iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is what happens when you let your niece paint your nails "Elsa Blue" (with sparkles), then forget about it, then have to do a very serious interview giving your very serious views on the very serious economy.

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Alexander Kasprzyk @amkasprzyk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We’re close to our 1000th submission for this calendar year (with 4 months to go). Two years ago we received 200 submissions in the entire year. The number of high-quality submissions remains about the same (and even that is more than we could accept, but that’s a good problem to have).

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

she is making it possible for the public to understand academics on levels never before seen. "the kind of person who would translate the odyssey twice, two separate times" is the personality type i'm afraid

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Embargoing a dissertation is standard (even in normal circumstances) when the student hopes to turn it into a book.

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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

more generally: academic freedom is not some absolute license to spout beliefs regarded as crank nonsense by members of your field, backed by the legitimacy of the academy; if you persist in academia, it is because more experienced scholars have judged your work to be worthy of taken seriously

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/08/2026

In these cases, some people always think it's a win because the government is currently going after a person or social institution they dislike. But when the government punishes people and civil institutions for their political views in violation of the First Amendment, everyone eventually loses.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

these guys take it as a given that they would survive and thrive in a world of heightened academic scrutiny despite practicing warmed over pseudoscience

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026

📰 Today’s Sunday Times exposes just a fraction of the attacks on jobs in Universities. We know the true picture across the UK is even worse. With record student sign ups this situation is completely untenable. The government must intervene.

This table describes the level of job losses in several universities across the UK.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is actually where I stand, I think there's darkly funny symmetry here. I actually would bet that the complaints about procedure in Cofnas' hiring are pretextual and this is retaliatory for extramural speech. But it turns out that the charges might actually have merit so are worth looking into.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

University 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.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I spent years fighting for tech in the classroom for disability access reasons, arguing that no, accommodation wasn't enough, go for universal design. I've given up. I've lost. AI humping motherfuckers ruined it. As they ruin everything.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think the ultimate test of this is actually Boris Johnson. Boris *was fired from his first job* for making up stories, only to go on to be hired into a prestigious role at the Telegraph and spend years lying about the EU at Brussels. And I mean literally lying here; not bad punditry.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is going straight into my syllabus for the new year:

Rule
The use of Al is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. Al use is prohibited for any use for any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class content— into generative Al systems. Al can be used for research on papers ONLY for the limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources. Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of prohibited Al use.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This has indeed been the general consensus among academics I have seen re Arday. But I don't get why this is only slightly better, cos I think this is just the Correct Take!

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I don't think I've ever said this before, but "I love the top recommendation from this Policy Exchange report"

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Bad content drives out good, also uncomfortably close to home.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 15/08/2026

As UK summers heat up, one third (36 per cent) of English homes can be deemed as at high risk of over heating. The poorest fifth of English households are three times more likely to live in a home at risk of overheating than the richest fifth ⤵️ buff.ly/6G0JB3i

Proportion of homes that currently overheat and are at high risk of overheating in the future, by region and equivalised after housing costs income quintiles: England

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/08/2026

These gloves don't cause neuromuscular incapacitation the way that a taser does. In fact, they only work when applied directly to bare skin. These aren't made for apprehending anyone. These have one and only one use: causing extreme pain to already-restrained captives. In plain language: torture.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

All I want to say is "Good luck solving all the crises that your generation will face in the future if you're handing over all of your cognitive thinking and logical reasoning development to the machine that doesn't understand any words or numbers. Let me know how that works out for you guys."

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

"the two sides reached a collective bargaining agreement that gave Women’s National Basketball Association players a nearly 400% raise...It isn’t just the biggest pay increase in U.S. league history. It is, as far as Goldin is aware, the biggest increase any union anywhere has ever negotiated."

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/03/2026

No Black graduate students means no Black professors and the cycle continues.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/03/2026

If we're not in academia to create safe spaces, Black graduate students get pushed out. If they, by some miracle, finish their PhDs despite the hurdles, it's accompanied by trauma and health issues.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The problem with adopting the terminology "late stage capitalism" is that it becomes progressively more and more funny to cite your work as time goes by, like "as has been shown, late stage capitalism is hurtling us towards rapid collapse (Smith, 1974)".

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/02/2026

nice argument, but i have already depicted myself as a friendly and helpful neighbor and you as a deranged online racist

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/02/2026

The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026

I just thought everyone should see this

Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A new, comprehensive measure of well-being shows that standard indicators, like wealth and consumption, may substantially understate the extent of racial inequality in the US, say researchers at @hec.ca and Stanford. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

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Measuring welfare

A comprehensive measure of well-being shows that the gap between Black and White Americans is larger than traditional metrics suggest.

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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A reminder for anyone new to Bluesky (or who just wants to follow more policy wonks here) that I've made a starter pack of all the think tanks I've spotted on the platform and the researchers working at them (if you're missing and want adding in let me know!) - go.bsky.app/Geu9Jd8

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UK think tanks - research edition

Join the conversation

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/01/2026

There is a threat to Minneapolis so extreme that *every child in the city* has been forced to stay home from school. That threat does not come from immigrants. There has only been one murder in Minneapolis in 2026. It was federal agents' killing of a 37 year-old US citizen/mother in her minivan.

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“The tell isn’t that fake citations look wrong. It’s that they look too right. Too convenient. Too perfectly aligned with whatever point the AI is making“ open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

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How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian

The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.

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Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

holiday academic Bluesky (US version): here is a list of everything I accomplished this year plus I had some Thoughts about the humanities holiday academic Bluesky (UK version): I’m 80% brandy butter, 12% brussels sprouts, 8% brisk walk, what’s a university again, also I’ve forgotten how to write

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/12/2025

Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas Day claiming he’s “fighting ISIS and stopping Christian genocide.” Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...

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Nigeria, "Christian Genocide" and the Right Wing Attempt To Create More War

Addressing the MAGA claim that Christians are suffering genocide in Nigeria

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/12/2025

Worth noting that Nigeria makes a point in its statement to debunk Trump’s comments that this violence is specifically directed at Christians, acknowledging that it impacts everyone.

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Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is a guidebook on running the government incompetently. Total chaos, the opposite of efficiency (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/12/2025

look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

“If a reference cannot be found, this does not mean that the ICRC is withholding information. Various situations may explain this, including incomplete citations, documents preserved in other institutions, or— increasingly—AI-generated hallucinations.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong. I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today was World AIDS Day and I didn't post the most gutting piece of AIDS-related art, Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting. You all deserved better from me.

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Unfinished Painting - Wikipedia

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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singular locus sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 30/11/2025

the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving. A "step in the right direction" according to the PM. Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study

Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.

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Dave Finberg @dfinberg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My dad told an apocryphal story about a PhD defense where someone on the committee went off the rails on questioning and the advisor butted in with “Now is neither the time nor the place to get answers to the questions that have been troubling you all your life.”

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