Orion🌈&sm9eb
@sm9eb.bsky.social
Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic/Halaf Şanlıurfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; former guardian of Urfalı cat Commander Orion 🌈🖤; current guardian of not-a-Guest-anymore Cat Italy!
So basically their goal is to turn all faculty into adjuncts.
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
So basically their goal is to turn all faculty into adjuncts.
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They want to make it so publicly-funded academic knowledge production ends — the core unique role of universities — accidentally or on purpose, they want it to stop...
> It’s going to start getting really, really hard to get faculty to do stuff other than show up in their classroom.
> It’s going to start getting really, really hard to get faculty to do stuff other than show up in their classroom.
"Imposing minimum teaching requirements...has been touted as a way to cut costs and 'better focus university resources in the classroom,' .... The notion is also gaining steam in conservative circles as a means of ensuring faculty productivity and curbing 'intellectually unserious' research."
The Campaign to Make Professors Teach More
Lawmakers say faculty members don’t work enough. Is this about productivity or punishment?
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 AM
They want to make it so publicly-funded academic knowledge production ends — the core unique role of universities — accidentally or on purpose, they want it to stop...
> It’s going to start getting really, really hard to get faculty to do stuff other than show up in their classroom.
> It’s going to start getting really, really hard to get faculty to do stuff other than show up in their classroom.
BECAUSE HE'S ASHAMED. That's shame and he knows he should never be able to show his face in public in DC again.
Asked why Will Lewis — the Washington Post’s CEO and publisher — was completely invisible on a day that his company fired hundred of journalists, the editor in chief offers this excuse:
“He had a lot of things to tend to today."
“He had a lot of things to tend to today."
I don't see how Will Lewis can effectively lead WaPo.
Lewis did not save Bezos from himself on opinion pages. (375K+ cancelations) His innovations did not stem enough red ink.
And he has not taken any ownership of the devastating ensuing cuts. He's making Murray own it alone.
Lewis did not save Bezos from himself on opinion pages. (375K+ cancelations) His innovations did not stem enough red ink.
And he has not taken any ownership of the devastating ensuing cuts. He's making Murray own it alone.
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
BECAUSE HE'S ASHAMED. That's shame and he knows he should never be able to show his face in public in DC again.
I try very hard not to feel hatred for other human beings, but I feel such horror at what these men are doing to my home city and to the country, and no one with the power to do so is trying to stop it.
It wasn’t perfect. People could be absolutely cut-throat with their colleagues. We had some epic battles. But it was a very special place and it’s no overstatement to say this preening, vapid, selfish tech bro betrayed the country by destroying one of its essential institutions.
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I try very hard not to feel hatred for other human beings, but I feel such horror at what these men are doing to my home city and to the country, and no one with the power to do so is trying to stop it.
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It wasn’t perfect. People could be absolutely cut-throat with their colleagues. We had some epic battles. But it was a very special place and it’s no overstatement to say this preening, vapid, selfish tech bro betrayed the country by destroying one of its essential institutions.
February 5, 2026 at 5:37 AM
It wasn’t perfect. People could be absolutely cut-throat with their colleagues. We had some epic battles. But it was a very special place and it’s no overstatement to say this preening, vapid, selfish tech bro betrayed the country by destroying one of its essential institutions.
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It was my dream and my honor to work at the Washington Post. So many memories. Like Ben Bradlee crossing 15th St. to shake hands with the recently released Nelson Mandela while we all watched from the windows, for one. The pride we all felt….
February 5, 2026 at 5:33 AM
It was my dream and my honor to work at the Washington Post. So many memories. Like Ben Bradlee crossing 15th St. to shake hands with the recently released Nelson Mandela while we all watched from the windows, for one. The pride we all felt….
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Reminder: Type -ai at the end of your Google searches to conserve vast resources. You do not need to fire up energy-eating networks of web crawlers to find a good cookie recipe or if Murderbot was renewed (it was).
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Reminder: Type -ai at the end of your Google searches to conserve vast resources. You do not need to fire up energy-eating networks of web crawlers to find a good cookie recipe or if Murderbot was renewed (it was).
Deeply concerning.
When a whistleblower’s lawyer gives you a deadline and cites the statute, that is not posturing. That is the last stop before Congress. And they just pulled the trigger.
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Deeply concerning.
#2026MMM thoughts?
Looking for ID help. One of my sister's students brought her this photo. It's apparently a mole, but the only mole we're supposed to have in Manitoba is the star-nosed mole and I don't see any star-nose on this guy or large digging forearms. Any thoughts? Pocket gopher? #mammals
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
#2026MMM thoughts?
