Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’ | Will Bunch An Ivy League university's report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American Dream of college.

That Yale report on what's wrong with U.S. college saw some trees (high cost, unfair admission, etc.) but missed the forest: the 60-year right-wing crusade to undermine higher ed, from slashing budgets to stifling speech

How to really fix college. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...

I did imagine it just now... and it's not looking good!

Don't even want to imagine what the Taris version of the Donda Academy would be like.

March 2026: The Goddard Centennial This March 16th will mark the 100th anniversary of Dr. Robert Goddard’s historic first flight of a liquid propulsion rocket, back in 1926. That flight is rocketry’s closest equivalent of the Wright…

March 16th is the 100th anniversary of the launch of a liquid fueled rocket by Robert Goddard, from his Aunt Effie's farm in Massachusetts. But who was Aunt Effie? What was her full name? Why did she support her cousin in his ambitions? She is part of space heritage too.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM

We are 1 day away from Oscar.

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Read an amazing book on British Studies in the post 1800 period? Consider nominating the book for the Stansky Book Prize!

📅Nominations due May 15

More info and how to nominate here: www.nacbs.org/prize-databa...

@eguimont.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the latest Spotlight article for Endeavour: “Creation science as culture: South Korean antievolutionists’ international practices in four countries.” Free to read until June 30! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ende...

The Power of the Flat Earth Idea This book uncovers the political dimensions of the Flat Earth belief, revealing its role in anti-colonial and anti-racist advocacy throughout history.

Excited to say that the website and publication date for my Flat Earth book is out. Mark your calendars for August 23! link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Giving a new meaning to the phrase "whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop nyaaaaaah"

My article about the Rocky Mountain Martian hoax of 1864-5. A real hoot! www.historycolorado.org/story/2025/0...

QAnon vs. Infowars, Part One | Mike Rothschild Get more from Mike Rothschild on Patreon

Yesterday was crazy, so you might have missed my newest Patreon piece, on Alex Jones and the early days of QAnon. This one is free, but subscriptions are always welcome!

www.patreon.com/posts/151479...

Darwin and the Monsters: The Long History of Cryptozoology Regal tells the story of the engagement of philosophers, naturalists and scientists in what we now call cryptozoology, a much longer history than most appreciate. Most believe cryptozoology—the study ...

My next book getting closer to being released.

www.routledge.com/Darwin-and-t...

Ha ha Hancock! Things keep getting redacted...

Two papers related to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis by the Comet Research Group have been retracted after the journal editors found fundamental problems with the core evidence and interpretation.

Walked by here by complete chance a few weeks ago in Boston.

Science under Siege /w Peter Hotez and Michael Mann Science Counterpunch - Episode 1

Our inaugural episode of Science Counterpunch with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social is out now: www.protagonist-science.com/p/science-un...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4PF...

Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/s...

Full convo 🔽

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While not in NYC, there's also the location of the house Sonia lived in in Elmira, NY (815 John Street) before moving to NYC, though today there are modern condos at the location.

Auchincloss is below-replacement-level. A smart guy who somehow can't think his way out of a paper bag. #mapoli

Saucers, Spooks and Kooks Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks is a journey through the lesser-known history of the UFO narrative, exploring its origins and evolution — a story that continues to shape how we perceive the current UFO phe...

The moment many have been waiting for has arrived as the fantastic documentary 'Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks,' based on Adam Gorightly's excellent book of the same name, is now available to rent or buy. Check it out!

saucersspooksandkooks.vhx.tv

BoA Revival - Ep 108 - Robert Skvarla

This week on BoA: The Revival, writer Robert Skvarla joins us for an enlightening conversation about Havana Syndrome, a wild story involving the CIA and Credence Clearwater Revival, conspiracy culture, paranormal conventions, and a whole bunch more. open.spotify.com/episode/4p6T...

There's an old saying from Ron Paul - I know it's in Lenin, probably in Ron Paul - that says there are decades where weeks...uh... and there are weeks where, uh...it's happening

black and white illustration, in the style of a Victorian periodical. A reimagining of a shot in Jurassic Park, where Alan Grant confronts the T-Rex holding a flare, next to the upturned jeep with the kids inside, and the broken fence. here, a Victorian gentleman in long coat and hat holds a lamp, illuminating our favourite Megalosaurus, and an upturned horse-drawn carriage, with two children peering out the back. a breached cast iron gate completes the scene

please allow us to share one our all time fave bits of Crystal Palace Dinosaur art: “Jurassic Park 1854”, by the amazing @jedtaylorartist.bsky.social

back then, Richard Owen wrote that Megolasaurus “probably waged a deadly war against its less destructively endowed congeners and contemporaries”

Title section of a journal article: The Legend of Ea-Nasir: How a Babylonian Businessman Became an Internet Meme. By Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, g.moshenska@ucl.ac.uk https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/view/30204 https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.30204

Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺

Living Pterosaurs ​NOTE

New in my library: The book chapter from 1930 that gave rise to the modern myth of living pterosaurs hiding in the American West, now public domain and published online for the first time. www.jasoncolavito.com/living-ptero...

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Our upcoming research seminars in 2026 – ECLAS ECLAS holds monthly open research seminars on the intersection of science and faith.

Our first research seminar of the new term is next Thursday, when @eguimont.bsky.social will be talking about the history of Flat Earth beliefs.

You can check out our other upcoming seminars and register for email invitations here - online and open to all: www.eclasproject.org/our-upcoming...

i just found out trump can't do all that stuff cuz it's illegal

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.

Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...