And now for something completely different: Weevil Weevil rock you!

And now for something completely different: Weevil Weevil rock you!

Brilliant breakdown of the #kavanaughstop from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @annayeo.bsky.social

US Education Department to lay off employees, agency says reut.rs/4n0ZnUr

Knowing who to be mad at truly is praxis.

I have really enjoyed digging into thoughts about Janteloven and frameworks for academic librarianship, and the ways they might have commonalities despite the seemingly disparate places they inhabit in practice and intent. How do they intersect in places where both have an influence?

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I just read a peer-reviewed paper describing how the authors calculated prevalence and incidence of a chronic disease and instead of "numerator" they used the term "nominator" and HOW was this not picked up by... anyone?

#TGIF #EpiSky #MedSky #ScienceSky

Professor Karma Chávez of @utaustinaaup.bsky.social explaining how the abolishment of faculty senates in Texas strips away democracy & any notion of shared governance in TX higher education.

#defendhighered

Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.

important on LLMs for academics:

1️⃣ LLMs are usefully seen as lossy content-addressable systems

2️⃣ we can't automatically detect plagiarism

3️⃣ LLMs automate plagiarism & paper mills

4️⃣ we must protect literature from pollution

5️⃣ LLM use is a CoI

6️⃣ prompts do not cause output in authorial sense

sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

The leaves are turning. A new day is coming.

Hate crime in England and Wales rises for first time in 3 years and while MSM amplify Farage & Reform anti migrant hate and demonise Palestinian Peace Marches, sympathising with right wing thugs “anger protests” it’ll get worse..

Hate crimes against Muslims rose 19% and fell 18% against Jews 🤷🏼‍♂️

Awkwardly Incorrect?
Oh wait.... *wrong* answers.

And...of course Chapel Hill faculty were not consulted.

Needed this today. #AcademicLibraries

"Sensory rest is a vital but often overlooked aspect of holistic well-being for academic librarians. By understanding and integrating sensory rest practices, librarians can enhance focus, well-being, and job satisfaction."

www.choice360.org/tie-post/sen... 📚

Our Fall break is this weekend, too. :)

And well deserved...Congratulations!

Sarah Brown: "...no, colleges shouldn’t sign onto this compact as proposed. But, given that #HigherEd was already on the ropes, now is actually a great time for colleges to come together and work to negotiate a package of reforms."

www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

I needed the reminder. Thank you!

Job Alert! @uwmadisongws.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor who works on gender or sexuality and aging. If this sounds like you, please apply! If it’s not you, please share with your networks.

jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Would you believe our President, Eileen Bosch, has done an interview with us, but hasn't done a member highlight?

Until now. 😉

You can get to know Eileen through this member highlight. Now live on our website! www.apalaweb.org/member-highl...