Catherine Cocks
@catherinefte.bsky.social
Co-editor of Feeding the Elephant, scholarly publishing nerd, fan of the Heidelberg Project (look it up).
what do you bet it would be good for states other than Michigan too?
Our own @mmilleradams.bsky.social and @timbartik.bsky.social have a new piece in @bridgemi.com examining the economics of tuition-free college. By their reckoning, the cost-benefit ratio of free college is nearly unmatched.
Read more: bridgemi.com/guest-commen...
#highereducation, #michigan,
Read more: bridgemi.com/guest-commen...
#highereducation, #michigan,
Opinion | Investing in tuition-free college can be a good economic bet for Michigan - Bridge Michigan
Having more educated workers strengthens communities, making it easier to attract new businesses and enabling existing employers to improve productivity and expand.
bridgemi.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 AM
what do you bet it would be good for states other than Michigan too?
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Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
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“When asked what people should take away from this film, Snyder emphasized the immense courage of these everyday workers who choose to show up and fight, even though they have everything to lose.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
The Librarians: Heroes Stemming Book Banning Tide
This most recent crackdown on “controversial” books began in 2021, when a Texas State Representative compiled a list of 850 books to be targeted for removal from libraries.
hollywoodprogressive.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“When asked what people should take away from this film, Snyder emphasized the immense courage of these everyday workers who choose to show up and fight, even though they have everything to lose.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Free for ALA members! elearning.ala.org/local/catalo...
Responding to ICE at the Library: Real World Approaches | ALAeLearning
elearning.ala.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Free for ALA members! elearning.ala.org/local/catalo...
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Stress Break, Cool Science
A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree.
Lost and found: 7,000-year-old Sahara mummies of unknown human lineage
A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree.
l.euronews.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Stress Break, Cool Science
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"We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ― June Jordan
From her collections of poem the "Passion".
June Jordan (1936–2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist, and teacher.
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.junejordan.net/poem-for-sou...
From her collections of poem the "Passion".
June Jordan (1936–2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist, and teacher.
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.junejordan.net/poem-for-sou...
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
"We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ― June Jordan
From her collections of poem the "Passion".
June Jordan (1936–2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist, and teacher.
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.junejordan.net/poem-for-sou...
From her collections of poem the "Passion".
June Jordan (1936–2002) was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist, and teacher.
#BlackHistoryMonth
www.junejordan.net/poem-for-sou...
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Free enterprise vs free press.
I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
February 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Free enterprise vs free press.
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NEW: The @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org have published a 12-minute excerpt of our interview with Marimar Martinez, in which she describes being shot by Border Patrol in Chicago.
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
Marimar Martinez speaks with WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times reporters about getting shot 5 times by ICE.
YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
NEW: The @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org have published a 12-minute excerpt of our interview with Marimar Martinez, in which she describes being shot by Border Patrol in Chicago.
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
You can find it here: youtu.be/mCO4vI_KH1w?...
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Have you heard about the latest scam targeting book authors? In this #FeedingTheElephant roundup, we share an update from @aupresses.bsky.social about it and some resources for spotting scams. We also provide some fiction recs and a panel discussion on US-Venezuela relations.
The Elephant Roundup (January 2026) | H-Net
A monthly newsletter from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
networks.h-net.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Have you heard about the latest scam targeting book authors? In this #FeedingTheElephant roundup, we share an update from @aupresses.bsky.social about it and some resources for spotting scams. We also provide some fiction recs and a panel discussion on US-Venezuela relations.
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Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
Varieties of University Press Business Models: Canadian Presses | H-Net
A guest post from
networks.h-net.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
Everything you ever wanted to know (and you do want to know!) about how university presses work on #feedingtheelephant! @doughild.bsky.social gives an overview of the Canadian UP landscape: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Varieties of University Press Business Models: Canadian Presses | H-Net
A guest post from
networks.h-net.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know (and you do want to know!) about how university presses work on #feedingtheelephant! @doughild.bsky.social gives an overview of the Canadian UP landscape: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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Batteries are the fossil fuel killer.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
#Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the #grid and customer needs, and along with #solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts
Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
reneweconomy.com.au
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Batteries are the fossil fuel killer.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
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art shanties. so odd and so delightful and so minneapolis.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
art shanties. so odd and so delightful and so minneapolis.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shelle... died on this day, so here are some Frankenstein paperback book covers (Artist: Margaret Howlett, [uncredited], Burckhard Labowski/Regine Schulz and Tsao):
February 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shelle... died on this day, so here are some Frankenstein paperback book covers (Artist: Margaret Howlett, [uncredited], Burckhard Labowski/Regine Schulz and Tsao):
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In between all the fascism, it's also a MASSIVE crime wave.
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
In between all the fascism, it's also a MASSIVE crime wave.
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Inside Whipple, from the Star Tribune: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”
www.startribune.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Inside Whipple, from the Star Tribune: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
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Paramilitaries, you say? 🤔🧐
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Paramilitaries, you say? 🤔🧐
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The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
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Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
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Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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Former and current CDC and NIH staff have written another open letter to congress demanding that no budget be approved without checks placed on ICE.
“We believe ICE and CBP are a greater threat to the health of our nation than the lapse of HHS services.”
“We believe ICE and CBP are a greater threat to the health of our nation than the lapse of HHS services.”
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Former and current CDC and NIH staff have written another open letter to congress demanding that no budget be approved without checks placed on ICE.
“We believe ICE and CBP are a greater threat to the health of our nation than the lapse of HHS services.”
“We believe ICE and CBP are a greater threat to the health of our nation than the lapse of HHS services.”
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What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-trumps-board-of-peace/
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-trumps-board-of-peace/
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Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
uncpress.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.
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thanks to everyone who came to the meeting! a reminder, too, that PAGES members have a standing invitation to review our book selections for #FeedingTheElephant, so if you'd like to review BLACK FEMINIST WRITING, please do get in touch!
We had a fabulous time at our May PAGES meeting yesterday! Thanks all who joined us. We look forward to seeing you again next time, more details to come on our next PAGES meeting.
Happy long weekend!
Happy long weekend!
May 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thanks to everyone who came to the meeting! a reminder, too, that PAGES members have a standing invitation to review our book selections for #FeedingTheElephant, so if you'd like to review BLACK FEMINIST WRITING, please do get in touch!