I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

The neo-fascist group Patriot Front is building a network of businesses in North Texas in an attempt to create a parallel, self-sufficient white nationalist economy. The Observer identified the men behind 4 of these companies.

An invaluable new report. A "premortem" is exactly what we need.

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

The story www.propublica.org/article/vide...

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...

It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.

🎶 These are a few of my favorite memes 🎶🎄

My newest creation is this fabric art Krampus. I designed and hand-sewed him. I also made his chain and bundle of sticks. He enjoys riding the yule moose through chthonic woodlands. His favorite wintertide treat is eggnog mixed with a bit of human soul. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

😬 Undoing the damage genAI has done already seems like a monumental task. But we're not even trying to rein in the destruction yet. So it'll get much much worse before it ever gets better

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

I was going to link to my thread about sewn boats, as the Comacchio is one of the best preserved examples from the upper Adriatic. But apparently I haven't made one yet for Bluesky. Something to do after the semester

The Roman shipwreck at Comacchio, Italy, is over 21 m long and 5.62 m wide. It was discovered in 1980 during the maintenance of a drainage canal. The vessel was loaded with amphorae, lead ingots, and boxwood logs. It dates to the 1st c. BC. 📷Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici Emilia Romagna 🏺

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this

Anthropology and archaeology colleagues will know her racist schtick well - best for us all to collectively block her and let other folks know.

Made some treats for tomorrow's on campus class. They have been a joy all semester so this is my little way of giving back.

One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade... UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347... We are failing a generation of kids.

I wrote something about the 25th anniversary of ISS habitation and the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Archaeological Project theconversation.com/25-years-of-...

IME there is absolutely no will to enact this within upper administration. Though it is desperately needed. They have bought the idea, hook line and sinker, that depriving students of AI will ruin their futures. I believe it is the exact opposite.

“Higher education aims to create cognitively mature adults, which..requires us to ensure students learn to read, think and write all on their own. It is easier than we think: Creating tech-free spaces and incentivizing students to spend time in them requires no new resources. All it takes is will.”

For all my fellow District 18 (Houston) peeps, let's get out there and elect ourselves a representative!

houston: as you may know, there's an important election going on *right now* to fill a seat in congress. this is a big deal. if you live in district 18, the governor has deliberately denied you representation in congress since march. now is your chance to vote. here's some info🧵

Someone in upper admin told me, a faculty member teaching multiple sections of classes every semester, to "consider alternative assessments that aren't as vulnerable to AI". Like we haven't all been doing that nonstop for years. Like that isn't my entire existence right now 🤬

Whatever strategy you’re about to suggest, we’ve thought about it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

An LLM-produced essay is tangible proof that a student doesn’t care, and yet responding to it properly requires hour upon hour of careful work. It’s asymmetrical and overwhelming.

THIS!

Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.

Too real! 😭

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

I'd love for you to read my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book during the Halloween season. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I apparently follow a lot of Phillies fans. And absolutely no (vocal) Yankees fans. Feeling pretty good about my feed curation!

Happy Yankees Elimination Day to all who celebrate

This is so cool! The Osberg is such a beautiful ship and seeing it in its new home is on my bucket list as a nautical archaeologist. www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...

This is pseudoscience. They are mandating the teaching of pseudoscience. Might as well force faculty to teach that like 443 megahertz is a healihg frequency or the earth is flat or whatever. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Just talked about the five sex categories used in forensic anthropology in class this week. Is that now a fire-able offense for my colleagues at Texas Tech? How long before it is for me too. Intersex people are real and are people!! Transgender people are real and are people!!!

The university president's letter is bananas, and anyone who sends such a letter should not be running an academic institution. A thread. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

I have 5 more hand-sewn Jeremy Creatures remaining in my shop. Anyone else want to grab one to celebrate the Halloween season? jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

They do not give a single solitary fuck whether Tyler Robinson was actually involved with a trans woman. What they care about is spreading the story as far and wide as possible so that if reality forces them to retract it will be too late: the story will be everywhere

Saturday morning is for elephants

Just waiting for @laurajedeed.bsky.social to explain all of this to us because I know I'm missing a lot of nuance

I haven't read @cjdenial.bsky.social 's book yet but want to!

The first feature-length episode of Community of Praxis is out! I got to have a long chat with @cjdenial.bsky.social about kindness, ungrading, and the radical act of actually trying to assess learning. Please listen and share! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Scholarly-Po...

It’s like a fucked up Oregon Trail where you know you’re going to die but you don’t know whether it’s from a formerly eradicated disease, the horrifying effects of climate change, being executed for speaking out against Trump, or World War 3.