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Last night: wonderful talk by @timnitgebru.bsky.social to a packed house in the Chancellor's Auditorium.
This morning: CU system announces $2M chatbot deal with OpenAI, full of misinformation, without consulting shared governance despite impacts on our "principal responsibility".
www.cu.edu/gen-ai
This morning: CU system announces $2M chatbot deal with OpenAI, full of misinformation, without consulting shared governance despite impacts on our "principal responsibility".
www.cu.edu/gen-ai
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Last night: wonderful talk by @timnitgebru.bsky.social to a packed house in the Chancellor's Auditorium.
This morning: CU system announces $2M chatbot deal with OpenAI, full of misinformation, without consulting shared governance despite impacts on our "principal responsibility".
www.cu.edu/gen-ai
This morning: CU system announces $2M chatbot deal with OpenAI, full of misinformation, without consulting shared governance despite impacts on our "principal responsibility".
www.cu.edu/gen-ai
How does one manage to end their dissertation? Asking for a friend 😔
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
How does one manage to end their dissertation? Asking for a friend 😔
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With a number of Olympic athletes donning respirators, this is your reminder that COVID is not over.
It’s airborne, and a well fitted mask is a great way to protect yourself and those around you.
If you can’t afford one, check out your local mask bloc.
If you can afford it, consider donating!
It’s airborne, and a well fitted mask is a great way to protect yourself and those around you.
If you can’t afford one, check out your local mask bloc.
If you can afford it, consider donating!
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:23 AM
With a number of Olympic athletes donning respirators, this is your reminder that COVID is not over.
It’s airborne, and a well fitted mask is a great way to protect yourself and those around you.
If you can’t afford one, check out your local mask bloc.
If you can afford it, consider donating!
It’s airborne, and a well fitted mask is a great way to protect yourself and those around you.
If you can’t afford one, check out your local mask bloc.
If you can afford it, consider donating!
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Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Freddie Mercury was so right when he said "Nothing really matters"
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Freddie Mercury was so right when he said "Nothing really matters"
Forget getting a job, I think I will only get back pain and neck pain as post PhD achievements.
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Forget getting a job, I think I will only get back pain and neck pain as post PhD achievements.
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academic life in a nutshell.
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
academic life in a nutshell.
There is something so deeply personal about the word "wretched"
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
There is something so deeply personal about the word "wretched"
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FWD: COMMUNIQUÉ
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
FWD: COMMUNIQUÉ
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against
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💸 Our forthcoming issue, coedited by Tunisian anthropologist and visual artist Myriam Amri, focuses on imperial capitalism, colonial plunder, monetary sovereignty, and revolutionary currencies.
Cover artwork by Adriana Martínez Barón.
Preorder your copy now!
thefunambulist.net/shop/63-foll...
Cover artwork by Adriana Martínez Barón.
Preorder your copy now!
thefunambulist.net/shop/63-foll...
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
💸 Our forthcoming issue, coedited by Tunisian anthropologist and visual artist Myriam Amri, focuses on imperial capitalism, colonial plunder, monetary sovereignty, and revolutionary currencies.
Cover artwork by Adriana Martínez Barón.
Preorder your copy now!
thefunambulist.net/shop/63-foll...
Cover artwork by Adriana Martínez Barón.
Preorder your copy now!
thefunambulist.net/shop/63-foll...
The last semester of grad school 🥲
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The last semester of grad school 🥲
I did not believe in ghosts until I started writing this dissertation. I am always battling these haunting spectres
December 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I did not believe in ghosts until I started writing this dissertation. I am always battling these haunting spectres
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Here's a timeline of 500 years of Native American trans women's history, please learn things
(I accidentally published it with the worst picture as the main pic so am posting this with just the url.)
landbodymind.substack.com/p/500-years-...
(I accidentally published it with the worst picture as the main pic so am posting this with just the url.)
landbodymind.substack.com/p/500-years-...
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Here's a timeline of 500 years of Native American trans women's history, please learn things
(I accidentally published it with the worst picture as the main pic so am posting this with just the url.)
landbodymind.substack.com/p/500-years-...
(I accidentally published it with the worst picture as the main pic so am posting this with just the url.)
landbodymind.substack.com/p/500-years-...
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From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Kaam to mai accha kar leta hu bas naukri ki zarurat hai 🙂
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Kaam to mai accha kar leta hu bas naukri ki zarurat hai 🙂
I am being told I might only get one hour to present my diss. What 🙂
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I am being told I might only get one hour to present my diss. What 🙂
At times it is really hard to forget the violences borne by the body as we sit writing our papers, and thessays... how to move without being lost? And ik feminists keep telling us to write from the body but truly there is no language, no form that can hold it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
At times it is really hard to forget the violences borne by the body as we sit writing our papers, and thessays... how to move without being lost? And ik feminists keep telling us to write from the body but truly there is no language, no form that can hold it.
It is time to accept my place in the empire, in the corners of the world where illegibility and suspicion take away life, breath, and possibility.
It is okay to be hopeless about life in the empire, and hopeful of a different world.
It is okay to be hopeless about life in the empire, and hopeful of a different world.
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It is time to accept my place in the empire, in the corners of the world where illegibility and suspicion take away life, breath, and possibility.
It is okay to be hopeless about life in the empire, and hopeful of a different world.
It is okay to be hopeless about life in the empire, and hopeful of a different world.