The middle class is the new proletariat, clinging to antiquated notions such as the belief that education matters, just as the old working class believed in the sanctity of the job.

I don't normally subscribe to the "German has a word for it" thing because all languages can invent and borrow new words! That said, I can't stop thinking about "hobbyless" as an insult since I saw it a few days ago, so here you go It promotes a growth mindset!! www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii...

I know things like this are good onramps for new people, but we've had more than a year of onramps. I don't understand the escalation strategy for this approach.

I need to check this out for class

mill's dedication: this is a jointly authored work a century & a half of male editors: mill exaggerated out of a sentimental fondness for his wife mill's letters: no, really, most of "my" work was partly by her, i really could not be clearer on this

Hmmmm

One thing that AI evangelists seem to assume, particularly legal AI evangelists assume, is that the thinking and analysis is quick, and the writing is just tedious busywork that slows us down. But the writing IS the thinking and analysis. You work out the thinking and analysis by writing it down.

This doesn't have to keep happening. It is possible to craft worlds where women and children are safe, rather than objects to be either dominated or protected from the domination of others. It is possible to create a world where people can just be safe in their bodies.

Sharing this for anyone who needs to hear it. Which may or may not include me.

Yup, this is good, but if we let adjuncts and grad students negotiate, apparently the whole state would explode or something. Then again, I can now claim to be part of the most precarious state employee group, so that is something. Good that staff got these rights.

Most #autistic people don’t have the power to use our autism as an excuse for anything. For most of us, autism isn’t even accepted as an excuse for avoiding eye contact or using the “wrong” tone of voice! We are regularly punished for these things!

this! we’ve been on the front lines. we know what moves and motivates students. we would be a spectacular resource for most universities. so it really makes me wonder why so many administrators like these authors default to, “faculty are an obstruction to our success.”

Headed home from the Peace and Conflict Studies pedagogy event in Boulder. The security line at DIA is very long and snakes back and forth so every five minutes I had to see this asshole and his shirt.

I know it's a silly jokey joke, but people REALLY need to stop anthropomorphizing their boyfriends. "My boyfriend told me" your boyfriend didn't "tell" you anything. "My boyfriend thinks..." your boyfriend can't actually think or feel; just output a convincing simulation of it based on probability 🙄

Colorado is the first state where advocates have secured a court ruling forcing prison officials to stop using solitary confinement to compel labor from incarcerated people. “It’s exciting and it’s amazing,” says one advocate in the state.

The problem with too many autism professionals: "Epistemic injustice sounds abstract, but for many in the autistic community, this is the story of being told, over and over, 'We know you better than you know yourself.'” TY, @ludmilapraslovaphd.bsky.social: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl and disabled people are still fighting for basic rights in a society that's actively working to undermine them, surrounded by systemic disablism. (This is a corrected thread TY to the person who flagged that I said 26th, not 36th!)

There is something pleasing about the fact that none of these people realize they could just buy a pair that matches what they were given, but fit. Like they could go to a mall.

I guess it's time to close up shop here... This article acts like everyone in the PCR community in the US just says, "look, our government is gonna kill people, so what can we do?" That is Unrest erasure! Read the response from Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta, too.

Parents, pls tell your autistic kids they are autistic: "You may think that an autistic child won’t notice they are different than their non-autistic peers; I have not met one autistic person (me included) who hasn’t noticed their difference early in life." thinkingautismguide.com/2017/02/pare...

I learned even and odd numbers last time (rationing in Delaware used the last digit of licence plates and I "helped" my parents). I wonder what new thing I will learn this time.

An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die. May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.

Current events confirm the achieved wisdom of time-honored classics in the social sciences.

This is so accurate it hurts.

A brief overview of the hit songs of the 1980s will reveal exactly how thoroughly Armageddon was in the zeitgeist.

People ask what it is exactly we expect of Dems in this situation, and for me it's this. Make these assholes fucking scared. Make it clear that they are on borrowed time, that consequences WILL arrive, and that they will be harsh.

Just saw this in the FT, too. I'm not sure how we are supposed to live in a world where one county can assassinate the leader of another and no one does anything about it. Heckofa semester to be teaching human rights and the international system.

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture. Understood instantly what it meant.

“i’m still punk” i whisper to myself as i turn down the music in my car so i can see better

i just want to hang out on the internet and talk about my hyperfixations but nooooooooooo powerful people decided being evil was the best way they could spend their time

I couldn't teach in FL because I don't know the difference between discussions that suggest, argue, state, and describe. Oh, and because this is completely wrong.

New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.” Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.

Instead of grading, I am enjoying the fact that my brain, which can't tell live humans apart, immediately recognized this clip art from Married to the Sea from 2025 as one of the guys from Get Your War On, even though GTWO ended 15 years ago. Wikipedia helpfully tells me it's from a book from 1998.

It's me, I'm that person

Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP

Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps. I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.

The ONLY WAY we get out of our current mess is by caring about everyone. Switching the targets of fascism doesn't end fascism. If both political parties embrace full throated fascism, we're not left with any electoral options, and a lot more regular people will embrace their own bigotry.

Well, that was entertaining. Everyone seemed to have a good time.

So my daughter is going to the Twice concert tonight for her birthday with friends and one of those friends is sick and had to cancel. I am now going to the Twice concert tonight as well. I have only the vaguest understanding of what Twice is.

This! This! This! It sounds like someone averaged the words in a sales meeting.

Our rallying cry for public education and public libraries: “Free, life-changing, and available to everyone.” stimpunks.org/philosophy/f...

Time to dust off theories of the democratic peace for some updates.

Kids these days!

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

I was late to class today because of Peace Monks. First time that has happened. When I was getting near campus I saw a lot of people on the sides of the road and thought it was ICE watch. Nope. Peace Monks.

Fuck, and I mean this from my never got accomodations but disabled ass, you.

As more college kids claim to have disabilities, the Gen Xer in me revolts at the way everything is being pathologized, writes Rich Cohen. on.wsj.com/4bGsdYm

I can't believe we're gonna get to buy our Halloween costumes at the damn Kennedy Center.

Kindle version of @jwomack.bsky.social's "Random Acts of Senseless Violence" is on sale in case reality isn't grim enough. www.amazon.com/dp/B008V460XS

10/10 ICE protest sign