Biblioraptor, PhD
@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social
English prof, mama & wife, reader/writer, 18C, pop culture, intersectional feminist, progressive, cyclist, hiker. NC. My views are my own. She/her
One thing I’m going to tell my students re: AI is something I learned on the National Weather Center tour. Every meteorologist in the Storm Prediction Center starts their shift by writing out predictions by hand with colored pencils then they check the computer models. Human and experience first
If you don’t welcome the Cat in the Hat, that’s a violation of Seuss’s law.
DHS's new visa rules for int'l students studying in the US are, as you might imagine, bad. The link below offers a useful summary. A key thing is that students can now only get 4-year visas, including PhD students, rendering such degrees all but impossible. www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/...
Final Rule: Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure Quick Facts
On July 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule in the Federal Register introducing a fixed period of admission and extension of stay procedure (EOS) for F students. ...
studyinthestates.dhs.gov
Walked six miles with a friend and I must have gotten hotter than I had realized cause now I have a bonky headache
It’s fun to not know who is going to win before it even starts!
Mary Kasprzak @marykasprzak.bsky.social · 6h agonice to see a competitive grand tour #tdff
Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Finally read Into the Drowning Deep and it would make such a perfect sea creature eats people movie
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras https://theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-had-quinceaneras/
W and I went to Five Below for dorm stuff but they didn’t really have anything beyond a whiteboard for his door but we did get some fun candy
what bizzaro world are living in that Movistar is in a yellow jersey in a tour de france
BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1
![AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, LEONARD BRIGHT, VANITA REDDY, LANDON SADLER, and AARON GEORGE,
Plaintiffs,
V.
ROBERT L. ALBRITTON, JAY GRAHAM, DAVID
C. BAGGETT, JOHN W. BELLINGER, JAMES R.
BROOKS, MICHAEL A. HERNANDEZ III,
WILLIAM MAHOMES JR., KELLEY SULLIVAN GEORGIADES, and SAM TORN, in their official capacities as members of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION NO.
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors ("AAUP"), on behalf of
its members in the Texas A&M University System ("Texas A&M"), and individually named member professors Leonard Bright, Vanita Reddy, Landon Sadler, and Aaron George (collectively, "Plaintiffs") challenge Texas A&M System Policy ("System Policy") 08.01's prohibition on teaching "gender and race ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation, and gender identity" in academic coursework (the "Censorship Policy" or the "Policy").
On its face, the Censorship Policy imposes a complete prohibition, in all core-
curriculum courses, on courses "advocat[ing]" particular disfavored views of race or gender, or
any topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, but the Policy does not impose any corresponding ban on opposing views on these issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jcats4toei4ybf5ibk3njty3/bafkreidml3fbnbiivajg7rverpx3nckfhv3zdron6klbxc7kaffoyslpty)
The bumper stickers create themselves
Biblioraptor, PhD@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · yesterdaySUBARU SOCIALISTS
Ant is trying very hard to delicately discuss the bra padding issue #TdFF
an immigration lawyer working on some of these Haitian cases today says an ICE officer told them, re: the ankle monitors: “We’re following our orders.” Direct quote Hm
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 3d agoAm told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that
I miss these. It was fun to see who all had signed it and where it had been (alt text: image is of an inter-departmental mail envelope)
Ma$on@masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 2d agoI started my career in a weird time in life. Email was definitely a thing and people were using it but also people were still using these too.
I never thought I’d be rich as an academic but I didn’t expect that I’d become poorer every year.
The kids are out here getting looks mogged when they could be getting books mogged, is what I’m saying
they were very annoying and were also already a species in decline by my college years - but I mean, I never thought the Tiresome Literature Boy would ever really go *extinct*, and now we’re facing a truly catastrophic population decline.
The Dink is very fun and cute and everyone in it is great and now I want pickleball friends
When I walked into yoga tonight everyone was talking about all the ways they use AI and I spent half the class in my head and mad
Also all his books are embedded in Canvas so no book fees this semester!
Biblioraptor, PhD@biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d agoWe got W’s bill today and I don’t think we’re going to have to pay anything after his scholarships and loans are dispersed 🤞
We got W’s bill today and I don’t think we’re going to have to pay anything after his scholarships and loans are dispersed 🤞
Most of my problems would disappear if I made $75K a year. How do I make this happen
The Norwegians are having a happy summer of sport
