Reposted by Prof MNPKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 41mHow many years and billions in investment, just to learn we should be doing it the way we've always done it 2305
Reposted by Prof MNPDavid Nelson @thedavenelson.bsky.social · 4hDedicated professor Jeff Turkstra had to deal with tremendous public and private attention in his efforts to encourage academic integrity in his intro CS course last spring. Here he outlines the detection methods and process he used to identify potentially problematic coding homework assignments. 131
Reposted by Prof MNPKevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 22hFrom this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 71077259
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please share!! The Department of English at Arizona State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies position. PhD in literature, rhetoric, media studies, linguistics, or related discipline required at the time of appointment. apply.interfolio.com/194236apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01421
Reposted by Prof MNPJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026missing from this argument is the fact that Williams is an extraordinarily rich college with students who are overall very well-prepared for college—essentially none of this is generalizable even to a flagship university, much less any other higher education institutionnytimes.comOpinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. (Gift Article)If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to. 2421235
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026See also: the recent slump in natural sciences salaries. As women become prominent in a field, the average wages go down. 091
Reposted by Prof MNPErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think it just really upsets some people that many of us don't hate ourselves and regret our life choices as much as they think we should. 1814
Reposted by Prof MNPJohn O'Brien @johnobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Behold, a job post in my department. The University of Virginia’s Department of English/Program in Creative Writing (creativewriting.virginia.edu ) invites applications for a tenure-line Assistant or Associate Professor in Fiction. To apply, please visit apply.interfolio.com/192511creativewriting.virginia.eduMother LoveFiction Reading 1119
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comKikuchiyo in Akira Kurosawa's Seven SamuraiALT: Kikuchiyo in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai 3173
Reposted by Prof MNPJacob Siefring @jsief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026« When I became a man, I put away childish things. But when I had kids, I got them back out, read a lot of kids’ books, that kind of thing. » 1101
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comNora Charles in Thin ManALT: Nora Charles in Thin Man 241
Reposted by Prof MNPMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 27/09/20261. Backing into empty space is better than backing into occupied space. 2. You are backing into traffic either way. 3. Backing in takes longer & is less precise, greatly increasing interference with other drivers & parked cars. 4. You are not as good at it as you think. 5. We live in a society. 1173
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Word. I am neither proud nor ashamed of not having heard the Discourse Song. I just want to listen to my little podcasts and my 90s nostalgia lists, which my Gen Alpha kid also likes and thus there is peace in the car. 2120
Reposted by Prof MNPMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026happy Jim Henson’s birthday from the museum of the moving image 22139248
Reposted by Prof MNPDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 25/09/2026Blow it up, BlueSky. $9.25 pays for months of books for a kid.donate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 0232228
Reposted by Prof MNPtalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026pressure campaigns seem endless and all-encompassing when it starts. that’s the point of them! whether for good or bad things, the actual energy that goes into them tends to peak and then fade pretty quickly because it’s a call to do a specific, simple, boring action (email/comment/call/rate) 2161
Reposted by Prof MNPDave Mazella @davemazella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's still time to submit to #ASECS! Please consider submitting to my roundtable on #18c weaponized misinformation, a topic which is sadly relevant right now. 166
Reposted by Prof MNPStephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One of the best things I’ve read in a long time, an essay by my friend Sarah. pshares.org/issue-articl... 57426
Reposted by Prof MNPMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 23/09/2026please to see that my latest academic article is out now: "Ghost in the Machine. Crusade Medievalisms in the 21st-century United States" I take on the ghost of Samuel Huntington and some right-wing tropes in scholarship open access so free to read --> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 713960
Reposted by Prof MNPSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768272248
Reposted by Prof MNPCrystal Lake @crystal-b-lake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The most beautiful and brilliant essay by the most beautiful and brilliant Sarah Tindal Kareem. pshares.org/issue-articl...pshares.orgVita NovaI had some vague idea that I would one day write a book (maybe a comic picaresque memoir) about having cancer, but it also feels like maybe I don’t have time for that. With what rapidity life follows ... 23110
