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\n@Tiris One of my favorite sites to check out before getting along to other computer work everyday.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/thebigbabooski/93775102","date_published":"2026-07-10T14:49:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:49","date_timestamp":1783694952,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93774767","content_html":"📷 Hello There.
\n\nAdrian Carrasquillo in The Bulwark:
\n\n\nSurreptitious extremism is still extremism, and ICE remains an undertrained, overly aggressive organization. Which is why, in this shooting just hours after Homan’s remarks, we see all too clearly what happens when armed agents swarm blue-collar working parents fearing for their lives.
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Here's the Ghost in the Shell TV Series Openers: nic.babarskis.blog
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@nic.babarskis.blog just checked, and omg, @brooklynwalker.bsky.social and @pauldjupe.bsky.social are both on bsky!
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mq5dajcxr22r","date_published":"2026-07-08T14:27:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 14:27","date_timestamp":1783520820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93648530","content_html":"🎓 Reading work by Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe this morning: “I am a Christian nationalist”:
\n\nnic.babarskis.blog","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/08/reading-work-by-brooklyn-walker.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T13:59:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 13:59","date_timestamp":1783519176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116884718155928115","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mq5bs3bvvy2a","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaiNRgkFsc8"]}},{"id":"93617419","content_html":"Most identity work has focused on identities with long histories – race, ethnicity, religion (in broad strokes, like ‘Christian’). When we study these identities, we are asking about groups that have existed as groups, often for hundreds of years. But with Christian nationalism, we get a unique opportunity to watch a new identity develop. The ideas of Christian nationalism have been around for a long time in American history. In this study, we document that a new label is now being applied to the...
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I haven’t seen a movie in theaters yet this year, but Coyote vs. ACME might get me there.
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Governmental Kitchen Cabinets and Collegiate Varsity Squads: nic.babarskis.blog
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\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/07/building-on-a-post-from.html","date_published":"2026-07-07T14:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-07 14:15","date_timestamp":1783433700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93549980","content_html":"📷 The midsummer bloom is in full swing
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Why should athletics be the only department at an institution subjected to transfer portal shenanigans?
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@cantb.bsky.social It just feels appropriate given the circumstances.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mpyyqte2rs2u","date_published":"2026-07-06T21:08:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 21:08","date_timestamp":1783372117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93549738","content_html":"@cantb.bsky.social Oberon I’m assuming?
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mpyykpoxcs2u","date_published":"2026-07-06T21:05:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 21:05","date_timestamp":1783371912,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93528871","content_html":"📷 The midsummer bloom is in full swing
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/06/the-midsummer-bloom-is-in.html","date_published":"2026-07-06T14:24:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 14:24","date_timestamp":1783347853,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116873485462829553","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mpyc67v6662v","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DadGXhyFL--"]}},{"id":"93446042","content_html":"@BonnieRue The fact that Tatsuya Tanaka has kept this up daily for almost 15 years is gobsmacking.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/thebigbabooski/93446042","date_published":"2026-07-04T20:55:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 20:55","date_timestamp":1783198552,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93442786","content_html":"DC as a microcosm of our national moment:
\nThe white nationalist org Patriot Front marched in DC on July 4, 2026 before the evening’s ostensibly bipartisan festivities. A more historically informed observers pointed out that the KKK held a similar march in 1926. Elsewhere, a massive copy of the Constitution’s...
nic.babarskis.blog","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/04/the-white-nationalist-org-patriot.html","date_published":"2026-07-04T19:52:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 19:52","date_timestamp":1783194731,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93430341","content_html":"A convenience of getting married on a holiday is–all other considerations or current events aside–you’ve always got something to celebrate. 14 years and counting of moments worth celebrating.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/04/a-convenience-of-getting-married.html","date_published":"2026-07-04T15:05:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 15:05","date_timestamp":1783177546,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116862324042757090","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mptdkh35ca2y","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaYBhFnnFot"]}},{"id":"93428577","content_html":"🇺🇸 From Public Domain Review for today:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/07/04/from-public-domain-review-for.html","date_published":"2026-07-04T14:24:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 14:24","date_timestamp":1783175066,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116862161960161712","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mptbaowdk42e","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaX8y7onHfF"]}},{"id":"93428362","content_html":"Read the first edition pamphlet of Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” speech. After he finished speaking there was “a universal burst of applause” and 700 copies of the pamphlet were subscribed to on the spot: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frederick-douglass-fourth-july-speech #July4th
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🇺🇸 '…we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.'
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A new month marked through miniature-calendar.com.
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@manton I value the “calmness” of
\nMB and I’m ignorant of all the technical information on the back-end wiring up a Micro.Blog account to AT, Fedi or other gives you. But, I wonder if a compromise would be that one could opt into a social graph that aggregates individual post interaction statistics.
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/06/29/matthew-taylor-one-of-my.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T01:37:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 01:37","date_timestamp":1782783477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116836498415005472","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mphuk7cnjy2i","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaMR6xhFoFd"]}},{"id":"93153064","content_html":"One of my favorite observations about tradition comes from G. K. Chesterton, who famously wrote that tradition is “the democracy of the dead.”
\nTradition gives our ancestors a vote.
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@ablerism all the AC discourse I’m encountering online these past weeks has me thinking about the Community Season 3 subplot where Troy Barnes discovers he’s the Paul Atreides of HVAC technicians.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/thebigbabooski/93153064","date_published":"2026-06-30T01:09:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 01:09","date_timestamp":1782781792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93151642","content_html":"Hello there.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/06/29/hello-there.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T00:51:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 00:51","date_timestamp":1782780697,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116836316883105441","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mphrxrkupe26","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaMMnK0lrhM"]}},{"id":"93145806","content_html":"Living under an extreme heat advisory, just in time for July. These periods of heat always have me wondering how people who wear lots of synthetic fibers (like athleisure wear or super stretchy stuff) maintain their sanity.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog/2026/06/29/living-under-an-extreme-heat.html","date_published":"2026-06-29T21:23:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Nic Babarskis","url":"https://nic.babarskis.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1685639.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"thebigbabooski"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-29 21:23","date_timestamp":1782768182,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://edumasto.org/@nicbabarskis/116835496884538077","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrovzn5n65uakj2waamtw6qj/post/3mphgcr2qak2s","https://www.threads.com/@thebigbabooski/post/DaL0vLhnYAf"]}},{"id":"93083576","content_html":"Public Domain Review’s (@publicdomainrev@mastodon.social) Sunday Read this week features depictions of Cholera and infrastructure failure. Maybe in the face of defunding public health and deregulation we should dust off some of these prints.
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\nThe belief that I could decide not to use it and then I wouldn’t have to deal with it was naïve. It’s not a product on a shelf I can bypass because I’m not interested in it. It’s showing up everywhere in everything. (And it almost always makes those things worse.)
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@pardoguerra.bsky.social I couldn’t figure out what PPE is an acronym for, but regarding your larger point: Wouldn’t you want your students to do something to the worlds they inhabit with the knowledge they are gaining in your domain of expertise? Shouldn’t encountering new information change the respondent in some way?
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@pardoguerra.bsky.social In your opinion, what exactly is the function or utility of academic disciplines associated with the humanities or liberal arts if not student developmental/formational?
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@help noticing on the iOS app that the text selector won’t drag across text. I can highlight one word or the whole text block but can’t adjust the selection even though it shows the handles you would typically drag to adjust the selection.
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