When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.

UVA president Jim Ryan resigned after sleazy, opaque machinations from only three right-wing board members. There was no board meeting or conversation about DoJ threats or Jim resigning. The whole saga is outlined in a memo Jim just released. drive.google.com/file/d/1rgFz...

Do I have any followers who research the Post-WWII decolonization of Africa? I've got a few questions for an episode and I'd love to connect!

Rest in power, Alice Wong.

It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.

Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.

📣 Trinity College Dublin is hiring 2 #tenuretrack Assistant Professors in Sociology. 👉 Environmental Sociology. Closing Dec 1 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a... 👉 Gender and Sexuality. Closing Dec 2 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say. Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration. Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

Cultural Trends Roundtable 2: 2 December, 10:00am GMT: Does Cultural Policy Research Need Theory? With Tony Bennett, Sigrid Røyseng and Jennifer Lena, chaired by Patrycja Kaszynska. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the field. Join link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8849746902...

1/🚨Our new report, “Tracing Online Hate Against Zohran Mamdani”, exposes the massive scale of hate, disinformation, and coordinated narrative attacks targeting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 New York City Mayoral Race. Access the report: www.equalitylabs.org/research/pub...

The great sociologist Kai Erikson has died at 94. Kai is known for his pioneering research on the impact of disasters on communities. His book, *Everything in its Path,* remains a landmark contribution to social science and a model to all of us who work to understand the human costs of crises. RIP

Reminder that I will be available this winter to Zoom with book clubs that are discussing Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I'm already booking those chats for December and January, so pls reach out through my website if you want to get on my schedule.

I am an excellent candidate for your residency because there’s nothing more infuriating than halting a good writing day to make lunch. Send.

There is no part of this awful news cycle that will lead to justice for those girls and young women and watching everyone gorge themselves on the consequences of their rape and trafficking is revolting to me.

Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves

There is no part of this awful news cycle that will lead to justice for those girls and young women and watching everyone gorge themselves on the consequences of their rape and trafficking is revolting to me.

There’s only two kinds of birds where I am living: pigeons and CARRION CROWS. 😅

Our (@paulinae.bsky.social, @mirandalubbers.bsky.social, & I) paper on social capital, is now posted at Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour.... The thread below provides a bit of background on how this one came about, and a *rough* overview.

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POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

I still struggle to understand how this even fucking happened and I was a first hand witness

Oh gosh is my walk tomorrow going to be fun (it’s bed o’clock here)! 🤪

The manel is a magical thing.

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

Come hang out and fold zines to push back on ICE, friends in NYC! gregpak.com/2025-11-15-h...

I understand there’s a call for the Minister of Education to resign over this (which would have my full support). You simply cannot have exceptions to academic freedom.

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

Should you or anyone else be interested in doing a PhD in London, here's details of the competition for funded places.

Time to get up, ladies! The workplace isn’t going to ruin itself. Let’s go girls!

These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.

New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...

It’s truly been an honor and privilege to share space and discussion with Dr Mamdani. I am a better teacher, scholar, and person for his influence. Some days I simply can’t believe what a charmed life I’ve lived.

Proposed slogan for both major US parties, from Rosalia: “I’ll fuck you till you love me.”

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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

I stand on the shoulders of giants and Dr Morgan is was a giant intellect, leader, scholar. May the road rise to meet her, may she rest in power.

If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

This piece is great.

I am in a very delicate truce with an enormous poisonous (but not lethal) spider who lives in my bedroom and eats other spiders.

Rosalind Franklin was only 37 when she died of ovarian cancer and she had ALREADY discovered the shape of DNA. She did not live to see her erasure by the Nobel committee in 1962. Anyway, fuck this guy and restore funding to the cancer moonshot, so the next Rosalind Franklin can live.

You can observe the decline of the Cheeto’s health with delight and wish for his expiration date without being ableist or ageist, please don’t embarrass us by replacing one tranche of bigotry with another

My brothers and sisters in Christ, being a gifted scientist does not mean you can’t be a dyed in the wool racist and generally undignified asshat who in no way deserves to be beyond reproach. I hope his liver is eaten out every day and regrows at night. Rest uneasy.

here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome

I see James Watson has died. What did Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin's lab notes. Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.