In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...

TPUSA was promoting an anti-trans event on Juniper's campus when she was stabbed to death Sunday. I'm pretty well-informed + I only heard about this today on the "It Could Happen Here" podcast. Violence against trans and nonbinary people has skyrocketed in recent years. Media coverage is dismal.

Oh, that’s my skillset. I thought I was only good at filling out forms and putting on stickers.

I have spent over an hour messing with my sewing machine to try and do a 5 min sewing job. It’s denim so too hard to do by hand. This is why I don’t sew! No #dhmakes here 😭

Ooh, I’m very much interested in digging into this!!!

This is obvious and has been so for some time now, but then I'm a historian so I would say that. A working world of low-quality derivative slop places a premium on genuine, original, articulate, and critically conscious employees. That is the literal type of graduate the humanities produce.

Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

I drive a little 20yr old gas efficient car with a little gas tank and today was the first time I ever filled it up for over $40. And it was also over $50! Big jump…

Postodoc position open at UCLA on European early modern art and ecological questions ! https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10988 Project: https://www.makinggreenworlds.net/

Data and analysis that shows how prestige->awards, and which calls out the role of offices like mine (sponsored programs) to provide crucial support to apply for funding. Thanks for the research! www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

Perfect case of what we termed academic content assetization in a recent paper, where HE institutions use their learning platforms to gather teaching materials from staff to then repurpose as future revenue-generating derivative products

is that bad? "The contract provisions...allow wealthy donors with business before the federal government to contribute anonymously to a sitting president’s pet project, while exempting the White House from key conflict of interest safeguards and limiting scrutiny by Congress and the public."

In the last week, my two apple trees have gone from budding leaves to blooming! #GardenReport

"In a country without the NEA, NEH and IMLS, hundreds of small local #arts groups would likely cease to exist entirely — and with them, the community, education and enlightenment that underpin our increasingly fragile, fractured society." @jessicagelt.bsky.social in @latimes.com

If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay

Oh, you get me!

This is excellent.

Don't sleep with your employees. Don't sleep with people when you have the power to fire them. Don't sleep with young idealistic people who could face longterm career damage if they say no and you don't like it. If you do any of that, I will never think you can be trusted with power. Ever.

Struggling with the work/WW3 balance.

"The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/41M4pvK

Fellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection. More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians

Looking forward to talking about Úrsula next month!

Trans Day of Visibility is tomorrow. #TDOV #ProtectTheDolls

In case you're doubtful, there are quite a few entries at this level or below on the 2025-6 list.

So, here is my basic Anthropic story. In February, I submitted 14 books (some others were too complicated to submit) to the settlement. I got to the last page and...nothing. But it seemed to be finished. I got no confirmation number. Then, a few weeks ago, I got an email saying I had no submission..

Look how much money we lost because because Trump pardons corrupt people and cancels their debts. Apparently he pardoned 77 people guilty of Medicare fraud this week alone. I wonder how much they paid him? Those Somalians, though, right?🤷‍♀️

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Hi wear your mask at the airport even before you enter, for the following reasons and more: Airports are the global crossroads of viruses, bacteria, and germs. Facial recognition, biometric theft starts from the outside of the building. Interdependence, not individualism.

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

A CFP for the #DHmakes crowd!

Another opportunity for to share my Free to Use Picture resources for writers highlighting public domain sources: world.hey.com/jordanacosta...

Folks, if you see this, please, please report it. If you tell me, I will report it too, and get others to report it. Bluesky will 86 folks, at least for repeated offenses. (idk their internal strikes/points system.)

For the record, the Nazis are spreading terms like “zio” and “zog” into leftist spaces intentionally as an on-ramp to fascism. This is what cryptofascism means. They explicitly talk about doing this on their forums and telegram channels. You’re being played.

In honor of Mr. Rogers's birthday, I'm resharing this thread. We are in desperate need of good neighbors. Being a good neighbor benefits everyone involved and will rip you from the malaise of hopelessness into the potential of community. Do something. And if you don't know what to do, let me help.

This Russell Vought, trying to usurp the power of the purse. Congress and the people have made it abundantly clear that they want to fund science. But Vought keeps trying to steal those funds. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump's DOJ isn't hiding the "Epstein Files." They didn't care enough about Epstein to keep him alive, much less hide his files. Trump's DOJ is hiding the *Trump Files*. They are covering up Trump files, including videos and pictures of Donald Trump raping underage girls. This is not about Epstein.

i’ll save y’all the trouble: luddite faculty are scared of bold changes so it’s all their fault.

Share this opportunity with an undergrad! Apply now for a paid summer internship in the arts! Getty is funding 102 paid internship opportunities at organizations across Los Angeles. Learn more about eligibility, what orgs are accepting applications, and how to apply: gty.art/getty-marrow...

It appears that Trump's OMB illegally sold off NCAR's space weather program to the for-profit company Lynker in January, before NSF publicly requested bids in a Dear Colleague Letter with a deadline of tomorrow.

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy. Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit. [email protected]

If you are an academic worker who is not sure what action might look like in your context, my workbook Taking Action in Higher Ed might help. It has some tools for assessing risk and some suggestions for how to build solidarity and take steps to fight repression. halperta.com/shalperta%20...

Among the trash of this day, some hope in my hellebore finally putting out a flower for the first time in three years, plus the garlics popped out and one pea shoot.

Major news: A @nytimes.com story today reports on developments in our lawsuit, filed with @modernlanguage.bsky.social and @acls1919.bsky.social, opposing the illegal dismantling of the NEH. The article covers newly released discovery in the case. Here’s what discovery confirmed: 🧵(1/7)

When I first wrote Ch. 10, the layoff count in the federal government was 200K. Now that I'm reviewing my proofs, I have to change it to 300K.

“War crimes don’t hide sex crimes” Highway sign in Boston. How can we make this slogan viral?

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday. Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection. A tooth infection. 1/3 tucson.com/news/local/b...

And 165 non-artificial schoolchildren were blown up by all this advanced and precise targeting. Congrats to everyone involved on achieving this brave new world.