friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Due Oct 15!

wrote a book about the B of E and the history of financial crises, so, obligatory: "Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI."

so the Economist article isn't attributed an author. but someone in the replies of this 🧵 tipped me off that it was Jəsse Singal. & it turns out that it was, which in retrospect isn't surprising (as he's one of the ppl who would never answer this question):

deadline is tomorrow!! please consider submitting a proposal on QUEER and CLASS!

Deadline extended to Sept 15! And there are now possibilities for 100% virtual panels! SEE YOU THERE ALL

teachers! excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone. take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE against-a-i.com

Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:

If anyone is unsure of the mechanisms by which the Brown-Trump agreement facilitate government oversight of course evals, I’ve laid it out here in response to a skeptic.

So disappointed in this move from Randi and AFT. This is not the orientation that labor needs to be adopting towards AI. Between this, and the AFL-CIO moving to invest in data center projects in places like Wisconsin, we are removing one of the most effective AI countergovernance institutions.

If you live in Connecticut show up for these Friday vigils — and sign the petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...

What’s happening in Gaza is not a war it’s the total collapse of everything humanity claims to stand for. This is not just a crime; it’s a global scandal unfolding in full view of those who built their reputation on human rights while watching children starve under siege. tinyurl.com/3sem5b4p

It’s nothing but here are a few places you can send money linktr.ee/thesameerpro... gazasoupkitchen.com chuffed.org/project/1152... gazafunds.com

...got something to say about queer and class? please consider submitting a proposal for the April '26 CLAGS conference "Queer-Class Relations" – broadly framed. This is part of our 40th anniversary celebration year~! Proposals due Sept 1! Conf. website: queerclassrelations.commons.gc.cuny.edu

ICYMI, watch Angela Y. Davis in conversation at the CUNY Graduate Center as she receives the José Muñoz Award from CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies – video on YouTube! youtu.be/PYL39fLvW64 #lgbtqpride

hey hey it's a job! 📣 🙌 The American Studies department at Wesleyan is hiring TT in Ethnic Studies! We're a pretty nice department, all things considered lol. Please apply & share with your people!

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im looking forward to this seminar on monday -- should be a smart, fun conversation about queerness, sex, desire, capitalism, class/caste, power ... hope you can join us!

Still can’t get over the NYT giving their Pride cover to the guy who said Stonewall was when the queer movement lost its way. If it were in a movie it would be heavy handed!

THIS IS THE BEST ONE MAMDANI GET TO WORK

do you have rec for a fairly short (30-45 min) podcast that is queer/left and/or intellectually stimulating? so many are like 2 hours of loose chat and I need more focus to distract me from the horrors of exercise. things like Toshio Meronek's Sad Francisco or Che Gossett's Gender Jawn...

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza. Truly an atrocity built on atrocity. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

yes -- agree -- these are GREAT interviews! Great to catch up, glean some insights for things you're teaching, listen to authors you might have missed. I always learn something new. I did one on Unsettling Queer Anthropology : newbooksnetwork.com/unsettling-q...

Read this if you are tired of white gay men and their hot takes on how trans people and other “radical queers” are to blame for Skrmetti. Thank you @melissagiragrant.com!

Anyway here's Lisa Duggan on Andrew Sullivan warning about the "emasculation" of the gay movement 24 years ago: "He only asks that gays be allowed to exist within this neoliberal landscape, so long as they support sentimental masculinist nationalism and challenge nothing."

1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care. It was cited 7 times in the ruling. Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Do you love and teach the public-facing work of SAPIENS Magazine @sapiens.org? Do you love unionized workers? The SAPIENS staff are asking us to send a letter of support NOW, as they face a risk of imminent closure. Please support and share! #Anthropology #Anthrosky

Folks from the @ct-aaup.bsky.social at our conference last month, proudly displaying the new edition of the Redbook! @jefferslennox.bsky.social @margotweiss.bsky.social @isaackamola.bsky.social @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social

Academic Freedom and Tenure: Muhlenberg College Read this crucial, just out @aaup.bsky.social report on the 2024 dismissal of Dr. Maura Finkelstein, tenured associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (chaired by Afshan Jafar, president of @ct-aaup.bsky.social)

Today! See you there ✊✊✊

The Office for Civil Rights has requested the names & nat'lities of students & faculty..involved in alleged Title VI violations. Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations. www.aaup.org/news/institu...