Reposted by Prof MNPMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot 1847181
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I understand the dunking, but please take a moment and pause before touting Pangram results as proof of anything. There are downstream effects of doing so. 030
Reposted by Prof MNPAbigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Working on a book, article, or dissertation on #18thc British world? The Lewis Walpole Library offers 4-week visiting fellowships and 2-week travel grants for scholars. The deadline for applications is November 2. 🗃️ More info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/...walpole.library.yale.eduVisiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole Library 24750
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ETA this banger: "Tolkien is very like Scott in form, only, of course, with elves." 050
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My favorite cardigan finally gave up the ghost irreparably. I will no longer be leaving the house. Thank you for your understanding. 1161
Reposted by Prof MNPEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I wrote a little essay on substack about how actually, quite a lot of people outside the academy are interested in books and other real things. The main reason to read this piece is that I discuss Frances, she of the bread-and-jam. emily613.substack.com/p/let-us-eat...emily613.substack.comLet Us Eat Cream-Cheese-Cucumber-Tomato-Sandwiches, On Rye-BreadI love my students and my colleagues, and I love the discussions that are possible in the classroom and among scholars, in academic contexts. 717519
Reposted by Prof MNPjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You can't give Cris Collinsworth an end of OT Mahomes drive the second week of the season, he's going to have nothing to live for the rest of the year 1201
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thank you. This was established; we don’t need the strands of hair. 180
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good Lord. Neagley spends more time running than River Cartwright. What if Person Ran Lots. 030
Reposted by Prof MNPSeth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One thing I like about my job is that it gives me a reason—requires me!—to know stuff about other stuff. Not at expert levels, but with familiar curiosity. Literary studies is always already interdisciplinary. 1323
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For anyone who needs to read a story about persistence paying off and a hero winning a victory. 0229
Reposted by Prof MNPToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When my (6 year old) son lost his first tooth in the spring, I left $10 under his pillow. In the morning, my (8 year old) daughter woke him up screaming "look, look, the tooth fairy left you a dollar!" (She had swapped them out thinking that nobody would notice since only the tooth fairy knew) 6504
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So walk me through this. Reacher is What if Man Was Large. What is Neagley? What if Person Was Grouchy? 130
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Begging people to toggle off the automatic setting on Google Forms that requests my email address if you clearly don't need my email address. Yes it only takes an extra ten seconds but I have to fill out a lot of these things. 150
Reposted by Prof MNPDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m running an experimental reading/lecture series at lunchtime on Thursdays, this fall at UBC — bring a project, and listen to me talk about technology and textiles while you work! It’s free, open to everyone, and drop-in (each session stands alone). Vancouver friends, come by! 33917
Reposted by Prof MNPJames A. Palmer @jamespqr77.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My institution has a program that provides books to students, all of them. I've gone from trying desperately to teach without making students buy books to assigning them again. It's great! 16819
Reposted by Prof MNPJessica R Valdez @jrvaldez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We're hiring in the long eighteenth century at LSU. Please spread the word and let me know if you have any questions. It's a wonderful department to work in! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0210...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor - 18th-Century British LiteratureAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 05052
Reposted by Prof MNPDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026JJ Watt is fine in the booth but gun to my head I prefer a sauced Romo 182639
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Peacock: Don't you want to resubscribe? We've got Sunday Night Footballllllll Me: well, yes .... maybe Peacock: It's the Cowboys! Me: <deletes email> 181
Reposted by Prof MNPJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Someone claims to have done an audiobook of my edition of Johnson's Dictionary in Marathi. They also call it "unabridged," and yet somehow manage it in 19 minutes. Respect. 0112
Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026YES! And then of course that person should face God and walk backwards into hell. 140
Reposted by Prof MNPAshley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Stop saying "peptides" 1141
Reposted by Prof MNPAndres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026We have a tenure-track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology in Columbia's E3B Department. Application deadline is October 15. Come be our colleague. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/193016apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 082105