University administrators promoting AI as "inevitable" need to reckon with the damage that it is doing to the culture of teaching and learning, whatever promise it may have in some fields. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

This match has been going on for four hours. Might be in the minority, but with temperatures rising, I think men's matches should be three sets long, which also helps gender equality. Don't wait till a player dies of heat stroke before fixing the problem!

New work by Ceci & Williams: The “dominant gender narrative” in science holds that bias against women is pervasive, despite the nullification of this claim by larger, stronger studies and meta-analyses that do not find gender bias. journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/6/1/...

Which countries are actually succeeding in building clean energy? China leads in absolute volumes, no surprises there, but relative to the size of the energy system, five other countries achieved larger increases in the past six years.

This is great: Florida was asserting that academic speech was government speech and so there was no problem in censoring it.

This is from the new WH report on the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History, calling for what the museum *should* say about slavery and human rights. One question: those 750,000 people who died in the Civil War to end slavery… who killed them? And why?

We did and then Sandra Day O’Connor decided that we didn’t need to count all the votes

And time for some fries with mayo!

The great thing about Belgium? They’re scoring goals.

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

I love this Belgian team

Trump ruins everything. Now I want Belgium to win.

We are all Belgium tonight. #USABEL #WC2026

This is an actual screenshot from the syllabus for this class. Beyond parody

The curious relationship between CNN, CNBC, Fox and Kalshi: less news coverage, more prediction market promotionals. It's all idiotocracy in action.

I’m just going to watch the Cape Verde game again. There were more goals scored in that game than all the Saturday and Sunday games so far.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Canada-Morocco: Before either nation existed, the Sale-Rabat corsair republic was sending fleets to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland where they were power players in the cod economy (ecodomy?) They're still linked by food trade; most Moroccan couscous now is Canadian hard durum wheat

I was born in 1976 so it’s less “America 250” and more “ow, I’m turning 50” for me.

Full marks for trying LinkedIn.

Turns out “America 250” was a temperature forecast

Cape Verde implies the existence of Cape Roja.

A double nutmeg for Verde.

Somewhat more constructively, and in lieu of me saying something rude.

We could end up with a Spain v. Portugal game!

What is a concise way to persuade someone that the Wall Street Journal isn't trustworthy? Not looking for sarcastic answers.

Someone getting their shit rocked by a falling chunk of stage during Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is Trump as hell.

This is going to start the First World War, isn’t it?

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

BREAKING: LeBron James announces departure from Supreme Court, plans to play next season on lower circuits.

Hear me out. LeBron still has four years of college eligibility.

"Echo Chambers Are Defined by Conflict, Not Isolation" #sociology May shed light on why platforms where people block others rather than engage in conflict feel like echo chambers. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Jesus wept.

Despite everything that Rs have done, people are still voting for R senators. Reminiscent of Turkey, Brazil, etc.

LeBron left us this meme when he left the Cavs. What about the Lakers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVgN...

how extreme is the heat in Europe? double decker buses in London are *spontaneously combusting* phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

When the Bem Sex Role Inventory was developed, men were seen as more competent, etc. Now, men are still seen as agentic. HOWEVER, women seen as more competent, and everyone tends to evaluate men more negatively. Sample = university students. #socialpsychology link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

There is a new website where you can report IRBs that have caused unnecessary problems and delays for your research projects. I am fortunate to be at Georgia Tech, where we have the best IRB, but this may interest other folks. irb.watch

Boy this was a long road, but glad it's finally out! @dgrand.bsky.social @robbwiller.bsky.social @arechar.bsky.social (along with Michael N. Stagnaro, James N. Druckman, not tagable)

Whoa…

Tricky questions to decide, such as: "Does the text, purpose, and +150 years of consistent public and legal interpretation of the Constitution matter at all, or can a demented corrupt racist pedo declare otherwise?"

Sotomayor: "The Court gives the President a power unknown even to the English Crown against which the Founders revolted, elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws."

Very impressive bowling from Ireland

Turning is a big deal in the humanities

Fifth most liked post on Bluesky yesterday. No escaping the fucking AI liars.

Definitely give this a read about seeming the mix of ellison takeover and AI suppressing Trump critical content on TikTok while fascist content seems to thrive talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup: