Meanwhile Baltimore is actively purchasing hotels to convert them into shelters and affordable housing. This is the safety we should all be seeking.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.

Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

This is one of the most important documents produced this year.

At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance.

I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.

The most salient point this article makes is understated, but needs to be stressed: the effects that ChatGPT is having in academic systems are to accelerate and triple down on rot that was already happening. This matters, because that rot was a necessary precondition for what's happening now...(1)

ACADEMIC JOB ALERT: My department (Loyola University Maryland) is searching for a senior faculty member to serve as the next Gerard Manley Hopkins Chair in English. We’re searching in pre-1800 British Literature. I’m chairing the search & would be happy to answer questions. Details in the ad.

Electricity now costs up to 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

I co-facilitated a workshop last night on how to transform one’s research poster (or paper) into a zine!

Here are the slides and zine we created:

Slides:
library.buffalostate.edu/ld.php?conte...

Zine:
library.buffalostate.edu/ld.php?conte...

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

I've been uneasy about Junot Díaz's treatment by the mainstream media for a while now, but seeing him get nixed from the Norton anthology was the last straw for me. I've put my thoughts down here. Thanks, as usual, to my editor, Len Gutkin!
www.chronicle.com/article/juno...

"Adjusting for inflation, tenure-track faculty are now paid 10.2 % less than before Covid... While 'median pay increases for most higher education employees in 2024–25 remained strong, they have dropped...” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... #edsky #highered

So many foundational books being banned, but I was especially shocked to see Jim Miracky, S.J. on this list…My first Dean, who supported me as a new faculty member at Loyola University Maryland. Jesuit teachings are too radical for the Naval Academy.

Man, universities are really scared of controversy right now. Literal puppets, geez.

Would really love to hear responses to this from @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @repkweisimfume.bsky.social and others.

So there are rate limits here too (or am I doing it wrong?)

After years of being locked on twitter, I unlocked tonight to write the following thread, which I'm copying over here for all you who have rightfully left that place behind.