In the fall of 2025, NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt visited Yale as a Presidential Lecturer and presented the research behind his book The Anxious Generation, which documents the effects of smartphones and social media on adolescent mental health, attention, and social development. Haidt’s visit helped to inspire a conversation among faculty and students about the fundamental shift that has taken place in the relationship between technology and learning.47

This passage citing the work of Jonathan Haidt in the Yale Report is instructive. For a group pushing "intellectual pluralism," it is notable that it doesn't mention the widespread criticism of the book, such as the reviewer in Nature who bluntly said his argument "is not supported by science."

The Yale report on trust in higher education has some good recommendations for reforms in many areas that I hope Yale and other schools implement.

But its diagnosis is oddly silent about what I suspect is the most important force driving the decline in trust in higher education: political attack.

Good short thread.

But is "What to do about Hasan Piker?" really one of the biggest questions for Dems? Sounds like they're, Longwell especially, are projecting quite a bit here.

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I'm sorry, but you simply cannot use the English language this way. You can't put "too many" and "chocolate chip cookies" in the same sentence, unless that sentence is "There's no such thing as too many chocolate chip cookies."

No number of hours playing Mass Effect is obscene.

In his @status.news newsletter @oliverdarcy.bsky.social reports the White House got Getty to delete this photo (from a Thanksgiving White House PHOTO-OP STUNT) because Karoline Leavitt was offended

It ran only in a Swiss newspaper. It would be a shame if you retweeted and Streisanded it

That trilogy is so good!

No details were shared, so unfortunately I cannot answer your question. Dept. Chairs were told by Admin that this letter was sent, that's all I know at this time. The lack of info leaves many unanswered questions we'll likely never get answers to.

Yesterday I found out a student at my institution penned an open letter to the Board of Trustees complaining about a professor using AI to run their class. The student argued they're being denied the professor's expertise.

Sometimes I think about how antagonists are treated in movies and TV shows. How they often never face any legal consequences but are rather killed or die in some karmic way. And how that trains us to expect consequences will just happen to the unjust instead of being imposed through elections or law

What caused them to make such a threat Karoline? WHAT CAUSED THEM TO DO THAT!?!

The more this fascist regime sinks its tentacles into everything the more I think something bigger than No Kings protests will be needed. Something like this.

I once had a student who thought $300,000 per year wasn't that much money.

Jesus fucking Christ.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

This simply repeats the same nonsense talking points: AI isn't going anywhere, if you use it "the right way" you'll actually learn more! Shameful on NPR's part.

Second. AI is not inevitable. We can make different choices. We have agency here.

Guys listen: don't call this the Epstein Administration. Please do not call Trump's second term the Epstein Administration. He's getting really mad about it being called the Epstein Administration. Epstein. Administration.

Both the college and pro football seasons ended the way they should've ended.

You're not gonna convince me that if Bo Nix hadn't gotten hurt Denver doesn't win that game and we're watching a Denver/Seattle match up right now.

This makes slap boxing look smart.

Beat me to it.

"January 6th Political Prisoner," get the fuck out.

Couldn't agree more.

The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

You're literally both sides-ing an armed occupation of an American city and the murder of innocent people by agents of the state. Both sides don't need to back down, ICE/CBP/DHS need to get the fuck out Mnpl and every other city they're in.