#punk #posthc #PostHardCore #LFK

My kiddo and his band made an EP and it rocks bandcamp.com/this_is_an_a...

Thank you students! I happen to know that critical university studies played a role in generating support for this. www.kansan.com/news/student...

If you are attending the American Studies Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week, check out the Ethnography Caucus sessions. In particular, come to our fall meeting on Friday at 3:00 p.m. to get involved in the caucus.

When building staff and students support your bargaining session.

Hit the breaking point this morning with Michigan after hearing about their planned data center in Ypsi. Put all my in-progress posts on the back burner to write this (which I have also sent to UMGiving). substack.com/@kconrad/not...

Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.

I know the one-pint deli container is widely used and appreciated, but I really think I broke some new ground here on storing an open can.

This barbaric regime must end

This is very, very bad.

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

This year I learned about Japanese #mundaneHalloween costumes and they are exactly what I needed.

Is there actually a reason I'm not aware of, to take an extended call on speaker in an airport? Trying to look beyond my own experience.

Cutting SNAP reduces the demand to purchase food but not the demand to eat

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Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯 AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update. @veenadubal.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd

Holds up

Screen names I would like to use but it's too much effort: Boyfriend of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Billionaires are always inserting themselves into situations when it is unneeded or unwanted but when their influence could be useful, they aren’t around. Anyway. Mark Cuban is an IU alum. He could fund that student newspaper in perpetuity with pocket change. Or withhold institutional donations.

MIT Brown Penn USC Aspirational peers

Did you go to a U.S. college or university? If so, your alma mater needs you! Trump is now threatening *all* of U.S. higher ed with his authoritarian "compact." Please sign ✍🏼 this petition to let your school know that YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO SIGN THE COMPACT. & pls share!!! 🤲🏼 #AcademicSky

The right holds a monopoly on political violence

delighted that it seems like the Portland antifascist frog has reclaimed the genus from Pepe.

It’s wild that there are people who are like “I’m scared my professor is anti-fascist”

For academics ditching academia . edu, I am hoping this spot takes off: hcommons.org. Let's connect there.

Chicago for capital of the u s

Maybe a leading journalist is like a work of art. I might not be able to define it exactly, but when I'm not looking at one, I can tell.

Winning heading of the day

There are days of great privilege when my work is to read. I am in the academic labor movement not only to save those days for myself but so that anyone who wants them will have at least some of those days in their lifetime.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

Mood #organize #rebels

If someone says class struggle, do you think of Psych 210?

Was silence not an option?

That's a win. Freedom of speech is not the exclusive property of citizens.

Omg

the very definition of antifa - protecting communities by acting as the target

Roxane Gay's tour de force of an op ed. 🎁post.

Unbelievable…

Swisher: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes." Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."

“Let’s save pessimism for better times." -Eduardo Galeano, thanks to Marike for quoting him

Ida B Wells memorial, Chicago

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

Coverage of the UKansas faculty union bargaining, by an independent student weekly weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...

Everybody gets a Nobel participation trophy, right?

Bandname: Deep State Sandwich

I've discovered a beautiful workaround for avoiding annoying AI Overview results on internet searches. I just typed in "What the fuck is Gemini," and AI informed me that it had no overview available for that search. The exact right reddit thread was top of the list, though. You're welcome.