happy Stylish But Illegal Monkey day to all who celebrate

This had me screaming laughing.

Even for the #Extroverts the campus #holiday party can be an awkward affair. In my latest Substack, I offer up some lines to help #Introverts, Extroverts and Verts make the most of working the room. #HigherEd #Humor open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

The Closure of Mount Ida College was nearly 7 years ago. But just this week a final bandaid was torn off. Today I reflect on this common aspect of #CollegeMergers, specifically the maintenance of a name & what happens when the name is no longer meaningful. open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

We have less freedom of the press than Moldova, Romania, Croatia and Armenia now. But cheer up, we're still ahead of Orban's Hungary.

Want to support @npr.org and fill your ears and and soul with some gorgeous music at the same time? This is your chance. youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...

Do yourself a favor and watch this. It will make your dang day. youtu.be/PNmcF6eRE7w

In October, MSU laid off 99 faculty, staff, and executives. If this were funds that could pay tuition for Pell Eligible students, it would cover approx. 240 students. But sure ... yay football.

I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”

Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce" Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI

If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.

Note to Marching Band choreographers. Think BIG... these nuanced moves tossing expando balls in the air during a tribute to Björk is really not working for the television audience.

Matteo Bocelli on the Rao's spaghetti sauce float is making me scream with laughter ... which I realize was not the intended purpose. But props to the dancers for putting their all into this salute to Italian American Mid Culture.

I want to start a letter writing campaign to make Bowen and Matt the hosts of the Macy's #ThanksgivingDayParade. It's time for a generational change.

Same.

Market Basket was lit just now. The most important shopping evening of the year and the whole place is chock full of people who have never been to Market Basket before, who may have never once seen groceries. I have bathed in the luscious bedlam and come out the other side warshed pure of my sins.

Peak privilege here … how many students are stuck on campus because it’s too expensive to travel home and are getting a “boxed dinner” if anything at all?

I need to be clear. If Jonathan Bailey were selected to be a baker on the Great British Christmas Baking Show, you would have to hospitalize me.

Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator. He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF. I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide resource issue. Volume isn’t the most pressing problem in Morrow County, however. The issue is pollution, which Amazon’s data centers have exacerbated since its arrival. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

While I agree that taking one’s shoes off on a plane is next level gross and disrespectful. This guy is wildly unqualified for his job.

He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.

As we embark on #Thanksgiving, remember a lot is going on back home, and we can actually be planful for what happens when students return to campus. To all my subscribers, I am #Thankful for YOU! #HigherEd #Leadership #Students open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

Long day of Christmas decorating done… mantle is looking pretty lovely

This was EXCELLENT. Feeling very hopeful. youtu.be/sCMH0LC26qE

Sean is an old friend. Dana is the best. Dana and Sean are the best. Dana is beyond talented, funny, smart, all the lethal weapons for media folk … she is going to do better things, and I hope she will be a voice where media is suffering for strong leadership.

trump looks at zohran the way i look at the hot bald guy at the italian deli who makes my meatball sandwich

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

20 Nov 2025 -- Final iteration of HHS pseudoscience report on care exposes authors: a Who's Who of anti-trans quacks and activists: Leor Sapir (Manhattan Institute), Evgenia Abbruzzes (hate-group SEGM founder), Michael Laidlaw (ADF), Yuan Zhang (SEGM associate) etc. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Did you miss Shawn DeVeau and I for our #CouchChat tonight? We covered the questions raised by the Department of Education 'outsourcing', #HigherEd's connection to the Epstein Files and of course the #CoachingCarousel. Watch the replay now on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

Just thinking about how Larry Summers, Matt Yglesias, Ross Douthat, and Reihan Salam were all at Harvard at the same time in 2001-2003. What at time.

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

Of course they did.

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

"The reason why this is of concern, is—he's the president of the United States, he's been found in another case by a civil jury to have been liable for sexually abusing a woman in a department store, he's a convicted felon, and he's had dozens of women accuse him of sexual abuse."

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Why is Trump going after America's air traffic controllers, today of all days? It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums."

The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.

runforsomething.net/donate if you’re feeling similarly.

Tonight was a very bad night.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

My statement on the proposed Senate deal

Just called @schumer.senate.gov at 202-224-6542 and reminded him that caving now shows nothing but feckless leadership. Senate Dems need to hold the line. This is the GOP's shut down and they own it.

Endless debates about where the line should be drawn between e-bikes/e-motorcycles? Prob a legitimate debate but the bigger question is why is that the only line we are debating? Why is there no debate about max horsepower for cars? Max tire size for trucks?

#ElectionDay2025 showed us that a clear message brings hope and turnout. #HigherEd leaders can take a cue to craft their own strategy. My Latest on Substack before we sign-off for the weekend. open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?

Reporter: The US handles about 45,000 flights a day. A 10% reduction of that is worse than the worst cancellation day of the past year, every day until the shutdown ends. Never in modern US aviation history has the federal government done an across the board cut of flight capacity like this