Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"we're going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity" is the new "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" 47923
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026amazing how far things have to go before the party of saving democracy is willing to talk about maybe “trying” to “defund” an ethnic cleansing project the state has institutionalized 310327
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerstoh-LIV-ee-uh @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026A timely reminder as shit continues to hit the fan in the imperial core. 16513
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc... 448112463435
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstSheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Largest theft of labor in human history.” What a quote. 161098363
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026this whole thread is the rightest thing I’ve read today 🤣 141
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers. 332697387
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Incest, it seems, was a peculiar fascist fascination." Laura Heins, Nazi Film Melodrama, UIllinois Press, 2013. 6372114
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerstgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comAT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to MacklemoreThe Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill. 573026824
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 14/09/2026buddy, I'm glad you've sat through meetings (maybe even more than me in my 20+ years!) but it actually is quite simple that there are people who are involved in the process of education (faculty and students) & then a professionalized class of higher ed admins who are in "workforce development" 1202
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Feels like universities might also want to wait to liquidate hundreds of years of educational practice before transforming themselves into single-corporation stewarded data centers.cbsnews.comAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "For too long the industry lied" about AI risksThe head of the artificial intelligence company calls the exponential rate of AI developments a "warning sign," with risks for humanity, and says, "We need to slow down." He talks with "Sunday Morning... 12383116
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstBirmingham UCU @birminghamucu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Please read and share this open letter from staff at risk of compulsory redundancy in Modern Languages at the Uni of Birmingham. It calls for the redundancies to be halted, for the equality impact assessment to be released, and for meaningful consideration of alternatives.birminghamucu.org“A national catastrophe” at home: open letter on redundanciesWe write as Translation and Interpreting staff at risk of compulsory redundancy at the University of Birmingham, together with the Birmingham UCU Committee. In brief: a University whose Vice-Chance… 04252
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstAnil Dash @anildash.com · 12/09/2026It’s a murderous hate rally, which mainstream media not only has no problem with, they won’t even report on it. 291736461
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years later & I still must begin all semesters asking if anyone can identify Muhammad And the room is still iffy yet I am still explaining to admin why knowing something, anything about religion, Islam, or history is vital And the stats get worse And everyone acts shocked 031
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 11/09/2026STEM is a religion 3304
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMatthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 11/09/2025On this anniversary of 9/11, a reminder that the terrible events of that day set a whole host of devastating long term consequences in motion, fueled in no small measure by subsequent American (mis-)responses. Its tentacles reach into nearly everything that ails us. For a sobering snapshot, see:pbs.orgAmerica After 9/11 | FRONTLINEWatch FRONTLINE’s documentary tracing the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks and the devastating consequences. 715654
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments. 292181628
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Refusing to use AI isn’t a recalcitrant position. It’s the moral one. There is too much wrong with how this is happening to just “if you can’t beat em join em” this. It’s a lack of consent machine. An environmental destruction machine. An emotional and cognitive numbing machine. 7346126
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026listen those 35 people are gonna be hit with the ol razzle dazzle lineup 041
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 03/09/2026Worth noting that this law specifically prohibits not just boycotts of Israel within the Green Line but also boycotts of Israeli Jewish settlements in illegally-occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Golan Heights. These 33 Dems, all of whom call themselves two-staters, voted for it anyway. 11875325
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstSuzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 03/09/2026👇 This is necessary reading - about the closing of one particular program, but giving insights into the bigger war on education: 27547
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 03/09/2026"The closure of the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech is one within a nationwide pattern, with Humanities programs, especially in Religious Studies, being particularly susceptible to these administrative maneuvers." www.liberalcurrents.com/religion-hum... 15923
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles 1792657443
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nepal is seeking $5 billion in aid from the UN’s climate-disaster recovery fund after devastating floods. The fund, established in 2023, has received $820 million in pledges but faces a significant financing gap because wealthy nations, including the US, haven't been willing to contribute.nytimes.comNepal Puts Cost of Disaster at $5 Billion, Blaming Climate Change (Gift Article)The country is seeking urgent help from a special U.N. climate fund, but the program lacks money because the United States and others have been reluctant to contribute. 7490221
