Reposted by Amber BuckTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize. 92546608
Reposted by Amber BuckDonnie Johnson Sackey @donniejsackey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026CCCC Leadership Response to NCTE’s De-Chartering of CCCC. Please read and sign. theorganizationformerlyknownascccc.com 12632
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026TIL the Treasurer for the state of Alabama is named Young Boozer, and he's 77 years old. 100
Reposted by Amber BuckAAUP Alabama @alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Has your new semester been filled with stress about a punitive new post-tenure review program we never asked for and don't need? Come join colleagues who are concerned like you are. Together, we can make sure UA remains a university for everyone. #aaup #protecthighered #tenure #academicfreedom 021
Reposted by Amber BuckLe Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I will forever admire Wendell Berry's insistence on living his values through to their natural conclusions and relentlessly ripping through layers of politeness and habit to hold up for judgment those who do not. 3550197
Reposted by Amber BuckAAUP Alabama @alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Thanks to our members for this clear articulation of what's happening with post-tenure review here at UA and why PTR undermines the integrity of academic work and our students' educations. Read the column at: www.al.com/education/2026/08/a-university-for-alabama-a-university-for-everyone-op-ed.htmlal.comA university for Alabama, a university for everyone: op-edA university for Alabama, means putting community and public interest ahead of the interests of any political agenda. 076
Reposted by Amber BuckAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For the last seven months straight, the U.S. government has refused to process immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries around the world; including visas for spouses of U.S. citizens. Today, a federal judge ruled the policy flagrantly illegal. 8347911699
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"The dissolution of the field’s premier organization couldn’t have come at a worse time."insidehighered.comCrisis in College Composition and Communication (opinion)The dissolution of the field’s premier organization couldn’t have come at a worse time. 030
Reposted by Amber BuckNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026As folks gear up for the new semester, a reminder if anyone needs it, my Ai statement is available for people to make use of in their own materials. It’s downloadable and printable from my site here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy... 11358135
Reposted by Amber BuckJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 596165407118
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This man is going to let ChatGPT run the whole state of Alabama. 062
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Mya Poe and Dylan Dryer on the problem of AI-written literature reviews: "Gen-AI literature reviews reamplify a few already significant sources, with devastating effects for early and mid-career researchers who need to be cited to advance their careers." www.chronicle.com/article/ai-i...chronicle.comAI Is Ruining ScholarshipWhen we outsource literature review to algorithms, we lose entire sectors of knowledge. 120
Reposted by Amber BuckMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...forms.gle2026 AAUP Faculty in the South SurveyThe Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as... 36886
Reposted by Amber BuckDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Write a horror story for academics in two words: It’s August. 1811211
Reposted by Amber BuckDonnie Johnson Sackey @donniejsackey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Update on CCCC 2027 I just got off a call with Antero Garcia and Emily Kirkpatrick. 1/21 24025
Reposted by Amber BuckLe Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Jesus fucking Christ. The hits keep coming for compositionists. 061
Reposted by Amber Buckmarie @mariej55.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@votesaveamerica.crooked.com is hosting a book club featuring @benwikler.bsky.social new book This is the Plan. This is the most amazing book I have read. Ben is joining us for the last book session. Come join us for a great book and discussions www.mobilize.us/vsa/event/98...mobilize.usVote Save America Summer Book Club: "This Is The Plan" by Ben Wikler · Vote Save America PACThe VSA book club is back! Come read and discuss **“This is the Plan”** by former Wisconsin state party chair **Ben Wikler**. We’ve got a lot of elections to win this year, and there is no better orga... 134
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Hey @insidehighered.com @chronicle.com Want to report on how the professional organization for college writing (including the top required college course) was just dissolved by its parent org? ncte.org/press-update...ncte.orgNCTE Update, Decision by NCTE Executive CommitteeThe following is a message from the NCTE Executive Committee. 2326
Reposted by Amber BuckTimothy Oleksiak @timothyoleksiak.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Email and request refunds: customer-service@ncte.org #NCTE I can’t this weekend. But I’ll develop my email and do it first thing and then I’ll share folks who allow me to share their refund requests and we’ll divest. 0208
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026About NCTE's vote today to dissolve CCCCs: This is absolutely DOGE-style politics. I am infuriated for everyone who poured their hard work & energy into this org & worked to make it better. What disrespectful, cowardly action. 082
Reposted by Amber BuckMegan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The CCCC Exec Committee released a brief statement on the NCTE’s intention to dissolve CCCC. "CCCC is the professional home for thousands of scholars, teachers, and researchers...with a decades-long record of shaping how writing is taught, studied, and understood."docs.google.comCCCC EC Quick Response July 23Public Facing Statement To be Shared With the General CCCC Membership We, members of the CCCC Executive Committee, were alarmed to learn of the NCTE Presidential Team’s plans to dissolve CCCC, which ... 23835
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I've sent some letters! Here's some info so you can too. 030
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The CCCCs organization is the center of our discipline. Absolutely horrible decision by NCTE with no consideration or care for the community or anyone who has put their work into the organization, an org that is needed more than ever. 1276
Reposted by Amber BuckAAUP Alabama @alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Many thanks to @williesha.bsky.social for covering this important issue. Public comment on the proposed changes to federal grants rules are due TONIGHT! Please submit comments if you haven't done so yet. www.al.com/news/2026/07...al.comAlabama university professors, researchers oppose proposed federal grant overhaulThe Office of Management and Budget proposal calls for senior appointees to evaluate funding proposals and banning diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. 0187
