Gen AI has been trained and developed in ways that no university research ethics committee would approve. And yet as academics we supposedly need training in how to use it ‘ethically’…

@texastribune.org is always on point with Texas news. Also, it all just gets more infuriating at each new detail revealed.

"So, stand up and say no." On it. Banned Books Week starts Oct. 5th. There's cool events nationally, but the best ones are local where you build community and support the First Amendment, freedom to read, and freedom to think. Check out your local independent bookstore or university for events!

Even though it was 90-f’ing-degrees today, I made skull pumpkin muffins. Happy fall!

Interesting to learn today at the Fall Texas AAUP Conference meeting that the UT System is the only one of the 7 state systems that haven’t reconstituted Faculty Advisory Councils to confirm with SB 37, leaving UT institutions w/o even the inferior form of shared governance that the bill allows. 🤔

So, I started with On Tyranny, but am def a Romance girlie, so it tracks either way.

I learned so much in 101 and can’t wait for 102. So many different people with different sets of knowledge and experience of the world coming together. And the guests speakers! Sign up, join us, learn, resist.

Touching soft things, fabric shopping, being surrounded by bright colors, planning and making—all made today a good one in spite of it all. #knitting #quilting #knitsky #quiltsky

This grackle judged me so hard yesterday.

It’s the weekend. Can we all be Mars?

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

I can't do millennial complaints, but my most GenX complaint is that cynicism should not be an excuse to roll over or tell others to quit. It's the armor you need to continue to fight when you know you won't be the one to benefit from it. Yeah, we're fucked. Now get your hands dirty.

Asked first year students a similar question after they’d read a chapter about school demographics. They also initially said 20%, and I asked if 6 ppl in their typical HS class were trans. We did some math to help them get to a more accurate number and watched the lightbulbs go on.

Hard agree. The world would be a much cooler place.

Stacy Wescott for the Chicago Tribune. Curtis Evans, veteran, Marine Corps intelligence under Reagan, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the ICE facility in Broadview, IL on Sept. 19, 2025

Woke Ted Cruz www.cnbc.com/2025/09/19/t...

Being in community with @karenattiah.bsky.social and @resistanceschool.bsky.social. Fall 102 preview—which is smashing—and a discussion of the omnishambles.

I'm living for the toddler who is crowing back at the coffeehouse rooster this morning.

The Word Gap ™️ is something most teachers learn by osmosis. Given that what we think it means is not correct, we need to unlearn it, and dig at the biases that made it so attractive and idea in the first place.

Nearly 50 college instructors across #Illinois landed on #CharlieKirk's “Professor Watchlist.” @wbez.org reached out to all of them and found the list triggered hateful messages, threats of rape or death, and intensification since Kirk's killing. #twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...

You can't comply enough. He demoted two administrators and fired the lecturer and still lost his job.

I am deeply identifying with this bird this evening.

I think everyone will benefit from a visit by this adorb knitted frog.

Still me! Still doing a thing! Come join!

It’s coming for every district. I spoke at my school board last night, reminding them we can e different voices than this.

I deleted my account. It will automatically ask you to accept the ToS when you go to the page. DON'T! Instead, click on the ToS link. Navigate to account settings (upper right). The last menu item is the delete option. I told them that I won't use a service that claims any of my content as theirs.

11-yo is doing an 11-minute essay (I have thoughts, but that's not this). We discussed how important it is to use Nickelodeon's Avatar the Last Airbender as his example, not the new Netflix series. The new series warranted the most pitying headshake I've seen in a long while.

More joy in resistance like this, please!

Age of Brass and Steam shawl in bright yellow. Needed a super-simple pattern for knitting during meetings. Spoke at the school board meeting tonight, reminding everyone to resist those who snitch on teachers. The board president noticed my knitting. #WIPWednesday #knitting

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Floof!!!!

Finally reading this piece by @kevincarey1.bsky.social. Came out ages ago (8/24) and the prescience. "There are no silver linings here, no painful but necessary corrections, no opportunities for something newer and better to rise from the ashes. There are just ashes, piling up by the day."

I want you to read one of my 2022 investigations again + understand that the response you’re seeing from your children’s school boards-the harassment + firing of teachers, administrators & staff-is tied to a network of folks who have been in this game for years: www.propublica.org/article/geor...

This dog led an officer to his leash while being rescued from his burning home. 14/10 for all (IG: aurorapoliceil)

Let’s go, Texas! Hey, @lonestarleft.com, did you see this?!?

I’m taking 102 and can’t wait to learn and think more. Join me, or sign up for 101! Sign up, learn new things, resist. Repeat.

Every morning. Cold brew until mid-October. That jar on the right is bootleg maple syrup.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Hey, that’s me, going to do a thing. Join me on 9/25! To say that the world was a bit different when I offered to host the #literacies chat back in March is an understatement. But we’ve got to talk about how censorship impacts teaching and learning.

Time is a flat circle, nothing ever happens, etc

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

This is totally what a research university is supposed to do, right? /snark

“The First Amendment is a big deal in a functioning democracy, so the attack on the freedom to read could be the downfall of our country,” says Laney Hawes, codirector of the TX Freedom to Read.” Everyone in this article is a hero! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Two high schoolers wrote a love letter about their high school librarian and the banned books club they're part of. This is really moving and thoughtful and a reminder that kids know exactly what the hell is going on right now. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/09/s...

A timeline cleanse in the form of the utter chaos that are my bookshelves at home. You’re welcome or I’m sorry, whichever applies.

This guy, right here, is running for US Senate in Texas and that's an unmitigated good.

*chef’s kiss* flex, folks.