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

11.10.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1490    ๐Ÿ” 825    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an โ€œerrorโ€ and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

11.10.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2901    ๐Ÿ” 946    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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Saturday News: Stocks Plunge โ€œafter Trumpโ€™s new China tariff threatโ€; โ€œTrump says federal layoffs targeting โ€˜Democrat orientedโ€™ workersโ€; โ€œJohnson [FALSELY!] describes planned No Kings rally as โ€˜hate ... by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 11. Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 1...

Saturday News: Stocks Plunge โ€œafter Trumpโ€™s new China tariff threatโ€; โ€œTrump says federal layoffs targeting โ€˜Democrat orientedโ€™ workersโ€; โ€œJohnson describes planned No Kings rally as โ€˜hate America,โ€™ โ€˜pro-Hamasโ€™โ€; Letitia James and the โ€œTiny Yellow House in Norfolkโ€ bluevirginia.us/2025/10/satu...

11.10.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

11.10.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3413    ๐Ÿ” 948    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.

WGN-TVโ€™s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.

What the hell is happening in America?

(๐ŸŽฅ Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)

10.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1200    ๐Ÿ” 830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 115

The editors of the CDCโ€™s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not โ€œgreatโ€ without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

11.10.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2712    ๐Ÿ” 1223    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63

More here: open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

11.10.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 164    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and

A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

09.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this yearโ€˜s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

08.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4736    ๐Ÿ” 1836    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

09.10.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 404    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

08.10.2025 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26936    ๐Ÿ” 10242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 427    ๐Ÿ“Œ 186

โ€” Waking up in 2025

Never confuse a single defeat -

With a final defeat -

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

08.10.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tulane changes syllabus, fires academic director over Gaza article โ€ข Louisiana Illuminator Some say that the incident is yet another glimpse of the tense climate experienced on local and national campuses by people who support Palestine.

Tulane "terminated an academic director this summer after the syllabus she'd helped create for an infectious disease class was rejected by a newly hired instructor because it included an academic article about a polio outbreak in Gaza."
#Louisiana #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Healthcare #Genocide

06.10.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
screenshot of a popup on Google Sheets with two buttons "Learn more" and "Got it"

header reads "Gemini can now do more for you in Sheets" with "for" scribbled out in red, and the word AS above it, so it says "Gemini can now do more AS you in Sheets"

below that:
Gemini can now make requested changes and insert content directly into your files. 

HIGHLIGHTED TEXT: All inserted content will be attributed to you in version history.

For inline features like =Al), Gemini will insert content directly. For the side panel, Gemini will provide a preview first unless it understands your goal is a direct edit, such as making a pivot table or adding conditional formatting.
Gemini in Workspace can make mistakes, including about people, so double-check responses.

screenshot of a popup on Google Sheets with two buttons "Learn more" and "Got it" header reads "Gemini can now do more for you in Sheets" with "for" scribbled out in red, and the word AS above it, so it says "Gemini can now do more AS you in Sheets" below that: Gemini can now make requested changes and insert content directly into your files. HIGHLIGHTED TEXT: All inserted content will be attributed to you in version history. For inline features like =Al), Gemini will insert content directly. For the side panel, Gemini will provide a preview first unless it understands your goal is a direct edit, such as making a pivot table or adding conditional formatting. Gemini in Workspace can make mistakes, including about people, so double-check responses.

google wants to introduce errors into my spreadsheets and attribute them to me

07.10.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 944    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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60 seconds of therapy

05.10.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Narrator: In fact, it is perfectly clear that it cannot. Itโ€™s now the law.

05.10.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It spreads and can linger in the air, a bit like cigarette smoke. High quality masks/respirators are critical to prevent infection from this dangerous SARS virus and other airborne pathogens

05.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 556    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: โ€œA standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.โ€

05.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4108    ๐Ÿ” 1438    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

04.10.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

my wife is a Cal fan and apparently this week theyโ€™re putting a โ€œ59โ€ on their football helmets to honor the 59 Nobel laureates tied to Cal in order to flex on Duke

this is maybe my favorite dunk anyone has ever done on Duke

04.10.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1425    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

04.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8222    ๐Ÿ” 2282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

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