"The letter calls for cracking down on protests, reforming admissions, hiring conservative faculty members, tamping down grade inflation, limiting foreign donations, and slowing tuition hikes." www.ed.gov/media/docume...

Megan Zahneis@mzahneis.bsky.social · 2d ago

The presidents of WashU, Arizona State, Kansas, and Johns Hopkins, in concert with the Association of American Universities, helped draft a new version of last year's White House compact. “We’d much rather be a partner than play the guessing game as we have been,” Kansas' president told Bloomberg.

maybe I actually prefer when faculty don't respond to email and I can just complain that I can't do anything until they respond

⚠️ Don’t stop talking about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya ⚠️ Urgent new health warning issued: FREE DOCTOR ABU SAFIYA! #FreeAbuSafiya Sign the petition today calling for his immediate release: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Starting to think that spite is not sufficient motivation to keep keeping on.

Has it been Taylor Farms making me shit after Taco Bell this whole time?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

2026 gender census is out! They've been doing this for a while and are pretty reputable. This survey helps track trends in which terms people use to describe themselves by country and by other demographics, for instance. (I'm not affiliated with them.) Survey and more info: survey.gendercensus.com

If you live in Missouri, make sure your voter's registration is still valid today! Denny Hoskins is a crook who gave Trump the voter rolls

They're really playing Country Road at the Egypt/Argentina game? The US is a flop host

“Amazon, Walmart, Cisco, Uber and Meta are among early adopters that have introduced caps, discouraged wasteful use or pushed employees to cheaper models in a bid to keep AI spending under control.”

‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity

ft.com

🏳️‍🌈🌏 Wiki Loves Pride 2026 Queer Histories Beyond the West: Archiving Invisible South Asian Narratives 📅 Thu June 25 · 9PM IST / 11:30AM EDT · online 👤 Led by Raza Meta: tinyurl.com/Queer-Histor... #WikiLovesPride #Wikidata #GlobalSouth

So tired of AI resistance framed as "fear" as if the industry isn't full of well documented disasters and unethical profiteering destroying the world around us.

Some people will share a stage with truly anyone and it is wild to watch

Dayton Public Libraries "released" Trzeciak. My deepest sympathies to the staff and I hope they're able to recover from the last five years.

Turn those invasive honeysuckle blossoms into a pitcher of refreshing iced tea. We're cooked anyway.

So much of AI "implementation" discourse reeks of FOMO and I really resent people putting their consumerist anxieties on everyone else

The US Postal Service continues to deliver during tornado warnings. #ThankYouForYourService

I'm watching a webcast of weather here in Missouri due to the tornado warnings and somebody said, "Call Josh Hawley. Oh wait, he doesn't actually live here" and oof the weather broadcast is spicy in many ways.

Enjoying Dorian Electra's new album of 90's/Y2K tribute songs

The idea of GenAI writing as "accessibility" for non-native speakers and disabled people is rooted in assimilationist ideals. In this essay, I will

up now in @missouriindependent.com - a follow up on our Epstein boarding school story - new lawsuit against the operators of Wings of Faith boarding school for girls in Stockton missouriindependent.com/2026/04/08/l...

Unlocked a new culinary favorite this weekend with pickled greens from the yard. Some foraged picks (goldenrod, plantain, deadnettle, etc) and the unstoppable Egyptian walking onions.

"As the war with Iran continues to rage, Missouri prisoners are anxious over the rapidly rising cost of fuel," writes Da'Shae. "Residents of Southeast Correctional Center are feeling the effects. According to people I spoke to, families are sending less money and making fewer visits."

Rising Fuel Prices Are Affecting People in Prison, Too

In Missouri, strapped families are visiting less and sending fewer care packages to their loved ones in prison.

prisonjournalismproject.org

This is money that could be going to our public schools. Instead they're trying to sell us a data center saying that it'll give money to the public schools.

Sunshine Gerry - sounding the alarm in Silver Bullet City@gconnolly314.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The STL #DeadbeatDeveloper award for the first quarter of 2026 goes to Phil Hulse of GreenStreet. The property taxes owed for the Armory district plus GreenStreet's HQ on McRee exceed $3 Million. $3,095,346.08 is the total owed for 3660, 3728 & 3852 Market St., 500 Prospect & 4565 McRee. See ALTs.

Had an amazing reference appt with a student who wanted to write about Harry Styles and queerbaiting. I got to rant about representation politics and white queers who want Netflix maybe-gays instead of supporting independent actually queer artists.

P.S. want to read books by trans and nonbinary journalists for #transrightsreadathon? I made a list. It includes a mix of memoir, reported nonfiction, and fiction from current or former journalists. app.thestorygraph.com/tags/e9f8895...

Books by trans and nonbinary journalists by readmeup

app.thestorygraph.com

Share your favorite screenshot from today’s #ArmoryDataCenter Conditional Use Hearing. Via IG ⬇️

Chuck Norris was the only man who'd meditate on screen without my parents worrying he'd invite demons into his mind. Dude sure could kick.

St Louis Alders have published mostly electronically generated form letters of support for Data Center from "community stakeholders" w/o addresses/ID of relationship to project, including #DeadbeatDeveloper + letters of opposition, including those w/ addresses stlouis.govocal.com/projects/dat...

State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

850 showed up for Franklin County Mo Data Center Hearing How many will show up for 8:30 am Thursday, March 19, St. Louis City #DeadbeatDeveloper Data Center Hearing? www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event... St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine archive.today/2026.03.18-1...