ellie c
@pinebeltblues.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🖤💜🤍
ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
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Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough
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"Providing public access to syllabi during a period of heightened partisanship and rising political violence looks like partisan pandering with a cost."
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
UNC to require faculty to publicly post syllabi in 2026-27
The 16-campus system has faced conservative-led public records requests this year focused on diversity- and race-related instruction.
www.highereddive.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Providing public access to syllabi during a period of heightened partisanship and rising political violence looks like partisan pandering with a cost."
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
— North Carolina AAUP
Link to petition challenging this dangerous decision in thread. Sign on and support faculty at the UNC system!
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Self-examination nothing: y'all need to confront the fact that you owe your academic career to the unique expertise of librarians and archivists.
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Self-examination nothing: y'all need to confront the fact that you owe your academic career to the unique expertise of librarians and archivists.
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
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Ask your publisher if AI is integrated into their production process. If it is, you might want a different publisher.
Definitely read the comments on this one, especially this observation:
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ask your publisher if AI is integrated into their production process. If it is, you might want a different publisher.
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ARB's Notable Books of 2025!
ARB’s 2025 Notable Books
At the end of the year, we ask ARB’s contributors to pick just one book that they found really interesting this year: maybe already a best-seller or award-frontrunner, maybe something obscure…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
ARB's Notable Books of 2025!
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“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
The Alarmingly Racist History of the Supreme Court’s Canceled 1947 Christmas Party
The Court held its first-ever office Christmas party in 1946. The following year, the clerks suggested inviting Black employees. It did not go over well.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of
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Color me shocked.
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients' Race Data and Being Racist With It
A new study reveals an alarming bias present in four leading AI cancer screening tools, related to race, gender, and age.
futurism.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Color me shocked.
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In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship.
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship.
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
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UNC leaders just announced the closure of its world-renowned Area Studies Centers, claiming the $4 million they cost is unaffordable, when we paid Belichick $10 million to lose most football games.. Join me in signing this petition supporting a reversal of this tragic decision.
c.org/Jgs5P4Lj94
c.org/Jgs5P4Lj94
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Delay action on UNC Area Studies Centers' sunsetting
c.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
UNC leaders just announced the closure of its world-renowned Area Studies Centers, claiming the $4 million they cost is unaffordable, when we paid Belichick $10 million to lose most football games.. Join me in signing this petition supporting a reversal of this tragic decision.
c.org/Jgs5P4Lj94
c.org/Jgs5P4Lj94
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If you're staff, faculty, grad or undergrad student, alumni, or other community member of any UNC system school, please send Peter Hans a letter opposing the mandatory public release of syllabi.
First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.
First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.
Oppose the Public Release of Syllabi!
On Wednesday, December 17th, members of AAUP NC from across the state met with UNC system President Peter Hans to discuss our concerns over the proposed syllabi release policy. This meeting is a direc...
actionnetwork.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If you're staff, faculty, grad or undergrad student, alumni, or other community member of any UNC system school, please send Peter Hans a letter opposing the mandatory public release of syllabi.
First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.
First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.
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hark! local songs we loved in 2025 (a list that only scratches the surface). 💕 @indyweek.bsky.social
Ten Local Songs We Loved in 2025 (And One for the New Year)
Songs that stuck with us this year, with releases from Triangle artists like Reese McHenry, Tre. Charles, Jooselord, and more.
indyweek.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
hark! local songs we loved in 2025 (a list that only scratches the surface). 💕 @indyweek.bsky.social
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For SCIENCE
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For SCIENCE
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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Fun list, this. Sinykin on Guillory a special treat.
For Lit Hub, I rounded up the best book *reviews* of the year. This time, I focused on great openers.
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2025
While researching the Little Review archives for my book, A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls, I stumbled across an all-time banger of an opening line in Jane Heap’s review of Sherwood Anderson’s …
lithub.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fun list, this. Sinykin on Guillory a special treat.
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2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year
What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.
bookriot.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
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All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
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It goes without saying that we all should be following Chris Newfield’s newsletter. We are all Critical University Studies scholars now & Chris is the OG. But even by his standards, this one blows my hair back.
Liner Note 44. The 2025 Crisis in University Management: Towards a Parallel University
Selling The Catalyst, UCSB on April 12, 2014 2025 saw a shift in the hard right’s measure for the success of its decades-long attacks on ...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It goes without saying that we all should be following Chris Newfield’s newsletter. We are all Critical University Studies scholars now & Chris is the OG. But even by his standards, this one blows my hair back.
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A very good, very lucid distillation of the story familiar to Media Studies scholars, with a great bibliography & lots of potential for citation.
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A very good, very lucid distillation of the story familiar to Media Studies scholars, with a great bibliography & lots of potential for citation.
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Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities.
lithub.com/you-can-help...
lithub.com/you-can-help...
You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.
Two Palestinians are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza, after Israel’s war and genocide destroyed nearly all existing libraries, schools, and universities. The two men, Omar Ha…
lithub.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities.
lithub.com/you-can-help...
lithub.com/you-can-help...
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Thanks to Hanif Abdurraqib, Felicia Viator, Kevin Kruse, Kate Jewell, and Charles Hughes for their wonderful blurbs of my book!
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thanks to Hanif Abdurraqib, Felicia Viator, Kevin Kruse, Kate Jewell, and Charles Hughes for their wonderful blurbs of my book!
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"universities are being infiltrated by a commercial industry that exploits students+faculty as data mines
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"universities are being infiltrated by a commercial industry that exploits students+faculty as data mines
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...