Reposted by TheProfCaseDuke Faculty Union @dukefacultyunion.bsky.social · 8hCool event alert! Our very own Jim Haverkamp with be introducing the screening. And: FREE PIZZA. 🍕🍕🍕✊✊✊ RSVP: QRCO.DE/BH21LU 222
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 12hChristine Brennan Has Not Fully Lost It, According To Christine Brennan In Two Baffling Phone Calls - defector.com/christine-br...defector.comChristine Brennan Has Not Fully Lost It, According To Christine Brennan In Two Baffling Phone Calls | DefectorThis past Friday, Christine Brennan asked to speak with an editor at Defector. The USA Today columnist’s request was somewhat expected, since Giri Nathan had written about her in an article published ... 000
Reposted by TheProfCaseBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026These are indeed the right questions. We have empirical evidence that strongly suggests the immediate impact of AI is seriously harmful to learning, and since learning is cumulative, likely will have long-term harmful consequences. (That purple area is the direct measure of harm) 13010
Reposted by TheProfCaseDuke Faculty Union @dukefacultyunion.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Another recommended read: Reclaiming a Vision of Humane Schooling by @aliciastoller.bsky.social via @benjaminjriley.bsky.socialbuildcognitiveresonance.substack.comReclaiming a Vision of Humane SchoolingGuest essay by Alicia Stoller, educator and writer of Notes on Hope 053
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Finishing: Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (I wanted to try these series and chose math because it gave me fits as a student — surprised myself at how much I understood/remembered) #booksky Starting: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2858-a...haymarketbooks.orgAgainst Tech Oligarchy 040
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 06/10/2026recommend readopen.substack.comAmerican oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Recommended read: Reclaiming a Vision of Humane Schoolingbuildcognitiveresonance.substack.comReclaiming a Vision of Humane SchoolingGuest essay by Alicia Stoller, educator and writer of Notes on Hope 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just finished: Smash & Grab, by Mark Anthony Jarman. www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction... Short story collection. My fave: The December Astronauts (Moonbase Horse Code) #bookskybiblioasis.comSmash & Grab - Biblioasis“A Canadian master of the form.”—Gregory Cowles, New York Times One of Kirkus Reviews‘ 5 Collections that Short Story Fans Shouldn’t Miss A former military policeman, a veterinarian, and a French poet... 130
Reposted by TheProfCaseKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The guy sneering at "your precious liberal arts degree" majored in Philosophy at Harvard 1343525571
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't see how any decent human being could still support the death penalty after this one: abcnews.com/US/execution...abcnews.comChrista Pike appears to survive botched execution attempt in Tennessee, witnesses sayChrista Pike, 50, was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. 110
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just finished: Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber (read it!) #booksky Up next: Smash & Grab, by Mark Anthony Jarman (new-ish short story collection) 060
Reposted by TheProfCaseRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943154
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New to @booksky.club. I’m a reader, writer, and college prof and just began sharing current/recent reads. Would to connect; happy to follow. #booksky 170
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reading now: Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social (Re)reading now, with my classes: American War by Omar el Akkad (1/2) 110
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gas is $4.19 where I live in semi-rural NC, in the backyard of three top-tier R1 universities. Diesel? $6.44/gallon. When do Americans start protesting?nytimes.comRising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the WorldFrom Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts. 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I currently teach a course in Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Lit and read this piece by with, um, great interest. 👀 "These are not prophecies. They are inventories of possibility, weighted by current data and expert projections."johnwalter25.substack.comThe 5 Places In America You DON’T Want To Be When Society Begins To CollapseBetween the moment a system begins to crack and the moment people realize something has broken beyond repair exists a window of delusion. 100
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 10/09/2026ICYMI, like I did: www.joannejacobs.com/post/400k-fo...joannejacobs.com$400K for AI Cheaters Luxury Camp: How many colleges will survive?Non-Ivy universities are charging $100,000 a year. Will parents pay? 000
Reposted by TheProfCaseDuke Faculty Union @dukefacultyunion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Be sure to check your email for a welcome message from our co-chairs. Of note: Our first social of the year will be at Common Market next Wednesday, September 9 at 5pm. RSVP link in the email. 011
