Another installment from the Academic Devils Dictionary. The Meme ... Selling one's soul with pithy sayings for the masses ... #Academia #AcademicDevilsDictionary

This week's selection from the #Academics Devils Dictionary -- Free Lunch. #AcademicDevilsDictionary #Academia .... You can't take the starving grad student out of the academic. That trauma stays with you.

Another installment from the Academic Devils Dictionary. The Legacist ... The academic obsession of many an old academic ... #Academia #AcademicDevilsDictionary

I hear DJT is up for the first ExxonMobile Peace Prize.

Another installment from the Academic Devils Dictionary. The Fox ... The academic dilettante ... #Academia #AcademicDevilsDictionary

Another installment from the Academic Devils Dictionary. The Celebrity ... looks great in that leather jacket while reciting Wikipedia level science for their BBC special ... #Academia #AcademicDevilsDictionary

These disparate projects share a common psychological origin in what might be called an “edifice complex,” which emerges when individuals in positions of authority, ...., attempt to pre-empt posterity’s judgment with grandiose construction projects. quillette.com/p/8acca098-b...

Trump's Edifice Complex

Monuments don’t create legacy; they merely memorialise it.

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This week's tidbit from The Academic Devil's Dictionary. The Humboldtian -- the original Indiana Jones (definitely not an Associate Dean!). #AcademicDevilsDictionary #Academia #Humboldtian

Well that Nobel Peace Prize is definitely in the bag. But Trump will probably have to share it with Putin and Netanyahu. #NobelPeacePrize #Trump #Iran and I have almost completely forgotten about the #EpsteinFiles

Here is this week's tidbit from the Academic Devil's Dictionary. The Academic One Hit Wonder! #Academia #OneHitWonder #AcademicDevilsDictionary

Here is this week's tidbit from the Academic Devil's Dictionary. The Academic Guru! #Academia #Guru #AcademicDevilsDictionary

Here is this week's tidbit from the Academic Devil's Dictionary. The Academic Nepo Baby! #Academia #Nepobaby #AcademicDevilsDictionary

This week's selection from The #Academic Devil's Dictionary. The critical scholar. #Academia

To all of those going on about the $70M that Jeff Bezos is paying for #MelaniaTheMovie, keep it in perspective. When converted to the percent of an median US person's income, it amounts to $50 -- or about 8-10 Starbucks Venti Cappuccinos. It is political chump change for him.

Here is this week's post from the Academic Devil's Dictionary ... This one may be close to the Linkedin bone. #Academia

Here is another page from The #Academics Devil's Dictionary for your amusement. #Academia #Humour

I think I get it now ... Trump's Board of Peace seems to be mislabeled. It is meant to be Board of Piece, where each member is meant to get a "piece of the action". That explains the membership. #BoardOfPeace

I self published a small book on Amazon that I wrote over a Christmas break. However, I am now going to start releasing parts of the book ... so every few days or so I will provide you with another academic archetype. To start I am releasing two! a.co/d/iruoq8a #Academia #Parody #Humour

Pardon Power. It worked out so well for Leo X and the Catholic Church ...

Denmark's contribution to US Wars is notable given its population. Denmark suffered the 3rd highest casualty rate p.c. of all NATO nations in these conflicts. Denmark had the highest per capita death rate of any nation in the Afghanistan War Room. #Greenland

Here is the cost to victims of the criminals pardoned by Trump in his second term. We need to think about the cost they have paid for his corruption. - Restitution: $1,031,988,007 - Forfeiture: $183,961,921 - Fines: $132,657,458 - Total: $1,348,607,386

I was sitting in a meeting and decided that I should waste time writing a parody of #academia. It is based on a recent Financial Times article on "inaction man" -- a parody of EU bureaucrats. modern-cynic.org/2026/01/16/p...

Peer Review and Perish: The Business School Academic Elite (A Parody of Reality) - Modern-Cynic

The uniform of business school academia — the professors, associate deans, thought leaders and consultants who shape management education from Boston to London to Singapore — is the branded Patagonia ...

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@mattbevan.bsky.social nice overview of the housing situation in Black Swans 2 ... Here is something I wrote in 2013 about Yahoo! when M. Mayer forced workers back to the office. Brought it up many times since then since the dynamic is still the same. theconversation.com/marissa-maye...

Marissa Mayer is right: your company needs you (in the office)

Last week, the media went into overdrive when Marissa Mayer announced that Yahoo was doing away with telecommuting and insisting that employees come into the office and work cheek-to-cheek — or cubicl...

theconversation.com

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in 2025 – a higher number than in previous years due to new Fellowship places for candidates whose research spans more than one discipline www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...

The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025

92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Where Is Barack Obama? The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement, @markleibovich.bsky.social writes.

Where Is Barack Obama?

The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.

bit.ly

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.

The best of all possible worlds. Students mindlessly use one AI to write assignments. We mindless use another AI to grade the assignments. Win-Win. Now all we need is their avatar to show up in class and attend a lecture given by my avatar. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

Christopher Hartwell and I have a recent piece in Quillette on the role of populism and religion in American History. #Populism #Religion quillette.com/2025/05/13/f... It is behind a firewall unfortunately, but just contact me.

Faith, Fanaticism, and False Prophets

American populism and religion are bound by a shared desire for order in a rapidly changing world.

quillette.com

Mark to Donald: Thanks Mate. I couldn't have done it without you. theguardian.com/world/2025/a.... #CanadaElections2025 #MarkCarney #Trump

Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune

Party written off months ago secures fourth term in stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaign

theguardian.com

I wonder when Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society (SMS), and other Associations will be getting similar letters. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ

At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'

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