Jimbeau
@jlizama.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ Carnegie Mellon | Studying Activist Literacies, Counterpublics, and Publicly-Engaged Composition | 🏳️🌈🇸🇻
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pouring one out for everyone in my academic literary and cultural studies networks who'd said during my critical university studies PhD "well at least universities provide us with jobs, i'm grateful for that" -- sincerely
Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Opinion | A Coup at Carnegie Mellon?
The university is replacing the humanities with more computers.
www.chronicle.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
pouring one out for everyone in my academic literary and cultural studies networks who'd said during my critical university studies PhD "well at least universities provide us with jobs, i'm grateful for that" -- sincerely
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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generative AI isn’t bad, it’s only that the political economic forces that unleashed it and reify its saturation into society are also the same fascistic forces that seek to liquidate public education, civil society, and consolidate a new political order predicated on immutable hierarchies.
Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Opinion | A Coup at Carnegie Mellon?
The university is replacing the humanities with more computers.
www.chronicle.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
generative AI isn’t bad, it’s only that the political economic forces that unleashed it and reify its saturation into society are also the same fascistic forces that seek to liquidate public education, civil society, and consolidate a new political order predicated on immutable hierarchies.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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If 50% of Carnegie Mellon's funding comes from DoD and DHS and it is killing humanities departments, is it really a real university or is it just a research institute for the Military?*
*(with a Drama Department tacked on for funsies!)
*(with a Drama Department tacked on for funsies!)
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If 50% of Carnegie Mellon's funding comes from DoD and DHS and it is killing humanities departments, is it really a real university or is it just a research institute for the Military?*
*(with a Drama Department tacked on for funsies!)
*(with a Drama Department tacked on for funsies!)
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Faculty opposed this change; current students opposed it; program alum fought it.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Faculty opposed this change; current students opposed it; program alum fought it.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
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Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Opinion | A Coup at Carnegie Mellon?
The university is replacing the humanities with more computers.
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
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NEW: A judge ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump admin’s custody, concluding he's been illegally held by ICE for months.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody
The judge's order represents an immediate affront to senior Trump administration officials, who once vowed Abrego would “never walk America’s streets again.”
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW: A judge ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the Trump admin’s custody, concluding he's been illegally held by ICE for months.
Just wrote my first Wikipedia page 🤓
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just wrote my first Wikipedia page 🤓
I do enjoy teaching but being on a fellowship is amazing — so much time to do research!
October 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I do enjoy teaching but being on a fellowship is amazing — so much time to do research!
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Oh hey. I curated this show all about feminist tshirts at Chatham University. Please come through! Opening reception (Oct 15) will feature a talk by Dawson which will also be live-streamed. Register for the opening here: chatham.edu/events/detai...
Design by the very talented Megan Urban
Design by the very talented Megan Urban
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oh hey. I curated this show all about feminist tshirts at Chatham University. Please come through! Opening reception (Oct 15) will feature a talk by Dawson which will also be live-streamed. Register for the opening here: chatham.edu/events/detai...
Design by the very talented Megan Urban
Design by the very talented Megan Urban
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NJ students in grades 6-12 will now learn about “the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.”
This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!
This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!
Proud to sign legislation today ensuring students understand the history of the labor movement and safeguarding the freedom of employees to make their own choices at work without coercion.
These bills reinforce our commitment to honoring the role of organized labor. www.nj.gov/governor/new...
These bills reinforce our commitment to honoring the role of organized labor. www.nj.gov/governor/new...
September 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NJ students in grades 6-12 will now learn about “the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.”
This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!
This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!
It’s funny how you often have to step away from a manuscript before being able to make further progress on it. Truly shows how we’re not fully rational beings and sometimes we need time to just ~ be ~ away from our work before we can move forward.
August 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It’s funny how you often have to step away from a manuscript before being able to make further progress on it. Truly shows how we’re not fully rational beings and sometimes we need time to just ~ be ~ away from our work before we can move forward.
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Very cool how Thomas & Alito were found to have taken exorbitant bribes over the years and not a goddamn thing was done about it
August 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Very cool how Thomas & Alito were found to have taken exorbitant bribes over the years and not a goddamn thing was done about it
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In lieu of having pierogi left to sell they were collecting donations for a trans rights organization and so, as you can see, this at least is right in the world.
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In lieu of having pierogi left to sell they were collecting donations for a trans rights organization and so, as you can see, this at least is right in the world.
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This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
Absolutely wild that I, someone from a working class background, am trying to get a PhD under socioeconomic conditions that make it nearly impossible for folks like me to do so. Currently living paycheck to paycheck and I only got this far—near the end of the program—with savings from a previous job
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Absolutely wild that I, someone from a working class background, am trying to get a PhD under socioeconomic conditions that make it nearly impossible for folks like me to do so. Currently living paycheck to paycheck and I only got this far—near the end of the program—with savings from a previous job
Bought some raw sliced almonds at Trader Joe’s and they’re such great additions to salads
July 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bought some raw sliced almonds at Trader Joe’s and they’re such great additions to salads
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I think that, instead of calling white people by that racial term, we should call them "European Americans" instead. The latter term foregrounds their immigrant--and settler colonial--backgrounds in a way that "white" can obfuscate. This is especially critical during today's nativism.
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I think that, instead of calling white people by that racial term, we should call them "European Americans" instead. The latter term foregrounds their immigrant--and settler colonial--backgrounds in a way that "white" can obfuscate. This is especially critical during today's nativism.
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It's really amazing how quickly a nation will go fascist when the fascists control all of the branches of government and a compliant media. 🥹
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's really amazing how quickly a nation will go fascist when the fascists control all of the branches of government and a compliant media. 🥹
I woke up really early today and want to take a nap but my body just won’t let me, so now I just feel like an angry infant.
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I woke up really early today and want to take a nap but my body just won’t let me, so now I just feel like an angry infant.