What Do Masks Mean? A book review with an Adar / Purim theme @sharrona.bsky.social's *Mask* from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is a fun and insightful read! open.substack.com/pub/elirubin...

I haven't yet shared here that @sharrona.bsky.social and I have a new book series in health humanities at @hopkinspress.bsky.social. This thread gives a brief overview of the series. ⬇️ (The link below is correct despite the unrelated image from my website.) www.colleenderkatch.com/health-human...

It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox

One week until Election Day! If you’re wondering what is at stake, here’s a story about a Nevada woman who was found guilty of manslaughter and sent to jail for having a miscarriage. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally Friday in Texas, a state she does not believe she will win but one where her campaign plans for her to begin making a closing argument to voters centered on abortion rights.

I had the BEST time on the What the If podcast talking about face blindness. To hear about my new fungal titles and the wild world of face recognition, check it out: whattheif.com/episodes/face

When Harris went on Call Her Daddy, Trump responded by trashing the host … who then doubled down with an episode highlighting GOP abortion restrictions. Rogan has recently said he’d never have Trump on, so there’s a good chance Trump attacks him too, with similar blowback.

I think Harris is going on Fox and Rogan because she is modeling what good leadership in a democracy should look like, where you are unafraid to speak to audiences of voters who might be unreceptive because that's your job, to be the President for the whole country. The contrast w/ Trump is glaring.

Open position for an Analyst in Science & Technology Policy at the Congressional Research Service (a division of the Library of Congress). GS-12 with promotion potential to GS-15, possibly telework eligible, application deadline November 12th: www.usajobs.gov/job/813846300 #STS

Are you or someone you know interested in getting a *FUNDED* MA in the History of Art? Consider us at UMass Amherst! Our MA program is over 50 years old, and we have a reputation for providing an excellent and supportive community for out students. Spread the word! www.umass.edu/art-history/...

Me: BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF RABBI HE IS. Him: A tv one. Me: BUT WHY ARE THEY MAKING KIDDUSH AT THE END OF THE MEAL NOT ON SHABBAT AT A BAT-MITZVAH? Him: They are doing Jewish things. All the "Jewish' things. They are going to blow shofar next.

Bernie Sanders issues a statement thanking Kamala Harris for her new Medicare proposal.

So we moved to Texas: www.kveller.com/i-knew-our-f...

We had to go to a notary this morning. I LOVE having an excuse to visit the upper floors of nondescript office buildings — to visit the residual landscapes of stamps, seals, signatures, and indexical, analog administration 🥰

RIP Kris Kristofferson Time to reread the story of him putting Toby Keith in his place www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Rest in peace, Kris Kristofferson. One of the few stars who stood by Sinéad O'Conner. Literally stood by her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8B_...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #66,505!

Should the accounts of dead people to stay around after they die? Why are tech billionaires preparing to turn themselves into chatbots? @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @parismarx.bsky.social to discuss what happens to our digital footprints when we die. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/239_...

FEATURED JOB: Tenure Track Assistant Professor in American Studies, Dickinson College, www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

I’m going to need a massive chart that explains which Republicans are self-identified Nazis, which Republicans are simply parroting Nazis, which Republicans are defending slavery, which Republicans are dealing with sex scandals, and which Republicans are juggling combinations of the above.

I can't speak for all American Jews, but for me at least, a presidential candidate saying there's Good Jews (ones who vote for him) and Bad Jews (ones who don't) and if he loses the election it was "rigged" and he'll blame Jews, is a lot more concerning than some college students denouncing Israel.

There's an article in the Washington Post today on the enormous backlogs at the National Archives, as well as the recent switch to digital-only records acquisition www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Sharing a CfP for an ICA panel I'm co-organizing called "Corporate Power Beyond Media Ownership Concentration." It's pretty open methodologically, theoretically and epistemologically, so if it speaks to you, do submit! telegra.ph/Internationa...

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

"I think of [Harris'] mobile, legible face as a satisfying call-and-response to Trump’s lifelong preference for female adulation and Botox." Hard to pick just one quote from this @dahlialithwick.bsky.social banger slate.com/news-and-pol...

Faculty knows what this means but most people don't. It means 70% of all US faculty are being paid close to minimum wage.

Then administrators will bemoan their declining persistence and retention rates, and hire a bunch of expensive consultants instead of putting the money into faculty support.

And something like *75% of all credit hours* in US higher ed are taught by adjuncts. So the overwhelming majority of faculty members, and an even higher proportion of instruction, in colleges and universities is poorly-paid and precarious. This is grossly unjust, bad for education, bad for students.

Want to learn more about how women are, and are not, role models for adolescents in American politics? Our new book, See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People, will be out this Spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Do any educators or education researchers out there have experience with The Modern Classroom Project? Would love to hear your thoughts. Full disclosure: one of my kids' hs classes is doing it and the roll-out has been a mess.

International students studying in the U.S. pump more than $40 billion into the economy and support over 368,000 jobs. And that’s not just school fees – it includes everything from renting apartments to late-night food deliveries. The impact is near a record-high #academicsky

My latest for the Chronicle of Higher Education is out today. "Tips and tricks" are nice (and useful!) but what will help us most are larger habits of care, solidarity, and generosity. Wishing everyone a great start to the academic year. ✊ www.chronicle.com/article/a-fa...

The state of this race was absolutely about to become full Nazi and I don’t know that I could’ve stomached it

Such an honor to review @temim.bsky.social's beautiful novel _City of Laughter for @LilithMagazine: lilith.org/articles/of-...

It's absolutely critical that Kamala Harris strongly emphasized that a Dem president and Congress will codify Roe nationally in her first speech as presumptive nominee. This has huge political benefits that are going underappreciated. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1841...

There are many reasons to be excited for Kamala Harris. For me, a big one is she can highlight Trump's long history of violence against women. Included: Reflections from the RNC, which featured many speakers who excused or committed gendered violence. www.salon.com/2024/07/23/t...

the irony is biden dropped out because people thought his brain didn’t work anymore yet he seemingly evaluated the whole situation in an almost infinitely smarter and more levelheaded way that 90% of his colleagues and 99% of pundits

Amid the crazy news cycle today you may have missed the sudden passing of Pete Carmichael, one of the most charismatic, generous, & welcoming Civil War Era scholars—a constant supporter of junior scholars & those working outside academia. A great loss for us all. 🗃️ gettysburgian.com/2024/07/coll...

With full appreciation that this will be my most controversial post ever: humidity is *great* for my hair.

Very excited that the special issue of the Drexel Law Review arising from this year's symposium on democratic erosion and the contemporary assault on education, knowledge, and academic freedom is now published. My introduction to the symposium issue is available here:

Data & Society is hiring a rsch + ref librarian to help them "figure out better methods for making [their] rsch visible, discoverable, + durable" — and to create new methods of repository building to foreground the work of "lay experts, radical thinkers, community organizers, activist scholars"

Justice Sotomayor, in conclusion.

Want to hear me talk more about face recognition at the coolest jazz club in Philly? YOU CAN: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

“In all states with total bans, including Arkansas and 13 others, the birthrate has increased an average of 2.3 percent. In Texas, where geography makes it especially difficult to travel out of state for an abortion, the rate increased by 5.1 percent.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I always love working with The Pulse @npr: whyy.org/episodes/mak...