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Dr. Carol Tilley ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

@anuncivilphd.bsky.social

Library & Info Sci Prof @ U of Illinois | #Comics #Libraries #Education #Kids #History | '16 Eisner '20 Ringo '22 Lynd Ward โ€™25 Ignatz Juries | PhD | Queer | Hard of hearing | I debunked Fredric Wertham & lost on Jeopardy | https://ko-fi.com/caroltilley

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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as โ€œVotorsโ€
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

02.03.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15456    ๐Ÿ” 5138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 726    ๐Ÿ“Œ 310
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Markwayne Mullin just did a Fox News hit in which he repeatedly praised "President Hegseth" and then said the president can ask Congress to declare war "on Iraq"

02.03.2026 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1567    ๐Ÿ” 415    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 240    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

02.03.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1696    ๐Ÿ” 435    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the presidentโ€™s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

WHOA: WSJ reporting that DOJ is dropping its appeals of the four law firm executive order rulings as soon as today. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

02.03.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1264    ๐Ÿ” 333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96

To reconsider a fundamental of American history, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not an act of war, but merely a strategic strike. It needs to no longer live in infamy, perhaps.

02.03.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1199    ๐Ÿ” 280    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Markwayne Mullin: "It's up to the Iraqi people -- I'm sorry, the Iranian people -- to choose their next leader"

02.03.2026 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1740    ๐Ÿ” 376    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 322    ๐Ÿ“Œ 178
Text on an academic article about "Moving Things: Moving Cartloads of Treasures from Venice to Ethiopia, ca. 1400" pasted into Grammarly in a Browser. It offers to invoke the digital ghosts of David Abulafia, Barry Flood and Chris Wickham to give me "expert feedback".

Text on an academic article about "Moving Things: Moving Cartloads of Treasures from Venice to Ethiopia, ca. 1400" pasted into Grammarly in a Browser. It offers to invoke the digital ghosts of David Abulafia, Barry Flood and Chris Wickham to give me "expert feedback".

Using Grammarly for the first time in forever ... WHAT?

As a non-native speaker writing primarily in English, I used to use it to check prepositions, point out too long/convoluted sentences etc.

It now offers to summon colleagues both living and dead to "expert review" the piece???

What?

02.03.2026 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a childโ€™s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the childโ€™s perception of the childโ€™s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the childโ€™s biological sex."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a childโ€™s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the childโ€™s perception of the childโ€™s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the childโ€™s biological sex."

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a โ€œhealth care providerโ€ in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a childโ€™s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a โ€œhealth care providerโ€ in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a childโ€™s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

02.03.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1749    ๐Ÿ” 879    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 121

โ€œWe thought we were living in a politically neutral slave state.โ€

02.03.2026 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4747    ๐Ÿ” 1024    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
picture from the just-completed White House event of a side profile of Trump with a visible injury on his neck

picture from the just-completed White House event of a side profile of Trump with a visible injury on his neck

whoa -- this is new. Trump has a significant rash-like injury on his neck today in addition to his disfigured hand

(Saul Loeb/Getty)

02.03.2026 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5988    ๐Ÿ” 1736    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2149    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1641

Itโ€™s a violation of the Flag Code, actually. Federal law.

02.03.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 777    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

People often forget wartime presidentsโ€™ preoccupation with White House furnishings. FDR just would not shut up about the goddamn sconces.

02.03.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover for the picture book Puffins! In the foreground, there is a very large Atlantic puffin looking right at you. In the background, lots of smaller puffins are on some rocks by the sea: splashing in the waves, slipping on seaweed, preening, pooping, sleeping. Itโ€™s a regular puffin party. The word "puffin" is in the middle of the page, in balloons orange letters.

Cover for the picture book Puffins! In the foreground, there is a very large Atlantic puffin looking right at you. In the background, lots of smaller puffins are on some rocks by the sea: splashing in the waves, slipping on seaweed, preening, pooping, sleeping. Itโ€™s a regular puffin party. The word "puffin" is in the middle of the page, in balloons orange letters.

My new picture book comes out soon! Written by @gianferrari-m.bsky.social (illustrated by me) published by @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ! They let us be very extra and all the orange in the book is NEON.

02.03.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I am afraid that manga as an industry is going to go through another bust. Sales have flatlined in Japan, so the only growth market they see now is in English language markets.

