Anna Brownlee

I am four years late to the party, but the solar punk novella, "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers is really good.

UW investigating antisemitic and violent messages displayed on campus The University of Wyoming campus community was shocked last week by two incidents involving Nazi messages displayed on pumpkins and a giant inflatable ball.

On the morning of Halloween, two instructors came across a grouping of pumpkins displayed near the student union. They were carved with Nazi words and symbols, including a swastika.

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That's exactly what I do when given a slice of buttered bread. Let that be a lesson to you.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb have a new (!) comedy sketch show?! Yes, please!

I really love being on a university campus in the late summer and how the energy slowly builds towards the beginning of the academic year. It feels hopeful and exciting, and it's just the best.

Oh, you're right about him being cast as Malfoy, I realized.

I saw yesterday that Johnny Flynn, who is a musician I really like and a sometimes actor, has been cast as Lupin. I want to say I'm not surprised, but I am sure disheartened at all of these actors selling out transfolk

I reckoned, my comment was about "John Adams" shilling Prager U schlock

Gross.

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

Things are about to become impossible for so many people I care about.

Just seen the news out of Washington DC… So, this might be a bad time to tell you BBC You’re Dead To Me is back tomorrow with a July 4th special about the American War of Independence

America, it’s not too late to return to Britain

Oooh, so envious!

My view today in Oxford.

YouTube video by Philosophy Tube Was Nietzsche MAGA?

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YouTube video by PBS Are the Taino extinct? This woman knows otherwise | PBS

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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

With Trump's crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.

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...to servile or frivolous employments ON PURPOSE to degrad their minds that they themselves might hold unrivaled the power and preeminence they had usurped." Priscilla Mason in her graduation speech, The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia, 1793.

"Our high and mighty lords have denied us the means of knowledge, and then reproached us for the want of it; being the stronger party, they early seized the scepter and the sword. With these they gave laws to society. They denied women the advantage of a liberal education and doomed the sex...

Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.

Well now, I guess I'll just have to go to London.

University of Wyoming Department of History Department of History Homepage

I am an MA History student at UW, and I can attest to the awesomeness of having a funded MA program. I am a Research Assistant, which funds the same as a TA, the program has conference and summer research funding as well. The app deadline has been extended to April 1. www.uwyo.edu/history/inde...

Applying to M.A. in History

If you have (or are) a student interested in pursuing grad school in History, the University of Wyoming has a funded MA! We do not require the GRE and applications are due March 1. I am happy to answer any questions. More on applying here: www.uwyo.edu/history/grad...

YouTube video by LegalEagle DOGE Is The Real Fraud ft. Liz Dye

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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Some heroes don't wear capes. Peaceful journey. www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...

Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out Throngs of protesters also descended on Tesla showrooms in other cities.

Nine people were arrested during a demonstration protesting Elon Musk's role in cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of Donald Trump reut.rs/41phbQo

A stern peregrine falcon looks at the reader against a background of pinks. "My love for you is like a Peregrine Falcon. Strong. Powerful." The peregrine zooms through the sky over a forest. "Energetic. Zooming towards you at 200 mph." The peregrine catches a bird. "Striking prey in a dramatic mid-air explosion of feathers. Storing excess meat in crevices or on ledges." The peregrine barfs up a pellet with a BLECHHH. "Vomiting up pellets of bone, feathers, gizzard, and other coarse material. Wait. What were we talking about?"

My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.