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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 10h

A view from the peer review trenches (pls turn in your reviews)

screenshot of a spreadsheet showing that, out of 12 books out for review, 9 of them have only 1 out of 2 reviews turned in, even though many have deadlines that have passed in June, August, or September

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

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.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 2d

FYI I can tell when you are using ChatGPT to write your proposals and pitch emails

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 2d

paging @sohopress.bsky.social

Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 6d

For once, excited to NOT see my workplace in the breaking news article!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Breaking News: The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 11d

He’s just doing counter-terrorism, guys

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 13d

Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.

We will be imposing a 50% Tariff on all Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Vanities, and associated products, starting October 1st, 2025. Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture. The reason for this is the large scale “FLOODING” of these products into the United States by other outside Countries. It is a very unfair practice, but we must protect, for National Security and other reasons, our Manufacturing process. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 12d

Please check out this excellent interview with my fabulous @columbiaup.bsky.social colleague Alyssa Napier about her new list in sociology and black studies and the challenges of being a university press worker in our current climate

Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 13d

"I want to encourage a sense of solidarity in my relationships with my authors, and in the ways that we recognize all sorts of disruptions are happening for people right now and how we have to accommodate the work that we do to account for that."

newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/alyssa...

Meet an acquiring editor at Columbia University Press

An interview with editor Alyssa M. Napier of Columbia University Press by Laura Portwood-Stacer of Manuscript Works

newsletter.manuscriptworks.com

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 12d

not canvas but

black bag with vintage-y cartoon saying ‘toxic masculinity ruins the party again’

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 13d

Such an easy miss to not make them look like this

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 14d

would listen the fuck out of it

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 15d

[logging on every day] man what

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 15d

I did have a second where I was like, honestly, this could be true. There could be a couple of guys somewhere who specialize in dental realism. There could be a Dental Realism Studies journal with a circulation of 11.

Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 16d

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

AI Overview: "Dental realism"refers to the philosophical debate about whether teeth exist independently of human perception, a concept rooted in metaphysical realism. While realism asserts an objective reality for teeth, idealist philosophies contend that teeth's existence is tied to our consciousness and perception. Philosophers use this idea, for example, to discuss the ethics of tooth extraction, examining whether a procedure impacts a real entity or merely a subjective experience.

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Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 16d

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 20d

Marlene Manoff @mmanoff.bsky.social · 20d

www.404media.co/librarians-a...

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

www.404media.co

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 21d

Get yours here: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-rem...

The Remarkable Madame Pandit | Columbia University Press

A pioneering politician and diplomat, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) was an Indian icon, admired worldwide for her brilliance and glamour. Eleanor Roose... | CUP

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · 21d

Lovely event last night at Hunter College to launch the global edition of @manubhagavan.bsky.social’s THE REMARKABLE MADAME PANDIT, the definitive biography of pioneering Indian diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. Out now with @columbiaup.bsky.social!

Manu Bhagavan at a podium with a Hunter College banner. Black and white picture of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit in a white sari in the background

Manu Bhagavan and Vishaka Desai at a table on stage discussing the book. The cover for the book The Remarkable Madame Pandit is projected on the wall behind them

Manu Bhagavan seated in front of a fireplace holding a copy of his book The Remarkable Madame Pandit

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was worried when I went to 25.1 from 24.9, but now...

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Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · Sep 3

hotel president thinks fire codes stop wildfires

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 3

Caelyn Cobb @caelyncobb.bsky.social · Sep 3

A fun thing--a (belated) congrats to Ian Johnson for winning an award for excellence in book reviewing for his NYRB of our @columbiaup.bsky.social biography of Liu Xiaobo by Perry Link & Wu Dazhi washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/20/t...

The 2025 Kukula Award Winners

Annual award celebrates nonfiction book reviewing and honors the memory of Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the magazine’s beloved books editor.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · Sep 3

a wacky idea i unironically believe is that dead suburban shopping malls should all be turned into small public commuter colleges. most non-anchor stores are a decent size to be a classroom, parking/road access is already there, you even have a food court

Emey of the fog monsters @meyerson.bsky.social · Sep 3

America's special problem is that we built our post-war society entirely around shopping, and then we moved the shopping online.