Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

Related, the kids are now calling both OU and Texas A&M “clown colleges,“ in case you’re wondering how this anti-intellectual BS is playing with the youths

Have a #Festivus listen to my colleague Emily Pitts Donahoe and I air our grievances ... as well as those others shared with us. Thanks to everyone who shared thoughts with us! #HigherEd substack.com/@emilypittsd...

I just finished @dgooblar.bsky.social's book, One Classroom at a Time, and it's so good I could *cry*. If you're an educator, stop everything else and start reading. Consider sending your provost a copy as a holiday gift. It's just incredible. ✨🥳🥰💜 #HigherEd

This beadwork is so gorgeous! Go get yourself a little something something. 😍

My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.

People aren’t “differently able”. The world is. When streets, pavements and crossings only work for one kind of body or brain, exclusion is built into the design. Accessibility isn’t kindness. It’s safety, dignity, and the right to move through the world. Design better — everyone benefits.

"Kids Today": Perpetually Dumb and Lazy as a Box of Rocks radicalscholarship.com/2025/12/17/k...

Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers. "These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."

When you're willing to take joy in the tiny things, the Internet can really be such a wonderful place, even now. 🥰🤣

Normalize out of office notices that enable fully ignoring work emails and requests folks resend their messages when we're back. You can schedule send those messages! (A feature I forget to use but will get better at with practice.) Fully walk away. Those are January problems. 😎

A colleague and friend emailed me last night: "You are just joy and hope in human form, Liz." Those who know me know this is literally my aspiration in life. The world is too often heartless and frustrating, but we can make a different choice. My hope for you is that you know folks who do. 💜

I'm just observing that now is not the time for a lot of things.

It took me a while to calm down enough to fill out the post-conference survey for my professional association's annual meeting. And yet I still found myself scream-typing (all caps) in places. Accessibility requires caring about it first, and that's free. #NothingForUsWithoutUs #AccessibilityFirst

I've been waiting for this!!!!!

Y'all, I finished BK Borison's novel Good Spirits last night, and holy moly was this book ever amazing. Five stars are not enough. Just ✨ magical ✨. www.harpercollins.com/products/goo...

Despite the world being what it has been this year, I'm told my 2025 vibe, as described by emoji, is 🥰. This story checks out. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

This post, a reply to a post about Silver, and its replies are just *gold* and worth a skim, at minimum. I love how "being informed about the world" is described as "HCR stole my wife." @hcrichardson.bsky.social apparently you are something like the anti-Ester Perel now, among your other accolades?!

This is extremely important

I'm exhausted of pieces that bemoan the state of accommodations in #HigherEd, which thoughtful ppl then devote precious time debunking. I'm grateful that there is a cadre of folks willing to do the labor represented in this piece, but can we just please STOP?! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????

I'm here for IT ALL. Fabulous holiday 🧵

This was *entirely* preventable.

When it first came out, I was happy to encourage others to order _One Classroom at a Time_ by @dgooblar.bsky.social. I've finally read the first 50 pp., and my mind is reeling with ideas and questions and provocations. David, this book is a true gift. Fangirl mail incoming soon. 🥰🥳😍

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people. I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇

#HigherEd friends, I'm so grateful for those who have submitted grievances for our Festivus conversation next week (see link in reply). If you missed that post earlier in the week, submit yours here and we might talk about it in our podcast recording Wednesday: forms.gle/nRKSQDfWf8eV...

When I talk about AI tools, this is one of the points I make. The sycophancy built into these tools, paired with our innate need for social connection and approval, makes it uniquely challenging to avoid anthropomorphizing the tech. And that is dangerous.

new expression of surprise just dropped

In a mashup of my feed this morning, I wonder how ICE and CBP feel about AI wearables? As a community college faculty, this is a good way to push the envelope on AI devices to get them tossed as illegal while gathering data on these kidnappings.

I see we're still in the "concepts of a plan" phase. 🙄

In a head-to-head contest, I could also do zero pull-ups. If RFK knew that we were equally capable of doing pull-ups, I'm pretty sure he would die of embarrassment immediately.

In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read. They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.

I try to raise faculty consciousness of this regularly in my work, but the myths of America (bootstraps, hard work, etc.) dampen our ability to see how much has changed in the last 25-50 years.

"there's a new serif in town"

Every so often I wonder if I'm overreacting for committing to no more US travel under the current regime (I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year) And then something else like this happens Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.

#HigherEd friends: we invite you to air your grievances anonymously this week for potential inclusion (or trend-spotting) in a podcast convo next week. You can do so at the link in this post: emilypittsdonahoe.substack.com/p/air-your-2... #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances

I just *love* this from @jamesmlang.bsky.social today: "But my personal preference is for print books, for the exact reason that their materiality, their thingness, creates more possibilities for their resurrection, ..."

I know many others shared this previously, but I need to re-up the brilliant Pause Before You Prompt post & graphics because they're SO GOOD, with a hat tip to @mlboyd23.bsky.social : theimportantwork.substack.com/p/pause-befo...

The world NEEDS this book, perhaps now more than ever. #autismacceptance #autism #autistic #autismawareness #ActuallyAutistic #autismsupport #autismsupport #autismresources

Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Seen on CMU campus ❤️

I just sent out book elf assignment emails for my annual Christmas book project, wherein people I know (or friends of friends) send a book to someone they don't know. It's the highlight of my holiday season, and we're now fully underway! #Jolabokaflod #HolidayJoy #BookNerd #Bibliophile

This man’s job all year has been to come on tv and lie to Americans about the economy

I have been seriously considering getting a dog that specifically could help me manage some of my more challenging autistic quirks.

This is genius.

I'd just like to remind people that there is a waste water treatment plant named after Lane Kiffin in Tennessee. www.espn.com/blog/sec/pos...

“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”

Hi friends, my annual book swap activity is launching today. If you are in the know about this but not active on facebook, reach out and let me know you want to join. #Jolabokaflod #HolidayJoy