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 31/08/2026Sort of finessing the fact the solution here was establishing the Raj www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the WorldA playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 611113
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 30/08/2026It’s Mostly A Scam 0152
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026stop ignoring calendars Jewish holidays don’t follow Christian rules same goes for all other religions be less of a white Christian supremacist and pay attention also, before you ask: fucking it up doesn’t make you A antisemite or A racist but fucking it up IS antisemitic and racist, period ✌️ 053
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this is also the epilogue to the book, btw www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...penguinrandomhouse.comReligion Is Not Done with You by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin: 9780807021491 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks... 131
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026full disclosure: I also fuck this up regularly, but I am trying if you wanna know why @profirmf.bsky.social is obsessed with calendars, here it is (not really sure why she's not credited on this? we wrote it together) religiondispatches.org/2024/12/17/t...religiondispatches.orgTime Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (And What It’s Doing With It)Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion—specifically ... 151
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this is so easy and universities and colleagues flub it *every year* here, let me help you: reformjudaism.org/jewish-holid...reformjudaism.orgJewish HolidaysLearn about the Jewish holidays, their meanings, history, and rituals. 23714
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026not only silly: it's white Christian imperialism at work! the idea that your religious practice and/or belonging has to be singular and tidy? that serves the guys with the pens, as @profirmf.bsky.social and Said like to say banish that British nonsense from your noggin 1226
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them 232986736
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026books are good! please always talk to me about your books! not sure ours is art per se but @profirmf.bsky.social and I worked real hard on ours and we did manage to smuggle in some extremely silly jokes in our takedown of white xian nationalism www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...penguinrandomhouse.comReligion Is Not Done with You by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin: 9780807021491 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks... 074
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerstthene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv... 671495624
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Whatever else was wrong with the United States, we truly did have a higher education system that was the envy of the world. Now we’re lighting it on fire because some people are bored and racist. 451818522
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026stop acting like republicans aren’t already trash your party is a white nationalist Christian fascist party *outloud* & you identify with that so yes: expect absolute bullshit takes from someone claiming an identity marker that indicates BAD & nothing else 131
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026this is the mass murder of the disabled and ill like we’ve been saying may everyone involved meet the date they’ve earned 051
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Emily Wilson is having the last laugh 425657
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026PLEASE get our book from the library @profirmf.bsky.social and I are library kids for life! 0235
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMegan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026@profirmf.bsky.social and I have also said this a lot try and stop us, tbh www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...penguinrandomhouse.comReligion Is Not Done with You by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin: 9780807021491 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks... 094
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us. 155188834440
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026business is not a real field MBAs are for entitled men who were told by a simpering JV coach once that they were smart suits and capitalists are inherently stupid, but also definitionally removed to the point of misunderstanding the work & the business itself this is about universities 0115
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comMigrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officersThree men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting. 26071013316
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026little to add to Platner discourse that others haven't said better. so i'll just say once again that the era of consequence free politics is no good and it is important to bring back shame 423153470
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstNome @nome.bsky.social · 01/07/2026God, what an exhausting time to have pattern recognition and more than a six month memory. 121260313
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The political problem, though, is that the public doesn’t know this. They think “Oh, it’s crazy but it will all be fine, & our beloved 🏈/🏀 State U will still be there for our kids like it’s always been, in the same form” because no one has alerted them to the existential nature of the crisis. 59113
Reposted by Ilyse Morgenstein FuerstPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The newly formed coalition US Scholars Speak just published an important and powerful statement titled “Confronting the AHA’s (@historians.org) Palestine Exception.” Fellow historians, please consider signing it if you haven’t already done so. 🗃️ www.usscholarsspeak.orgusscholarsspeak.orgUS Scholars Speak 05037