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Greg Britton

@gmbritton.bsky.social
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Editorial Director of the Johns Hopkins University Press and acquiring editor for our Higher Ed. program. “Oh, I used to be disgusted. And now I try to be amused….”

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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly!
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I would have cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, alas.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why we need independent student newspapers. Plus: Hollywood, please option the story of these fearless and dogged student journalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
nytimes.com
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29/09/2026
Can you work out where a photo was taken — and when? Learn methods for geolocation, satellite imagery analysis and chronolocation techniques with Bellingcat experts. 14–16 October 2026. Find the webinar details here: www.bellingcat.com/workshops/in...
Learn our methods... Uncover the █████.Learn to use shadows and background details to date, time and locate a photograph
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Walter M. Kimbrough @hiphopprez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“However, if we make the salary a graduate earns the principal measure of the value of a college education, then we risk replacing all the benefits of that education with what is easiest to count.” Op-ed by Xavier President Reynold Verret. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
ms.now
Opinion | What's missing from conversations on the value of a college degree
Reynold Verret: As student loan borrowers face a new crunch, here's how to think about the value of education
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hear they’re opening for Vibe Code next Saturday!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 27/09/2026
Years ago I wrote that it was a mistake to entrust colleges with sexual assault enforcement
chronicle.com
College Sex-Assault Trials Belong in Court, Not on Campus
For all its flaws, the criminal-justice system is the better option for dealing with sexual violence.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why I want to be pope!
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The Joke Bot @thejokebot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m reading a horror story in braille.  

Something bad is going to happen… I can feel it.
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Chick Gone Bad 🐸🐱🦖🏳️‍🌈♀️🇺🇦 @chickgonebad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@ianllightfoot 🔥🔥🔥Thank you for calling out the misogyny!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think all of the rampant racism going on in public, without accountability, has confused people on the level of interaction. Interacting with me is interpersonal, not structural. I can and will enforce a boundary on your ass.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The US measles count has climbed to 3,659 confirmed cases, with 171 new cases added this week, according to today’s update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
cidrap.umn.edu
US measles cases continue to climb, topping 3,600
The CDC today reported 171 new confirmed measles cases, bringing the year’s total to 3,659.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Birthday, and thanks for making the world a little bit better.
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Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
my cup of ambition & i are reporting for duty 😘🩷
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats…who apparently are also airline pilots! Oh the humanity!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why I never bet against the people of Minnesota.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this day in 1825, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born. She became an abolitionist, suffragist, and the first African American woman to publish a short story. #WeTheMen
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is all i want.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Goddamn. Roasted.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Dartmouth provost's decision to stop writing by substituting AI-assisted text production is a great opportunity to have the kinds of conversations every institution should be having about AI use in higher education. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
insidehighered.com
Dartmouth’s provost has stopped “writing.”
Dartmouth’s provost raises a tension we should examine.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/
Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses. 

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘Colleges & universities violated basic free speech, association, & assembly rights & caused serious harm when they summoned police. They directly or indirectly made it easier for the Trump administration to crack down on student activism, causing long-term damage to higher education.’ Major report:
ACLU / AIUSA
RESEARCH REPORT
Student Speech Under Attack
Suppression of Pro-Palestine
Speech and Dissent on Campus
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
My higher ed book of the day: Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age by Lindsay Weinberg www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @purdueuniversity.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social #academicsky #TechJustice
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My pre-op questionnaire for surgery asked, “do you use oxygen at home?” and I wonder if it is a trick question. “Who doesn’t?” isn’t a answer choice.
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John Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So true
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)
propublica.org
What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Next, he renames Pearl Harbor!
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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Darryl Pines explains how universities will drive innovation into the next century. Coming in October! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @univofmaryland.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It touches all of us. We all know someone.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Next up, Pearl Harbor to be renamed Trump Harbor....
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Honestly when someone first sent me this story this morning I thought it was from @theonion.com
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A gentle reminder for those celebrating the US News College Rankings that they are mostly hooey-- www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social #EDUsky #AcademicSky
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Poe’s short story "Hop-Frog" seems apt here. A court jester gets back at the king by sealing the doors of his ballroom during a state event and torching the place.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Most underrated skeet.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nobody will remember: -Your job -How busy you were -How many hours you worked. People will remember: -Fun shark facts you taught them. Here’s my favorite: Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old, eat (probably scavenging) polar bears and reindeer.
Photo of a Greenland shark by Doug Perrine
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Marc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Physical copies of The Norton Guide To AI-Aware teaching have arrived! @derekbruff.bsky.social @anetv.bsky.social, and I wrote about approaches teachers can use to raise awareness about AI’s impact on learning. The guide is loaded with ideas to help students learn about AI, without AI, and with AI.
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love "applied humanities." 🤔
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026
Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.
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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...
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Karin Fischer @karinfischer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A judge’s decision blocking a sweeping student-visa rule is a major victory for colleges and international students — but it's only the first skirmish of what's likely to be a lengthy fight. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
chronicle.com
After a Court Win, What’s Next for a Challenge to Visa Rules?
Plus, a new report catalogs worldwide attacks on academic freedom.
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ThomasLangpaul @thomasl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👀auf Texas, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa!
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Next Tuesday is the official release date for A GLORIOUS FATE. You can still order a signed copy through the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago. Join us to celebrate the book's publication with a live discussion. #booksky alincolnbookshop.com/a-house-divi...
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