Publishers are all desperate to push sales there, and are most likely going to flood the market beyond capacity.

02.03.2026 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Actually yes I am saying that you shouldnโ€™t dehumanize anyone

No exceptions to the rule

๐Ÿคท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ

02.03.2026 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1049    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

02.03.2026 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6335    ๐Ÿ” 1405    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 340    ๐Ÿ“Œ 109

Medical experiments on prisoners?

Where have we seen this before?

02.03.2026 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1980    ๐Ÿ” 924    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 229    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

02.03.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2552    ๐Ÿ” 857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

The gap between how cool he thinks he sounds and how he actually sounds would take light eight centuries to traverse.

02.03.2026 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2624    ๐Ÿ” 420    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Always reskeet

02.03.2026 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I would destroy you if I werenโ€™t so tired shows a not angry just knackered squid god monster hanging over a village he canโ€™t be arsed to vanquish

I would destroy you if I werenโ€™t so tired shows a not angry just knackered squid god monster hanging over a village he canโ€™t be arsed to vanquish

Talk of Lovecraft this morning reminds me my pictures were once described as โ€œwhimsically Eldritchianโ€ by Will Self Iโ€™m joking it was by โ€œsome guyโ€

01.03.2026 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Came here to say this.

02.03.2026 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a digital news article from The Sunday Times.
โ€‹Headline: "Trust me, taking testosterone as a woman is about more than sex".
โ€‹Subheader: "Most doctors only prescribe the hormone for low libido yet menopause campaigners say it has many other benefits too. So why is no one researching these claims?".
โ€‹Lead Image: A portrait of a woman, Rebecca Seal, wearing a blue sweater and smiling at the camera.
โ€‹Byline and Date: Written by Rebecca Seal; published Saturday, February 28, 2026.

A screenshot of a digital news article from The Sunday Times. โ€‹Headline: "Trust me, taking testosterone as a woman is about more than sex". โ€‹Subheader: "Most doctors only prescribe the hormone for low libido yet menopause campaigners say it has many other benefits too. So why is no one researching these claims?". โ€‹Lead Image: A portrait of a woman, Rebecca Seal, wearing a blue sweater and smiling at the camera. โ€‹Byline and Date: Written by Rebecca Seal; published Saturday, February 28, 2026.

Article on 'Black-Market' Hormones
โ€‹A screenshot of a digital news article from The Times.
โ€‹Headline: "Doctors fear young at risk from โ€˜black-market trans hormonesโ€™".
โ€‹Subheader: "Medics call for an urgent investigation into trans community groups offering support on accessing supplies for self-medication".
โ€‹Lead Image: A photo of a trans rights demonstration outside Holyrood in 2022, featuring individuals and large Transgender and Non-binary pride flags.
โ€‹Byline and Date: Written by Mary Wright; published Sunday, March 01, 2026.

Article on 'Black-Market' Hormones โ€‹A screenshot of a digital news article from The Times. โ€‹Headline: "Doctors fear young at risk from โ€˜black-market trans hormonesโ€™". โ€‹Subheader: "Medics call for an urgent investigation into trans community groups offering support on accessing supplies for self-medication". โ€‹Lead Image: A photo of a trans rights demonstration outside Holyrood in 2022, featuring individuals and large Transgender and Non-binary pride flags. โ€‹Byline and Date: Written by Mary Wright; published Sunday, March 01, 2026.

Absolutely incredible.

02.03.2026 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1821    ๐Ÿ” 395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Thank you!

02.03.2026 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

02.03.2026 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goodnight, folks.

It's early, but I'm feeling a bit under the weather. Rest well. Stay angry.

I love you.

02.03.2026 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seth Rogen accepting Catherine Oโ€™Haraโ€™s posthumous award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for The Studio #ActorAwards

02.03.2026 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2517    ๐Ÿ” 488    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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a frog is sleeping on a crescent moon Alt: a frog is sleeping on a crescent moon

Goodnight, folks.

It's early, but I'm feeling a bit under the weather. Rest well. Stay angry.

I love you.

02.03.2026 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can't break eggs without making an omelette
--That's what they tell the eggs.

- Randall Jarrell, "A War"

02.03.2026 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 199    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are really going to regret the technology we have built.

01.03.2026 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1483    ๐Ÿ” 204    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21