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tom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · Aug 27

The lesbian who taught intro to writing gave me a B-.

Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Aug 18

VT Religion and Culture is truly such a gem of a department and is absolutely stacked with amazing and kind scholars. I’ve benefitted immensely from the generosity of my colleagues and know how much we all have given to our teaching and service. The shortsightedness of this decision absolutely blows

Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · Aug 18

just got word that my department's being shut down. two things:

1. no, i'm not okay. i've no words for how hard i've worked for this department and this institution. i feel betrayed, frankly, though i know it's not personal.

2. we rocked, y'all. i've no words for how hard we rocked, either.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · Aug 18

just got word that my department's being shut down. two things:

1. no, i'm not okay. i've no words for how hard i've worked for this department and this institution. i feel betrayed, frankly, though i know it's not personal.

2. we rocked, y'all. i've no words for how hard we rocked, either.

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Aug 18

It is!!

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Aug 18

Truly feckless behavior on the part of my Dean!

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Aug 18

Anyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Aug 18

Anyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ah, been thinking about this a lot. Looks great!

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Jul 25

It is a CRIME that Virginia Tech doesn’t have one of these

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 25

Best part about a land-grant university will forever be the ice cream from our own dairy

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 1

And another athlete murdered by Israel in Gaza.

Breaking:

Palestinian boxer Malak Mesleh was murdered today in the air strike on al-Baka Cafe today.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 29

People think I'm biased against Jeff Bezos, but here's Sartoria F. Caraceni, widely considered one of the best bespoke tailoring houses in the world, commenting on Bezos's wedding suit.

"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"

A photo of Jeff Bezos in his tuxedo. The low armhole is causing the jacket to lift off his neck.

A comment from Sartoria F. Caraceni on Instagram. It reads: "The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. Omg .. [face palm emoji]. Elegance is not an empty word. I can't stand it. Really suffering ..."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jun 25

Brad Lander: "I also need to thank some of the most important people in my life and on this campaign—I mean, of course, the NYT editorial board. Just kidding, of course: I love Wordle and Connections, but I really urge the Times to cancel their new feature 'Editorial Riddles.' No one likes those."

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · Jun 25

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · Jun 25

next up: can you primary the times ed board

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Jun 11

"He'll get one or two people...."

Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just part of Adams’ riff on Cuomo - which came after he was asked about Cuomo winning Hasidic endorsements.

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Jun 8

My current situation, also. Excellent vibes.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · May 15

Here is a clip of the student's speech.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · May 14

I don't think we can fight AI creep by weaponizing grades. Nobody learns anything if we decide our job is to be plagiarism mall cops. If we don't win this argument at the level of process, convincing students they CAN'T learn what we have to teach them if they outsource to AI, we won't win at all.

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · May 14

@bryantburkhart.bsky.social well, I am nearly done with this circle of hope and that was a wild ride! Thanks for telling me about it

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · May 9

Extrapolating from history: the labor market will cannibalize mid-tier knowledge workers, burn out senior knowledge workers, then shout at colleges & govt for not making enough labor-market ready grads, then govt will blame moms for not making K-12 prepare kids for college pre-labor-market skills.

Kevin Brennan @newba.com · May 9

This is exactly the problem. If AI can do the work of a junior team member, it still needs to be supervised and managed—so how do you teach that?

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · May 9

Was at a conference dinner a while back and one guy said "The future is AI. It doesn't replace senior developers, but no more need for juniors."

To which i replied:

"Where do you think senior developers come from. Straight from the womb?"

He went quiet, then wandered off to a different huddle.

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · May 9

We got our first black pope!

Screenshot of a Forbes article explaining how Pope Leo XIV’s
maternal grandparents and older siblings are identified in records as black or mulatto and the family passed into a white racial identity

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Defector @defector.com · Apr 29

Tunde Adebimpe’s solo debut channels the gift of the mixtape: defector.com/tunde-adebim...

Tunde Adebimpe's Solo Debut Channels The Gift Of The Mixtape | Defector

Anything I say about “Magnetic,” the lead single off TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe’s first solo album, Thee Black Boltz, won’t live up to hearing it for the first time. Go listen to it. Bett...

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Marika Rose @marika.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our next post is from @amaryah.bsky.social: "Black Internationalism, the Black Prince, and the Pressures of History" itself.blog/2025/04/25/b...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Apr 10

One of the historical stories I think about is how the world kind of let the Netherlands off the hook with the whole “global slavery and brutal colonialism” thing.

Emma™ @cockremover.bsky.social · Apr 10

oh the dutch aren't that bad haha, they just do some blackface and conversion therapy and driving into buildings with tractors haha it's all just quirky little things

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Apr 10

It's like people who expect their favorite singers and celebrities to be the vanguard politically... like, why???

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Amaryah Shaye Armstrong @amaryah.bsky.social · Apr 1

Spent the afternoon reading Tufte's, *The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.* It's an excellent analysis of why PPT hampers thought & he argues for using technical papers and illustrated handouts. These tools aid an audience in assesing credibility and understanding information in context. Very cool.

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