I'm not linking to the article because 1) I don't know if the woman named ever had a relationship with Larry Summers and 2) I have no idea whether it was consensual. But the fact that he's teaching 3 classes this fall, with all of this going on, and nobody has pulled him out is absolutely bonkers.

Full house for the premier, with Serena asking everyone to support their local PBS station and lobby for the restoration of federal funding, followed by episodes 1 and 2, and a Q&A later. Also: pizza and cookies. 🗃️

Streaming through Dec 31 2025. Recommended.

In 2012, I had an interview with two interviewers at an R1 when, halfway through the interview in the hotel room, the toilet flushed and a third person emerged from the bathroom. And then, the three proceeded to debate the semantics of my dissertation... without me. And that story was nothing.

My lovely colleague Serena Zabin is featured in Ken Burns's new documentary series, "The American Revolution," that premieres on PBS tonight. Here's more information and how to watch it for free 🗃️: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...

If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."

Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

honestly how are they not paying attention to their own pop culture? Benedict Cumberbatch has literally had to talk publicly about how his family literally got their money from huge sugar plantations in Barbados www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01...

“Few books in political theory foreground the author’s biography this much. But it lands.” My LARB review of Furious Minds by Laura Field. A terrific book. @princetonupress.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...

The double-edged sword of "I'm pretty sure this won't work out, so let's just take a look..."

I'm considering adding a science magazine (broadly construed to include the humanities, social sciences, etc) to my subscriptions. Was thinking Smithsonian but I don't like how they acted with Amy Sherald. Considering Scientific American now. Thoughts? Suggestions? (Everyone can reply)

I am sometimes too curious for my own good and now I have accidentally collected the data for a paper I should probably write on a topic I won't explicitly say so I have more time to decide if I'm writing it or not

Throw back Sunday to mom buying a long stranded Christmas tree and the look that ended it.

Silicon Valley could make a wearable like this, but alas they don't

Me when I think about the energy I need to bring to fighting this biblical flood of horseshit into the infosphere

Me when I think about what else I could have done with my Friday and Sunday

Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME. Here is a thread of my feelings

Andy talking about lil rhody in deadline: "Plus it’s also so beautiful, it’s aspirational. It’s the Ocean state – it’s teeny. And the women are outrageously fun and great for TV.” (deadline.com/gallery/the-...) Yes, they're def giving aspirational... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrc-...

Lauren from Utah is being added to The Valley. They're trying to ruin our show!!! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l...

Prepare yourself because I'm doing all my bravocon thoughts in this thread. To start, we've got a rhori trailer!!!! "Welcome to Rhode Island bitch, this is how we roll" is a real thing someone said. I need to know what wealthy lil rhody thinks of this. www.reddit.com/r/BravoRealH...

It’s pretty simple. When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.

A new vending machine at Durham Food Hall sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to the best spots in the city to cry in public. www.wunc.org/arts-culture...

I quibble on which student magazine is the "best" but that is an exceptionally good story with a very strong kicker

Just noting that, as I scrolled by this, I went "oh crap, that's Stephanie from rhom!!" Real housewives are everywhere y'all.

Hell yea, Calvin! Or should I say, Mr. Clerk of Court.

Well MacArthur must feel extra proud today

What 60% of my sabbatical activities report is going to look like when I get back. Sorry/not sorry

Reminder, this is why Trump was at the US Open in the Rolex box

BU student newspaper article on this dailyfreepress.com/11/15/19/216...

FYI, if you're someone that likes to tuck into some Christmas TV movie rom-coms this time of year, I've directed two with Asian-American casts: A SUGAR & SPICE HOLIDAY (2020) can be streamed right on Lifetime's website (US only). A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2022) is on Hallmark+ or Crave in Canada.

Made Italian buttercream for the first time! I think it's the perfect texture. I like the flavor (added some melted chocolate) but I think it can be improved. One step closer to opening a bakery and leaving academia behind. www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/ital...

My people assess accurately and quickly

In books: “There were so many Black booksellers and historians who were and who are counting on me to tell the story right. It truly is the first full-length book to chronicle the history of Black-owned bookstores in this country.”

Real possibility that my sabbatical activity report is going to be like 65% photos of Fiorello

Attempting Italian buttercream for the first time so I'm looking up videos and seriously is everyone watching this preppy kitchen person? Their links are always at the top of baking searches.

chicago pope been reading up

i wasn't gonna post about it but seeing that a LOT of people have declared UA's run with steph curry to be a failure and I think the total opposite I guess I should. look everybody, signature basketball shoes are a vestigial remnant of when hoop shoes—current hoop shoes—were the top of the market

Checking out the new location of my local bookstore and look at who I see on the shelves @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social. I'm not saying it's because I asked for the book when it first came out, but I'm not not saying it.

Gah forgot again, this is a gift link

The ladies are watching one of the housewives in a fashion show and one of them goes "I didn't know Asians came in that height" and now I'm dead. I'm dead. You're talking to my ghost. 2011-2012 rhov was bold.

as a big GDT guy, I wish I had fewer frustrations with the way this FRANKENSTEIN reinterprets the Creature into another of his misunderstood monsters -- but I have them, and here they are.

We’re literally playing hot potato except instead of a potato it’s the seat of our national government and instead of burning your hands it’s hoping it catches fire whilst a different party is in power

ell oh fucking ell

The same way my research shows that states that adopted affirmative action bans did so after the public flagship universities had an increase in the share of students of color (an increase that still left White students shockingly overepresented as compared to their share in the state population)

“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.” Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist newrepublic.com/article/2030...

Still thinking about a person who got one of the big grants saying "The goal, she emphasized, was not to advance any particular argument about the founding but to make reliable primary sources widely available. 'We are not political,' she said." Motivated reasoning www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...

I got hit with a "What up Unc?" in the wild and in stunning unlce fashion I replied "Aight now" Damn it they got me

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

"'People who care about the future of an independent U.S. higher-education system must take seriously the authoritarian aims of the federal government,' said Dominique Baker" This lady seems really concerned about govt overreach & credulous higher ed stakeholders www.chronicle.com/article/the-...