Ryan Anderson
@anthropologia.bsky.social
Cultural, environmental, and economic anthropologist. All things coastal. Photography. Some baseball too.
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Ryan Anderson
@anthropologia.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Anthropology The Gathering #2 (Bundt cake and aristocratic power edition)
Some classic culinary material culture that I found in my garage this past month. Welcome back to my semi-regular roundup of anthropology-related happenings. Here’s what I have for you this t…
anthropologia.org
Ok here's my second anthro roundup. It may be the only game in town that goes from Bundt cakes and Magic the Gathering all the way to aristocratic power. But I could be wrong. anthropologia.org/2025/08/24/a... #anthropology
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If only someone would write about thi--oh wait
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If only someone would write about thi--oh wait
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This is the most prominent case, but not the only one. I worry a lot about already precarious institutions whose admins are bedazzled by the shiny promises and magical thinking surrounding AI and mortgage themselves to it. And all it will do is make them circle the drain faster.
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is the most prominent case, but not the only one. I worry a lot about already precarious institutions whose admins are bedazzled by the shiny promises and magical thinking surrounding AI and mortgage themselves to it. And all it will do is make them circle the drain faster.
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I appear to be losing sleep over a collective inability to recognize what anti-gender movements look like in higher ed: the OU case matters not just bc it is targeting a trans instructor (emphasis on identity in targeting online by TPUSA, LoTT, etc), but also in the course material targeted—gender.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I appear to be losing sleep over a collective inability to recognize what anti-gender movements look like in higher ed: the OU case matters not just bc it is targeting a trans instructor (emphasis on identity in targeting online by TPUSA, LoTT, etc), but also in the course material targeted—gender.
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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faculty governance is at the heart of academic freedom
I support faculty members of all ranks as they make expert choices about what to assign, why to assess, and how to evaluate student work.
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
faculty governance is at the heart of academic freedom
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Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got 45 years in prison last year for conspiring to import cocaine to the US. Prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. He walked out of prison today.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got 45 years in prison last year for conspiring to import cocaine to the US. Prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. He walked out of prison today.
“O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.” -Thomas Paine, 1776.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.” -Thomas Paine, 1776.
This right here.
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This right here.
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If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
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We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
We're getting daily lessons about why academic freedom matters. One additional lesson here is that too many university admins will just stand by and allow abuse and bad faith claims to go unchecked. We're on our own folks.
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We're getting daily lessons about why academic freedom matters. One additional lesson here is that too many university admins will just stand by and allow abuse and bad faith claims to go unchecked. We're on our own folks.
Coming soon: Is radiocarbon dating too woke?
JFC Oklahoma you fuckin cowards. Now every Jesus-freak right-wing student who can't get a passing grade for a bunch of bible quotes masquerading as an essay is going to file a 1st amendment complaint. You gonna suspend the whole Biology department for teaching about evolution? (Don't answer that)
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Coming soon: Is radiocarbon dating too woke?
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It has been painfully obvious for *decades* that far-right wanted force US to listen to far-right speech while making other speech illegal, but our insanely stupid & short-sighted & hateful Elite joined them in pretending their anti-free-speech agenda was actually free-speech.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It has been painfully obvious for *decades* that far-right wanted force US to listen to far-right speech while making other speech illegal, but our insanely stupid & short-sighted & hateful Elite joined them in pretending their anti-free-speech agenda was actually free-speech.
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This right here.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This right here.
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Click through and read the assignment feedback, which was constructive, kind, and frankly very gentle. Suspending the instructor over this is a deranged overreaction in support of a clearly bad faith student, and the university choosing this action is once again another stain on higher education.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Click through and read the assignment feedback, which was constructive, kind, and frankly very gentle. Suspending the instructor over this is a deranged overreaction in support of a clearly bad faith student, and the university choosing this action is once again another stain on higher education.
This part: "In practice, there is going to be a patchwork of different ideas, and different models, but there is no (sensible) answer that is based on ignoring the risks to keep prices artificially high." via @climateofgavin.bsky.social
Some more thoughts on the Zillow/FirstStreet/Realtors story.
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Who should pay?
RealClimate: Climate risk scores on real estate listings are having an impact on prices and realtors are complaining. But who should pay for these losses? If you have been browsing Zillow or Redfin in...
www.realclimate.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This part: "In practice, there is going to be a patchwork of different ideas, and different models, but there is no (sensible) answer that is based on ignoring the risks to keep prices artificially high." via @climateofgavin.bsky.social
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Some more thoughts on the Zillow/FirstStreet/Realtors story.
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Who should pay?
RealClimate: Climate risk scores on real estate listings are having an impact on prices and realtors are complaining. But who should pay for these losses? If you have been browsing Zillow or Redfin in...
www.realclimate.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Some more thoughts on the Zillow/FirstStreet/Realtors story.
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Who should pay? www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
I would love to see more data about how these climate risk scores impacted sellers, buyers, and home values.
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I would love to see more data about how these climate risk scores impacted sellers, buyers, and home values.
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“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is necessary
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
AI is accelerating a tech backlash in American classrooms
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is necessary
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
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Sharing for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #warmth
Tisha Mark ©2023, Awake, Marshlands Series, oil on canvas, 16"x16"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/awak...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2023, Awake, Marshlands Series, oil on canvas, 16"x16"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/awak...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sharing for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme, #warmth
Tisha Mark ©2023, Awake, Marshlands Series, oil on canvas, 16"x16"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/awak...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2023, Awake, Marshlands Series, oil on canvas, 16"x16"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/awak...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
I think the whole three-cueing thing is connected to these kinds of issues we’re seeing at the university level across the board. bsky.app/profile/sara...
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think the whole three-cueing thing is connected to these kinds of issues we’re seeing at the university level across the board. bsky.app/profile/sara...