“A funny thing happened on the way to education”: A line drawing of a suited person with a file box for a head, holding a suitcase labeled “state” overstuffed with money. They are raising a dagger called “tuition,” standing behind a student who has already been stabbed by daggers called “insurance,” “subway,” and “rent.” The student has a paper sticking out of their front pocket that says CUNY BILL and their mouth is open in shock/pain. Caption says “Student: Et tu Cuomé?”

Love our student newspapers, c. 1984

February: Meta employee leaks confidential company memo to the NYT, alerting the public about plans to deploy face rec on RayBans

April: Meta announces it plans to track the keystrokes of all employees

Hey friends -

Who's been doing non-traditional humanities dissertations in the past ~5 years?

Tons of fabulous resources from ~2021 and before, but wondering what cool people have been doing lately. References? Links? Exploring new options for our department.

one distinct picture on this side, and another distinct picture on that side; while all between must be profound darkness and nothingness

Here in NYS, I think public institutions need to see if state guidance changes, since we also have local mandates coming down...

In the meantime, here is the online version of the Federal Register's ADA Title II compliance extension

I think USians need to find ways to grieve what's happening in the U.S. without reproducing imperial logics that the U.S. is "losing a position as the world superpower" or "as the leader in science" or "as the leader in research" or "as the leader in . . . "

The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf (Remastered - Official Audio) YouTube video by theclashVEVO

These one way people going to blow us down

Maybe not!

Kenny the Jet, because Charlotte is gone fishing

It was a joke

Me: C’mon, get it to 20! You can do it!

Charlotte: shot clock violation

ok if they cut it to 30 by the half…

It’s too bad there’s no NBA game on tonight. Would be fun to watch a basketball game

Mamdani Allies Want Veto for Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill A bill keeping demonstrators away from houses of worship is veto-proof, but critics want the mayor to reject a similar measure targeting educational facilities.

Labor and other allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani are urging him to veto one of two City Council bills aimed at restricting protests around educational facilities, saying the “radical overreach” of the bill limits free speech and endangers New Yorkers.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/17/m...

Promo image for documentary Birth of a Movement (2017), showing a scene from the film The Birth of a Nation (1915) on top and protestors with picket signs in front of a movie theater at the bottom.

Last night on Kanopy, I watched Birth of a Movement (2017). Directed by Bestor Cram and Susan Gray, the #documentary is on 1915 protests led by Black newspaper editor and activist William Monroe Trotter against film The Birth of a Nation. The doc is also on YouTube. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_o...

I'm supposed to be at a conference on May 1. Should I ... not? Join a local action? Other?

Plan an action AT THE CONFERENCE??

suggestions welcome

Well, well, well... the deadline for compliance with the new Title II accessibility guidelines has been extended by a year (or two, depending on the size of your organization)

Mayor Mamdani: Veto Intro 175-B! The New York City Council recently passed a bill, Intro 175-B, that would repress free expression near educational institutions, including CUNY campuses and worksites. Our union, the PSC, is firmly op...

I just wrote a letter via @psc-cuny.org: Mayor Mamdani: Veto Intro 175-B! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/c0f9...

We Know It Well: Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent - Center for the Humanities Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses. This panel discussion features Mariame Kaba, Jeanne Theoharis, ...

✨ May 4, 6-8pm ✨

We are thrilled to co-sponsor this timely conversation on the new McCarthyism on campus, with Mariame Kaba, Jeanne Theoharis + archivists/student journalists from Brooklyn College and WKCR 89.9FM. Join us @ CUNY Grad Center!

@prisonculture.bsky.social @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

This report is going on about "institutional barriers to establishing a uniform standard of care for students through the use of academic technology" and I'm sorry but trying to frame edtech as care is the wrong premise, wrong approach, wrong strategy

If I say academic technology and you say Coursedog, we are not speaking the same language.

I can't go outside for 4 more weeks

All of this. And I would add that it's good and right to teach academic style. This is the language of the evidence brought to bear in your argument, like learning how to reference a piece of legislation or craft a postal address. It is learning how to function in a world and a skill worth learning.

It seems the solution is a unified ~student success dashboard~ "with integrated data (potentially AI) for interventions." Magic sauce!

Or, perhaps students would be horrified to see themselves in such a dashboard, to know that their uni is tracking them like widgets in a factory. Alas.

These consultants have never met CUNYfirst, oops

This is the same university that decided to migrate student emails over spring break. In April.

Breaking email. In the middle of the semester. Right before graduation. 🙃

"EAB also emphasizes the importance of establishing standardized technology configurations and ensuring equitable access to digital resources across campuses to mitigate the challenges of managing a fragmented ecosystem and promote consistency in the staff, student and faculty experience."

I'm supposed to be at a conference on May 1. Should I ... not? Join a local action? Other?

Plan an action AT THE CONFERENCE??

suggestions welcome

make your plans now to be in formation

I'm reading a university report that begins, "According to EAB," and I need the world to understand that this is like saying "According to Microsoft," to introduce your ideas about teaching and learning

DON'T DO THIS