Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Education Dept. to Wipe Out Student Loans of 170,000 More Defrauded Borrowers (Gift Article)

The sprawling case, centered on students defrauded by for-profit schools, has now become the largest class-action settlement in American history.

nytimes.com

for a bill markup about cutting bureaucracy, this sure is dragging on in a mind-numbingly bureaucratic way

Opening statement for today's House Ed Committee markup started out by throwing Jimmy Carter under the bus 🫣

whew, this investigation by @jbeowulf.bsky.social is something else: www.newamerica.org/insights/the...

The AI College: How One For-Profit School Substituted Instructors With a Chatbot

An inside look at AI-powered Maestro University exposes a pattern of policy failures, potential legal violations, and widespread frustration among students—acting as a warning sign for higher educatio...

newamerica.org

saying this in my meanest angriest tone: when will we finally have Ludwig Season 2???

Might be the most important thing you read today. This has been true of ed tech generally, and AI exacerbates the problems Burch explains.

Morgan Polikoff@mpolikoff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My colleague Patricia Burch with some valuable thoughts on the role of private equity in educational AI. What should parents and other stakeholders worry about? What should they do? edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/the-hidden...

Academic sees word count quickly increasing when he actually starts writing.

CNBC@cnbc.com · 2mo ago

Oil tanker CEO sees Hormuz traffic quickly increasing when strait reopens

I’m a pretty cynical person, yet I never thought I’d live to see a post-Jim Crow American political party take the position that “racist pogroms are good actually.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."

I use to think there were only two types of people on the metro during rush hour. Those who keep their backpacks on (wrong) and those who take them off (correct). Today I found a third: those who enter the train with a full and open bowl of oatmeal

I love spending almost a full hour of my Monday making phone calls to medical providers and the health insurance company 🇺🇸🦅

Yaaaaaay american exceptionalism

Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 3mo ago

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

required viewing, particularly for folks who think pushing AI onto students is a good idea.

AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

Brazil bans Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the country. obviously things aren't perfect there but I think we need to think seriously about how to get institutions like theirs

Eixo Político@eixopolitico.com.br · 3mo ago

🇧🇷 URGENTE: Brasil proíbe empresas de mercado de previsão, como Kalshi e Polymarket, de operar no país. Resolução do Conselho Monetário Nacional, assinada pelo presidente do Banco Central, Gabriel Galípolo, entra em vigor no dia 4 de maio e proíbe apostas sobre política, esportes e entretenimento.

Trump doesn’t know they exist. This was Vought continuing his crusade to destroy American science

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Trump has apparently fired the National Science Board (NSB).

I just clicked on the hashtag and there two of us using it!

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a group of people and says there are dozens of us

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a group of people and says there are dozens of us

media.tenor.com

Stephanie Hall (she/her) 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@stephmhall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

throwing my #highered #negreg comments into the void makes me miss circa 2019 Twitter

#negreg Several times already the dept's negotiator and lawyer have mentioned that the language in the draft regs was not what they would have chosen, suggesting that it was not generated in-house.... Any others hearing something similar?

throwing my #highered #negreg comments into the void makes me miss circa 2019 Twitter

“higher ed is first and foremost a business” the audible NOPE I just gasped makes me glad I opted to watch the stream rather than attend neg-reg in person this morning

My press conference denying the existence of the Streisand Effect has people asking a lot of questions about the Streisand Effect

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

real long shot here but if you have any idea why melania is suddenly talking about epstein, reach me on signal at marisakabas.04 anonymity fully protected

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

same Overton Window-shattering tactic he’s always used: Even if worst doesn’t happen tonight - rhetorically he’s opened up possibility of the unimaginable, making lesser (but still horrible) actions seem moderate by comparison… all increasing likelihood that one day the worst really will happen

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

they zip tied children for landlords

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo ago

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters — with the landlord's blessing. (Published Feb.)

some bell hooks and some hell books

Someone sent me this.

That I'm getting my US government news from Menswear Guy is perhaps the *least* surprising thing in 2026.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: More students are counting on Pell than ever. Now it’s on Congress to fully fund it. Help us make the case by sharing your story. Submit your testimonial by April 10. bit.ly/4bJZAZH

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Watching this admin push their ideological & thus far illegal wants onto higher ed via accreditation and program participation agreements after trying to use the same levers to protect students' time and tuition for so many years www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... h/t @michaelhgavin.bsky.social

"...who questioned whether a reference to closing racial gaps in completion rates ran afoul of civil rights law" I hate it here! www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

ED Removes NACIQI Member Who Voted Against Chair

A McMahon appointee was quietly removed from the committee after casting a dissenting vote for a fellow ED pick for chair. Some members viewed the matter as brazenly partisan.

insidehighered.com