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Sarah McLaughlin
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Senior Scholar, Global Expression @TheFIREorg. AUTHORITARIANS IN THE ACADEMY out now at @JHUPress. @ sarahemclaugh on Bluesky. Opinions mine. Go birds.
Philadelphia, PA
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Aug 19, 2025
    Publication day! AUTHORITARIANS IN THE ACADEMY is officially out. Thanks to everyone, especially my colleagues at @TheFIREorg and my publisher @JHUPress, who helped me get this from an idea to a draft to a finished book. It’s available for purchase now.
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Dec 28, 2017
    Saw a bird eating a piece of avocado toast. Guess it was some kind of millennial falcon.
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Feb 13, 2021
    with great power comes no responsibility
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Nov 11, 2019
    Listen, we all make mistakes. Just the other day I used “your” when I meant “you’re.” Sometimes you use the wrong word. And sometimes you accidentally plan and execute the sadistic murder of a journalist. None of us are free of mistakes.
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    Nov 11, 2019
    Uber CEO on Saudi Arabia's killing of Jamal Khashoggi: "It's a serious mistake. We've made mistakes too, right, with self-driving ... So I think that people make mistakes. It doesn't mean that they can never be forgiven"
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Oct 23, 2019
    BREAKING: I led over 30 fellow customers into the Burger King kitchen where the manager is holding secret ketchup while claiming they’re out. Still inside - more details to come.
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    May 13, 2020
    “nice symbol of cowardice, nerds,” I mockingly say to the people using oven mitts while I grab a piping hot pan out of the oven with my bare hands
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Jul 2, 2019
    Nothing signifies celebration of a holiday about breaking free from an oppressive government better than “tanks in the streets”
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    NBC News
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    Jul 2, 2019
    Tanks seen arriving in Washington ahead of President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration. nbcnews.to/2J4HR1K
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    May 23, 2018
    Thought exercise: Ask yourself what you’d think if a major sports league in another country—say, China or Turkey—made a rule intended to punish those who don’t show sufficient respect to the country’s symbols.
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    The New York Times
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    May 23, 2018
    Breaking News: NFL owners agreed to a new national anthem policy: Teams will be fined if players kneel on the field or sidelines, though players will be allowed to stay in the locker room if they choose. nyti.ms/2IGIP5E
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Feb 21, 2018
    Texas school district says it will suspend all students who take part in "any type of protest or awareness” in aftermath of the Parkland school shooting: thehill.com/blogs/blog-bri…
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Nov 6, 2020
    it’s been a wild ride
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Mar 27, 2019
    A MITES ON ICE GOALIE ATTACKED GRITTY
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Apr 10, 2023
    It looks like Twitter is *globally* withholding a tweet in response to a legal demand in India. This is a disaster for free speech online. Indian law dictating social media speech rules globally—a worst case scenario for free speech and content moderation. thehindu.com/news/national/…
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    May 23, 2021
    Mrs. Lincoln took part in a night at the theater. Following a delay, she departed the theater safely after the performance.
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    Ryanair Press Team
    Ryanair
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    May 23, 2021
    Our FR4978 flight has landed safely in Vilnius at 19:25hrs UK time (21:25hrs local time). Here is Ryanair’s statement on today’s diversion to Minsk Airport 👇
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    Sarah McLaughlin
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    Feb 12, 2020
    is there nothing we can trust anymore