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Another job at Yale! Mid-career Anthropologist/South Asianist: Associate/Full Professor, Anthropology of South Asia. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2026 careercenter.americananthro.org/job/713515/a...

Seems like good context in light of the recent dept of education letter. It’s not that there aren’t problems (and problems of trust) w higher ed, but it is not exclusively a problem w the university in isolation.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.

I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...

Please circulate! The American Studies Program at Yale Univ. invites applications for an open rank, full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty position in U.S. Cultural History and Cultural Studies. Deadline Oct. 15, 2026. Details and application instructions: apply.interfolio.com/188467

did i ... miss something? are we cloning pets regularly now?

when did i become the professor who can't figure out how the webform works?

Hey #sociologists and #sts scholars! We've been teaching Merton's norms of science wrong for decades!! They're not lofty misstaken descriptions, but a prescription for state funded science to avoid Nazism! More relevant than ever today. My latest with @nataliebaviles.bsky.social #academicsky

Dan Hirschman@asociologist.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Reading Merton’s writing on norms in science as a prescriptive text, not a descriptive one, makes visible his desire to counter the active dismantlement of prestigious and powerful scientific institutions in Nazi Germany." @nataliebaviles.bsky.social & @cyberlyra.bsky.social

No lies detected, unlike the administration or the journalists carrying their water. “These people want money and they want power and they want revenge, and no amount of evidence or reasoned argument is going to slow them down. Save your breath.” www.science.org/content/blog...

The Assault On Science Funding Continues

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I don’t have the energy to describe how corrosive this will be to a democratic society

SkynetAndChill.com@druce.ai · 2w ago

Anthropic and OpenAI launched free K-12 teacher tools as AI labs compete for a piece of the $6tn global education market.

This is correct. The report is infuriating. An abuse of the history of science, and a nonsensical "vision," where superhuman AI will direct science and the only human talent needed is heartland tinkering to build the mechanics dictated by AI. It is bad science fiction and worse science policy.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

oh. oh. they're are just going to be upfront about their eugenics sympathies. though this is all too predictable, i still am stunned.

Lisa Messeri@lmesseri.bsky.social · 2w ago

For no good reason, i'm reading this report closer than anyone should (it is not serious). Proven by the invocation of "scientific officialdom" to mount a greivance about school closings during COVID. but b/c i am reading this report (again! no one should! it's not serious!), AMA.

For no good reason, i'm reading this report closer than anyone should (it is not serious). Proven by the invocation of "scientific officialdom" to mount a greivance about school closings during COVID. but b/c i am reading this report (again! no one should! it's not serious!), AMA.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ahead of a hearing before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee tomorrow, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a 120-pg report, "Science: A New Golden Age" www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Here's the summary from the press release:

I wrote a journal review of Chaar López's book. Having read that alone (but corroborated by the reporting that Sarah links to), i can very firmly say that his tenure denial has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of his scholarship.

Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 2w ago

Please share my post, share my outrage and sign, and share this petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Please share my post, share my outrage and sign, and share this petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Open Letter Concerning the Tenure Denial of Dr. Iván Chaar López

The denial of tenure to Dr. Chaar López has become a national concern because it raises questions that extend far beyond one faculty member or one institution. Scholars across disciplines depend upon ...

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 2w ago

UT President interfering with faculty tenure. Just the latest egregious example of administrator overreach and political capitulation. Non-paywall follows.

Thank you for your leadership @holdenthorp.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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I am thrilled to announce the 1st Michigan Science & Tech Policy fellowship! We're looking for someone w/AI expertise & policy interests, to work in the MI Dept of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. App deadline Aug 9. Learn about the MiST fellowships: stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/fellowships/...

I graduated from MIT in 2004 with a degree in aerospace engineering. My salary at my post-college job was $40k. Obvi this wasn’t an engineering job (policy job), but just saying, this is an impractical, unenforceable, and dumb idea.

NPR@npr.org · 4w ago

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

A beautiful essay indeed, and great jumping off point for people across all fields of scholarship to reflect on what it is we are doing and why. A short thread >>

M.J. Crockett@mjcrockett.bsky.social · 4w ago

This gorgeous essay from the social-media-less Lily Hu is everything: on what it means to "do" philosophy amidst pressure to automate it (with lessons that travel much more broadly). Rhymes with brilliant insights from @biblioracle.bsky.social @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Ted Chiang & others

This gorgeous essay from the social-media-less Lily Hu is everything: on what it means to "do" philosophy amidst pressure to automate it (with lessons that travel much more broadly). Rhymes with brilliant insights from @biblioracle.bsky.social @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Ted Chiang & others

Lily Hu · Un-Doing Philosophy

Analytic philosophers in the United States are increasingly embracing AI, both by taking advisory positions at tech companies and by using large language models for their own research and writing. Som...

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It feels a certain way knowing that @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I published the rebuttal to this article… six months ago.

AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…

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This skeet will self destruct@pardoguerra.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is quite the finding for a device thats just a plagiarism machine, or whatever we are calling it this week. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

last year, a high schooler casually mentioned that they used a humanizer and I asked for an explanation. A year ago. What's new to us olds is old news to those younger. Keep talking to students and younger people to get a sense of what is bubbling up. Happily, there are many young dissenters...

Judith Beyer@judithbeyer.bsky.social · 4w ago

You know what is also a « humanizer « ?YOU. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ContraAI🤖

Joseph Weizenbaum's 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason, has long been out of print - used copies sell for hundreds of dollars. It's wild that this is not more widely available given how much his ideas still apply to the world we're in now. 🧵/

Possibly the first podcast i listened to regularly. I remember transferring the downloaded file to my iPod shuffle. I will greatly miss having Steve, Dana, and Julia in my ears every Wednesday. With gratitude for this wonderful program.

Slate@slate.com · last mo.

So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, adieu. Adieu, adieu to yieu and yieu and yieu… In the last ever Culture Gabfest, Steve, Dana, and Julia rewatch Juno, welcome on June Thomas, respond to listener emails, and say goodbye. slate.trib.al/UYnwean

Making automation work for social scientists, Daedalus This was part of a special issue edited by James Manyika on AI & the future of science. In this piece I reflect on how engagement with science & technology studies has helped me think clearly about how I use AI in my research. 3/4

The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails. Two years ago, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I made some predictions about how AI would impact scientific research. Here we take stock of what we got right and what we missed. 2/4

The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails

Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.

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The second half of this article really heats up. It shows that when a journalist does the most basic part of their job - to figure out if what people say has any correspondence with truth - they bust a lot of AI ed tech scams. Gift Link:

Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era

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Well, that was a fucking ride.

have I mentioned that I teach first year writing here and that I am being laid off

Sarah Osment@smosment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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Since September I've been working with an international group to develop what we hope can be a response from the mathematics community to artificial intelligence in maths. The Leiden Declaration is now posted and open for signatures: https://leidendeclaration.ai/ #LeidenDeclaration

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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This excellent and an excellent model for other fields to follow. leidendeclaration.ai

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.

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I have an article under review where I draw a line connecting Scientology and AI rationalists and, well, this picture in the times article about the AGI house and those dissenting from the pope makes me feel like I’m not out on as far as a limb as I thought…