This is disgusting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

The normalization of anti-democratic views has been steady and not exactly silent. Opinion | ‘The Most Successful Dictator of Modern Times’ - The Wall Street Journal

In other words not won through a meritocratic peer review process:

Now is the time that smart universities will try to poach faculty from A&M.

From the internal Bucknell University report that guided the decision to close its press. Either written by AI or by a human being who, like AI, just strings common phrases together. Yes, there are problems in #highered. Become more “nimble” means nothing. Reducing tenure-track faculty, though…

@jeremylittau.com There is never any excuse for pineapple on pizza, even if you do have tenure!

Congratulations to @devoney.bsky.social !

Thanks to Becky Carman and The Pickup for this coverage. With Rebecca Romney's new book, Burney is really in the news! thepickup.com/lets-learn-a...

I'm so excited to share the punk-rock-vibes cover for Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane. The book will be out 2 Sept '25. Thanks so much for your ongoing help getting this closer to the finish line for #JaneAusten's 250th, which promises to be a bright spot in 2025.