This is a much better, richer, and more sober snapshot of the state of play re: agentic AI and future of social science research than the one that pissed Bluesky off yesterday. From @solmg.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Kinda mad I didn’t come up with “defective altruism” 😕

Einstein was a mess. Who would want him doing their homework anyway?

FOMO but when there’s zero fear involved and you know you are 100% missing out RIGHT NOW. @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, CONGRATS to you & Lisa! @lukewaltzer.bsky.social thank you for organizing! Everyone watch at 5:30 today & get yer hands on The Campus Crisis Toolkit! sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...

If you're in NYC on 2/20 & want to discuss the themes of this book with @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, Lisa Di Bartolomeo & comrades come to the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for one/both of these events. tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/01/20/f... If you aren't in NYC-- we're streaming 5:30 panel.

Begging for a press that realizes these are two different statements

Friends in the NYC area: This promises to be FANTASTIC. I am otherworldly bummed that I can’t be there to meet & commune irl with @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, Lisa, & others whom I admired from afar before having the joy and honor of working w/ them on The Campus Crisis Toolkit. Go go go!

Man, Sly Dunbar and Billy Bass Nelson on the same day? #RIP The afterlife just got immensely funkier.

Some quick guidance from the TLC for GC Teaching Fellows and Adjuncts on the move to emergency remote teaching for Monday 1/26. Stay safe, stay warm. tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/01/25/g...

Monsters.

I am so excited for this event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social next month, and am deeply appreciative of @lukewaltzer.bsky.social and his colleagues for organizing it. NYC area folks, we hope to see you there!

CUNY/NYC friends! This promises to be a day of excellent, energizing conversation. See you there!

On February 20 we'll host two events @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social to celebrate the upcoming release of _The Campus Crisis Toolkit_ (SUNY Press). @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartolomeo will be joining us for a day of reflection, connection, and solidarity.

We're hiring a post-doc at the @gctlc.bsky.social. Open field, demonstrated excellence in teaching, a research interest in pedagogy and the scholarship of teaching and learning, discipline-based education research, educational technology, or related areas. Due by 2/1. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

CUNY Faculty: there's still time to apply to become a Critical AI Literacy Institute Faculty Fellow. Great opportunity for scholars who want our curricula to foster critical awareness of what genAI means for our fields. Deadline is January 26. criticalai.commons.gc.cuny.edu/call-for-par...

The Graduate Center is thrilled to announce it has received over $1M from Google.org as part of a partnership with fellow higher education institutions across New York State to advance AI literacy www.gc.cuny.edu/news/cuny-gr...

Still plenty of time to put together an application. Three scholars held this role previously. Each of them made a significant impact working with graduate student instructors at CUNY, and then moved on to a tenure-track position at other universities.

JFC the horrors this weekend

The thinking here is that the provost will be able to stand up a universal digital project based curriculum that is aligned with distinct (though not-yet-written) departmental learning goals in a university with 40k undergraduates in a matter of months? Lol

All of the hipster latke recipes circulating on my socials may be evidence of a deeper generational rift within American Jewry than the Mamdani discourse revealed…

This is good and necessary; our institutions must be aware and take notice.

We appreciate this presidential seal of approval (the dad joke is a nice bonus)

The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social. We’re recruiting in 3 tracks. 1. Critical Foundations of AI 2. Ecological Implications of AI 3. T(h)inkering with AI Read the full call here: cuny.is/cali2-cfp

Boone Gorges calls him “Top Hat Asshole” teleogistic.net/2015/05/29/t...

CUNY is hiring a University Librarian. Amazing opportunity.

Not for nothing but the Burns documentary is a veritable smorgasbord for those among us who excel at “whose voice is that?” Check out this cast: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ame...

**We're hiring a post-doc @gctlc.bsky.social** Come join a fantastic team of scholars @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social committed to intentional, responsive, and liberatory pedagogy at @cuny.edu and beyond. Applications due February 1, 2026. Job call here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

**We're hiring a post-doc @gctlc.bsky.social** Come join a fantastic team of scholars @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social committed to intentional, responsive, and liberatory pedagogy at @cuny.edu and beyond. Applications due February 1, 2026. Job call here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

One of the more disruptive outcomes of genAI flooding the zone is the mass conflation of facility with expertise and wisdom, and the elevation of voices (including many hucksters) who have been quick to seize that opportunity.

I so appreciate this attention to what we’ve been doing with ed tech at CUNY and the notion that the higher ed ecosystem can benefit from it. Too many folks to name have been involved in those projects over the years, and it builds upon work and commitments at CUNY that goes back generations.

Hell yes, @mattseybold.bsky.social.

Thank God. #NJ

Deeply appreciate this work, tho in an environment where shared governance is all but non existent it will require faculty orgs and unions to become informed and then to forcefully assert/demand access to procurement/contracting/review. Will not be easy.

Oh sports. #sports!

Oh sports. #sports!

Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is a remarkable piece of research and story telling. This episode, on the foundations of Fela’s politics, includes Wole Soyinka… whose visa was just revoked. open.spotify.com/episode/7ney...

@karenhao.bsky.social and John Borthwick's conversation on Empire of AI last week at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social was really fantastic. youtu.be/4uSnJzPTHHw?...

Oof. This one hurts. Singularly talented, deeply representative of my generation, soundtrack to so much joy and exploration in my own life. Rest in Power, D'Angelo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2r5...

Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! We have a few jobs open in CUNY libraries: cuny.jobs/queens-ny/in... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... I’m not at these campuses but happy to answer questions!

🔥 Job at CUNY: Asst Prof, Black & Latino Studies @baruch.cuny.edu. Focus on how emerging technologies intersect with structures of power, race & gender. Digital archives/preservation, data justice, surveillance/critical AI studies, cultural politics of algorithms & more. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

"Trump Assembles Entire Military Leadership, Declares War on Major American Cities" should be the banner headline across every news website today

PTA gave the Christmas Adventurers Club waaaaay too much credit

I learned yesterday that most people don’t know that CUNY is migrating to Workday for financial and HR operations, so sharing it here. Full university cutover: 1/1/2027. RF is going live in Workday on its own on 1/1/2026. Good luck to us all.

Shout out to @kmichael.bsky.social and @jojokarlin.bsky.social for making this happen via their @gc-dh.bsky.social course @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Trump’s plan to militarize police will increase surveillance of Black children open.substack.com/pub/riyasaha...

The Guardians own my Tigers, I’m bereft and salty about my team’s collapse, and all I have is this youtu.be/UQ9wHZ4E9oo?...

M Gessen’s piece rises above the cacophony and captures the moment. A must read.