Reposted by Abigail ModaffEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026when the presentation runs over the 30 minute mark 322818
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMitchell Hansen @hansen13.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you're not already, get over to ESPN2. Fun finish to Game 3 taking place right now between Golden State and Dallas. Winner advances to play Las Vegas in the semifinals. Loser goes home. 031
Reposted by Abigail ModaffAbigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We are not doing “Valkatraz”! The history of Alkatraz is not fun and cute! #WNBA 031
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m in favor of both these teams but what matters most to me is Arike shutting everyone up 110
Reposted by Abigail ModaffDarby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"In theory, Texas’s abortion bans contain exceptions for medical emergencies. In practice, hospitals discourage doctors from providing abortion care even when patients have serious complications, because...they are afraid of violating the ban and incurring legal consequences." 05116
Reposted by Abigail ModaffDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026yeah, i'm really angry. this isn't *policy* difference. we have a government detaining tens of thousands of ppl lawlessly, roaming the streets, surveilling our cities, & SENDING PEOPLE TO CERTAIN DOOM & the comfortable justices are just like, alright, let's schedule this for a hearing in the spring. 1235
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That "the google one" was easiest to access because it was available on their school computers is interesting paired with this response from Google:"Google focuses on encouraging critical thinking and has specific protections for users under 18, she added" 1146
Reposted by Abigail ModaffKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Socially and in the legal system, our understanding of responses to sexual violence is purposefully uninformed and therefore limited to only “perfect” victims (who don’t really exist), so that we don’t have to actually combat sexual violence or believe victims or hold perpetrators accountable. 31526172
Reposted by Abigail ModaffLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111284376
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Christa Pike was first sexually abused when she was just two years old. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... 1948372
Reposted by Abigail ModaffHer Hoop Stats @herhoopstats.com · 01/10/2026Quite the list of players Arike Ogunbowale has passed tonight to set the record for most points in a WNBA playoff game. herhoopstats.com/stats/wnba/r... 18319
Reposted by Abigail ModaffOh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ARIKE WITH THE INSANE GAME TYING 3!!!! WHAT. A. SHOT! 012931
Reposted by Abigail Modaffmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187734710
Reposted by Abigail ModaffHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 01/10/2026End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never. 111539280
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fortunately I am also an annoyingly vocal fan of Janelle Salaün so it’s a real win win for me this evening 000
Reposted by Abigail ModaffThomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026To paraphrase Bryan Stevenson, the question right now isn’t whether Christa Pike deserves to die; it’s whether the State of Tennessee deserves to kill. That moral authority has been so manifestly forfeited. 1121
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026wow it just keeps happening almost like she’s great 000
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We have to say it plainly: a lot of people—a lot of men—just don’t think that rape is very serious. 281595252
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We are not doing “Valkatraz”! The history of Alkatraz is not fun and cute! #WNBA 031
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I see this a lot with my well-meaning students: the sense that their STEM courses are immovable objects, and my requirements in History are somehow less reasonable/should bend in response to their other course commitments. They are not coming up with this assumption, they have been taught it 1235
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In turn, that leads to the perception among students that they have the right to skip onerous-feeling work, and among administrators that AI is a suitable replacement for lots of the skills we teach 191
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is a great thread on something I think about a lot: the perception that humanities and social science courses are somehow inherently easier and thus should demand less of students 11710
Reposted by Abigail ModaffDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The technicality and knowledge base of many humanities disciplines are, in effect, hidden from students who only have to engage with materials in English translation & never have to gain the expertise needed to perform basic research in these fields 2458
Reposted by Abigail ModaffIt’s Julie. Dr. Tilsen, if you’re nasty (or use AI) @queeringtherapist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Goddamnit.static.klipy.comCourtney Williams Aint Looking Too GoodALT: Courtney Williams Aint Looking Too Good 011
Reposted by Abigail Modaffryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12252991371
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Institutions that recruit international athletes & benefit from their athletic labor must build systems capable of supporting them when their immigration status places them at risk," write @nkalamb.bsky.social Simran Kaur Sethi, & @derekcrim.bsky.social in a powerful & important essay 34926
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Remember that even though the vaccine is not sterilizing it does lessen the severity in the acute stage and also lessens the chances you get long covid symptoms and damage that can last for months, years, or even be permanent. 122840
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This also means that if you go to a pharmacy to get it you don’t have to provide self attestation of co-morbidities to get it; it’s for everyone. You can show the new CDC guidelines to your pharmacist if you have any trouble. 126950
Reposted by Abigail ModaffMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here: 131864906
Reposted by Abigail Modaff🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 122123495254
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Writing centers should be championed, not dissolved... Colleges are racing to outspend each other with new AI-focused programming. But individualized, human support for student learning should not be sacrificed on the altar of these ambitions." (by Lizzie Hutton, Miami U Ohio's WC director)cincinnati.comAI makes college writing centers more important, not less | OpinionOpinion: AI can generate words. College students still need to learn how to write. 25730
Reposted by Abigail ModaffDanielle H @danielleceltics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to say farewell to the Connecticut Sun #WNBA 312734
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026More and more convinced that her hot streak covered up squishy play for much of the season 100
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026so we are really just beefing up Miles’s MVP case today aren’t we 000
Abigail Modaff @abigailmodaff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I mean how could you watch Shakira Austin play and NOT root for DC #WNBA 020
Reposted by Abigail ModaffFrovo @frovo.bsky.social · 27/05/2023ROBIN: the batmobile won’t start BATMAN: check the battery ROBIN: what’s a tery 182544506
Reposted by Abigail ModaffChris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately! 22616326
Reposted by Abigail ModaffAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026More than any higher ed development in recent memory, institutional subsidies for AI at R1 universities prove that austerity is a choice. It is not “too expensive” to invest in a humanities research infrastructure; rather, it is a choice that R1 universities make not to & subsidize AI instead. 4644255
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."bu.eduNew Learning Outcomes Announced | English 402366471
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another story some faculty tell themselves in order to live is that AI is a matter of character. Sometimes, yes; but let us think in terms of systems, incentives, pressure. Is student alcohol abuse just “character”? No, it’s a result of a culture in which higher ed is complicit. 1667
Reposted by Abigail ModaffJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New school year off to a stumble w/ three major higher ed AI fallacies: 1. “We must embrace it because it’s here to stay.” So are radioactive waste & heroin. 2. “MY students would never cheat.” A statement about the speaker’s ego, not their students. 3. “I can always tell.” Sure thing, Sherlock. 821953
Reposted by Abigail ModaffKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 15/09/2026Targeted flattery-spam/phishing aimed at harmless academics like me is leveling up! Book Club rubbish is so last month. Thanks, LLMs! I just got a highly elaborate six-paragraph one “from” Emily St John Mandel (of Station Eleven fame). The choice of author to impersonate is really quite clever 5305