Nutz. Director of the Writing Center Jane Rosenzweig is brilliant and cutting edge on AI and writing. Read the unique Substack she edits and writes, with contributors who are writing instructors at high school, college, and beyond. If she doesn't work at your university, try to poach her.

The Important Work | Jane Rosenzweig | Substack

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Click to read The Important Work, by Jane Rosenzweig, a Substack publication.

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Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

In Defense of the Harvard College Writing Center | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director, Jane Rosenzweig.

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A terribly shortsighted decision from Harvard! @janerosenzweig.bsky.social is among the voices most needed right now-- and writing centers are needed more than ever, especially when their directors (like Jane) devote so much time to thinking about (and teaching) the impact of AI on the liberal arts.

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 7d ago

And here. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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Comments from Former and Current Harvard Writing Tutors

Comments from Former and Current Harvard Writing Tutors I am flabbergasted by the decision to close the Writing Center, which for more than twenty years has been an immeasurably valuable resource for...

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One of the best things there! I use it constantly in my teaching!

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yes I would download those ASAP. A good reminder. usingsources.fas.harvard.edu

Bientôt aux archives nationales ! Bonne nouvelle #exposition !

This is mind blowing. It feels as though Harvard College is being DOGEd! I have been totally blindsided by this. WTF does an undergraduate education even mean to those who are carrying out this restructuring?

www.harvardmagazine.com/university-n...

Harvard College Shutters Dudley Community, Lays Off Writing Center Director | Harvard Magazine

FAS leaders say restructuring will be complete by mid-October.

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Tragic. All the more because Harvard's writing center has great open-access resources that help so many students learn to write better. What are these administrators thinking?

Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.

It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Need to have some frank talk about #Yale President McInnis, General Counsel Alexander Dreier and the trustees. First, they keep saying that they are compelled to enter into a settlement with the #Trump administration. Untrue. 1/

ahhh bnf richelieu. though the heat this time of year i do not miss!

Briony Neilson@brionyneilson.bsky.social · 3d ago

They don't build library systems like this anymore: inside the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris in 1938, a librarian stands next to a pneumatic tube, holding a reader's call slip requesting access to printed materials (Jacques Boyer/Roger-Viollet) 🗃️

This is so cool! Which comet is being represented here? In what country?

neil guthrie@nguthrie.bsky.social · 3d ago

Recently acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., a snuffbox depicting the card game Comète and a comet-viewing party (Meissen, c1750-60) #c18 #c18th #18thc

“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.

about f-g time. can you imagine being moreno's daughter? what ghouls they are. what ghouls they all are.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

After Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.

Are you gearing up for fall? Thinking about classrooms that are welcoming, just, and kind? Check out -A Pedagogy of Kindness- for ideas about how to be kind to yourself, and how to thread kindness through your syllabus, assignments, and into your classroom. www.oupress.com/978080619385...

A Pedagogy of Kindness - University of Oklahoma Press

Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, highe...

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2/2 Not quite this picture by Kalf but another one like it (the lobster!) hanging in a Dutch home in the 1650s.

Ghoul.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Never forget.

A century ago, white nationalists were saying the exact same things about Rep. Rulli's Italian ancestors -- they weren't white, they were criminals, they could never assimilate to "our" country

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Rep. Michael Rulli on reports that ICE is preparing to mass deport of Haitians from Ohio: "Let's get them out of here. Let's get 'em all out of here, and let's start from the beginning."

If your article concerns aviation, your headline should not use “ballooning” metaphorically

proofs! 💖💖💖 @devingarofalo.bsky.social

Devin Garofalo@devingarofalo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

THE BARBARA JOHNSON COLLECTIVE has a cover, a website, and is available for preorder! (Use code NUP2026 for a discount.) See the full contents at the link below — lucky to be part of this extraordinary project and excited to see it in print this fall! ✨🔥 nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948066...

After remarking about her looks, Trump says to one of CNN’s most prominent journalists, “Smile Kaitlin. Just smile.” These journalists need to understand he’s trying to humiliate all of you. Not just Collins.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Every “journalist” at this dinner should hang their heads in shame.

WTF. Name the journal. Name the author.

Marc Hudson@marchudson.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the LinkedIn of an academic I have a lot of respect for.

We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

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Ghouls.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2w ago

Judge rules against Illinois college aid for undocumented immigrants www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

24 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellows urge #Yale not to cave to Trump: "These concessions are not required by federal law. Some are unlawful or unconstitutional. The generational impact of these potential concessions on the foundations of Yale University cannot be overemphasized enough."

“For now, the new collection spans a narrow 12-year window from 1947-59, comprising only 10% of the 23,000 physical negatives the DC Archives has from official govt photographers. The rest stretch through the 1970s & are still being scanned, but the Archives is working to make them available, too.”

Jason D. Salvagni@salvagni.org · 2w ago

Very very cool heads up from our friends @51st.news.

In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History Open, online meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline in a time of crisis. 2-4pm BST, Tuesday 4 August 2026 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis...

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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Literary question: could someone tell me when Isabel Archer is fictionally in Italy in Portrait of a Lady? (rough dates with any concrete evidence that tells us in the novel what the timeframe is?)

His name was Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. He was a young father who deserved life and dignity. He was our neighbor. His daughter deserved to grow up with a father. I ask you to please contribute to help Johan’s family as they navigate this unspeakable tragedy. Donate here: gofund.me/2d196d306