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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I remember a faculty member in my department saying this 20 years ago when the grad students at NYU were unionizing. Astonishing how long a shitty argument can last.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sitting here wondering why people are requesting September meetings then remembered it’s the last week of August send help 😭

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It’s OK to change your writing schedule when you want/need to. I’ve been speaking with writers who feel bad that they have to change their schedule and the fact is that life changes.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I recently interviewed Dr. Kemi Doll for my podcast. We discussed how she wrote her amazing new book while she was also working on many other important projects. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Is his job appearing on podcasts?

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19/06/2026

Remember, Gillibrand's son worked his internship at A16Z — the same firm that hired a man as a partner solely on the basis that he strangled one of Senator Gillibrand's constituents to death.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

For writers and scholars in NYC: sign this open letter to remind our wonderful mayor to fund NYC's libraries fully. "New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget

NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m so happy that my friend and client Kemi wrote this book, and that it’s getting the attention it deserves. If you care about Black women’s gynecological health, this book is a must-read.

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I am not being hyperbolic when I say (tech) capitalism is alienating (making strangers) of us at a staggering scale. Alienating us from ourselves, each other, touch, feeling, thoughts…from the intimacy and care of touch, bedtime stories, prayers, poems, drawings, community, love

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JAMA @jama.com · 08/06/2026

In 2025, the number of #NIH-funded investigators declined for the first time in a decade, with the steepest reductions among Black and Hispanic researchers and fellows. ja.ma/4ujDlzG

JAMA Research Letter: "Trends in National Institutes of Health Investigators by Sex, Race, Ethnicity, and Disability Status." Two line graphs show A) research project grant investigators (rising from ~40k to ~50k) and B) fellowships (fluctuating, peaking ~4.5k) from 2016-2025.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Any felonies taking place at Delaney Hall are the crimes against humanity by ICE and the GEO Group, who kidnap and abuse human beings who've done nothing wrong and brutalize anyone who protests Gov. Mikie Sherrill's goons are attacking people trying to stop this injustice. She is an utter disgrace

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I cannot say this loudly enough: we need everyone to know what is happening at Delaney Hall. 300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today. ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

People are rightfully asking me if I use AI in my coaching programs and the answer is no but the REAL answer is how long until I have to start sending everyone materials in the mail because AI has taken over every piece of software?

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just when you think a university has found the most obnoxious way to make you submit an invoice, another university will be like, “wait, this will TRULY make you want to toss your laptop into the Hudson River.”

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The way people in New Jersey talk about Newark is disgusting.

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Three signs that bookclub email you just got is probably a scam 🚩 1) Generic gmail (or similar) address 2) The book club, award, or organization doesn’t exist when you look it up 3) The email is overly long, vague, and full of excessive praise (often AI-written)

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I went to my local ice cream shop (Sugar Hill Creamery) yesterday and they had ballots for participatory budgeting in NYC. They had even collaborated on an ice cream flavor called “The People’s Money.” It was such an innovative way to get the community involved.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Writing an email to destroy the hopes and dreams of writers with wildly optimistic ideas about book writing and publication timelines. Better to be disappointed early in the process when there’s time to course correct!

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

sorry, i work at a university in a red state, and it’s illegal for the women & gender studies faculty to spend research money to attend their conferences. what in the fuck are they talking about

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My pet peeve (to put it mildly) is attending a meeting with 97 AI notetakers.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026

The National Science Foundation is the main source of funding for basic sciences in the US. For decades, they have supported a scientific R&D ecosystem in the US that has been an engine of economic growth and competitive advantage. Destroying the agency is no less than an act of sabotage.

