"Arts Grads are Doing Just Fine, Actually" - refreshing attempt to capture some of the nuances of employment prospects for arts majors, minus the usual hysteria www.chronicle.com/special-proj...

Arts Grads Are Doing Just Fine, Actually

With AI driving algorithmic sameness, these students often have skills and creative perspectives that set them apart.

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When someone tells the full story of the hollowing out of the New School for Social Research & brings all the receipts— it will be a multi-volumed horror show of neoliberal higher ed

Ingrid Robeyns@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 10h ago

The New School for Social Reserach in NYC is, essentially, killing itself, killing what it was, killing what it stood for. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...

The Mary Oliver doc has some great moments in it & most are supplied by the brilliant John Waters, a perfect interviewee— the one most able to balance her intense desire for privacy with his insights about who she was... www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | American Masters | PBS

Celebrate the work of writer Mary Oliver, who published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.

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Queens deserves better

PSC-CUNY@psc-cuny.org · 2d ago

“There’s been a lot of fiscal mismanagement by our administration, and they’re solving it by laying off part-time workers...We are a primary engine of social mobility in the city, so we need the support of our state legislature, our governor, and our city council as well.” qns.com/2026/07/quee...

This is an outrageous move by Harvard & one that will give other institutions permission to undertake similarly lunkheaded “reorgs”

Luke Waltzer@lukewaltzer.bsky.social · last wk.

Harvard wyd?

the people behind this are ghouls

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

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Amazing things happening boingboing.net/2026/07/25/c...

Canadian politician mindlessly reads AI-generated speech, prompt and all

Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, delivered a rousing speech last week. "One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens ...

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The official pics are here! W/ appreciation to all who showed in body & spirit-- & to elected officials who joined the layoff protest on Wall Street yesterday, @catalinacruzny.bsky.social & @claireforny.bsky.social, ty, #CUNY couldn't exist w/o REAL support from reps psc-cuny.org/news-events/...

Lawmakers Join CUNY Faculty and Staff to Protest Layoffs, Mismanagement at Queens College - PSC CUNY

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No Cuts to Queens College! CUNY is the pride of our public education system. As a proud CUNY grad, former PSC union member, and future Queens Assemblymember, I will fight to tax the rich and end austerity budgets so that students, staff, and faculty can thrive.

The demand: CUT FROM THE TOP! On Wall Street today, outside the offices of a #CUNY board of trustee to protest *another* round of budget cuts at QC. Huge showing of students, faculty, staff, pols, & the rude mechanicals! @psc-cuny.org

Seeking a co-writer for a play about A.I. teacher robots who are actually repurposed A.I. sex robots, DM me www.techspot.com/news/113154-...

New York school will deploy AI teaching robot from company linked to sex bots

Update / Correction (July 22): Realbotix contacted TechSpot to clarify that the Salamanca classroom pilot is scheduled to begin in September 2026. According to the company, Sally...

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CUNY colleagues, alums, community members, fans: please click & sign if you support investing in public education, not austerity measures.🙏

Laura Tanenbaum@ltanenbaum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Humans of CUNY. Please sign the @psc-cuny.org petition: Save Jobs at Queens College. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

One line movie review: the only part of Stop! That! Train! that disappointed was the audience.

I’ve sent in my comments. Please do so too. @cadhe.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org

Phil Plait@philplait.bsky.social · 4w ago

Whoa, over a quarter million people (so far!) have left a comment on the egrgious openly fascist takeover attempt of the OMB. You can too! @standupforscience.net has instructions and everything you need. It's not hard, and it's critically important to science. fight2win.standupforscience.net

Going to ATHE? Interested in pitching your book? I'm emailing in my role as Incoming Editor for the Studies in Theatre History and Culture series at the University of Iowa Press to extend an invitation to meet with me on July 23-24. DM for Calendly Link.

The roll-out of OneRF has been a nightmare for RF staff and researchers alike. Poor prep, terrible training, a maze of new procedures & unprofessional delays. RF workers pay the price every day. Sign this petition!

PSC-CUNY@psc-cuny.org · last mo.

Tell RF Management: Treat Your Workers Fairly! Due to RF management’s rushed, flawed rollout of the new “OneRF” administrative software, RF project employees have missed paychecks, leaving them to struggle to pay their bills. Sign this petition: psc-cuny.org/issues/rffai...

In October, we paid tribute to Wallace with an event and panel discussion about his third and final Gotham volume, “Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945.” Watch it here: youtu.be/XsmDactFGvw

Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945 - Mike Wallace’s New Book and Career

YouTube video by CUNY Graduate Center

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Happy Monday prospective book reviewers @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! It's not too late to join us for today's workshop on Writing a Book Review. Learn more and register here:

Workshops and Webinars

Summer 2026 Workshops  June Getting Unstuck: Using Informal Writing Techniques Effectively Wednesday, June 24 @ 4PM; register here A key challenge that writers face is feeling stuck in a project an…

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“Some words don’t work…Synergy is one of them.” (Oxford Thesaurus, 878)

In 2009 I took “NY in the 20th century” w/ Mike Wallace. No class description, 2-3 books on NY assigned per session. “There’s no single opus that treats NYC in the 20th c, though I’m working on one,” his syllabus read. He was a brilliant prof; witty, scattered, passionate, curious, determined.

Mike Wallace, Who Wrote a Radical History of New York, Dies at 83

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The official launch event for The AI Resist List is finally here, and you can join in person or online! The airesistlist.org has met a seemingly urgent public need for examples of ways communities around the world are moving against extractive AI and exploring more equitable technology futures.

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

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Also, Pete would be proud

Brian PJ Cronin@brianpjcronin.bsky.social · last mo.

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

I’ve never been more proud of my brief stint as a volunteer on the Clearwater 🛳️ & I can attest their dirty sink water has more integrity than this admin

Brian PJ Cronin@brianpjcronin.bsky.social · last mo.

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

Theatre/Performance @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring! European performance specialists, the job ad is below! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

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The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Mira Felner, a longtime professor and influential author who helped shape the field of theater studies and the careers of generations of students. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoriam-mira-felner

Another job in my department at Notre Dame! Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Film History (I'm not on this committee, but happy to talk about the dept/ND etc) apply.interfolio.com/188579?fbcli...

These are best-in-kind guidelines—no surprise, given who wrote them. Thanks to @lukewaltzer.bsky.social @maurasmale.bsky.social and @mkgold.bsky.social for their intellectual leadership and addressing the challenges posed by genAI with characteristic criticality, nuance, and care.

Joel@sentantiq.bsky.social · last mo.

thanks to @lukewaltzer.bsky.social @mkgold.bsky.social and Chief librarian Maura Smale @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for developing these draft AI Guidelines www.gc.cuny.edu/research-fac...

It's the last week of our Spring Sale! Get 50% off all UMP books before this deal is gone here: press.umich.edu

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Theatre Survey is looking for a new Associate Editor who will move into the Editor role: www.astr.org/news/725027/...