Reposted by Erica Buchberger🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12hHard to know if this guy or Newsom is working harder to nuke their '28 primary chances. 4375
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This playful cat completely made the window cleaner’s day. Original post 1397290925
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerBradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If this isn’t blatant viewpoint discrimination, then I don’t know what is. “The Office of the Provost rejected 57 of 77 applications from the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis to retain core curriculum status for the 2027-28 academic year . . . 1/2 thedailytexan.com/2026/09/24/u...thedailytexan.comUniversity rejects over 30 courses of a COLA department’s requested core curriculum courses,Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story and headline incorrectly stated the number and percentage of courses of Social and Cultural Analysis that were rejected by the Office of the Provost due... 23518
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Texas legislators and universities can’t claim to support viewpoint diversity while endorsing viewpoint discrimination. Genuine intellectual diversity requires allowing competing perspectives—even unpopular ones—to be expressed, examined, and debated. 0213
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251523408
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115412863
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerLarkin Francis, PhD, MSW @mwfrancis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026PLEASE ask me for my article! It's always a thrill to know that someone wants to read it, and I hate that knowledge is gatekept like this. Not only do we not get paid if you pay the fee, but we have to pay the journal thousands of dollars for the "privilege" of making it open-access (not paywalled) 010362
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerChristine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"...calling a text extruded from an LLM a ‘history’ is, quite literally, a category error. There are far too many deliberations, choices, and cares in the production of a history for it to be something statistically generated, a mere algorithmic derivative." #NoAIintheclassroom #skystorians 1157
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Well, I'll be damned. They finally found a spine. 1002635242
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#DamnatioMemoriae2029 111220
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted. 19987220
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDanny Page @danny.page · 17/09/2026God bless @atherton.bsky.social for this succinct wisdom 273858898
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Happy Constitution Day, everybody. Hey, remember when this was a joke?theonion.comSupreme Court Upholds Bill Of Rights In 5-4 DecisionWASHINGTON—In a landmark decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled to uphold the Bill of Rights, the very tenets upon which American society is based. "After carefully considering the rel... 228968
Reposted by Erica Buchberger🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6673032111
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated. 840119072849
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is the way. Let these centers power themselves with solar and wind. 1417633
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMeghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I just hear @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social's permission structure in this. It's corporate greed, consolidation, & control that is killing us. Here we are wasting f-ing time discussing if the gadget is alive, debating toys instead of the men holding the remote controls while they steal & wreak havoc. 2103
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMolly White @molly.wiki · 14/09/2026the mold whispering into JK Rowling's subconscious: "you should put on your website a list of every mean thing you think anyone's ever said about you just in case someone doesn't know you're in the Epstein files" 221803327
Reposted by Erica Buchbergersoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rank and file Democrats want fighters for candidates. Most of us don't care if they're "establishment" Democrats or if they're DSA. If they will fight for Democratic principles they are getting support and it's paying off for them. 550062
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerBonnieHuval @bonniehuval.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Now two major transport routes covering about 1/3 of global oil are essentially shut, not just the Strait of Hormuz but also Bab el-Mandeb. Take a look at how you are situated. Whatever you can to do brace, I hope you will not put it off any longer. bonniehuval.substack.com/p/hormuz-bab...bonniehuval.substack.comHormuz + Bab el-Mandeb = CrisisMain audience: everyone 212457
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION This is *very* important where there's been obvious voter suppression, but also generally a good idea. Check that you're *ACTUALLY* registered here ⬇️ & then check again every 1-2 weeks. Pls ask others to do the same! (Not registered?➡️ www.nass.org/can-i-vote/r...)nass.orgVoter Registration Status | NASSNot sure if you're already registered, or need to update your information? Select your state in the drop down menu to check. 311494
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 08/09/2026I'm just really tired of programmers and others who find this stuff genuinely life changing lecturing everybody else about how it's "changing human nature" or whatever. It isn't, sorry. That's a personal thing for you and your circle. 41798
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDominique 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...insidehighered.comThat Same Ol’ Authoritarian PlaybookThroughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture. 416274
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A microcosm of my frustration with 🇺🇸 political media for years now. The AfD in 🇩🇪 is, if anything, <less> far right & authoritarian than the GOP, but neither @nytimes.com nor any other major media outlet regularly calls them a far right party. But as soon as it’s 🇩🇪, right in the headline. Every time. 17307105
