Discovering Prince, Ten Years Later - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...

Opinion | Why Higher Ed Won’t Look Itself in the Mirror It’s easier to dismiss our critics with condescension than to reform.

"The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Most of my colleagues aren’t there yet." www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Today marks 50 years since our publication of Norman Maclean's modern classic A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. In celebration, the New York Times reflects on whether such a unique book would be as popular today: buff.ly/FJ3PHPl

Gayatri Patnaik - Publishing That Challenges Power: Indie Books That Matter In celebration of Indie Month, join EveryLibrary Live! for a sharp, engaging conversation with Gayatri Patnaik, Director of Beacon Press, about independent publishing as a force for social change.…

All indie publishers have a story about sticking out their neck for the sake of a book or books the public needs. For us, it was publishing the Pentagon Papers despite Nixon’s threats. @everylibrary.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social

Is the No-Confidence Vote Bad for Everyone? A new book by two former college presidents argues that the measure injures more than just the leader it is meant to condemn.

Who wins in a no-confidence vote?

College Leaders Are Bashing Higher Ed. What Gives? As public attitudes sour over higher education’s politics and prices, a handful of college leaders now say the opposition has a point.

www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

Listening to bad music makes you crave sugar, study finds An experimental study found that listening to disliked music decreases a person's general desire to eat, but specifically increases their preference for high-sugar foods, likely as a way to cope with ...

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

www.psypost.org/listening-to...

I guess there were more staff members in the "Liquor Cabinet" than we originally knew about... #maddow

Ed Up Insights - "Authors Insights" - No Confidence YouTube video by Ed Up Insights Podcast

No Confidence--When College Faculty Turn Against Their Presidents @mikenietzel.bsky.social and @drchucka.bsky.social talk about their new book.

The Onion says it has struck a deal to take over Infowars The move would allow the satire site to turn Alex Jones' conspiracist creation into a parody of itself.

Tyrants will be defeated if we simply laugh at them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

the penne opticon

www.rawstory.com Pope Leo deploys linguistic advantage to anger Trump with direct criticism: report

Pope Leo deploys linguistic advantage to anger Trump with direct criticism: report #RawStory

Epstein Craved Harvard Connections. Many There Were Eager to Help.

Epstein Craved Harvard Connections. Many There Were Eager to Help. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

@murphycartoons.bsky.social

Right wing: when we express our views on campus, people frown at us or even talk back.

Left wing: when we express our views on campus, we get arrested and expelled.

Center: we really need to protect these right wing students

Team Science!!!

anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is

Yes!

Germany just activated its largest ever solar installation — one farm, 1.5 million homes, zero carbon. The #CottbusSolarPark covers 3,500 hectares and produces 2.1 tw-hours annually, replacing two coal plants that operated on this same land until 2022. #SolarPower #ActOnClimate #Renewables

We have like twenty dozen books on this, come on

Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war World Central Kitchen founder believes the war could cause a ‘silent’ collapse of the global fertilizer trade

Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
"Andrés pointed to nitrogen fertilizer supply chains, which he says have tightened and are pushing up costs for farmers and raising concerns about global food production."

“Republicans hate education” by Pat Bagley on Bluesky, and The Salt Lake Tribune.

Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky. #EditorialCartoon

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

You could do worse.

Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.

Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.

Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.

Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

China urges travelers to avoid Seattle airport after 20 scholars were denied entry to the US Chinese government officials are urging travels to avoid entering the U.S. through Seattle. They cite ongoing harassment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel.

apnews.com/article/chin...

After ALL this foolishness....WE STILL AINT DISTRACTED...

Woman remembers her childhood babysitter -- Prince For StoryCorps, a family that lived near Prince in Minnesota remembers the artist in his early years -- as their babysitter.

Dearly beloved, if you listen to one thing today, make it this—the babysitter formerly known as Prince.

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Hike.

Hike who?

solitary cow
standing atop a mountain
longs for home – Dundee