My university, Queen's in Kingston, Canada, has announced its portion of the Canadian government's 'poach American scholars' program if anyone is interested. www.queensu.ca/vpr/sites/vp...

‘Tis the season.

Ahh, the hype cycle.

Finally, someone doing the important research on entrepreneurial personality! Full study at link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The workshop began by tackling less fraught issues: How founders look and smell. Each attendee received a gift bag containing a comb, 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner, mouth wash, a lint roller and a discount card to Wilkes Bashford, a local high-end clothing boutique.”

Love this edition of God Emperor of Dune

I'm doing page proofs for a paper that just got accepted, and the copy editor only found 4 errors. That means I worked way to hard proof reading it. Should have just shoved it out the door earlier.

I was afraid of getting a job. So I kept on going to school till they started to pay me.

"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."

The edge we had relative to China on research was free and open inquiry—fewer resources and a surveillance state will be toxic for US science.

Christaller's Central Place Theory finally getting its due! I mean, sure it was used to plan Generalplan Ost, but who keeps track of those things. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...

Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar: "So I'm putting a team together..." Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

One of the things I love about babson is that, frankly, the amenities aren’t amazing. That means the students are coming here for what they can learn. Not our lazy rivers to cheerleaders ratio or whatever

They have Trainspotting walking tours.

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

All networking events need at least one designated host who goes around looking for people on their own and introduces them to others with similar interests. This takes maybe a couple of minutes per person and is pretty fun and easy if you know what you’re doing!

Entrepreneurs: please remember that you are allowed to fire customers.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, you need to chill

This would be a great time to revist Arjun Appadurai's Modernity at Large. He writes about how people feel nostolgic for things they did not experience (I believe he was looking at Elvis impersonators in Indonesia). Still very relevent. www.upress.umn.edu/978081662793...

This is genuinely so, so bad lol www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-...

Gutted that I wasn't the first person to publish on furries in a respected business and innovation journal. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside." As we predicted, the end of de minimis has made every hobby that requires the purchase of items more expensive. 🔗 www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

Thanks to sponsorship from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, AAG is pleased to offer two annual awards (for a student & practitioner/faculty) for research in #geography and #entrepreneurship. Awardees receive a $1,000 prize and registration to #AAG2026 to present their research. buff.ly/K6dI06T

This is really fascinating Wikipedia's list of linguistic and stylist "tells" of AI writing, the better to help editors recognize it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

There is an.....interesting op-ed in today's WSJ from a 22 year old entrepreneur telling everyone that work life balance will "keep you mediocre" It is completly wrong. Let me tell you why with citations. [gift link to the very wrong op-ed] 1/n www.wsj.com/opinion/work...

I'm going to have so many students asking why the robot told them their C+ paper was going to get an A.

The Novemberists

Quibi is my standard classroom example for why empathy is important for entrepreneurs. You must always ask your self "do other human beings actually want the product that I'm trying to sell." It looks like I'll soon have another case to use.

This is how my paper revisions are going today. #reviewer2

Northern Powerhouse is back baby! @neillee.bsky.social better strap in! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

WSJ: “.. capitalism in America is starting to look like China.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We! Are! Hiring! The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 7/1/26 More info here: apply.interfolio.com/171572 #blackademia #academia #PhDSky

Did David Mamet finally get around to watching Snow Piercer? [gift article] www.wsj.com/opinion/sorr...

There was an actual, in-canon, episode about why Hank doesn't automatically vote Red. kingofthehill.fandom.com/wiki/The_Per...

happy 2 years to the Boston Cop Slide

Yah, Panic! At the Disco is great. But have you listened to

This is what got you tenure in 1875.

I liked Superman. A lot. But there are two issues. 1) it is a very "I know authors who use subtext and they're all cowards" movie. 2) James Gunn should have had the courage to use the Mighty Mighty Bosstones rather than the made up band The Mighty Crab Joys.

Trump promised 90 deals in 90 days—so far he’s delivered countless rants and endless delays. Small businesses shouldn’t need a Truth Social account to figure out how much they’ll be paying in tariffs in three weeks.