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Matt Reed

@deandad.bsky.social
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Experienced community college administrator. Writer. Dad of two. Pursuing justice, wisdom, and good pizza.

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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I'm just asking questions..." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea? | Arwa Mahdawi
As the midterms approach, Americans’ digestive health has become a bizarre talking point
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Thou shalt not bear false witness."
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Siri: Give me an example of "saying the quiet part out loud."
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The reductio ad absurdum of the unholy marriage of Calvinism and bureaucracy, of course, is means testing." From an appreciative review of The Time Tax, by @annielowrey.bsky.social
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nothing is too good for the people.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ll always love this
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson was a visionary. He imagined what I call a monstrofuturist utopia: a place where everyone's uniqueness was welcome.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She was an original.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Self-praise is tricky, but I honestly think today's post is one of my better ones. Hat-tip to @christinenowik.bsky.social for inspiring it. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Thoughtful
Two pieces that are equally full of thought, on the challenges of AI in education.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"ultimate danger remains that, when institutions comply with authoritarian wishes, the govt will just ask for greater and greater concessions. After all, if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk." The anatomy of a coup d’université www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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That Same Ol’ Authoritarian Playbook
Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This one hurts. Cassandra Wilson was a generational talent. Her "Blue Light 'til Dawn" album got me through grad school. "New Moon Daughter" and "Traveling Miles" were brilliant, too. She could do it all. A tip of the cap. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a...
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Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70
With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Proposing a few friendly amendments to @kevincarey1.bsky.social 's proposal for a new funding mechanism for higher education www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Refining Kevin Carey’s $10K Proposal
Autumn is coming …
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Lake Narcissus - MapQuest
Check out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake Narcissus!
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Have you seen (or thought of) a particularly useful definition of AI literacy? I’m looking for something we can use to ensure that our students are ready to take on the world, even if the folks who built the machine had something else in mind." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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“AI Literacy”
To understand a technology, you need to know the problem it was meant to solve.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Remember when it was rare to see the word “existential” in the news?
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Annals of Unsurprising Results: Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds
Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.
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Jen 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...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
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
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"It became clear (through some admittedly awkward trial and error) that reaching the students required starting with “Have you ever noticed …” and working my way up." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Have You Ever Noticed … ?
Gen ed as cultural sense making.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Precarity rolls downhill: inside the small-section cut session www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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The Small Section Cut Session
Enrollment shifts aren’t evenly distributed.
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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Nice one whoever when to the trouble of cropping my signature off this one Prints here: jimll.co.uk/products/mil...
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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I shared an entry from one of my brilliant coworkers, and it made it into this delightful roundup of aphorisms by @deandad.bsky.social in @insidehighered.com. As did words of wisdom from my stepdaughter, EJ, from roughly a decade ago. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Favorite Aphorisms From Readers
But have you tried trying?
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"But have you tried trying?" Aphorisms submitted by readers www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Favorite Aphorisms From Readers
But have you tried trying?
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It turns out that putting a screen protector on your iPad blocks the microphone, making you inaudible on FaceTime. Ask me how I know…
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New study shows that — contra widely accepted narratives — there is NO EVIDENCE that professors change their students’ politics and make them more liberal through their teaching
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Bauhaus Milhaus
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 07/08/2026
New Yorker write about any college except Harvard or Yale 2026 challenge
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There is also no explanation you can provide that will satisfy the people who hate you and are determined to attribute malicious intent to your words or actions. Your efforts to explain will only be distorted and used as further ammunition against you.
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The Brad That Dreaded Sundown @bradmilne79.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
People are doubting the existence of Babe Ruth.
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Sarcastic Kid's Annoyed Face
ALT: Sarcastic Kid's Annoyed Face
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The challenges of inheriting disenchanted employees (h/t @christinenowik.bsky.social ) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Inheriting the Disenchanted
Persistence matters.
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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amen. #WritingCommunity
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good question. 👇🔄

Somebody explain why

the rule is if you can't
make rent, cut out the

streaming apps, lattes,

and avocado toasts."

but it's never 'if you can't


afford your workers a living
wage, cut out the

mega-yachts, rockets,

and spaceships."
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Compared to what?” is always the essential question when asking about critiques of higher education & universities, whether we’re discussing declining trust, freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, or any of the other things.
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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am *just delighted* that @deandad.bsky.social took up my suggestion to write about having academic conferences and meetings on college campuses! Why don't we do this?!?! Because with our limited funds, this feels like a rare win-win for #HigherEd. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Conventions on Campuses?
A reader responds with a great idea.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Note from my notebook from 2016 which I find has only grown in pertinence in the intervening decade.
I know I buy far too many books but I like to think that lining the walls of my house with them wards off evil in some deeply important way.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Five facts that you should know about the current Cyclospora outbreak.
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted colleges to teach Plato's Republic. Now it's too "woke." Echo chambers are kind of like caves, now that I think about it. www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
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A Bombshell Lawsuit Points to an ‘Extraordinary System of Censorship’ at Texas Tech
An 84-page complaint offers a glimpse into how the system’s curricular-review process has operated behind closed doors.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026
one of my unpopular (to americans) opinions is that primaries are a pretty flawed way of choosing candidates and only superficially have more democratic legitimacy than “smoke-filled rooms”
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"The lengthy and rather miserable history of almost all human existence will be briefly explored." That's...something...
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Matt Reed @deandad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Community colleges would be natural homes for three-year bachelor's degrees www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Two Plus One Equals Four Minus One
Community colleges would make natural homes for applied three-year bachelor’s degrees.
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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day
A drawing of Patience and Fortitude, the  stone lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library. Between them is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/07/2026
"Every serious legal mind must inevitably face a fundamental choice: Read the Constitution and apply its words as the bedrock laws of the land, or transcend its tired text and interpret the super-secret invisible version that tells you exactly what you want to hear."
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The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning
“Every serious legal mind must inevitably face a fundamental choice: Read the Constitution and apply its words as the bedrock laws of the land, or transcend ...
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That girl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
nohoperadio
Scooby-Doo is a dog who can talk, which is amazing, and he largely uses his powers of speech to communicate how scared he is of ghosts and monsters, and basically the only thing his owners do is drive him around the country putting him inside various haunted houses and such. I wish I could take Scooby-Doo aside, I want to say to him, these people are not your friends.
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