James J. Donahue
@jamesjdonahue.bsky.social
I am a human Rube Goldberg machine.
I teach. I write. I help raise three wonderful little humans with my amazing wife.
I am my cat's emotional support human.
I teach. I write. I help raise three wonderful little humans with my amazing wife.
I am my cat's emotional support human.
And this right here is the difference.
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
And this right here is the difference.
The Mediocre Gatsby
A Ditty of Two Cities
Mr. Zhivago
A Ditty of Two Cities
Mr. Zhivago
Slightly diminish a book
The Gentleman of the Rings
The Gentleman of the Rings
Slightly diminish a book
Becky
Becky
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Mediocre Gatsby
A Ditty of Two Cities
Mr. Zhivago
A Ditty of Two Cities
Mr. Zhivago
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Slightly diminish a book
The Gentleman of the Rings
The Gentleman of the Rings
Slightly diminish a book
Becky
Becky
Slightly diminish a book
Expectations
Expectations
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Slightly diminish a book
The Gentleman of the Rings
The Gentleman of the Rings
UConn plans on closing down their wonderful interdisciplinary program in Medieval Studies. Please consider signing this letter in support, to show the university administration that such decisions have a much wider impact than just those students currently enrolled.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MedStu lament.docx
19 August 2025 Dear Provost D’Alleva, President Marić, and Members of the Board of Trustees ~ We, the undersigned, are deeply grieved by the University’s recent decision to shutter the Medieval St...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
UConn plans on closing down their wonderful interdisciplinary program in Medieval Studies. Please consider signing this letter in support, to show the university administration that such decisions have a much wider impact than just those students currently enrolled.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
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What a horrific act of vandalism targeting a formidable set of public institutions. Solidarity with faculty and students.
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What a horrific act of vandalism targeting a formidable set of public institutions. Solidarity with faculty and students.
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For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague.
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
For the sake of comparison, 9% of Americans approve of the Black Plague.
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Look out for this "rebellion" framing. We're talking about protests. Note where this framing strategy is happening, over and over. People exercising their routine rights will be positioned as an intolerable danger.
There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Look out for this "rebellion" framing. We're talking about protests. Note where this framing strategy is happening, over and over. People exercising their routine rights will be positioned as an intolerable danger.
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it's pretty wild how throughout all of history nobody who has ever decided to argue that "actually a little bigotry is okay" ends up looking like one of the good guys and yet people are still lining up left and right for the opportunity to do so in the paper of record
May 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's pretty wild how throughout all of history nobody who has ever decided to argue that "actually a little bigotry is okay" ends up looking like one of the good guys and yet people are still lining up left and right for the opportunity to do so in the paper of record
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My opinion piece in @coloradosun.com is live--I ask when people will speak out against the fascist authoritarianism of this current administration:
coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/o...
If you're inclined, please share widely -- the more we speak out, the more we can fight the fascism.
coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/o...
If you're inclined, please share widely -- the more we speak out, the more we can fight the fascism.
Opinion: As a professor with non-native parents, I ask — When will you speak out?
We must have the moral and ethical courage to speak out and say the things we know to be true.
coloradosun.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My opinion piece in @coloradosun.com is live--I ask when people will speak out against the fascist authoritarianism of this current administration:
coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/o...
If you're inclined, please share widely -- the more we speak out, the more we can fight the fascism.
coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/o...
If you're inclined, please share widely -- the more we speak out, the more we can fight the fascism.
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The ChatGPT-driven disruption of education is often presented, including in today’s viral NYMag piece, as a surprise event for which ed workers were caught unprepared
This ignores dynamics & decisions that, in some cases, go back decades, without which we could’ve metabolized ChatGPT competently
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This ignores dynamics & decisions that, in some cases, go back decades, without which we could’ve metabolized ChatGPT competently
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May 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The ChatGPT-driven disruption of education is often presented, including in today’s viral NYMag piece, as a surprise event for which ed workers were caught unprepared
This ignores dynamics & decisions that, in some cases, go back decades, without which we could’ve metabolized ChatGPT competently
🧵
This ignores dynamics & decisions that, in some cases, go back decades, without which we could’ve metabolized ChatGPT competently
🧵
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idk if you've seen this, but it's the clearest definition I've read
ali-alkhatib.com/blog/definin...
ali-alkhatib.com/blog/definin...
May 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
idk if you've seen this, but it's the clearest definition I've read
ali-alkhatib.com/blog/definin...
ali-alkhatib.com/blog/definin...
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Not hard at all.
I may be biased. I have a lot of friends in English. But the AI admin push feels really targeted at how much English courses bedevil their funding models. They’re inefficient, they cannot shuttle it to professional schools, & weirdly students want it.
I may be biased. I have a lot of friends in English. But the AI admin push feels really targeted at how much English courses bedevil their funding models. They’re inefficient, they cannot shuttle it to professional schools, & weirdly students want it.
100%. When did my unit start getting institutional nudges to incorporate AI into our work? When they increased our teaching load and we protested that the new load (4/5) was unmanageable for the teaching of writing. It's not hard to figure out!
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Not hard at all.
I may be biased. I have a lot of friends in English. But the AI admin push feels really targeted at how much English courses bedevil their funding models. They’re inefficient, they cannot shuttle it to professional schools, & weirdly students want it.
I may be biased. I have a lot of friends in English. But the AI admin push feels really targeted at how much English courses bedevil their funding models. They’re inefficient, they cannot shuttle it to professional schools, & weirdly students want it.
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It is really weird how all these people are saying this isn’t what they voted for when this is precisely what I voted against.
April 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is really weird how all these people are saying this isn’t what they voted for when this is precisely what I voted against.