Reposted by Amber BuckAAUP Alabama @alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The proposed OMB rules changes will radically alter the future of research and federal funding. Make your voice heard through a public comment before Monday, July 13! Submit comments at: regulations.gov/commenton/OMB-2026-0034-0001 or join the UA AAUP Comment-a-Thon via Zoom Thursday 2:30-5. 174
Reposted by Amber BuckBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 311364788
Reposted by Amber BuckCaddie Alford @caddiealford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026For anyone teaching courses in digital studies, digital rhetoric, the internet, what have you....check out this (open access!) glossary of 28 keyword to think through the internet vis-a-vis imagination. I contributed "Rhetoric." 🤩 #AcademicSky #TeamRhetoric networkcultures.org/wp-content/u...networkcultures.org 2177
Reposted by Amber BuckAlabama Democrats @aldemocrats.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The Public Service Commission seats that were stolen from you by the Legislature are filled. It’s more control of our state by a certain utility company and the legislators on both sides that voted for it. Remember, If they can’t beat you in an election, they’ll just take the election from you… 175
Reposted by Amber BuckComputers and Composition Digital Press @ccdigitalpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Check out this article in the latest issue of Computers and Composition: An International Journal from our Senior Editor Tim Lockridge, on the future of digital publishing in the field. Our most recent title, Visualizing Captions and Subtitles by Janine Butler, enacts the model Tim describes here. 111
Reposted by Amber BuckLeigh Gruwell @leighthinks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In a few minutes, Auburn's Board of Trustees will vote on a proposal to dissolve our Faculty Senate and revamp our Core Curriculum. Faculty weren't given any notice and have had zero input on these changes.chronicle.comAuburn U. Is Upending Faculty Governance and Curriculum Even Though It’s Not RequiredDespite an exemption in state law, Auburn University’s board will consider proposals Friday to eliminate the central faculty-governance body and grant trustees authority over course decisions. 001
Reposted by Amber Bucktengrrl @tengrrl.com · 27/05/2026Be sure to check out Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication, from the WAC Clearinghouse. I had the privilege of writing the Afterword! wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...wacclearinghouse.orgBad Ideas about AI and Writing: Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication - The WAC Clearinghouse 032
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Also someone tell the AFT and their ill-considered AI partnerships. 030
Reposted by Amber BuckIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/05/2026“They think they can draw us out of power. They do not know the sleeping giant that they just awakened.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social in Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 5635761201
Reposted by Amber BuckThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.” 347192645501
Reposted by Amber BuckAlabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 17/05/2026Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: “The recent Supreme Court rulings demand our presence,” Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. told over 5,000 people in Montgomery on Saturday. “It was not only a legal decision, it is a moral disgrace and a shameless assault on Black political power.”alabamareflector.comThousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama ReflectorSpeakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south. 15420
Reposted by Amber BuckVote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 14/05/2026If you’re in Arizona (or know someone who is), sign the petition to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot protecting mail voting, early voting, common-sense voter ID, and Election Day access. Our friends need around 384K signatures by July 2 to qualify for the 2026 ballot. 135
Reposted by Amber BuckAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters 20660452413
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This is so fucked up. People already have absentee ballots and the primary election is next Tuesday. 000
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Pay attention to what is happening in Alabama and throughout the south. 000
Reposted by Amber BuckAAUP @aaup.org · 07/05/2026Conservative “civic centers” are being embedded in public universities to normalize a right-wing version of U.S. history & political thought in order to produce the kinds of knowledge that some politicians & ideologues would prefer. “This civics curriculum is really just propaganda.” #AcademicSkyprismreports.orgFlorida uses public universities to build conservative civics pipeline ahead of ‘America 250’Several civics centers opened in Florida as part of the Department of Education’s America 250 Civics Education Coalition to “renew patriotism” 24726
Reposted by Amber Buckjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026and again, all of this is happening in the name of “equal protection” 583053751
Reposted by Amber BuckAlabama Democrats @aldemocrats.bsky.social · 05/05/2026We are proud of the Alabamians that showed up to let the ALGOP know that Alabama Democrats will not stand by quietly as they attempt to take us back a century, and that We Dare Defend Our Rights! 1215
Reposted by Amber BuckHolly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Protesters are singing civil rights songs in the Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee. 196124292986
Reposted by Amber BuckKyle Whitmire @warondumb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Alabama officials are done pretending. 11 hours. That’s all it took from when SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act until Alabama officials began doing what should have been expected. 37239
Amber Buck @ambuck.bsky.social · 02/05/2026theatlantic.comFor a Time, the U.S. Protected DemocracyA requiem for the Voting Rights Act 010
Reposted by Amber BuckZephyr Scalzetti @zephsays.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Alabama is wasting no time trying to get back into the gerrymandering business. 001
Reposted by Amber BuckWilli Morris @williesha.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Talking with friend and redistricting expert @zephsays.bsky.social about what this Supreme Court decision means and how to articulate to people why it's important. My colleagues at @al.com are covering breaking news on it. Gov. Ivey now wants to bring back the lege. www.al.com/news/2026/05...al.comAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey reverses course, calls special session in wake of Supreme Court rulingPreviously, Ivey said she would wait for the Supreme Court to settle the state’s pending legal arguments. 178