And we chose the worst AI company to fund.

I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org

I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.

blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

This is amazing news.

It is interesting. Sometimes I read poetry and I think, maybe I can do that. (Noting that when I try, I rethink my abilities).

But I read this, and I think there is no way I could do that.

This is bad, but why was it so low in 2015? Was it MeToo that inspired the change?

This is the definition of beautiful writing. Short and well worth it.

This is amazing.

Amazingly well put.

Wow. What a contribution.

Congratulations to @jenvictor.bsky.social and Timothy Bynion on a great study!

would anyone be interested in hearing how faculty & staff might not get merit raises this year (keeping in mind that we are below the national average for salaries) but yet CU still paid $2 million for access to a version of ChatGPT that is about as good as the free version? anyone? #ruminating

This is a great thread.

Several stacks of book plate stickers with the cover image of Anna Law's Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship with a US flag and a shadow of a man behind it like the stripes are bars.

For those like @robertrosenthal.bsky.social patiently waiting for my book to arrive or are curious as to what it's about. I can share the Introduction chapter with all for a month for free here: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/... Academics, ahem, it's long enough that you can cite the book from it.

Happy that the 21st-century Colorado era is not like the 1990s (or early 00s).

In the 1990s, Colorado voters supported a law requiring cities to discriminate against gay people because "we don't like 'em."

Now, we defend the 1st Amendment and are a refuge for trans people.

In honor of Surrender Day, I would like liberal justices, law professors, and average Joes to stop kowtowing to originalism as a legal theory.

No more "deeply rooted in American history and tradition" or what the founders wanted as a rationale for denying liberties today.

Just say no.

I had to check the date on this, but yes, it is true. A few days after Trump issues curse-word laden genocide threat, the NYT blames Dems for cursing.

Maybe this is just me, but genocide>curse words.

Former Star Tribune union steward here! It’s important to know that the AI issue Propublica is striking over (getting assurances from management that they won’t replace journalists with AI) is a fight the Strib is also having.

Ok. This is informative in and of itself.

But what do I love?

I am so happy that there are other exclamation-pointy people talking about what some set of numbers means about politics.

Threatening violence against the Pope.

Forcing universities to cough up a list of Jewish professors.

Allowing authorities to use the color of a person's skin as probable cause.

Threatening genocide against a civilization.

But don't worry, White Protestants. They are not coming after you.

The public is a thermostat.

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Sacred Cow BBQ | Kyle Saunders | Substack Slow-cooked essays for hard problems. Click to read Sacred Cow BBQ, by Kyle Saunders, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

@kylesaunders.bsky.social is putting out some great content on public policy, party politics, higher education policy (with an amazing database of universities), and other perspectives in academia, such as critical theory.

Consider subscribing. Link below.

If I had to choose a single thought which haunts me most, it’s this. And it has animated me for years. This thing has been growing and metastasizing for almost a decade. And every passing year we’ve grown more hoarse trying to get someone to give a shit.

This is hilarious.

I have a dream. A dream in which the measure of scientific progress is not limited to "percent replicable."

New ideas may not replicate. Yet new ideas are essential for progress.

Weimar Germany allowed some freedoms for LGBTQ people.

The moral panic surrounding this is associated with moves toward fascism.

After corporations reacted negatively to North Carolina's bathroom bill, the Federalist Society / Heritage jerks got to work pushing absolute Bull$hit.

Yep.

And worse, the genocide won’t be : trans people acting like they are cis.

This will be genocide of hopelessness leading to suicide.

I’m pretty sure the science is clear on this.

If you rewrite the story, reality transforms.

Societal Impact in a Turbulent World: Researcher Competencies and Career Pathways Abstract. The global and societal climates are deteriorating, with declining respect for research at the core. While this can be deterring, scholars in int

Societal Impact in a Turbulent World: Researcher Competencies and Career Pathways
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