I've also deleted my academia-dot-edu account. Find all my papers as free PDFs (and apparently a zoomed in picture of my mug) at www.calebward.xyz Please spread the word to your colleagues about the academia scam, also those who are not as online as we are.

Nothing at Fox is fireable

It's 11 September again, and let's not forget that other world historic event that shaped the late 20th century and the early 21st. Remember, another world is possible -- that is a vital thought for these times.

Ballston Beach, again

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

Storm Clouds Over Ballston

Longnook at its sublime best this morning!

"The Columbia University Board of Trustees’ concessions to the Trump administration are a disaster . . . . Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat." National AAUP Statement on Columbia www.aaup.org/news/columbi...

jeffreycisaacdesign.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/b... Bret Stephens’s Recent Attack on the “Genocide” Charge Is Both Stupid and Immoral – Democracy in Dark Times

My view today. Not a bad midsummer post

Among the many benefits of bike lines: fewer accidents, effective mobility, more cycling, boosted transportation equity for those without cars. From the York U team Mahtot Gebresselassie, Joanna Silva, and Steven Lum. theconversation.com/why-bike-lan...

Truly one of a kind. Sly's music lives on! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

This is really, really bad. They shouldn't be deploying the Marines, and doing so without clear orders is incomprehensible.

they want to turn LA into 1972 Derry, Portland into 1956 Algiers, and New York into 1989 Beijing

Today’s NYT euphemism for “lied,” in South Africa story, is “made debunked claims.”

Patrick Gaspard was the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 2013 to 2016. 🇺🇸 🇿🇦

Union Square #streetphotography #fuji

Walking the Dog #streetphotography

Butcher, Muslim Quarter, Xi’an #streetphotography @streetportrait

#streetphotography Streetcar Series

Disappearing an elected official.

Car wash #streetphotography

The Library of Congress is a research library. The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress. Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research. NO children’s section. Even the general public has very limited access.

Crosswalk #streetphotography

'Dark Towns' by Mary Heaton Vorse from Men and Steel. Boni and Liveright Publishers, New York. 1920. A chapter from Vorse’s marvelous book on the Steel Strike of 1919 sees her travel with Mother Jones through the Steubenville, Ohio area. revolutionsnewsstand.com/2025/05/07/d...

4 May. We remember: Allison Krause Jeffrey Miller Sandra Scheuer William Schroeder.

We have to reject bad-faith framing: this is not some grassroots organization of students who are dissatisfied, it’s a well-connected and extremely well-funded coalition of folks who look down on academia’s role in society and hate its influence and perceived power.

Listen to the newest episode of conjuncture in which geographer Hashem Abushama discusses Stuart Hall, Palestinian geographies, and conjunctural analysis with @cheatherton.bsky.social. This season is co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social: trinitysocialjustice.com/palestine-is...

Brace yourselves

Who the f cares? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/o...

Ezra's opening started in on illiberalism and I thought "yeah fine, but maybe he should have Steve Hahn on to talk about this" so apologies to the dogwalkers terrified by my sudden cackle when he introduced his guest.

This is a tiny obscure corner but a very, very visible one online. #academicsky #edusky

Harvard goes on offense