Ten years apart. Same campus. Same classroom. Completely different seat.

This semester, I've returned to Northampton Community College as an adjunct professor teaching communications, right where my foundational education took shape a decade ago.

Harvesting 1,000+ black walnuts from our property is one of my favorite and purposely least efficient things I do each autumn.

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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

New Jackson+Williams piece is out and holy shit there are some outstanding points in this.

Liz and Rua have repeatedly helped my thoughts evolve over the years. This does it again.

This one isn't just about how "design for one, extend to all" is limited, but actively censors disabled people.

Herb Lubalin on the evolution of the PBS logo

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Honored to launch the world’s first MPS in Data Visualization & Communication at SVA NYC—10 months focused on design, data, & communication. Seeking innovators and revolutionaries! for Sept 2026. Learn more/apply: sva.edu/mpsdataviz

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

"PEN intends to introduce several new initiatives[,] incldg rsrch + analysis of educational censorship in public libraries; public education campaigns to highlight the free speech implications of book bans...; + safety resources + trainings for librarians who face harassment..."

The statement, "in 100 years no one will know the difference between a booty call and a butt dial and that's why we need historians" (or something like that) has been running through my head all week and damned if this didn't pop up today on @askhistorians.bsky.social.

University admins need to be more afraid of losing the confidence of their faculty than they are of missing out on the next tech fad

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

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"Front Page of the Internet" throws up a paywall.

"'They’re after the Ivy League institutions, but we’re affected by the same legislation, the same executive orders,' [...]. 'Except it can be worse for us, because our students are more diverse, and they need different kinds of support.'"

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"OpenAI has hired former Coursera Inc. executive Leah Belsky to be its first general manager of education, leading the artificial intelligence startup’s efforts to bring its products to more schools and classrooms."

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This paragraph by @edzitron.com is everything.
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Are you aware that private equity, in addition to destroying numerous other venerable US institutions, is now going after public libraries?

This evening, the Data Visualization Society announced both the departure of its current executive director as well as its financial deficit of $35,000.

As the Managing Editor of Nightingale, the Journal of the Data Visualization Society, I have some thoughts.

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Once again, our application for observer status at WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, was blocked by China. This veto excludes a global community of 260,000 contributors and billions of readers from decisions that directly affect them.

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📊 Uncover the unexpected connection between the world of illustrative comics and the precise realm of statistical graphics.

Andrew Gelman and Susan Kruglinski reveal the surprising parallel histories of these two powerful forms of visual storytelling.

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