Yay!

It’s bleak! We’re surrounded by Starbucks and little else. 😅

Anyone else at PCA? I’m here for the romance track, as per usual!

Thank you, I’ll definitely check these out!

Awesome, thank you!

Awesome! Thank you!!

I’d love to work with a developmental editor to develop the structure for book 2 but I can’t possibly afford it. (Dear lord, how do people pay for editors? Where are you getting money for it?) Anyone have recs for books or guides that helped them refine their academic book projects?

Grade Inflation Is Called a Crisis. The Real Problem Is Deeper Than That. Students are showing up to college with weaker skills. Colleges need them to succeed. Professors are stuck in the middle.

Professors face a dilemma: If they hold students to the same standards they used even 10 years ago, more will do poorly. If they ease up, students won’t be prepared for more advanced work. What should they do? https://chroni.cl/4veO3JM

Professors Say They Need a Raise. They Probably Won’t Get One. Faculty salaries haven’t moved for over a decade, and draconian cuts to higher ed threaten to make things worse.

If you're a professor and your spending power has shrunk over time, you're not the only one. Here's how much faculty salaries have declined and why experts say it's happening.https://chroni.cl/4bQgCEf

Oh! I’d also suggest looking for parasocial fan/celeb research you can extrapolate on.

So the current issues on AO3 with HR fic? You may need to come at this one indirectly. For example, looking on TWC and JFS to see if anyone has written on tagging norms on tumblr or issues with GoodReads reviews. Fan meta can also probably help. I think you may be in an underwritten area here.

There’s so much! You might find it helpful to narrow down a bit more. Any specific types of fans? Specific type of practices? Platforms? Or, are you looking for work using particular research methods?

I'm in the middle of my standard fight with Bridgerton. Meaning, I feel professionally obligated to watch it, things about it make me think I should like it, and then I turn it on and I am just... deeply underwhelmed.

Advice | Feeling Depleted? A Guide to Faculty Renewal How to reconnect with purpose to what brought you into this profession.

"How can we as faculty members and faculty leaders motivate and revitalize ourselves and others across a variety of budgets?"

Helpful advice for faculty planning a self-retreat and/or a retreat for larger groups.

Anyone have suggestions for good introductory readings (for 1st year students) on AI and LLMs? I'm particularly interested in readings explaining how an LLM works and/or how using the term "artificial intelligence" for LLMs is a misnomer.

Hamlet | Official Film Trailer YouTube video by Universal Pictures UK

OOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!

Everyone always proposes this as the answer without understanding that an oral exam requires very different skills than a closely argued research-driven essay. If you want to argue those skills don’t matter, then fine, argue that, but don’t pretend that oral argumentation is identical.

Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.

“The increasing interest in oral exams transcends disciplines and class sizes. Although some educators say the technique is better suited to smaller courses, professors at Canada’s University of Western Ontario have conducted oral exams for an undergraduate business class of 600.“

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.

This article would be great for teaching in intro classes.

Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 Roughly one-in-five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily.

“Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about 3 in 10 who do so daily”

Trump administration strikes deal to end Biden’s student loan repayment plan A settlement between the Trump administration and seven states could soon end the Save program that lowered payments and offered quicker loan cancellation.

Oh, I’m dreading this. People’s monthly payments are going to go up so much. My budget is going to be wrecked.

That’s me!

Mother Mary | Official Trailer HD | A24 YouTube video by A24

This looks so so pretty. And weird. I can't wait.

lol. I accidentally posted the same article twice, sorry. But, in my defense, I’m pretty sure they changed the headline and added in new information. 🤦‍♀️

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83 Billion Deal to Create a Streaming Giant

Can I just revise the end of my chapter to say:
“So, as this chapter clearly predicted, the HBO brand was never going to functionally transition into a major streaming platform. Now, instead of making me revise this again, please just give me tenure??”
😭😭😬😬🙏🙏

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83 Billion Deal to Create a Streaming Giant

Wow. This has so many implications.

(Also… I think this is means my book chapter on HBO Go -> HBO Max -> MAX -> HBO Max is officially cursed. 😭)

One day, when they ask why anyone teaching writing began slowly loosing their grip on reality in the mid 2020s, I’m going to point to this and mumble nonsensically about the maddening uncanny valley effect of AI generated writing.

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

“Everything about it puts me on alert: Something is wrong here; this text is not what it says it is. It’s one of them. Entirely ordinary words, like “tapestry”… make me suddenly tense. I’m driven to the point of fury by any sentence following the pattern “It’s not X, it’s Y…”

⬆️⬆️⬆️ THIS!!!

Yeah, I feel like we need an ad hoc training network to catch early faculty and say: Here are proactive strategies that you can use when you’re mostly handling this on your own! I could say more but I feel awk about saying more using this account. 😬

Sigh. I wish this was the world of higher education we still worked in. In my experience though, a lot of them just act like it’s a game of hot potato and refuse to touch it/help you.