Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 22hAmericans, please don’t worry about your child coming home from school a different sex. Worry about your child not coming home from school because they were shot to death. 7664951577 6.5K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 14/10/2026tbh getting a man to admit he doesn’t know something about any topic is like collecting a rare pokémon but this is still extremely funny 1244374 443
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialScholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Funny, darkly funny!~!~!~ A haunted house where every room has a new Director of AI from the Teaching Excellence Center who asks how you're using AI in your assignments. @aaup.org @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaupyale.org @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social 0116 11
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.social DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 861100083365 10K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialAnn LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026friday is for kafkaposting 4772041705 7.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I have been doing academia professionally for a quarter century and I am still trying to figure out how to do some of these things 1026553 265
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“On a day that once marked the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, I learned that the provost at UT Austin decided to eliminate the undergraduate majors that have guided my life as an educator.” Dr. Cary Cordova on the termination of racial, ethnic, and gender studies degree programs at UT. 💔higheredadvocate.substack.comBREAKING: UT Austin Eliminates Ethnic and Gender Studies MajorsBy Cary Cordova 01410 14
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2026We're in the midst of an illegal war that's costing Americans $1 billion a day. Gas is over $4/gallon. AI companies are warning of threats to humanity. And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it. Sums up the Trump era.washingtonpost.comJudge says Trump’s board may not demolish Kennedy Center without warningRep. Joyce Beatty asked a federal judge to clarify that the center cannot be torn down after images surfaced of the president reviewing what appeared to be a printout related to the institution. 34724198 724
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Palestinian manuscript rescuers win Unesco’s Jikji heritage prize for saving archives in genocide-ravaged Gaza www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/pa...koreajoongangdaily.comPalestinian manuscript rescuers win Unesco’s Jikji heritage prize for saving archives in war-ravaged GazaAbdul Latif Abu Hashim and Haneen Al-Amassi preserved and digitized more than 258 endangered manuscripts in the battered territory. 075 7
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is why most faculty cannot make sense of the 'woke' University trope. Our lived experiences bear little resemblance to it. This is far closer to the norm. 231667434 1.7K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer 11063291672 6.3K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism 5546801398 4.7K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The idea of a Black academic being hounded to death for alleged acts of plagiarism in an era when universities are entering into contracts with AI companies and encouraging AI use among students, while Big Tech is stealing EVERYTHING humans write... 83148855 3.1K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/08/2026LOUDER 4281105 281
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars. 11565112722 6.5K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialSeth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"The study found that resettled refugees contribute $6 billion more to the U.S. economy than they take out. Per year. The Trump administration did exactly what you’d expect: They suppressed the study, and then they lied about it." 142333948 2.3K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university 243165783 3.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Israel has killed nearly 600 people in Lebanon since a supposed ceasefire took effect on April 17. And more than 1 million Lebanese are still displaced.nrc.noLebanon: Nearly 600 killed since fragile ceasefire agreed 5250141 250
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...mcsweeneys.netWe’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese... 171409507 1.4K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 30/04/2026EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.rollingstone.comMelissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her LifeMelissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story 3731071370 3.1K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The professors are not okay. The students are mostly fine, but are unaware what they’re missing and of how much better it could be. 4441119 441
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The problem is not that older faculty are sticking around - it’s that they are not being replaced. The argument of this piece is quite pernicious as it substitutes a class war btw workers and a neoliberal administration w an age war btw different ranks of workers 301164254 1.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialChildless Dog Lady is on sabbatical. 🍉🌺 @sgbuggs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026went from “you can’t use state money to present on LGBTQ topics” here in Florida to a Texas public university literally telling students that they can’t write about or study anybody but straight people. 311662 116
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c 191058538 1.1K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/04/2026TRUMP, throwing insults at Pope Leo: “weak on crime” “terrible for foreign policy” “catering to the Radical Left” “owes his position to me” “sit down and mind your own business” POPE LEO, unbothered: “We are called to love.” 933379971 3.4K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialAndrew Kinsey @andrewkinsey.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The idiom "screwed the pooch" should forever be replaced with "fucked the couch" Example usage: JD Vance and the negotiators really fucked the couch on this one. 1034291 342
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialOmair Ahmad @omairahmad.bsky.social · 04/04/2026'An MIT Media Lab study titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT” found that LLM users “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” The tech oligarchs have somehow managed to enshittify thinking.' 10789296 789
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI. 352157690 2.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMicroplastics Sommelier @eephus.biz · 22/11/2024nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish 204110923889 11.1K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026“A bill under consideration by the New York state legislature would prohibit artificial intelligence-powered chatbots from providing legal or medical advice, and it would allow users to sue chatbot owners who violate the ban.”statescoop.comNew York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice | StateScoopA bill under consideration in New York would provide a private right of action, allowing people to file lawsuits against chatbot owners who violate the law. 732472 324
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Once again, in actual democracies, people do not need to engage in permanent litigation & political mobilization to retain the basic right to vote, because none of the major political parties make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform. We also don't have to live like this. 3832281021 3.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialNick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 28/02/2026A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules. iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/Documen... 92495568 2.5K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Every American needs to watch this: 5972081510431 20.8K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialtagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 01/02/2026 hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism 191994411 2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialCheryl T. @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune 274197826933 19.8K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 07/01/2026Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One theonion.com/every-trait-disqualify… 324474947 4.5K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/12/2025concentration camps.washingtonpost.comICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehousesThe Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show. 7935931458 3.6K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport 46112123352 11.2K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/12/2025The people smiling and nodding while Trump makes racist comments about Somali folks 118668 186
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialwinston @winston.cc · 03/12/2025it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value 2928551274 2.9K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialDr. Michael Phillips @drmphillipsut.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Comments on the epidemic of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank from a retired Israeli Army general as quoted in the Washington Post. 521468 214
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism 313486700 3.5K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’ George Orwell, Animal Farm 36185782671 8.6K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/11/2025Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comIsrael has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefireEntire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show. 9265187 265
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 12/11/2025C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf... 2082782691 8.3K
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/11/2025"New York is going to turn into a communist hellhole where poor people are barely exploitable anymore. So count me out. I’m packing up the offices of my toxic masculinity troll site and taking my miscreant talents somewhere they’ll be appreciated, like Florida or Texas."buff.lyIf New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of... 10692159 692
Reposted by Emily Davis @emilysd.bsky.socialBen Mathis-Lilley @benmathislilley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness 211271328 1.3K
