Now for some positive news? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A primer of why so many university senior administrative job searches result in problematic results. Not an outlier by any means.

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

“If tenured faculty can be dismissed without a hearing at which the administration has to make the case before an elected body of peers, then that’s effectively the end of tenure in South Dakota." — Mark Criley, AAUP Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

"UNC's new policy reclassifying course descriptions & syllabi as public records & mandating the creation of an online database to house all course syllabi for a given semester poses a clear and unnecessary risk to North Carolina’s students, faculty, and communities." Read full statement below 👇

“A research university that censors Plato abandons its obligation to truth, inquiry, and the public trust — and should not be regarded as a serious institution of higher learning.” — AAUP Texas A&M @nytimes.com @texasaaup.bsky.social @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org

It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence. A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions. Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.

This year, History Workshop Journal will celebrate two milestones: its 50th anniversary and its 100th issue. To mark the occasion, eleven historians share how they've used the journal in their own teaching.

"Trump is already on his way to destroying the rule of law in America. Now he’s destroying the rules-based system of international law and diplomacy that the United States created in the wake of the horrors of World War II."

These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver. This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.

Executive summary: No legal basis. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I suggest following Venezuela Analysis: venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/reim...

“We need a higher ed system that’s not rooted in students as customers, but in critical inquiry and the development of smart, thoughtful citizens in a democracy who can see through the lies and stand up for the kind of society we want to build.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, which was a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement. (1968) Via @r_propagandaposters (Telegram)

Mummer Family at the Door David Blackwood 1985

Young Mummer from Wesleyville David Blackwood 1983

I will not use it at the beach I will not use it when I teach I do not want it in a church I do not want it for research I see no reason to concede I will not use it when I read Although its hype should have no end Upon it I will not depend

Taken together—the racial homogeneity, the Cold War religious framing, the idealized citizens—the aesthetic here aligns closely with white Christian nationalism as a default civic identity. #holdfast

Mummer Group from Pound Cove David Blackwood 1976

Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university. Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.

Village on the Lower St. Lawrence Randoph Hewton c. 1925

Diego Reading Jack Chambers 1971

Say good morning to our striking baristas in Champaign-Urbana, IL! ☃️ It's DAY FORTY of our national ULP strike. Want to support baristas? Don't cross the picket line! That means DON'T BUY STARBUCKS (including last minute gift cards!) #NoContractNoCoffee

Demands for Data Center Moratoriums Surge prospect.org/2025/12/22/d...

My essay on this whole deal.....

Skiers Molly Lamb Bobak 1992

#News: #Study reveals tropical #birds 🦜🪶are dying at alarming rates in the #Amazon 🇧🇷🇪🇨🇨🇴 due to human-induced #ClimateChange, heat stress 🥵 and habitat shifts. Demand corporate accountability #ClimateActionNow, be #vegan and 🌴🪔⛔️ #BoycottPalmOil wp.me/pcFhgU-a5w

The sheer pettiness and immaturity of the present American regime. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Potential successor to Trump U? thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

The Eaton's Window, Montreal Adrien Hébert 1937

Vulcan, AB, Christmas Tree R.F.M. McInnis 1997

Sunday Morning No. 2 Jack Chambers 1968-70

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

This month, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued a statement saying that LLMs (ChatGPT, etc.) make up references. The ICRC offers a thumbnail description of how LLMs work: