Reposted by Greg BrittonRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Men Explain Rape to Me. 41777269
Reposted by Greg BrittonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…commondreams.org'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common DreamsChildren as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we 26845001984
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This 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.comStudents 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. 120
Reposted by Greg Britton🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 06025
Reposted by Greg BrittonBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29/09/2026Can 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... 112340
Reposted by Greg BrittonWalter 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.nowOpinion | What's missing from conversations on the value of a college degreeReynold Verret: As student loan borrowers face a new crunch, here's how to think about the value of education 043
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I hear they’re opening for Vibe Code next Saturday! 010
Reposted by Greg BrittonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When 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. 20752431427
Reposted by Greg BrittonPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 27/09/2026Years ago I wrote that it was a mistake to entrust colleges with sexual assault enforcementchronicle.comCollege Sex-Assault Trials Belong in Court, Not on CampusFor all its flaws, the criminal-justice system is the better option for dealing with sexual violence. 17013
Reposted by Greg BrittonChick Gone Bad 🐸🐱🦖🏳️🌈♀️🇺🇦 @chickgonebad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University. 452302649
Reposted by Greg BrittonMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@ianllightfoot 🔥🔥🔥Thank you for calling out the misogyny! 22313
Reposted by Greg BrittonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I 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. 536116
Reposted by Greg BrittonBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The 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.eduUS measles cases continue to climb, topping 3,600The CDC today reported 171 new confirmed measles cases, bringing the year’s total to 3,659. 12616
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Birthday, and thanks for making the world a little bit better. 010
Reposted by Greg BrittonBonnie Stewart @bonstewart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026my cup of ambition & i are reporting for duty 😘🩷 1132
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats…who apparently are also airline pilots! Oh the humanity! 030
Reposted by Greg BrittonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849694
Reposted by Greg Britton🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 122123525253
Reposted by Greg BrittonJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On 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 181318380
Reposted by Greg BrittonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is all i want. 545639
Reposted by Greg BrittonT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Goddamn. Roasted. 1120840
Reposted by Greg BrittonJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The 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.comDartmouth’s provost has stopped “writing.”Dartmouth’s provost raises a tension we should examine. 17822
Reposted by Greg BrittonTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 332924746
Reposted by Greg Brittonrobin 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: 13926
Reposted by Greg BrittonGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 20/02/2025My 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 063
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My 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. 030
Reposted by Greg BrittonProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026Many 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.orgWhat I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K ShotBabies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been. 721310649
Reposted by Greg BrittonEmathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The 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. 933811924
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Darryl 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 042
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Next up, Pearl Harbor to be renamed Trump Harbor.... 110
Reposted by Greg BrittonGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Honestly when someone first sent me this story this morning I thought it was from @theonion.com 3021827513
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A 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 0116
Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Poe’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. 010
Reposted by Greg BrittonRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Most underrated skeet. 061
Reposted by Greg BrittonDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nobody 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. 19551117
Reposted by Greg BrittonMarc Watkins @marcwatkins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Physical 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. 122
Reposted by Greg BrittonSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191483869
Reposted by Greg BrittonMPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026Schools 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.mprnews.orgFewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school mealsA 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... 15546171
Reposted by Greg BrittonKarin Fischer @karinfischer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A 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.comAfter a Court Win, What’s Next for a Challenge to Visa Rules?Plus, a new report catalogs worldwide attacks on academic freedom. 033
Reposted by Greg BrittonThomasLangpaul @thomasl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026👀auf Texas, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa! 2337
Reposted by Greg BrittonKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Next 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... 28014