The smartphone monitoring software "Tangles" joins a growing law enforcement surveillance arsenal in Texas, including a fleet of drones, and its use has little oversight. Our latest from @francescadnunz.bsky.social is presented with support from @pulitzercenter.org.

Education is, has been, and must remain about a lot more than any current or future demands of industry. If anything, education is as much about *challenging* the interests of industry as it is about meeting them.

Randall Munroe once noted that more Californians than Texans voted for Trump and more Texans than New Yorkers voted for Harris.

For Prison Banned Books Week, I want to say: it is worse than maybe it ever has been regarding censorship in prisons. It is worse than five years ago. It is worse than 50 years ago.

It's official! #PhDone

Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride. I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶

many such cases

We did it!!! SB 2880, an extreme anti-abortion bill that would have had nationwide impact, and SB 16, Texas’ version of the SAVE Act, are dead. We ran the clock out. They won’t even get a vote in the House. That’s a HUGE fucking win! #txlege

www.texastribune.org/2025/05/14/o... via @lomikriel.bsky.social and @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Classics Bake: Baccalaureate Edition

Delighted to announce that this fall I will be joining the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Richmond as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Pictured here: Nebula, blissfully unaware of the looming move

9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

Damnatio mmmmoriae

This is a vehicle for Ken Paxton to challenge shield laws protecting abortion access in blue states. It's not enough to end abortion in their states, they must end it nationally. We can expect the Trump DOJ to side with Texas. www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

Not on my 2024 bingo card: a plumbing crisis in my apartment complex forcing me to move mid-semester. 😣

Periodic reminder that the Bari Weiss's pretend University of Austin is so deeply committed to free speech that it teaches an edgy set of Forbidden Courses in a state where real universities are facing genuine censorship from the government led by the Governor attending the U of Austin graduation.

Israel destroyed 83% of plant life in Gaza by June this year. It destroyed 70% of its agricultural land. It damaged or destroyed 65% of water tanks and 47% of groundwater wells. Israel has deliberately tried to make Gaza uninhabitable. This is genocide.

Hello, new followers! Astrid and Nebula send their greetings

In less than two months, more than twice as many women and children have been reported killed in Gaza than in Ukraine after two years of war.

Off to #AARSBL2023 to talk about the Sibylline Oracles!

Happy Halloween from these put-upon creatures 🧡🖤

I feel like Italy needs to spend more time thinking about the Roman Empire

There's always next season... 🥲💙

What does seeing a parakeet on campus 10 minutes before your first discussion section of the semester portend?

Could we not?

Overheard as I was walking into the library today: "I think they're grad students." "Yeah, they look pretty old." Week 1 and already choosing violence...

As the day draws to a close, please enjoy this picture of Astrid, fully asleep while sitting up and lightly snoring

I think it’s easy for ppl on the outside to criticize what any given professor did or didn’t do when faced w. limited knowledge, no university guidance, & a panic-inducing situation which all of us know could happen to us but no one is ever prepared for. It’s harder to extend grace. But we can try.

I'm actually enjoying working on my teaching statement. I can't tell if that's a sign that things are going well or if I'm doing this all disastrously wrong.

The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the *next few weeks* so call your senators! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/

It’s always surprising to me when certain American academics make jokes about not knowing where ‘x state in the middle’ is as if it’s funny and not, I don’t know, at least embarrassing. And there’s always embedded elitism in those jokes. Always. Which they always deny.

My laptop has been ousted

Damn. I knew Hrdlička was terrible, but I didn't realize he was THIS terrible. Important read for biological anthropologists who aren't fully aware of his collection practices and racist ideas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2023/ales-hrdlicka-smithsonian-brains-racism/

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