Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The violence of seeing this the day before I turn 40 041
Reposted by Jay ForsytheCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound. 642334460
Reposted by Jay ForsytheRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026tech ceos are openly salivating about the idea of kids losing basic literacy and numeracy. this tells you pretty much all you need to know 8930267
Reposted by Jay ForsytheMIT Graduate Program in Science Writing @mitsciwrite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Congratulations to @hannah-richter.bsky.social, '24, for landing a first place NASW Science in Society Journalism Award in the Science News category. You can her award-winning entry from @science.org here: www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgIn red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolveState-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities 197
Reposted by Jay ForsytheRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades 554902878
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Emails from former students who went off to do amazing things are THE BEST 031
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Someday I will read this pile of printed papers on my desk.static.klipy.comNot Today Arya StarkAlt: “Not Today” Arya Stark 020
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Can attest that my home airport is great! www.postandcourier.com/business/tou...postandcourier.comCharleston’s airport named No.1 mid-sized airport in North America on its first try. Here’s why.Charleston is used to No.1 rankings, but the region’s airport is taking the spotlight. Charleston International Airport didn’t just make its debut in a major airport satisfaction ranking — it took the... 010
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You know what makes grading lab reports better? NFL Redzone. 000
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Drive-By Truckers, Handlebar (RIP), Greenville, SC, 2006 101
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Every now and again they say the quiet part out loud. 000
Reposted by Jay ForsytheMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I feel so confident saying the native intelligence of this generation is not the problem. The looting & wholesale sabotage of their educational infrastructure is. 241361336
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I don’t use LLMs and have multiple concerns with it: copyright infringement, environmental impacts (particularly on those who do not use it), workforce impacts, educational atrophy, etc. That said, shaming others who have tried it before is not the way forward. 010
Reposted by Jay ForsythePam 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. 231669435
Reposted by Jay ForsytheSusan Ferrari @srferrar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Striking and worrisome data from NSF: compared to all institutions, emerging research institutions showed bigger drops in funding rate and # of new proposals funded over the past few years. Really curious what’s going on here. 234
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Blasting The War on Drugs during our six-hour Quantitative Analysis lab 020
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Now the Nancy Grace Roman telescope is in space! 142
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Reminder: application review begins on Sept 10th! Please feel free to contact my colleague Dr. Tim Barker if you have any questions (email in link).cofc.eduWelcome to the College of Charleston, a public university Discover the College of Charleston, a dynamic public university offering diverse programs, rich student life and a culture of innovation for over 250 years. 000
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Spoon is (are?) amazing — one of my favorite bands for 20+ years. Really enjoyed this podcast. 000
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Jesus: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God Dolly Parton:static.klipy.comÉowyn: I Am No ManAlt: Éowyn: I Am No Man 020
Reposted by Jay ForsytheAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121525979
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Post a perfect album from the 00s: Sufjan Stevens, Come On Feel the Illinoise aka Illinois (2005) 100
Reposted by Jay ForsytheKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It feels like industry is waiting for universities to come up with ideas about how they can use Ai and all I can think is: it is not my job to make your business more profitable. 161091154
Reposted by Jay ForsytheTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice. 211776278
Reposted by Jay ForsytheJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026University professors generally do not make very much relative to our training levels. Most of us, especially in STEM, could make a lot more in industry (and deal with a lot less bureaucracy). Grant money mostly goes to paying students, postdocs, and staff, and is heavily vetted and scrutinized. 16653163
Reposted by Jay ForsytheJay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Re-upping this today. Know there is a lot BS going on but refuse to keep quiet while they destroy Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation 001
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Re-upping this today. Know there is a lot BS going on but refuse to keep quiet while they destroy Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation 001
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026LS-AMP has been a critical support system for multiple students in my group. It was created by Congress in 1991 under a GOP admin. Claiming a program for underrepresented students in STEM to be racist is both stupid and evil. (You should’ve seen the words I chose for the first draft of this post.) 021
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026That moment when you make up a catchy song for your toddler and then regret it because they ask you to sing it again 500x in a row 030
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Solidarity with the Vanderbilt faculty and their AAUP chapter. Vandy is a special place to me and my spouse. 041
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Didn’t have time to go through that pile of research papers on my desk over the summer but somehow I’m going to read them during the semester. Right? Right?static.klipy.comThe Office: Jim Halpert Says 'Hmm. Doubt It.'Alt: The Office: Jim Halpert Says 'Hmm. Doubt It.' 000
Reposted by Jay ForsytheKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Weighing Fauci's legacy - and finding so much to be grateful for and no serious basis for condemnation. An evidence-filled article that should be read by all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comWhy MAGA Is So Obsessed With FauciIn the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them. 22664239
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I don’t know who invented the splash pad but THANK YOU x1000 - every parent of a toddler 030
Reposted by Jay Forsythevanderbiltaaup.bsky.social @vanderbiltaaup.bsky.social · 30/07/2026You cannot speak for a community without consulting its members. You cannot declare “first principles” for a university without faculty participation. The Vanderbilt faculty did not draft or “adopt” this. www.vanderbilt.edu/declaration/vanderbilt.eduDeclarationThe University and Its Purpose: A Declaration of First Principles was adopted by the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust in June 2026. The declaration is organized around three core purposes: Pathbre... 12210
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Every time I get an email from NSF like this I think about how many normal research grants will not be funded 010
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Cool opportunity to work with the AAAS Dialogue on Science and Religion. I was a science advisor for a couple of years — great program, great people. recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...recruiting.ultipro.com 000
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bad news: proposal was not funded — competitive score but just not good enough. Good news: ice cream. 030
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It was never about Balogun, it was always about this. 000
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Guess I should start this book now that LeBron is a Sixer. 000
Reposted by Jay ForsytheBryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Texas created an outcomes-based funding model for community colleges. Students and colleges outperformed expectations, so now the state wants to change the rules so they don't have to pay what they promised. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/22/t...texastribune.orgTexas may limit community college's incentive fundingA formula designed to reward colleges for student success generated larger payouts than budgeted. Now, Texas’ higher education agency may limit how schools receive such funding. 7210104
Reposted by Jay ForsytheDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 372277966
Jay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This sounds like an advertising ploy to boost the “our AI is so good it’s conscious” narrative 010