I see they’re axing their undergrad degrees in music theory and musicology as well. OSU has an outstanding music theory program and (no inside knowledge) I would bet you that the faculty maintain this small major on top of their regular teaching load at a cost of zero additional resources

And we will make them increasingly culturally irrelevant and spiritually insignificant.” —Jeffrey K. Kristal, The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections , New Realities [2/2] #talkaboutthehumanities

“To the extent that we reduce or restrict the humanities to strictly conscious and intentional rational or cognitive modes, or, frankly, social and historical modes,we will not see all that the humanities already are. [1/2]

3 University Press Editors, 6 Publishing Questions Susan D’Agostino talks with editors at Oxford, Princeton and UNC Press about book acquisition meetings, unconventional book launches and words in book proposals that make their hearts sink.

3 editors, including my colleague Dan Taber, discuss University presses (and I am hoping for a "collaborative, combative, considered" @academic.oup.com T-shirt) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

When the alt text is even better than the photos (this whole account is stellar in this regard; h/t @robertahannah.bsky.social )

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Making philosophy inclusive means not only translating from English, but finding ways to express philosophical ideas in ones own language. This insight comes from Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro and their project translating philosophy of memory into Portuguese. Check it out!
#philsky #philscisky

Creative arts graduates aren't the problem – they're the subsidy Johnny Rich argues that low graduate salaries in the arts aren't a sign of poor courses – they're a sign of an industry that profits from exploiting its workforce

'some creative arts graduates don’t appear to earn a significant graduate premium, but the UK’s creative industries are worth £125bn a year or, to put it another way, more than £1 in every £20 in the UK economy – a larger proportion of the nation’s wealth than almost any other country on earth.' 1/3

It’s Been Called the ‘Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.’ Don’t Destroy It.

Really important piece in today's @nytimes.com about possible, disastrous next target of MAGA wrecking ball:

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/a...

H/t to my friend @timothynoah.bsky.social for pioneering on this story: newrepublic.com/article/2010...

This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections

The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/

New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.

BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.

The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.

Pomodoro is the only reason I can still function in this environment

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Today's murder courtesy of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

If ICE is now training new officers that they can forcibly enter residences based on an administrative warrant, "more training" is not the solution to our ICE problems.

Yikes, hope you make it home in one piece!

saving this screenshot forever

FREE MINNEAPOLIS

This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

My husband heard it and yelled “face off for the Blackhawks!”

There’s a soft spot in my heart for this one.

Much better than the one I grew up with:

While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All watching ITV,
The angel of the Lord came down
And switched to BBC.

finally meaningful bipartisan legislation

Image of the TIME book cover that says person of the year: Human Peer Reviewers

Hi I fixed it.

(seriously extremely grateful, always, for the HUMANS who peer review academic books)

The Mavericks - What A Crying Shame YouTube video by Nor'west Arch

RIP Raul Malo
youtu.be/QVcZALxO7f8?...

#BandcampFriday reminder. Musicians can use the support.

This is absolute perfection. And also, it Linda Shaver-Gleason would have loved this.