Is it happening again?

Machiavelli, according to Arendt: “People who believe that the world is mortal and they themselves are immortal, are very dangerous characters because what they want is the stability and good order of _this_ world.”
(Thinking without a banister, p 451)

It has def made it more difficult to find good ways to work! 😒

thank you for thinking of me as clever 😘

*writing 🤦🏻‍♀️

I hate that I saw the editing on the wall, but VCs only do what is good for VCs, generally speaking, and that’s make money at whatever the cost to others. 😒

This is the company that Substack chose to partnership with.

🫂🫂🫂🫂

Sometimes We Have to Choose Humanity Over Justice Roger Berkowitz on Hannah Arendt, world alienation, and why we need friendships in which we can tell inappropriate jokes

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Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.

You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.

That is all.

This is I think the first time I’ve ever actually tracked my reading. I was very intentional with what I was reading this past year— a mix of fiction and nonfiction, mostly philosophy and interesting books about women. 📚

UPside podcast from the University of Illinois Press Featuring Marlee S. Bunch, author of UNLEARNING THE HUSH

UIP editor Dominique Moore interviews @msbunch.bsky.social, author of UNLEARNING THE HUSH: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era, in the latest episode of The UPside.

Available at the link below & wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.

He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.

He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.

Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

Re-upping for no particular reason...

what are we using to track and keep our reading lists now??? 📚📒📌

Got my shingles with my flu vaccine also this week!

The Deeper Thinking Podcast Philosophy Podcast · Updated Daily · The Deeper Thinking Podcast The Deeper Thinking Podcast offers a space where philosophy becomes a way of engaging more fully and deliberately with the world. Each...

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What interest/habit have you picked up from a friend?

Colleges Need to Tell Their Stories, Then Live Up to Them Public opinion is swinging toward higher ed. Now is the time to fuel the positive story to mitigate the harm of Trump administration attacks.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Meditation for Neuro-Spicy Folks My suggestions for neurodivergence-friendly meditation techniques.

I recently redesign my whole website and re-started my blogging, after a little break. This week's post is about how I'm taking moments to be present.
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How are you taking care of yourself?

What’s your research on?

History Education from the Classroom Up: Re-examining Purposes and Values of the Field History Education from the Classroom Up: Re-examining Purposes and Values of the Field” examines the purposes and values of history education from the perspective of teaching and learning in U.S. clas...

Call for papers: History Education from the Classroom Up: Re-examining Purposes and Values of the Field

We ask contributors to rethink the purposes and values of history education emerging from complex, “messy” classroom realities.

#edusky #sschat #academicsky

Quinta Brunson Monologue - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Me and Quinta down here like…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3x...

Call for Contributions Because the writing, structure, and rhetoric of research writing in the academy often acts as a gatekeeping function, it is important for us to interrogate the ways in which it is keeping innovative v...

Are you looking for an opportunity to get published in an academic journal?

The editors of the *Journal for Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research* are looking for contributors for a collaborative article we are putting together. See details below. #urbaned #aaave

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Happened to open Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition today to this sentence on the Introduction: “Human animals unconscious of their capacities and responsibilities are not well fitted to take charge of earth-threatening powers.” (Margaret Canovan)

Yeah- we’re finding out the hard way…