Click through and give an up-vote to these strong session proposals from @ithakasr.bsky.social! Excited to share more at #SXSWEDU about the work we are doing together to change the game on #firstgen student success.

Every day is like #Caturday

Why I Broke Up with New York Most people accept the city’s chaos as a toll for an expansive life. It took me several decades to realize that I could go my own way.

I’ve think I’ve been waiting for Lena Dunham’s #GoodbyeToAllThat since she first appeared as a writer to watch, one so tightly tethered to New York. Probably it will get mocked or spoofed, but I found it to be quite funny and disarming.

Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.

First day ever I kind of wished I was a resident of New Jersey

A nostalgia mashup: early Twitter food pics and the mushroom risotto at Detroit’s (long closed) Angelina’s on Grand Circus Park. Also Ina Garten oven method for the win.

Two firsts just before we reached 2025: played my first game of pickleball and made my first pot of risotto. Neither was a disaster, but there was room, as in all things, for plenty of learning ahead. #newyear

Opinion | How Higher Education Can Win America Back Jefferson believed in the egalitarian potential of education, and we should, too.

A nice framing for readers outside higher ed (and, yes, some inside, too) to rethink the sorting and tracking of students that reproduces inequality — with some terrific examples that lean into the humanities.

What if I don’t want to fund my old Twitter followers, just dogs?

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So far most BlueSky conversations seem to be about getting to BlueSky, like we all got stuck behind a bad wreck on the drive over …

New here; does this count as a starter pack?