will just reiterate that this is a photo from when the letters were installed and and while i haven't been there yet today, there's no indication they have been removed yet pls don't share slop

If you have been helped at all by this team, please reach out to me, we are gathering testimonials about how important their work is to the University. Even in "our current financial climate," these layoffs don't actually make sense and are just the U chipping away at union jobs.

Hey UMN folks, especially if you've used classroom technology and received help about it--AFSCME 3800 has heard that the classroom technology services team, who have built an award-winning system for classroom tech, are all being laid off.

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My next book will have a one-word title and I vow to use that word so relentlessly that it haunts my readers for life

don't publish an academic book called "the idea of squares" and fail to write a definition of "squares" or sustain any discussion of "squares" or enter "squares" in the index!

They arrived & they are beautiful! @prisonculture.bsky.social www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit...

The idea that knowledge is the fastest access to the best summary is pervasive and wrong.

I am honestly more concerned about the people that currently own Paramount but this is also bad.

as I writer I hate that when I google a word or a historical detail, I have to disregard the first response because it's generated by AI.

You are what you do, not what you say.

The philosophy of intention vs. action is a very interesting field and the tl;dr is that most of the body philo agrees with you.

The Chronicle's dominant position in the higher ed media ecosystem is one of the biggest problems that we face. Endless right-wing grift, just like the New York Times.

I want to know more about the quarter of likely DC voters who are undecided on the mayor’s race.

My whole life have been trying to get me to concede that politicians who do awful things are, despite that ‘good people.’ I don’t think that can be true, and even it was I don’t know why it would be relevant.

Hegseth and people like him are the danger here, not those he demonizes.

Message from a woman who was sentenced to 35 years to life as a teenager:

Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures by Kathi Weeks

ironic to have to shout that these humanists would have more robust arguments if they read the budgets of their own institutions and FOIAed the power deals of their own BOTs

Interestingly this is the same problem we have with presidents in higher ed.

an app that disables and removes all AI “assistance” from my software. Imagine never seeing “do you want me to summarize this for you?” ever again

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Excel stop putting tiny prompts in the exact spot I am working, and asking before reformatting literally everything as a date. Windows explorer identity and clean up duplicate files.

Just watched You’re Next. My review—the story was uneven, but was a gory blast with good twists.

Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

Immigration is not a problem but ‘immigration enforcement’ is.

Immigration is not a problem but ‘immigration enforcement’ is.

I'm seeing people post and repost, "ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE." Y'all, it's about more than one thing.

WHAT DO WE WANT? MORE CONGESTION! WHO DO WANT IT FROM? MOSTLY ROBOTS!

Allen addressing two too priorities for DC residents—not enough pedestrians being hit by cars and not enough Big Tech donations to Charles Allen.

Somehow, every time I read about the eurozone crisis I get even angrier about it than I was before

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

There's no "right time" to raise salient issues in politics. You just have raise them and fight to win. There is no conductor to decide which order to bring up issues.

Anyone saying “teen takeovers” can’t be taken seriously.

Is there a word to describe when people try to avoid sadness by staying angry?

it is once again important to note that Presidents of both political parties have acted to systematically undermine the War Powers Act to the point where it’s possible to completely ignore it

When I see a western express and non express bus pull up next to each other, the choice is clear.

There are no ‘work requirements’ only onerous paperwork requirements.

In honor of today's anniversary of her acquittal, I am re-sharing a piece I wrote in my newsletter a couple of years ago about the effort to bail Angela Davis out of jail: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

The eroding of higher education is longstanding and bipartisan.

There is not an alternative vision coming from above. The politicians and the bosses do not have a big idea about how to make things better, beyond time-traveling to 1999 (for Dems) or 1899 (for the GOP). That vision must be ours and it must be built brick by brick and imposed on them.

UMD fired 84 people today, largely staff. In addition to the (many more) vacancies that are being closed. Guys with 25+ years of service. Moms who gave birth last week. The amazing woman who puts in 18 hour days to make our college commencement happen. In the richest state in the union, per capita.

Cities and states should be testing the limits of federal power constantly, like the velociraptors testing the fence in Jurassic Park.

Oh BY THE WAY: United Faculty-UAW, the union of us non-tenure-track faculty at USC, WON our election last night in a landslide. More details to come, but USC admin is crying to Trump asking his labor board to overturn democracy. It's a scandal. You should be pissed, especially if you're a teacher.

Our friends at @detentionwatchnetwork.org have a list of ways you can take action for the rights of immigrants, check it out:

Relying on police issued fines to fund your city is a thing that gives cops tremendous unaccountable power in addition to ensuring revenue collection falls heavily on those with less to begin with.

💯 every drop of ink on "the trans question"

I will always tell a machine to eat shit and you can’t stop me. Especially if you are asking me to treat your machines better than you treat human beings.

A rather large percentage of punditry is pretending to offer ways to deal with an invented or misspecified problem while really using this to attack the supposed target of the advice.

Anyway, I’ve got the same drum I’ve always had. No way forward without forgetting the way back. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...