On saving higher education: ““I think that labor needs to fill the vacuum of leadership we’re seeing in the sector,” said Todd Wolfson, national president of the AAUP. “I don’t see another way forward.”” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Catch our authors at events in April, including @mguariglia.bsky.social @margotweiss.bsky.social @susanstryker.bsky.social and @mckenziewark.bsky.social : buff.ly/SxHLDZ2

NYC friends, join me & Jafari Allen in conversation at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Friday, April 4! We'll discuss Unsettling Queer Anthropology (@dukepress.bsky.social) & a queer anthro grounded in decolonizing, Black feminist, queer of color work Hope to see you there! tinyurl.com/2msvmapk

THURSDAY! Join us for the next and final @clags.bsky.social QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS roundtable: Queer/Trans Migrations April 3 from 1-2:30 ET (virtual) B Camminga, @karmachavez.bsky.social, @rkdasgupta.bsky.social, & Sima Shakhsari in conversation w/Debanuj DasGupta Register: tinyurl.com/37cnucp8

Next Friday at the CUNY Grad Center— hope to see you there! @dukepress.bsky.social

Just a few more hours to shop our Flash Sale! It ends at 11:59 pm ET today, March 26. Save 50% with coupon FLASH50! If you're outside the US/Latin America/Caribbean, shop our partners @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social & @uoftpress.bsky.social . Don't delay any longer! buff.ly/4R8GeHe

Toronto-area people - come talk with us about queer anthropology this Friday, March 28! I'll be in conversation with Naisargi Davé, Scott Morgensen, and Anne Spice so you know it'll be great! In-person only at the University of Toronto www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/events/unset... #QueerAnthro

Who could have predicted?

Everything is horrible so here are kittens.

1/2 #Anthropology #BehSci #BlackinSTEM #CogSci #devpsycsky ♀️ #IntersexInSTEM #LGBTQSTEM #medsky #PsychSciSky #QueerInSTEM #Queer+Trans #science #TransInSTEM #TransRights #womeninstem Who out there who works on trans or lgbt children or youth have had their grants canceled?

Registration extended to March 17 for our free regional @aaup.bsky.social conference — you won’t want to miss it!! With Hamilton Nolan, Jason Wozniak, Bethany Letiecq and more! ➡️ ctsc-aaup.org/sp-2025-meet...

this is going to be great ~ hope to see you there!

TODAY! Part of @clags.bsky.social QUEER GLOBALIZATIONS series: Queer and Trans World Anthropologies 2/26 noon-2pm ET Caio de Araújo, Niharika Banerjea, Dhiren Borisa, Paul Boyce, Zethu Matebeni, Elizabeth Mills, and Gayatri Reddy in conversation with Svati Shah Register: tinyurl.com/mry73wtu

When we fight, we win. Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide The AAUP is proud to stand up & defend our campuses & communities against those attempting to squash civil rights & halt progress toward an equitable, multi-racial democracy. www.washingtonpost.com

You all this was a 🔥🔥🔥 conversation -- and if you missed it, you can catch the video now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw42... And get ready for next week's roundtable on Queer and Trans World Anthropologies!

Today, friends — hope you can join us!

Happy Anthropology Day! This #AnthroDay check out some of our newest titles in anthropology. dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/w...

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! Join @aaup.bsky.social members and other education workers from across Connecticut to protest the Trump administration’s draconian attacks on NIH, NSF, and all of higher education. We will be rallying on Wednesday, February 19 @ 5:15 on the green in New Haven.