Hampshire College to close after years-long turnaround effort comes up short The private institution in Massachusetts faced a heavy debt burden, persistent deficits, sputtering enrollment, possible accreditation loss and other challenges.

Hampshire College closing
The private institution in Massachusetts faced a heavy debt burden, persistent deficits, sputtering enrollment, possible accreditation loss & other challenges

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for the record: only accreditation issue was financial, not academic

Help Hampshire Workers | Support Hampshire Workers Today Support Hampshire College staff and faculty facing job loss with emergency relief funds for essential needs. Contributions and support help provide immediate assistance during this critical time.

Hampshire College is closing, and hundreds of staff & faculty are facing sudden job loss without severance.

Donate to the community-led Emergency Relief Fund to provide direct financial assistance for laid off workers' immediate needs, including housing, food, and other essentials ⬇️

Hampshire College holds 'transfer fair' for students looking to complete degrees On Monday, Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, held what officials called a transfer fair for students. The unique liberal arts college announced last week it would close permanently in mid-May for most students.

Hampshire College holds 'transfer fair' for students looking to complete degrees
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Some students said it was pretty chaotic. Mt. Holyoke will take only 30. Amherst seems to have set the bar for credits at a height that rules out almost all 1st-year students

David Walker's Declaration of Independence Join the Boston Public Library's Special Collections for a talk from scholar Dr. Leon Jackson entitled David Walker’s Declaration of Independence: Building Community and Fighting Racism in Antebellum ...

Hey, #Boston friends! I'll be giving a talk on David Walker at Boston Public Library on 21 May, and I'd love it if you were able to join me! The talk is free, and you can sign up at the link below! 🗃️

Because some comments make me think people missed the PSAs I do semi-regularly: if you were born before 1987, you should get a MMR booster now. The second childhood dose of MMR wasn't added until 1989, and folks who were older than 2 (the age for the 2nd) may not have gotten it.

Another Century of Chemical Warfare This booklet was created during ICE's occupation of Chicago where they are regularly deploying tear gas and other forms of chemical warfare in our neighborhoods. Another Century of Chemical Warfare re...

Almost Out of Print Warning: I'm down to my final copies of the Public Collectors photo/essay booklet "Another Century of Chemical Warfare." Just 8 copies left ($12) online if you'd like one. I'd love to keep tons of things in print but it's just not feasible. halfletterpress.com/another-cent...

The Necessary Pain Involved in Blogging (if you want your work to be preserved beyond your lifespan) I am thinking a lot these days about my own mortality. That’s not because I am obsessed with death or anything of the sort. It’s more that my health problems...

I've been reflecting on the challenges of maintaining a blog that's preserved long-term. Balancing the cumbersome process of digital preservation with the ease of instant publishing is tricky, but it's worth ensuring my work persists.

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Two efforts to help Hampshire workers facing job loss:

General emergency relief fund: www.helphampshireworkers.com

Fundraiser for staff of Hampshire's Early Learning Center, which will also close: www.gofundme.com/f/elc-staff-...

And @yawumiller.bsky.social doesn’t need any help from me on this, but I did want to link to the Globe’s editorial board already pushing, plus the link showing that Riley doesn’t know what he’s even recommending. #MAEdu

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Do I have any New York Public Library followers who are librarians in the system?

Exclusive: Microsoft To Shift GitHub Copilot Users To Token-Based Billing, Reduce Rate Limits Edward Zitron Apr 20, 2026 4 min read Executive Summary: Internal documents reveal that Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to Github Copilot, as it transitions from requests (single interactions with Copilot) towards token-based billing. The documents reveal that the weekly cost of running Github Copilot has doubled since the start of the year. Microsoft also intends to reduce the rate limits on its individual and business accounts, and to remove access to certain models for those with the cheapest subscriptions.

