Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 1hMy god. The whole fucking hemisphere has decided to throw it all away. 252
Reposted by Karen GraubartDr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Police attacking peaceful protesters in Spain. Just remember that the nation won’t save you. Look across borders for solidarity. 218267
Reposted by Karen GraubartQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien... 673146797
Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 5hI realize you all like football but I need the news from Brazil. 370
Reposted by Karen GraubartChris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...nytimes.comCornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for CampusMichael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. 251512396
Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 15hGrateful for this recognition! Also a shout-out to Reviewer 2, who caught a big error in an earlier version, peer review is a gift. 57614
Reposted by Karen GraubartTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh yeah that’s the good stuff 1992686525
Reposted by Karen GraubartHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists. 142147536
Reposted by Karen GraubartAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We don’t do the Daily Mail, but as a public service, here is someone with far too much money being attacked by an owl. 1132167476
Reposted by Karen GraubartKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1402910960
Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The definition of cruel and unusual punishment. 020
Reposted by Karen GraubartMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026"I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thought to how to protect girls and women after they’re born?" buff.ly/K3eqEvgbuff.lyHow Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou... 3434109
Reposted by Karen GraubartAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026When you compare how much right-wing funding is going into their version of the humanities in higher ed ("civil discourse," "civic thought," "intellectual freedom") vs how little public or private funding there is for peer-reviewed humanities scholarship & teaching, it really makes you think. 625969
Reposted by Karen GraubartCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 University of Texas at Austin will eliminate 4 majors—African & African diaspora studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; women’s and gender studies; and race, indigeneity and migration. Faculty in Social and Culture Analysis Department received no explanation as to why they are being cut.insidehighered.comUT Austin Axes Several Ethnic, Gender Studies MajorsSome faculty members consider the decision the next step in a broader effort to gut what remains of ethnic and gender studies at the university. 53930
Reposted by Karen Graubartex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh she's serious about running for statewide office in NY 1120114
Reposted by Karen Graubartc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2847571599
Reposted by Karen Graubartmike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad 171057256
Reposted by Karen GraubartImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672171720
Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Santiago Schnell is a keynote speaker at a Notre Dame conference on AI and Ethics on Friday. Wonder if he will address the damning evidence that his WaPo column was AI-written despite his attestation (WaPo process) that it was not. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...thedartmouth.comHerron and Levin: Our Independent Evaluation of Provost Schnell’s Washington Post ColumnThis analysis identifies substantive errors and omissions that are characteristic of AI-generated text and that would be practically inconceivable if the column had been written by a human expert in t... 130
Reposted by Karen GraubartAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030781084
Reposted by Karen GraubartStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum ending the appointment of civilian faculty to tenured positions at service academies.stripes.comHegseth ceases to end civilian tenure at service academiesThe defense secretary called for hiring plans that “prioritize institutional flexibility and faculty contribution to the warfighter mission.” 112718
Reposted by Karen GraubartAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026This period will go down as one of the greatest moments for Democrat attack ads in history. We're seeing LBJ "Daisy"-level spots daily. 13516130
Reposted by Karen GraubartTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...queergeographies.comWhy We’re Stuck on the Last DitchWhy does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel? 214452
Reposted by Karen GraubartVelour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose 692145713
Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh my god, the Florida AG's motion v. Open AI is brutal and brilliant! 042
Reposted by Karen Graubartevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 10120221024
Reposted by Karen GraubartJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743487677
Reposted by Karen GraubartLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12681042011
Reposted by Karen GraubartEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a survivor reading between the lines of this very carefully written story it sounds like Jonathan McKinsey was a trans man in an abusive and controlling marriage who was targeted for violence repeatedly by his ex-wife and her parents and eventually murdered. But as a reporter? I can't be sure.nytimes.comCouple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76. 1149399
Reposted by Karen GraubartRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tennessee plans to execute a woman tomorrow. She was 18 when she committed the crime. She's now 50. Like most on death row, she's also a victim. And like most on death row, she's a far different person now than she was then. No one humanizes the condemned better than @lilianasegura.bsky.social.theintercept.comThe “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18. 3337113
Reposted by Karen GraubartJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002199780
Reposted by Karen Graubartcoolingjets.bsky.social @coolingjets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A stately University run by the Ivy League Mafia. 181
Reposted by Karen GraubartThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471431196
Reposted by Karen GraubartA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from? 963626663
Reposted by Karen GraubartPop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026Former ‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton has created a website to expose information about Cornell University’s administration in response to the group sexual assault case: “Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do. And we all know this headline will disappear.” 241922559
Reposted by Karen GraubartAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026I hope people can see that this is the logical end point of the "measure the value of disciplines by ROI were R is conceived solely in terms of $" thinking that has, quite frankly, been enthusiastically embraced by both parties, to the detriment of students, faculty, and democracy itself. 1267
Reposted by Karen GraubartDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895445937
Reposted by Karen GraubartMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/09/2026Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve. 264139342381
Reposted by Karen GraubartCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882122873
Reposted by Karen GraubartDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 28/09/2026remember that one time when the Cornell University President hit students with his car and then pretended not to have done it then justified it just sayin 1238
Reposted by Karen GraubartThomas HD @degolierthomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh, she might be going for Senate insteadaxios.comAOC test-runs a Senate bid in upstate New YorkShe says her goal is to "transform the state." 3150554
Reposted by Karen GraubartAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3529011645
Reposted by Karen GraubartPeter Onyisi @peteronyisi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This may be unfair, but I'm morbidly interested in whether certain Cornell faculty are as worked up about this as they were about the encampments 7705120
Reposted by Karen Graubarttagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026lol how did I miss this I just got an email advertising a prize for 1 MILLION dollars to 5 ‘social scientists who tell controversial truths at great professional cost“. The head of the committee is Roland fryer, it’s got Vanderbilt report alums, and it’s bankrolled by Bill Ackman And NerI Oxman. 2934659