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Stop defending bigotry, @wnba.com Atlanta Dream And WNBA Embrace Anti-Trans Losers - defector.com/atlanta-drea...defector.comAtlanta Dream And WNBA Embrace Anti-Trans Losers | DefectorSome transphobic dickheads were again wearing XX-XY shirts at Sunday’s game between the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream. Everyone knows what the XX-XY shirt—a truly ugly piece of merchandise made by a... 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 16/08/2026H/t to @thesundaylongread.bsky.social for the gift linktheatlantic.comWhy I Quit the Tenure TrackThe insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia 001
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 10/08/202645 percent?! (I'm not actually surprised. But JFC.)wsj.comIf You Get in a Car Crash, the Risk Is Growing Your Insurance Won’t PayAuto insurers didn’t pay out on 45% of auto liability and medical claims they resolved last year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. 020
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 05/08/2026These depraved fuckers should be in prison.futurism.comKalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer PatientsUsers on Kalshi will even allow users to bet on whether drug trials for potentially lifesaving drug trials will succeed. 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 02/08/2026youtube.com"RFK" 🎤: Rory Scovel | Full Video on our Channel!YouTube video by Don't Tell Comedy 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I started watching Snowden last nite on Netflix...nytimes.comHow China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners (Gift Article)An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data. 010
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The U.S. should not be allowed to host another World Cup for 100 years. 010
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 19/07/2026nytimes.comOpinion | My Son Was Killed by ICE. I Want Accountability. (Gift Article)I deserve accountability and transparency, and so does the public. 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 18/07/2026David Brouillette should be arrested, read his rights, and charged. Credit to AP for its coverage here.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records sayThe Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c... 100
Reposted by TheProfCaseThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/07/2026His big speech was a dud. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still reverberate in chilling, Constitution-torching ways. trib.al/OZM3z9qtrib.alNo President Has Embarrassed This Country the Way Trump Did Last NightHis big speech was a dud. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still reverberate in chilling, Constitution-torching ways. 89229
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 16/07/2026ms.nowVance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requestsSecret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter. 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 15/07/2026static.klipy.comLebowski BelieveALT: Lebowski Believe 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 14/07/2026ICE murders another person. Democratic Senators: “Lindsey Graham was a real a hoot and I’ll miss him dearly!” 000
Reposted by TheProfCaseMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10736505320336
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 04/07/2026ICYMI: "They were lazy, and the report is slop. And now that’s attached to the Vanderbilt name."vanderbilthustler.comVanderbilt- and WashU-commissioned report on politicization of humanities fields sparks controversy among faculty, cited professorsThe report claims political motives have decreased the quality of scholarship within the humanities, interfering with the pursuit of objective and quality research. 000
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The USMNT Suffered In Style - defector.com/the-usmnt-su...defector.comThe USMNT Suffered In Style | DefectorIt is said, probably more often than is necessary, that a team that loses a player to a red card must be prepared to suffer. This is particularly true when the team that has gone down a man has a lead... 000
Reposted by TheProfCaseAlex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 01/07/2026Here's Cade Cavalli striking out Willson Contreras and screaming "sit down boy!" at him. Really nice and a great week for it. Does Manfred 1) do the obvious thing or 2) do nothing because he doesn't want a Turning Point spokesman to do a viral tweet about how he won't watch baseball anymore 1031750325
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Poch is right: Soccer media/pundits acting like US got knocked out. They won their group and go to the knockout stage healthy and with no card-related suspensions, fresh legs for key guys, and -- most important of all, perhaps -- key test out of the way for Pulisic. (1/4) 100
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Great goal from Trusty but fans he looks unplayable in the back 100
TheProfCase @kevcase.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Friendly reminder: @bookshop.org is offering free shiipping on all orders for Anti-Prime Day 👍 📚 💙 bookshop.org/info/anti-pr...bookshop.orgAnti-Prime-Day 000
Reposted by TheProfCaseLizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 23/06/2026EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...statnews.comEli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program. 2293091974
Reposted by TheProfCasee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 16/06/2026ok, I'm taking a fucking nap 571611173
Reposted by TheProfCaseryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/06/2026I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...agri-pulse.comBird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by TrumpAmong the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff... 26692803693