Anyone attending End Well virtually next week?

From the archives: How to Talk about Death and Dying @profjillian.bsky.social discusses why it's crucial to discuss end of life plans with loved ones and which wishes are most important to consider. 🎧 johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/536-death-an...

We’re hiring in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego www.sandiego.edu/cas/about/di...

In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Here's a list of those exempted drugs.

We’re hiring in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. www.sandiego.edu/cas/about/di...

JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY). Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Something to add to my end of life class reading list.

“Informality heightens the sense that this is not a remote matter of merely academic. And, as always, orality grabs your attention.” Listen Up. Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Speaking to You. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

Been listening to *How to Stand Up to a Dictator* by @mariaressa.bsky.social and this tracks.

Y’all! Im introducing @blacktopkid.bsky.social tonight at the University of San Diego in partnership with Warwick’s books and I’m starting to get nervous! Send me good vibes.

“And we are a great nation because we have invested in the arts and sciences while protecting the freedom that enables them to flourish.”

Photo from my friend Mary (who is not on Bluesky) in Florida. An Allendale United Methodist Church sign reads: “If empathy is a sin. Sin boldly.”

many thanks to @booker.senate.gov for advocating for higher education; our commitment to research, free inquiry, and free speech.

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Doubled my sustaining gift to my local NPR station @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

“Campus leaders at all types of institutions across the US must reaffirm their core values & help people, both inside & outside of the academy, understand what is at stake for our democracy if officials escalate unwarranted governmental intrusion into higher education” www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...

I read *On Tyranny* by @timothysnyder.bsky.social on a flight last night. Sobering and insightful. If you’re feeling helpless right now buy one or check it out from your local library. Because doing nothing right now is not an option.

My aunt died at 37 from cervical cancer. I’m glad science has shifted the likelihood of this happening to others.

I’m gonna need a follow up on #AlternativeRealities from #Embedded on @npr.org

Saw The Librarians at #SundanceFilmFestival and it’s essential viewing. #readbannedbooks

“Despair has never liberated anybody.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

Seeing these two stories from @nytimes.com one after the other in my feed is jarring. I’m finding it difficult to care about fashion right now with 100 wacky/scary executive orders coming.

This is a truly frightening prospect for low income people.

Almost a 3 year difference in life expectancy. The gap widens for men under age 25. publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/new-rep...

⭐️🎄🎁Day 2🎁🎄⭐️ The Death Studies Podcast Advent 2-8 December marks #griefawarenessweek. This year’s theme is Shine a light so we’re shining on our episode with @profjillian.bsky.social as we discuss disenfranchised grief

Yes. Always. Practice I got from my dad. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...

@steveryder.bsky.social hi! long time no see. Hope you’re well.

When Death Rode the Rails: In certain parts of the country, including the LA area, dedicated funeral cars to transport the dead & mourners were added to the streetcar systems www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Yes! One of my favorite authors getting some movie flowers.

I’m teaching gender communication next semester. And taking students to Barbados for a week where they have a woman president and prime minister. Collecting texts/artifacts like this written by a 16 year old high school junior. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...

We’re hiring at the University of San Diego. Join us in the College of Arts and Sciences. www.sandiego.edu/cas/about/di...

“Liberal arts studies nurture crucial human capacities, including curiosity, critical thinking and analysis, empathy and compassion, ethics and integrity, appreciation for diverse perspectives, and a growth mindset.“

My students wonder why depictions aren’t more realistic and question if viewers would like their shows if they were. www.kqed.org/science/1985...

*Health records don’t always show when patients are dead* “Wenger and his co-investigators found that several hundred — a fifth of deceased patients in his sample — were marked alive in electronic records, but dead in state public health files.” www.statnews.com/2023/12/14/h...

The Vatican said on Tuesday that Catholic families may ask to preserve “a minimal part of the ashes” of a relative in a place of significance to the deceased, softening a previous mandate that ashes could be kept only in “sacred spaces” like cemeteries.