(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Years of him claiming but not seeking citizenship. 🚩🚩🚩 Curious what this is going to do to various syllabi and lists that have his books on them. At least he isn't disputing it.

"When your heart is broken you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain." – Andrea Gibson

With Donald Trump’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein facing scrutiny, QAnon believers are suddenly not so interested in Epstein anymore. For @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I asked a man whom many believe to be JFK Jr in disguise for his take. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.

X turned on account location, and immediately turned it off again--because it showed that your "farmer in Michigan" is really a paid troll in Bangladesh. We need a social network that shows where content is from. asbruckman.medium.com/x-added-acco... With cites to @katestarbird.bsky.social

Patrick Bet-David’s app Minnect is profiting from hate, selling “expert” advice from extremists like Nick Fuentes, Tommy Robinson, Richard Spencer, and Martin Sellner alongside public figures such as Chris Cuomo—normalizing far-right ideology as legitimate expertise. Read more:

The Great Artesian Basin covers a 5th of Australia & contains ancient water that feeds mound springs. Arabana people should rightfully be compensated by BHP for their decades of extraction of this fossil water resource that's damaged their landscape, cultural heritage, knowledge, histories & stories

At present the issue is how to reinforce existing infrastructure or fortify shoreline, or relocate, Indigenous villages. In future decades major coastal cities around the world will face the same dilemma. Metres of sea-level rise are committed, even if we succeed in reaching net zero.

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

FIRE is not a free-speech org. It’s a right-wing group that cynically uses the 1st Amendment as a cudgel to promote its many biases, including transphobia. It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”

The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists. Here’s what to look out for:

genuinely think the USPS would make legitimate money selling serious merch via collabs with fashion brands

"Mice seem to assist pregnant females when they get into difficulty giving birth, with experienced mothers being the most helpful. This is thought to be the first official sighting of such assistance in non-primates, and so expands our knowledge of caregiving behaviours across the animal kingdom."

I cannot stop thinking about how Olivia Nuzzi turned a climate-fueled wildfire that killed people and destroyed thousands of homes into romantic mood lighting for her affair with a guy who helped put a climate denier back in power.

Holy f@$k! “ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.” This whole video is jaw-dropping.

ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling. These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?

Because it apparently bears repetition: You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc. Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card. Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.

I tried a couple new things this term. It has been my best term since 2019. Among my trial runs was self-directed reading, following the advice of Mary Isbell on @c19podcast.bsky.social I highly recommend this & it should be part of your 2025 best of public humanities, @americanstudier.bsky.social

One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.

“Overburdened, overpolluted, community voices can’t be muted!” “No more burning, no more fires, protect our kids from burning tires!” VERY spirited rally by Duwamish River Community Coalition, vs Puget Sound “Clean Air” Agency’s decision to let Ash Grove Cement burn tires for OVER 30% of its energy.

"[One] crucial international disaster database records only two heatwaves in sub-Saharan Africa between 1900 and 2019. They caused the deaths of 71 people. The same database lists 83 heatwaves in Europe between 1980 and 2019, resulting in over 140,000 deaths” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📣 TT job at UGA: Assistant Professor of Film Studies www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/458...

📣 Tenure-track DH position at Chapel Hill with a home in English/Comp Lit

Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..." https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1

Attacking AI with poetry: Adversarial poetry prompts "yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90%." arxiv.org/html/2511.15...

I was a deist or conspiracist, I’d cite this (and every WH social media post) as proof of the gods dumbing down their messages to the least metaphorical

Now THIS???? is a white man! this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!

This is one of those points as an academic and researcher who focuses on authoritarianism and fascism I don’t like to make but:when the leader of the fascist movement that holds the government starts posting about murdering their opposition specifically political opposition you are in massive danger

If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.

Part of what motivates the development of AI infrastructure at the largest possible scale with the least regulation, is their dream of Falconesque surveillance & policing apparatus controlling a US population which is 31 times larger than that of the UAE.

The fed gov is taking steps toward dismantling the Dept of Education. These actions are illegal—Congress can stop them. Call your members of Congress NOW: bit.ly/USED_SOS We must act swiftly to protect federal funding for schools and ensure safe, welcoming learning environments for ALL students.

Page One in Iowa.

No idea how Forbes allowed this to be published as anything but a sponsored article, but this is part of the now-ramping up PR campaign for the Network State. www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...

Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.

The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.

AdBusters has officially been rendered obsolete

Block this account.

Tomorrow! Come out in Portland!

The BS propaganda for Trump “Freedom Cities” has begun. Be very aware everyone of the complete BLM land grab by crazy extreme libertarian oligarchs. www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...

The Harvard Crimson is more consistent about writing accurate headlines than The New York Times

Early responses to this episode with @aprilanson.bsky.social, @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social, and Alex Menrisky have been extremely positive. If you'd like to see more of the 2025 Quarry Farm Symposium on Energy Studies...

Less lengthy travel, same sentiments!!

This is...sort of brilliant.

fortunate to visit many campuses + easy to say English at Montclair with its many ties to the Honors College, is among the most vibrant undergrad communities the break things+fail upward admin has got to go students speaking out are being subject to admin harassment www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...