There are a lot of important things going on. Maybe this isn’t a top twenty concern. But, this is actually workplace harassment, the kind that can get people killed.

@carmenlynn.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Koch Nazis are back “A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college professors and administrators — and it's working.”

Lol. Donald Trump does not "muse". He also doesn't have friends. Except for maybe Epstein.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

Publicly and privately, President Trump has been musing about aging and fate after his friend Lindsey Graham’s sudden death. Trump is scheduled to deliver a eulogy for the South Carolina Republican today at Washington National Cathedral.

JOB!! We are hiring. Apply to join a great Department. I am not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions: networks.h-net.org/jobs/70167/l...

Basic competence that doesn't waste my time, it's all I ask for.

Hi folks. How are your administrators evaluated, if they are? Send me receipts please #academia

Past week I've finished reading Circe, watched Hadestown (what a show), and will be seeing the Odyssey over the weekend.

I only occasionally hear my neighbors through the wall but tonight is one of those nights and I'm pleased to report they are watching the original Star Wars

It is bullshit that I can't watch Arco in French in the USA. Not even on a disc.

I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

nbcnews.com

You love to see it

Sounds like leverage to me www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Kagan Testify Before Congress on Security

Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are seeking millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.

nytimes.com

Since I'm swearing today already. Fuck this guy

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 4w ago

phew, Platner framing the sexual assault allegations as establishment opposition to his grassroots candidacy: "We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems in the history of the world, and we won...And now, they are not going to let us have it. Not if it’s me."

Just saw a email regarding widespread cheating on a math placement exam. I was already aware of this issue for languages. Don't fucking cheat on a placement exam. For fucks sake.

Put the world cup on for the first time really and has timothee been shilling for a prediction market the whole tournament?

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

Spent breakfast surrounded by kids attending a heritage foundation high school retreat or something.

My new self care routine is to find a whiskey bar with an excellent burger whenever I travel

A very real, very scary thing

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · last mo.

“and so it’s almost like a confession – as though the words on the pamphlet are: 'We worship the devil, signed, antifa’.” @reproutopia.bsky.social quoted in @lexmcmenamin.com's incredible new story

No board of trustees - whether in academia, nonprofit arts, or for-profit business - is ever qualified to anoint itself with this type of power. They do not know better, they will never understand how to run the institution, and - this is absolutely crucial - this is not what boards are for.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university… The policy leaves many questions unanswered”

Good to know that the current sec of defense apparently thinks the Allies were the bad guys in wwii

Continuing my Final Fantasy journey

You know some of us were alive when this happened and remember

NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP

I've been an Android user for a very long time and even have google fi for my phone plan, but recent news about google search has me thinking of switching to apple and a new servicer. Any suggestions on what to look for?

Jfc

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

Apropos of nothing I'm finally finishing up the Handmaid's Tale on Hulu

Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great piece from @sarahposner.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

Humanities and social science profs are finding out how natural scientists treat authorship and we are losing our damn minds.

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I just can't get past "What do you mean I have to check AAALLLLLLLL my citations?" Like, dude, what? My PhD advisor would have hung me by my toenails on the quad if I didn't know what one of my citations was for.

You know good. Let's have more students do this in hs school, force business schools to give them credit for it, and open up an elective

No fair giving the correct answer as your example

Emily St. James@emilystjams.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Have decided this is An Intriguing Challenge, so: Who was the hottest person onscreen for any 10-year period? It needn't be a strict decade -- Tony Leung from 1994 to 2004 totally counts, for instance -- but you are limited to strictly 10 years. Make your picks!

Me for the rest of my life