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMichael Birtwhistle @salfordmh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Recommending AI seems analogous to recommending cowboy builders. "Do them a little sketch and they'll knock something up for you straightaway! And it's cheap; no planning permission; no learning about building codes! People are just afraid of builders!" 0102
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026I mean there has been massive historic disinvestment in public higher education. www.asanet.org/footnotes-ar...asanet.orgConnecting Disinvestment in Public Higher Education, Rising Tuition, and Student Debt | American Sociological AssociationGovernment disinvestment in public higher education and the rise in college tuition over the last forty years are fundamental and interconnected factors 31810
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerGod @thegodshow.com · 04/09/2026Thou shalt not ask permission from the Republicans, thou shalt just knock his monuments down, like he did to the East Wing.thegodshow.comThou Shalt Take Down All Of Trump’s MonumentsThrow him into the trashcan of history. 1372947629
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 02/09/2026I’m learning that a lot of you think that you will instantly know which part of the “80% correct” is indeed correct and so search will be just fine I mean imagine that 80% of your food is safe to eat but there’s no information on recalls. Good luck! 514816
Reposted by Erica Buchberger🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 02/09/2026And here in Utah, most of it is about taxes and kickbacks to government officials. We have elected officials who are making money off of selling the land while tech companies will billions of $$ in investment are given almost 100% tax breaks while citizens have property taxes increased. 1206
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive. 622874720
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026i guess in a world where it seems like the corruption is truly endless and often unpunished, it's *kinda* funny that George Santos is the one guy who like never gets away with it 42524360
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerCharlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In solidarity, I am re-upping this piece from last spring.dallasnews.comIndoctrination isn't happening at UT, despite what regents sayUT professor argues claims of widespread campus indoctrination are unfounded, citing research showing students feel free to think independently. 0105
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerAustin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yeah, I was happy to read @jamellebouie.net ‘s comments in this exchange. The timeline supporting the critique that “wokeness” of 2020 undermined Democrats in 2024 when Biden won in 2020 😂 1. That’s rightwing framing, which has sought to rewrite the history of spring/summer 2020 15413
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Here’s an opportunity to move past the job-training consensus that has left our universities stripped threadbare and too driven by trends and vibes. But I promise you, students want real educations and will come for them, rather than be forced to listen to a CEO tell them that capitalism rocks."startribune.comPerry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota. 319868
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026happy first day of school! teaching college does not get easier. below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom against-a-i.comagainst-a-i.comAGAINST AI - 522880
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Perhaps this is the beginning of her work from the World to Comestatic.klipy.comDolly Parton: Damn Straight! You PointsAlt: Dolly Parton: Damn Straight! You Points 633956
Reposted by Erica Buchberger Espooky Hispanic Pixie Dreamgirl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Fuck. Tim Curry too?? 0292
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage. 292456842
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton 7165572898
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 25/08/2026Viewpoint diversity is the opposite of peer review. You should not be leading a university if you don’t believe in peer review asheeshksi.substack.com/p/producing-... 1023335
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181845681
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026'A number of faculty members at Texas A&M University–Victoria have quit after the university announced in late June that full-time faculty are required to be on campus for eight hours a day, five days per week this fall.' 1/3insidehighered.comFaculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to CampusThe new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears. 34322
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Make late antiquity go absolutely *viral*, this is what Bluesky is for. 06916
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I think a lot of people don't really understand that the reports of Russian forces looting museums in occupied Ukraine (particularly Kherson prior to liberation) were not just "soldiers being soldiers" but rather an extremely intentional occupation policy meant to steal cultural heritage 111019377
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Make Dickens Fiction Again 45614
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerLate Bloomer @ltblmr69.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The whole point of LEGITIMATE research is NOT to impose an agenda on the outcome. What she is proposing will produce "results" that cannot be trusted. When that happens, we are all at risk. 3294
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it 10371201249
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerSusan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026because the #1 value-add of AI (and tech in general) is passing accountability to someone/thing else 0151
Reposted by Erica BuchbergerG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 18/08/2026What I don't get is why publishers are acting so reflexively. Why not conduct your own investigation? Why not ask to look at previous drafts and compare them? Why rely on a fire extinguisher sold by an arsonist? 824769