Fun working in a right to work state #jayrothman #uw

From left, Jay Rothman and Jennifer Mnookin. Rothman is an older white man with white hair, wearing a suit and tie and glasses. Mnookin is a white woman with curly hair, wearing a pinkish-red jacket over a black top.

Wisconsin President Under Pressure to Resign

Jay Rothman, president of the 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin system, is resisting an ultimatum from the Board of Regents to resign or be fired for unexplained reasons. The news was first reported by the Associated Press. https://bit.ly/4sOeFQ1

Is Creativity a Young Person’s Game? The data suggest that we tend to reach our most productive years in midlife. They also indicate that quality follows from quantity.

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Is Creativity a Young Person’s Game? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-creativit... #Age #Creativity #Productivity #Youth via @mitpress.bsky.social

Markdown is now a first-class coding language: Deal with it Critics call Garry Tan’s gstack just a bunch of text files. They’re right — and that’s exactly why the future of agentic development looks like Markdown.

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Critics call Garry Tan’s gstack just a bunch of text files. They’re right — and that’s exactly why the future of agentic development looks like Markdown. www.infoworld.com/article/4146...

New blog post on the website. This one looks at the troubling trend of AI and its influence in creative spaces.

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@rowanprosepub.bsky.social #booksky #authorsky #readersky #horrorsky

DeGoogle list with best private alternatives | 2026 | Tuta 2026 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!

DeGoogle list with best private alternatives | 2026 tuta.com/blog/degoogl...

Screen capture listing Deloitte Consulting as being in contract with ICE through 2027.

The same Deloitte that the University of Wisconsin paid over $3 million to produce a report claiming that any degree outside of an MBA is worthless? The same Deloitte that just had to pay back the Aussies because their "report" was AI slop? #jfc #highered

trl: What’s Wrong With Innovation? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/whats-wrong-... #Innovation via @mitpress.bsky.social

The Gamification of English The popularity of gaming culture is reflected in new terms that are entering the language.

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The Gamification of English | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/smal...

Pam & Kris Tackle Teaching: Encouraging Student Voice (Special IDI 2026 Episode) In this episode, a faculty panel (Tanim Ahsan, Paul Belanger, Robert Riordan, and Jennie Young) chat with Pam and Kris to discuss student voice in academia, particularly in the context of artificial

Second episode Tackle Teaching is up. Pre-recorded faculty panel discussion on student engagement. #uwgb #highered #sotl #SoundCloud
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A amateurish collage

First crack at collage. Fun and a bit more forgiving when overworked. #collage #artsky #amateur

View of a playground and flagpole in foreground that overlooks Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-12-30 10:33:22 UTC (about 3 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Sturgeon Bay: 15.98 F | -8.90 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NW at 14.965 mph | 24.08 kph // Humidity: 73%

Current* conditions near Sturgeon Bay, WI:

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In our inaugural episode of Tackling Teaching, Pam and I explore the evolving role of learning outcomes in the university classroom. Check it out! Feedback welcome!
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#HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #Pedagogy #LearningOutcomes #InstructionalDesign #AcademicExcellence #MasteryLearning

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.

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View from the trailhead, high stop an old ski hill overlooking the woods

The sun shines through the trees, casting long shadows across a carpet of leaves

It has been too long since I visited an old friend. #iceagetrail #doorcountywi #sturgeonbay

Comes fast!

A table for UW Green Bay's Center for Games and Interactive Media

A crowd standing before a large screen displaying MDEV logo

Playing hypeman for UWGB's games-related programming and curricula, promoting the Global Game Jam! #mdev #uwgb #ggj

A screen capture of social media icons: Google+ is in the focus

It's not scary that my school's social media links still includes Google+. What's scary is that Google+ shuttered six years ago. #google #google+ #legacysocialmedia

There's a widespread discontent that seems to be growing (at least in our campus) among students. Am sure part of it is the lack of policy cohesion but more so utter GAI fatigue. That discontent also exacerbating disinterest in those students who were already disengaged from their education.

A dispersed campsite at the end of a wooded trail

Returned to Langlade County and the newly minted Antigo Heights segment of the Ice Age Trail. Taking pics for an upcoming article. Here's the dispersed campsite we cleared.

#iceagetrail #Wisconsin #hiking

Orem, Utah sounds like a dangerous place. Better call in the National Guard.

Will be interesting to see the effects on incoming students this year.

Black and white photo of three people setting up to play a balloon popping game at the fair.

One of a handful of decent pics taken at the Door County Fair. #doorcounty #dcwi #wisconsin #countyfair #nikon #photosky

Professional Writing and Communications for Business - Open Textbook Library This textbook, written by Dr. Kris Purzycki, is used in UW-Green Bay's Professional Writing for Business Majors (Writing Foundations 200).

Stoked that our OER has been accepted into the Open Ed Network collection. After test driving in our first-yeat biz writing course - and substantial 😏 copyediting by Kephren Pritchett - it's ready to share! #fyc

Thank to @openednetwork.bsky.social for including us!

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Black and white of cyclists at night

Cyclists biking down a street

Cyclists lined up at the starting point

Small photo dump #1 from the Riverwest 24. @riverwest24.bsky.social #milwaukee #rw24 #riverwest24 #peoplesholiday #riverwest

Cyclists in costumes gather before the Riverwest 24

Gathering for the start of the People's Holiday! #rw24 #peoplesholiday #riverwest #milwaukee

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Colorful mural of various animals, flowers, and geometric elements

A mural that simply says, "Beerline" on a green background

Mural of home facades, signature architectural styles of the neighborhood, in black outlines on a blue field. The silhouettes of children playing and others can be seen.

A colorful mural featuring a trail, cyclists, and the MKE skyline

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A mural that says "Wheelhouse"; two paintings of large feline heads as flowers

A mural, various posters featuring past users of the trail (circus, railroad)

An electric box(?) painted with a fox headed flower

A painting on the side of an water tank structure depicting a butterfly resting on a flower, in the middle of the bloom is an ankh

Art along the Beerline Trail, a rail-to-trail project that's been nearly 20 years in the making. Each year, more murals, sculptures, and structures appear - each celebrating the community and the modes of transportation that have informed the path. #rw24 #riverwest #milwaukee #biking #railtotrail

Great to be back!

A killer spread of olives, artichoke dip, and bruschetta

Nessun Dorma may not be a secret gem any longer but the menu still brings the heat. Mixed olives, bruschetta, and artichoke dip. Sarah reminded me that this place was where we went when we left the boys home alone for the first time.

#milwaukee #mke #riverwest #rw24