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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just said something very similar to my partner. So disgusted by Cornell’s leadership.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The face of a dog who has just stolen my spot on the couch.

A brindle whippet lounges on a brown couch, with his nose pressed into the arm and his eyes seeming to say, “you wouldn’t move ME, would you”

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, if the argument is based on research suggesting that writing might be a limited tool for developing thinking (though I don’t think it convincingly supports his thesis), where is the research supporting the claim that conversation develops thinking better? Phaedrus is not data.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Given this appalling response from university administration, I have no choice but to declare a new policy directive…implementing an immediate moratorium on all student event & special event permits, including, but not limited to Greek life.” - Mayor of Ithaca, actually doin’ shit

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Ithaca Mayor responds to reopened sexual assault case

ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) – Robert G. Cantelmo, Mayor of Ithaca, has issued a statement on suspending Greek life at Cornell University until certain official procedures are put into place. Below is the s…

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

As a Cornell alum who also survived sexual assault perpetrated by a Cornell frat boy, just want to say I'm very proud of these student journalists. I hope the young woman finds healing, justice and fucks Cornell's shit all the way up.

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AwwDHD 🥹 @mightyani.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every few years, someone asks why a well-rounded education at the collegiate level matters. I feel like we can look around us right now and see why well-rounded education matters?

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language right

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There are no “rogue” AI agents

Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is no hell hot enough for people who willfully push vaccine disinformation.

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You hear about faculty who are demoralized, exhausted, and ready to quit. All true! But what you don't hear is that for many of us, the time we spend with students is the best part of our day and it's what keeps us going. I for one am uplifted by my students.

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The humanities are useless / don’t matter” and yet rightwing billionaires are plowing massive resources into these programs

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026

we are all looking forward to a particular result on election night but as a new england native who has hated her for years and years the thing I most want to see is the end of susan collins' political career it's time, maine, it is well past time

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

on fægerre Verona þǣr we leogedon ure gesyhðe

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Makes me wish I still voted in Maine. Collins needs to go.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But I don't want to scale my time. I want to appreciate my finite time, sometimes choosing to waste some of it on things that aren't productive but make me happy.

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Patrick Damp @synonymforwet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My god, every word of this rips.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

If you're on here telling trans people to shut up and vote, you should be angry that Republicans have manipulated you to such a degree. Why aren't you angry about it

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

100% this. "You just need to tell your stories better" - no, we don't. Our stories are clear, obvious, and awesome. The people who could fund the humanities won't and aren't open to changing their minds

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered

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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville @janetsomerville.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Absofuckinglutely

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ive been saying for a while now, that the fear and disgust of disability and aging and death is driving the technofascists' apocalyptical thinking, in addition to their extreme eugenicist thinking. They truly believe they and they alone deserve to survive and thrive in this world.

Thiel’s philosophical assumptions might sound bizarre to outsiders, but they appear to be widely shared among the tech elite. “A.I. and its capabilities represent something analogous to the Second Coming,” Jeremy Nixon, a founder of an A.I. hub called A.G.I. House, said in May. The technology, some tech titans believe, will allow humans — at least some humans — to escape the bounds of earth and even perhaps the inevitability of death. It represents liberation from hopelessness and decay.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 11/09/2026

What about a premise where they put on a variety show with different guests each week. They start the music, light the lights, get things started, that type of thing. What if the premise is the thing everyone wants that they recently proved still works

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the way I fucking lap up any good news I can get

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s crap like this that led me to put a statement in my syllabus saying that I would never use AI to give feedback on my students’ work.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I never would have predicted that cutting 20% of the staff at the federal agency that makes sure our food is safe would result in a bunch of our food being declared unsafe.

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just to be clear this is like saying "for this trade deal to go through, you must eliminate college football" level ask in our politics

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Because he, like many rich tech/VCbros in Silicon Valley are aging and filled with a disgust of disability as well as raging fear of death. Neither are things money nor technology can alleviate. That can only get better when you understand that vulnerability and mortality are what we ALL share.

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Dr. Syntax @drsyntax.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“Grads who majored in the social sciences and humanities are proving to be resilient in today’s job market because they gained skills that can be used across multiple industries,” the report stated.

punchng.com

FULL LIST: University majors most likely to get you hired in 2026

Discover the university majors most likely to get you hired in 2026, according to a new Forbes report. Learn which degrees offer the best job prospects.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When we talk about "civil rights," it's important to keep in mind that the right of women and girls to access the public sphere without being subjected to sexual violence or harassment is usually considered less important than the free speech rights of men to harass them.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If we’re going to have a surveillance state techno-dystopia, can we at least also get cool face tattoos that confound the cameras?

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Stuck in the Pittsburgh airport and going to miss my connection in Denver because the radar went down in Minneapolis and that apparently means east-to-west air traffic across the country has ground to a halt.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/08/2026

On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Found this little guy hiding in a downed tree at the water’s edge when I was out in my kayak today. I have been told it is a bittern, which is really cool because I’ve never seen one before.

A bird with a long beak, bright yellow eye, dark cap, and vertical brown stripes one a white breast sits partially camouflaged in the branches of a dead tree.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

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How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 01/08/2026

Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“What do you mean, it’s time to get up? I’m so sleepy!

A brindle whippet with Fraggle ears laus on a bed and squints into the camera, lit brightly by a sunny window

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is a great book for thinking about how to develop better relationships with our students—relationships that can drive motivation and engagement.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s not just that this hamstrings writing on campus. It also strikes down a crucial center of collaborative, peer-to-peer leaning at the university.

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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 30/07/2026

Look at how terrible this socialism is: “The windfall of tips comes after a city law cracking down on deceptive tipping practices by app-based delivery companies took effect in January … Since taking office, Mayor Mamdani has directed DCWP to vigorously enforce the laws.”

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NYC Delivery Workers Earned $104M Extra in Tips Under New City Law

According to a new city report, enforcement of New York City’s tip transparency law has led to an average of about $2,287 in additional tips for each of the city’s 70,000 app-based delivery workers.

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sometimes Leonidas lives up to his namesake, and sometimes he does this.

A brown tabby faces the camera with half-closed, half-crossed eyes and a truly impressive amount of tongue sticking out. Well beyond your average blep.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

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nobody @petbugs13.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

a better world is possible

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

incredible

Kelly, the owner of Nourish Cafe in Jamaica, Queens, was a longtime fan of former mayor Eric Adams, the centrist Democrat who left office plagued by scandals. She now considers herself a fan of Mamdani.

“I don’t really care about those labels nowadays,” Kelly said, when asked about Mamdani being a socialist. “I like that he stands for making sure nobody seems to feel marginalized, like we’re all in this together, we all win together.

“If that’s what socialism is,” she added, “I’m all for it!”

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Danielle St Hilaire @docsthilaire.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Gotta say: trying to learn a new musical instrument in middle age is fucking awesome. 10/10, would recommend.

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One of the biggest challenges to teaching right now is trust, which has been eroded by gen AI — for professors AND students. Copware isn’t the way to get it back.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app pointed out, tenure committees (and indeed ANY review and promotion committees anywhere) need also to account for the incredible burden that LLMS are becoming in the classroom. So much of our time is consumed fighting its pollution and degradation of learning.

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