#TheMuppetShow is on ABC right now! I can't watch it bc I can only stream through my laptop and I don't have a Disney subscription. Tell me how it is!!
kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .
ALT: kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
#TheMuppetShow is on ABC right now! I can't watch it bc I can only stream through my laptop and I don't have a Disney subscription. Tell me how it is!!
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"...grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine" is pretty much exactly what the Block family just did to a 240 y.o. institution & crucial local resource - the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owner Block Communications Inc. said Wednesday that it will cease publication of the newspaper May 3, an announcement that came...
www.post-gazette.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"...grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine" is pretty much exactly what the Block family just did to a 240 y.o. institution & crucial local resource - the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains.
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"Whatever, I get my news from the Guardian" -- said the fool who thinks an ever diminishing number of news sources doesn't matter, which means a fool who probably also likes the Guardian because they think it's "free," because they don't pay for the labor from which they benefit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"Whatever, I get my news from the Guardian" -- said the fool who thinks an ever diminishing number of news sources doesn't matter, which means a fool who probably also likes the Guardian because they think it's "free," because they don't pay for the labor from which they benefit.
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If you're thinking about Washington Post, "well, to hell with them, they did it to themselves," then count yourself on the side of management. Because, no, labor didn't do this to themselves, didn't grind the paper down, yank it right, & rip out its spine. That's capital. Now we'll all suffer.
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Oh, it was on my radar. It was a decent basic map source, for one thing, although who can trust it for info? But...I have many questions.
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oh, it was on my radar. It was a decent basic map source, for one thing, although who can trust it for info? But...I have many questions.
Whaaaat??? While stew beef is $15 per pound?
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Whaaaat??? While stew beef is $15 per pound?
Thread! 🧵
There were several illegal attempts to kidnap people in Canada and return them to the USA. In 1858, one teenager, Sylvanus Demarest, was grabbed and thrown on a train bound for the States. A group of 100 armed men and women were able to rescue him from his kidnapper.
🧵 6/8
🧵 6/8
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Thread! 🧵
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Thoughts?
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social Thoughts?
I've been wanting to try real too-salty Senate Bean Soup in the actual Senate dining room for years but have never done it; at least I can get highly secure coffee.
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I've been wanting to try real too-salty Senate Bean Soup in the actual Senate dining room for years but have never done it; at least I can get highly secure coffee.
Please tell me it's open to the public.
February 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Please tell me it's open to the public.
#AnthOfFood
Like "Freedom Fries" or the Turkish switch (in some places) from Rus Salatası to Amerikalı Salatası during the Cold War, except *we're the bad guys*.
We need to fight so much harder to get these horrible people out of government.
Like "Freedom Fries" or the Turkish switch (in some places) from Rus Salatası to Amerikalı Salatası during the Cold War, except *we're the bad guys*.
We need to fight so much harder to get these horrible people out of government.
In Germany we have a popular pastry called Amerikaner ( American ) it’s a fluffy pastry with lemon glaze . This bakery changed the name !
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
#AnthOfFood
Like "Freedom Fries" or the Turkish switch (in some places) from Rus Salatası to Amerikalı Salatası during the Cold War, except *we're the bad guys*.
We need to fight so much harder to get these horrible people out of government.
Like "Freedom Fries" or the Turkish switch (in some places) from Rus Salatası to Amerikalı Salatası during the Cold War, except *we're the bad guys*.
We need to fight so much harder to get these horrible people out of government.
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“Clearly we need funding to help with sheltering people — ideally permanently, right?”
Before the storm slammed the area, The Haven raised over $100,000 in emergency funds for hotel rooms. Over 90 people were hoteled, some of them learning about the option from PIT count volunteers.
www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...
www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...
Charlottesville carries out Point in Time Count despite icy conditions
Volunteers provided hotel rooms to dozens of unhoused people through funding from The Haven.
www.vpm.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
“Clearly we need funding to help with sheltering people — ideally permanently, right?”
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Among the emails was a 2009 missive in which Mr. Ross responded supportively when Mr. Epstein told him he was contemplating funding an art exhibition, tentatively titled “Statutory,” that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were.
Former Whitney Chief Resigns From Art School After Epstein Email Release
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Among the emails was a 2009 missive in which Mr. Ross responded supportively when Mr. Epstein told him he was contemplating funding an art exhibition, tentatively titled “Statutory,” that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were.
Are passersby voguing?
a black and white photo of a woman with the word vogue on the bottom
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with the word vogue on the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Are passersby voguing?