“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

New rule: if someone from an Ivy wants to publish anything on the state of higher ed, they need to spend a solid month job-shadowing faculty at these majoritarian institutions. Come on over! You can help me with grading! 😅

Blue-grey t-shirt with a drawing of a bear on it. It says "GO OUTSIDE. Worst case scenario: a bear kills you"

Got my favorite t-shirt there

(It's decidedly not Anthro-adjacent or even cute but I will show it off anyway)

That is genuinely the best place to go at 11am on a wednesday. Jealous.

Did nobody read the book on Celebration, FL? smh

||: I just need to make it through the next few weeks :||

Serial Failure Sal Khan Wants to Take Over Higher Education And anyone who cares about human-centered education should hope he fails.

Sal Khan is spinning up an alternative post-secondary credential in concert with the largest tech companies in the world. Anyone who cares about human-centered education should wish it nothing but failure. Thankfully, Khan has practice at that. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

(guy about to invent croutons) what if we ate this burnt toast with leaves

Not me crying over the "bike" episode of Bluey because everything is just too exhausting rn and I get it, you tiny overwhelmed kiddos

An arched support at the CTA Thorndale Red Line Station covered with mosaic tiles depicting open books, basketballs and bicyclists, among native grasses.

Books, basketballs and bicyclists.

2026 Grawemeyer Award honorees bring bold ideas to Louisville April 10, 2026 | It’s time to get inspired as recipients of the 2026 Grawemeyer Awards visit Louisville to discuss their winning works. Each year, the University of Louisville recognizes novel thought...

Same here. But looking forward to Tuesday: both a Grad Student Success Summit and the Grawemeyer awards (plus teaching, so I am pre-tired)

news.louisville.edu/news/2026-gr...

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Classical music fans will be like "this is my favorite piece. Nothing in this life makes me happier. It is 80 minutes long and about death."

there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes

we live in an endless downward spiral wherein the world’s worst people learn regulation is Good Actually right after the irreparable harm

Love the radio show called "reel music." On the radio. Where no one can see it so the presenters keep kindly spelling it out loud for us

Signed and shared!

Once again, the national average pay for adjunct professors with PhDs is a flat fee of $3900 per course.

Still seeking connections!

Huge flatbed trailer with a yellow toy dump truck strapped to the back. (Photo taken while driving to the Teaching Music History conference, but I promise traffic was fully stopped at the moment.)

No way! I have been holding on to this pic since 2022. Delightful.

I like it when you promote your book, share you article, tell us about your new job, announce your promotion, brag about your kids, post your pet photos, and post the yummy things you cooked. All of it.

Actually we should just give citizenship to every undocumented person in the United States who wants it. Walking over an imaginary line isn't some great moral atrocity. Making people live in the shadows as a permanent underclass absolutely IS.

Resonance | University of California Press

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

Starting today, you can request your absentee mail ballot online at govote.ky.gov

The deadline to request one is May 5th, so don't wait.

I have just expired of secondhand cringe

Pardon?

space is cool, science is cool, we should get the government back

Caster Semenya denounces Olympics' anti-intersex policy for what it is - ideology Caster Semenya is mounting a class action lawsuit against the Olympics for their patently discriminatory ban on trans and intersex athletes

Caster Semenya is mounting a class action lawsuit against the Olympics for their patently discriminatory ban on trans and intersex athletes

Seconding this! We foster with KY Humane Society and they have a great setup. Have met lots of sweet pups and kits through fostering.

Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose" YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus

Seeing Rhiannon Giddens live tonight and it also happens to be a perfect day to revisit this #nokings #nofascists