. . . oh.

I really think a lot of problems could be solved if people would just learn how averages work.

The cruelty is the point.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

We got rid of affirmative action so now Black kids have to define themselves by recounting personal trauma to signal that they are Black. overcast.fm/+AAHuusmwS-k

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Huh. Weird. Can’t imagine why people don’t want to be teachers in North Carolina. /s Also, calling a teacher shortage “rising demand” is WILD. (That’s on the report, not @publicedworks.bsky.social.)

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

an inspiration for us all. she got out.

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.

I’ve only been at this editor gig for a few months, but it’ll never cease to amaze me how much money people will pay me to basically put shit in alphabetical order.

📌So the failing, orange, old man who last week called mail-in voting “cheating” and “corrupt as hell” ... voted by mail Tuesday.

justice alito talmbout it "seriously undermines" voter confidence when a "big stash" of mail ballots arrives and changes the "apparent outcome" sir do you mean when all the votes are counted? bc it sounds like you're just describing when all the votes are counted

I really, really need academic organizations to think more critically about travel (conferences, talks, and meetings) during the Trump administration. Sadly, most are not.

If I get VCU, High Point, AND Santa Clara in my bracket, I am going to be INSUFFERABLE. #NCAAMensBasketball

Have you ever applied to an NSF grant? Then do this.

I think it’s pretty clear why the NC Supreme Court has been sitting on its Leandro decision for more than two years #ncpol

Luttig: Every single time Donald Trump opens his mouth or takes an action, the American people are forced to go into court and litigate. That’s the tragic place America finds itself in today. It is only the Supreme Court that is standing in the way of the American people saving their country.

Get in the habit of bringing up accessibility at meetings, in check-ins, and in demos. Bring up things you've done to address accessibility. Likewise, don't be afraid to ask, "Have we tested this on a keyboard?" or "What's the experience like on a screen reader?"

We are all numb to it, but it is remarkable how little noise 95% of Democrats are making about this war. All we hear is fears that they could put troops on the ground and that they don't have a clear plan. It's all future tense about how things could go wrong, not opposing the war as it exists now.

Critical thinking is under serious threat from large language models/AI. Uni administrators are too prone to accept tech hype! (plus it can be wrong, steals IP, has devasting environment/energy impacts). @jessicacalarco.com made a great one-pager I share with students (plus effective model of comms)

How about just having stricter gun laws? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYK...

I’m currently at an airport and seeing her face on the DHS announcements screens is a lot funnier now.

WFAE: Teacher attrition and vacancies at North Carolina schools held steady in the 2024-25 school year. But this year’s State of the Teaching Profession report highlights the continued challenges of retaining early-career teachers. www.wunc.org/2026-03-04/t...

Yeah, not a great sign that they're just going to be experimenting on trans inmates like this and it's not a big story.

Who better than David Lynch?

We bombed Iran?! | I need to pay that bill | Kansas antitrans ID law!! | Don’t forget Hugo noms | do we still have Venezuela’s president? | *an email re: book promotion* | I can’t pay this bill | cutting funds to MN?? | I need to check on my friends | timeline fights about doomerism | taxes | REPEAT

Maybe, but there are real problems here — first, slagging an entire generation’s cognitive ability is shitty. And the evidence for that loss is… lower standardized test scores. Which to me is not a metric for “cognitive ability.” YMMV.

Trump acknowledges that Democrats would be better off packing the court. YES THEY WOULD. IF DEMS WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME ABOIT THIS, I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES

if anyone is tempted to briefly hand it to John Roberts remember that he is about to finish his life’s work of destroying the Voting Rights Act and save yourself the trouble

It’s just so exhausting. I’m fucking exhausted.

THIS. Thank you, Professor McMillan Cottom (with a heavy sigh and a smh).

Alums, time to organize LOUDLY on behalf of your educators. And alums with any access to donor cash— all the more so.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.

Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."

Arresting journalists. Fatally shooting protestors. Turning the military on citizens. Attempting to rig elections. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff. They're afraid. One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.” @notus.com: www.notus.org/immigration/...

-DHS won’t cooperate; is ignoring court orders now -“The border” is a 100mile zone inland encompassing 2/3 of the population including LA, NY, PHI, etc -We’ll never see the body cam footage, you idiots, you absolute shits

If putting your body on the line against ICE is not a physically safe or viable option for you right now, that is okay. But if you have the privilege of being safe and warm in this moment, there are other ways to resist. Do not look away.

HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Universities have had plenty of time to prepare to comply, but by & large have prioritized other things over of the needs of students. Fits right in with the higher ed industry standards of today. 😡 $$ is certainly an obstacle for many IHEs, but again, look where the $$ they *do* have gets spent.

Just a reminder ▶️ Brett Kavanaugh did this. #KavanaughStops

Hey home adults, If there’s a teacher in your students’ life who is making a positive impact on their learning, please send them an email, class dojo message, Remind, etc It’s REALLY hard to keep going right now and a little kindness can go a long way.

telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to

Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.