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Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I just had to send a bunch of “good idea for a book but not a good fit for us” rejections, which always bums me out, so: this is your periodic reminder that our pals at @aupresses.bsky.social publish a guide to which UPs publish in which subject areas —

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AUPresses Subject Area Grid - Association of University Presses

Guide to the subject areas in which member presses have recently published.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

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NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org · 18/02/2026

While a candidate, @mayor.nyc.gov pledged to commit 0.5% of the city’s budget to public libraries. Unfortunately, Mayor Mamdani has broken this promise in his preliminary FY27 budget, released yesterday, where he allocated 0.39% to libraries. This amount is well below the promised 0.5%

Image showing Mayor Mamdani looking frustrated, with a text overlaid that reads “NYC Public Library Action Network” at the top, and in large bold letters text that reads “Mayor Mamdani did not honor his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget” and then in smaller font below, there is text that reads “visit NYCPLAN.ORG for more information”

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

Table showing the five richest men in the U.S from Bloombergs billionaire list
., all in technology. Elon Musk tops the list with a net worth of $461B and a year-to-date gain of $28.2B. Larry Ellison is second at $300B with a $107B YTD gain. Jeff Bezos has $268B (+$29.5B YTD), Larry Page $250B (+$81.9B YTD), and Sergey Brin $234B (+$75.5B YTD). Each row also lists last-day change, country (all United States), and industry (all Technology).

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: buff.ly/UiOAr5M

Turning You Dissertation into a Book webinar promotional tile

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Sadly, Sandy Brodello and Noelle Quinn were just fired after bringing their teams to the playoffs (and the Liberty winning the championship last year).

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

When I work with junior faculty writing books — especially Black women — one of their primary concerns is that the book they're writing will be banned. Even if its not an outright ban, they're worried the books won't be assigned in classes for the very reasons being discussed here today.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

When Campus Reform and Turning point came after professors and created the professor watchlist, administrators didn't pay attention..Now they are being fired and attacked. Maybe institutions should have done more to protect academic freedom....

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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 09/09/2025

If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The weather in NYC is fantastic. If we have to listen to Adams and Cuomo bloviate for the next two months, hopefully we will at least have crisp autumn air.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I spend most of my day helping academics writie their first book, which means I've seen a lot of different approaches and also developed some principles to make the process as pain-free as possible :). I share what I've found to be most useful in this podcast episode : rightprose.co/podcast/star...

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Starting Your Academic Book? Do This First – Right Prose

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/08/2025

As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I had the pleasure of being a beta reader for Laura’s book. It’s an indispensable resource for academics editing their own work or reviewing their peers’ work. Order today so she can increase her donation to the Trevor Project.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

All writing you do for your book (or whatever project you're working on) is real writing. Outlines, rough drafts, random bullet points, notes on cocktail napkins, ideas in your notes app. It's all real. There's no fake writing.

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Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK is available on @bookshop.org for $1 less than on Amazon plus free shipping if you order by July 11. Once you’ve ordered, fill out the form here to win cool stuff and have me send $ to @trevorproject.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Preorder incentives for Make Your Manuscript Work

Thank you for preordering Make Your Manuscript Work by Laura Portwood-Stacer. Note: submitting a patron request to your public or institutional library counts as a preorder for the purposes of this f...

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Mike Lawler’s district is NOT reliably Republican. It actually went for Kamala Harris in the presidential election. Call him!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/06/2025

Worth noting today that the entire budget of the NEH is about $200M.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Whatever happened to writing a nasty letter then burning it in a cathartic ritual?

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Just recorded a podcast about…all of this… and what it means for folks writing books. I managed to stay calm because I’m not trying to raise my blood pressure on top of the rest of this bullshit.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This Is the top story on @motherjones.com, as it should be on every news site. Millions of people turned out to oppose Tump/Musk/facism yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.

People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—but what they fear he will do next.

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Jane Joann Jones @janejoann.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I’m really proud to be one of the coaches working with Princeton. If you’re in the humanities or social sciences, please consider applying.

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Leslie Mac @lesliemac.com · 31/03/2025

🧵 It’s #TransDayOfVisibility. A day to celebrate our Trans Siblings—and to name the danger they face daily, simply for existing. We can’t let visibility be the end goal. Safety and liberation must be. Today is a great day to support Black-led trans organizations. #TDOV2025 Here are a few:

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