Michelle Burnham

I hate it! It’s very frustrating!

Pomona College in California is effectively acquiring the neighboring Claremont Graduate University. www.chronicle.com/article/pomo...

Kiah Stokes had a 19% block rate, averaging above 3 blocks per game in under 20 minutes as a senior at UCONN. She is one of the greatest shot blockers in the history of the women's game. The Warden of Alcatraz.

Heck yes, let’s go

Man. www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

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Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

love to have a thirty year crush rekindled before a basketball game

Fall of the Rebel Angels, by Orazio Gentileschi, 1601, 📸 by @noahgphotos

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Bad day for the “Nobody cares about the WNBA without Caitlin Clark” folks.

Abolitionist and physician, Sarah Parker Remond, granddaughter of a Black Revolutionary War veteran, ended segregation in a Boston theater with a lawsuit in 1853. She actively championed democracy throughout her life and career in the US, England, and Italy.

I wrote a thing about Roberta Flack and soul covers. Check out her versions of “Somewhere” and “Suzanne.”

Oregon State bet big on computer science. After a profitable run, things have gone south.

This is accurate!

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Hell yes

Hell yes

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Global medieval trade alert 🚨 “Archaeologists digging in the medieval city of Great Zimbabwe have discovered pieces of jade-green Chinese pottery, suggesting that the enigmatic empire had long-distance connections with East Asia more than 1,000 years ago.” Fab article by Dr. @killgrove.bsky.social

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A Golden State Valkyries holds up a sign in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the WNBA Semifinals at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. The Golden State Valkyries defeated the Las Vegas Aces 71-60. #valkyries #wnba #bayarea

Join us for a staged reading of my play, *The Return of Benjamin Lay*, co-written with Naomi Wallace, to be at Georgetown University's Riggs Library, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 7:30pm EDT. events.georgetown.edu/performingar...

Olivia Miles is the 2026 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The award was unanimous. She received all 74 votes. Miles is the 6th unanimous ROY, joining Aliyah Boston, A'ja Wilson, Elena Delle Donne, Tina Charles and Candace Parker.

Solid

I’ve been interested in this since I first read the premise. Might be a good candidate for a community screening.

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BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

Sophie Cunningham scored 3 points in 31 minutes for the Fever today. Thought I'd share these stats, since she wants us to talk about basketball now.

“It’s crazy that amidst our unending contrition we’ve forgotten a truism of academic life: that humanists are very obviously the best writers. Even our most cringe takes are good.” I happily identify as a secondary source reader!

Why is @caroclaireburke ‘s Yesteryear making everyone crazy? asks @lyzlenz My theory below, involving bowls and marbles, via thoughts on law and physics from @tribelaw.bsky.social (plus a footnote on The Yellow Wallpaper).

If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.

Such a great reading list tucked inside.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

If you're curious about how the right is going to try to frame the horrific fires in Spokane Washington, it looks like they plan to blame them on homeless people, local (DEM) city leadership, and state (DEM) mismanagement of forests. So, many of the same frames as the LA fires.