oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...

Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)

The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.

nytimes.com

I’m really thrilled to share details of a special day-course that we’re running at @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk ‘Toil and Trouble’: Early Modern Witchcraft Sat 27 Feb 2027 - Oxford Speakers include Dr Laura Kounine, Dr Tabitha Stanmore and myself. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/toil...

'Toil and Trouble': Early Modern Witchcraft - Oxford Lifelong Learning

Explore the history of witchcraft belief and persecution during the early modern period in this special study day.

lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk

This makes it sound like they were rooting for rival teams. How about: “devolves when it is shown that Senator Schmitt can’t read….”

Rachel Weil@racheljweil.bsky.social · 3d ago

When it comes to burying the lede, ya just can’t tbeat the NY Times Pitchbot …. Oh, wait, this is not the Pitchbot.

When it comes to burying the lede, ya just can’t tbeat the NY Times Pitchbot …. Oh, wait, this is not the Pitchbot.

oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d ago

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern… [A]dministrators have allowed the idea that enough ambiguity, enough he-said-she-said, enough familial connections, enough money will allow you to get off scot-free.” This editorial is 🔥🔥🔥🔥.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d ago

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

The Legal Defense Fund is calling for accountability in the investigations of suspicious deaths of Black people across the country. Over the past year, at least 10 Black people have been found hanging from trees, with some deaths ruled suicides that families question. https://bit.ly/3SOrltz

A Series of Hanging Deaths Has Black Families Demanding Answers

Over the past year, at least 10 Black people have been found hanging from trees, with some deaths ruled suicides that families question.

capitalbnews.org

I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.

book on main book on main post it post it book on main

Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

A most obscene example of failing up.

Ashwini Vasanthakumar@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social · 3w ago

"The Grenfell inquiry ... found she slowed down the installation of self-closing mechanisms on fire doors in the tower for “financial and practical reasons”, despite warnings from the London fire brigade that their absence compromised fire escape routes."

It was only when I looked at this fabulous shirt my friends are printing that I realized that the names of the places Drumpf has tried to rename by fiat have, um, something in common. All indigenous. Is anyone talking about this?

A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... Gift link. I wish health care were free but at least this article is. May it be read all over Kansas.

Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)

Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

nytimes.com

“Gulliver is shown a large wooden contraption that allows “the most ignorant person … [to] write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.”♥️♥️♥️ I guess I’m a Swiftie now. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Jonathan Swift v. AI — The Dial

Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it?

thedial.world

"Why is revolutionizing college education necessary or desirable? The document does not say. Woe betide anyone who dares question this purportedly apolitical & inevitable development & how it might intersect with our goal of imparting a humanist education to our students." = A question to ask deans

Hannah Rosefield@hannahrosefield.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Before I banned all devices from my lectures, I would walk around the classroom as I spoke, watching my students engage in blatant day trading of cryptocurrency, sports gambling and placing Polymarket bets on everything under the sun." www.thedial.world/articles/new...

this is so gross nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

‘The theft is blatant’: Nunavut AI ‘correspondent’ regurgitates northern stories

Leah Qammaniq, an Inuk journalist raised in the North, understands first-hand the issues that she reports on in Nunavut. She covers Inuit self-governance, food security and, generally, daily life in t...

nunatsiaq.com

I totally get why Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian, but I am also very worried and very sad for what may come. All of the nation's history is in peril, and who knows what kind of historian may be coming to lead it under this administration

I got your gift link for this must-read. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The Dartmouth Exception | Jacob Weisberg

Among its peers in the Ivy League, Dartmouth was perfectly positioned to resist Trump’s attack on higher education. It chose not to.

nybooks.com

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 4w ago

there's the abject failure of university+college presidents to come together as a group on day 1 to stand up for the U.S.'s second largest export + most powerful engine of ideas +innovation then there's the abhorrent failure of Darmouth's president in particular www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Everyone doing this just needs to understand that they are actively skipping the thinking step

@easymac5.bsky.social · 4w ago

All I’m saying is that I can source info faster using an LLM than manually. Evaluating sources, putting together a bibliography, ensuring accuracy, none of that changes. It’s using the technology to automate the grunt work.

Good afternoon. Lake Ontario would like a word.

I’m so lucky to spend the weekend camping on the shores of the truly Great Lake Ontario.

Interestingly it is STILL true 3 hours later.

Rachel Weil@racheljweil.bsky.social · 4w ago

It IS true!

It IS true!

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s true. I just checked. Someone hacked the GOP midterm convention website and it redirects to … the official DOJ website for the Epstein Files

“i had to kill… many precious things.” -me, trying to make a word count

Elle Cordova@ellecordova.bsky.social · 4w ago

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

seriously: poll workers are Just Normal People. It’s like being on a jury except you sign up to do it, and it’s hella rewarding. Help your neighbors vote! Maintain the basic mechanisms of democracy! Do Very Important Paperwork!

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey folks, are you looking for an easy way to help out on Election Day? Maybe even get paid? Consider being a poll worker. It's easy. My goal is to get 1,000 folks interested in being a poll worker. Takes ten seconds. Sign-up for more info here: www.powerthepolls.org/creator-char...

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI. I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

docs.google.com

Deleted Google Maps and added Mapquest today ( Apple Maps is fine too).

Last year the AHA released “Guiding Principles for AI in History Education.” It was measured, made all the right critiques, but somehow tried to find appropriate uses cuz, you know, it is inevitable. Clearly, “F*ck this useless sh* t” is the better response.

Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education

These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.

historians.org

Elise A. Mitchell@bydreamphd.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ve had this convo privately enough times in the last week to go public: I don’t think there is any valuable way to use AI in a history classroom.

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Honestly, it's one of the honors of my life that I got to write this essay that put into words what so many people feel and do, fight for and love. Here it is again, and thanks always to everyone sharing it and @bostonreview.bsky.social for publishing it. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

The Claims of Close Reading

Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

bostonreview.net

I almost forgot to post today, but Week 34 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included: A printer A race car A mailbox A Canadian flag A guitar A pair of eyes A great lake