With @kfitz.info as keynote!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Friends don't let friends use academia dot edu. kfitz.info/academia-not...

Yesterday, seven programs offered through the International and Foreign Language Education Office of the Department of Education, which administers Title VI and Fulbright-Hays funding, were "non-continued" across the board, including: +

Over the last several months, I've been engaged in a project designed to bring a bunch of the stuff I'm hosting in various places around... (New post from kfitz.info: "Learning" https://kfitz.info/learning/)

New post from kfitz.info: "Success, at Last" https://kfitz.info/success-at-last/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

It’s been way too busy around here so I haven’t posted, but…my new book came out last week! It’s called One Classroom at a Time: How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

It's @kfitz.info!

New post from kfitz.info: "Longevity and Sustainability" https://kfitz.info/longevity/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

For real, you can just join. Then publish.

I have been fighting with the process of setting up a server on my home network for what is now literally months. (I keep having to walk away from the project because of that whole “day job” thing.) Advice would not be unsolicited! kfitz.info/networking-c... #homelab #dns #proxmox #nginx

New post from kfitz.info: "Networking Continued" https://kfitz.info/networking-continued/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

Fantastic. Now do the NEH, the NEA, and IMLS.

WTF am I supposed to do with this dialogue box? Which of “Cancel" and "Turn Off” means "continue”???

This is a must-read, not least for its no-holds-barred kicker. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org are pleased by the injunction in the Author's Guild case, preventing reallocation of grant funds, but are disappointed in the ruling on our injunction. We remain steadfast in working to stop the unlawful dismantling of the NEH. www.mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

"without my humanities leanings and studies, I would not have been a very good scientist. My humanities classes were a master class in creativity, envisioning new futures and how to think." bit.ly/4of8P8D

It’s only a start. But it’s a start.

Huge respect for former MLA president Marianne Hirsch.

I stg if I have to spend even one more minute turning Copilot off in a new location I will combust.

Indeed. This is a hard no.

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

KCWorks for Institutions will enhance your institutional research dissemination, protect your research outputs as a digital preservation system, and allow for superior discovery of research objects. And that's only a few of the features we offer! Visit: join.hcommons.org

Want to dig deeper into the features of KCWorks for Institutions? 🪏 We’ve created a full website to show you more at join.hcommons.org! Take a look and pass it along to those who might want to learn more. 😊

I’m delighted to announce the launch of KCWorks for Institutions! The Knowledge Commons team is ready to support institutions and organizations seeking a values-enacted, nonprofit, community-governed alternative to corporate hosted repository services. about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/a...

Jumping on this to ask for support for our lawsuit against DOGE for the evisceration of the NEH. Please contribute to the fund we use to pay the lawyers, Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

This auto-post buries the lede a bit, so here's me delivering the news out loud: MSU has named me a University Distinguished Professor. I'm honored, and grateful, and not a little astonished. More in the post, as well as a link to my college's story...

New post from kfitz.info: "Distinguished" https://kfitz.info/distinguished/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

What do we do when a key indicator of research assessment -- federal funding -- is undermined and under threat? The @humetricshss.bsky.social team tackles the question in a recent @lseimpactblog.bsky.social essay. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

🤔 “Peer review improves papers. The exchanges between authors and referees should be seen as a crucial part of the scientific record, just as they are a key part of doing and disseminating research.” — www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We're excited to announce the project teams for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Can't wait to see you all next month! humetricshss.org/values-enact...

Imagine sitting on a conference bus with Brett Bobley back in 2012 and saying "what if arXiv, but for the humanities?" Few people have given more to support the realization of that dream over the years. I am more grateful than I can say. #ThanksBrett, and thanks to all of your colleagues at the #NEH

I’m super excited about the upcoming Generosity and Leadership in Higher Education virtual panel event, being held by University of Bath on 25 June, 10-11.00 EDT. +

Raising money for our lawsuit against DOGE. Paula: "Wouldn't you like to sue the government right now?" Cousin Val, a retired court reporter: "Hell, yes!" Donated $200. You have a cousin Val out there. Please ask her to help out. Here's the fund we are using for the suit: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

New post from kfitz.info: "All This" https://kfitz.info/all-this/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

The context of this week’s World’s Best Newsletter is not academia, but it’s not not academia: “how much do you have to hate the work to skip all the parts that go into making something great?” Thanks, as always, to the amazing folks at @rawsignal.ca. us14.campaign-archive.com?u=c5c0614e6c...

Ooooh... my friends at Educopia are offering *free* 30-minute consultations to folks working in mission-driven organizations across the knowledge sector. Find out more here: educopia.org/blog/educopi...

The Federation of State Humanities Councils & Oregon Humanities have filed a lawsuit against the termination of NEH grants to the state councils. www.statehumanities.org/federation-o...

Filed complaint ✔️ Filed motion for preliminary injunction ✔️

New post from kfitz.info: "Networking" https://kfitz.info/networking/ (NB: Replies to this post may appear as comments on kfitz.info.)

I have discovered that lots of people who are not professional humanists are eager to help fund a lawsuit against the administration by professional humanists. Join us. Every $10 makes a difference. Tell your friends who want to do something.

Today is ⚡⚡DISASTER SIMULATION DAY⚡⚡ at Knowledge Commons. We'll be setting some parameters shortly and documenting the recovery process for the main site and Works. Any shortcomings in our processes should be highlighted by this. If it goes badly, we will have to rectify and try again another day.

Should have mentioned: Wordherder shoutout within! #IYKYK

3 ways to fight for the NEH: 1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming 2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have. 3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

LFG.

Enough is enough. @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org filed a lawsuit to push back against the devastating changes at NEH. We all deserve a strong and vibrant @nehgov.bsky.social.

I had the pleasure of doing an interview last week with Dane Anderson of Humanities Last Chance. He's made me sound amazingly coherent! humanitieslastchance.org/article/kath...

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

The number of vicious insults and outright lies in this “statement” is mind-boggling. www.neh.gov/news/update-...

So insulting to the diligent employees, reviewers, & applicants. That second paragraph alone suggests prior awards weren’t merit-based & erodes any confidence I might have that future awards will be merit-based. Phrases like “extreme ideologies based upon race or gender” are racist & misogynistic.

This.