Exclusive: Microsoft is reducing rate limits on GitHub Copilot, removing Opus from $10-a-month subscriptions, and plans to move users to token/API-based billing some time later in 2026 in a sign that it's looking for way to cut costs for its AI services.
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I'm a speaker for @partnersinprint.bsky.social's online Print Futures this Sunday (2pm ET 4/26)! Join us—I'll be talking about my letterpress experimentation (especially w/lasers) & accessibility work (letterpress for the people! silly letterpress for the joyful people!) w/2 other emerging printers:

This week is #LesbianVisibilityWeek, celebrating lesbian lives, loves & achievements.
We'd like to recommend these books - 'A queer scrapbook', 'Queer beyond London' & 'Eva Gore-Booth' - if you're looking to read more histories celebrating lesbian lives in the UK & Ireland.
#LVW26 #booksky

Border-area mass surveillance and its resulting harassment is something you'll hear about if you talk to any person that lives near the border or who has to cross it regularly.

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

The House Archives Built: Dorothy Berry in Conversation with Savannah Wood · Luma Come out to good neighbor for an evening with Dorothy Berry, one of the most vital voices in archival practice today, in conversation with Savannah Wood, for a…

still a few spots left for the house archives built in baltimore ~ @dorothyjberry.bsky.social in conversation with savannah wood at good neighbor 4/30, 7p. the evening includes a cash bar, complimentary snacks, and now sold out books available for purchase 🌹
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If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.

Rümeysa Öztürk settles with US government and returns to Turkey The former Tufts University student who was detained by federal immigration authorities last year says she has reached a settlement with the government over longstanding legal issues.

“The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for.”

It's extremely sad that we are forcing people like Rümeysa out of our country. She represents so much of what should be great about the United States.

The U.S. Senate race in Maine: LaFlamme burns with hope Maine is a sleepy little state, mostly forgotten aside from those who vacation here and the recent influx of influencer types who have discovered the state’s robust food scene and natural wonders.

My piece about US Senate candidate @andrealaflamme.bsky.social based on our chat this week.

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Black and white poster with bold text reading: "Mayor Mamdani keep your promise! Fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. For more information visit nycplan.org.

I am wondering if @mayor.nyc.gov is aware that today is #NationalLibrarianDay. A good way to uplift librarians in NYC and all library workers is to pay them more. Stick to your campaign promise and this will be a good start.

Mako's Division III (senior thesis) project was notable enough to earn a wonderful write-up from the Hampshire College communications office.

Read it here before our website disappears:

Literary Collaboration and Control | Hampshire College

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Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor.

The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.

To add to this excellent thread: AI detectors DO NOT WORK. At all. They are wildly unreliable, offering false positives and false negatives so much that if you are paying for one you are being grifted.

Pasts Imperfect (4.16.26) This week, scholar of the ancient Mediterranean and India Tejas S. Aralere discusses ancient astrology in South Asia. Then, what medieval chess can tell us about race relations in the Middle Ages, new...

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, Tejas S. Aralere discusses ancient astrology ♌️ in India. Then, medieval chess & race relations, new interactive maps, encouraging Classics in China, remembering @averilcam.bsky.social, new ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more.

Free Library completely restores Saturday hours for first time since before the pandemic On Saturday, 52 of 54 branches will be open. The only closed locations are a specialty branch and one that's under repair.

In good news, nearly all of the Philadelphia libraries (PA) will reopen Saturday hours: www.phillyvoice.com/free-library...

Thomson Reuters Shareholders Demand Investigation into ICE Contracts The shareholders explicitly cited multiple 404 Media investigations, including one that showed Thomson Reuters' CLEAR is integrated with a tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to target.

The shareholders explicitly cited multiple 404 Media investigations, including one that showed Thomson Reuters' CLEAR is integrated with a tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to target.

i was so happy to talk to laura yuen for this piece, because it lays out the major difference between the uprising in 2020 and OMS—people have changed how they are in relationship to each other.

many non-immigrant minnesotans never had to interact with the injustice of immigration. now they have.

Virginia Governor Vetoes a Ban on Plea Deals That Waive People's Constitutional Rights - Bolts Abigail Spanberger blocked a bill to bar prosecutors from pressuring Virginians to waive protections against unreasonable police searches as a condition of pleas.

NEWS: Virginia's governor vetoed a bill late last night that'd have banned prosecutors from pressuring Virginians into waiving their constitutional rights.

That's right, local prosecutors often get defendants to sign away Fourth Amendment protections to get a plea — for years.

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