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overcommitted community volunteer, research administrator, public historian, and recovering academic

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)
A little smily soapstone carving of a whale by Chumash culture, circa 1200-1600 CE, California
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Today's NEH email: "NEH is currently preparing guidance, instructions, and a grant reinstatement form for affected award recipients. NEH will share additional information as it becomes available. Please continue to monitor your eGMS Reach account for forthcoming updates and instructions." #RAdminSky
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thanks Laura!! #RAdminSky
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sooooo... Several people shared this slide with me. NIH is apparently working on a new parent mechanism called an RP1. I have many questions (and only a few answers). (EPMC is the NIH-wide Extramural Program Management Committee co-chaired by Jon Lorsch). 1/4
A slide from the NIH Extramural Program Management Committee about a new "RP1 Mechanism" labelled as a "Science-Driven Research Project"
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Last year I looked at NIH grants for which the the titles had changed in the course of administrative renewal. These title changes were part of the negotiations required between program officers and applicants (a process referred to as "remediation" by Deputy Director Jon Lorsch). 1/5
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Farmers vote against workers' interest bc most of us aren't working class. Farmers are business owners. With inherited wealth & property. It's not that hard to figure out! It's not folksy, & it's not "economic anxiety." Most *small family farmers* in the US are millionaires w 6-figure incomes.
USDA table showing that the median small family farm household has over $1M in assets and over $100K in net annual income (AFTER farm expenses & debts).
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Farmers are coded "working class" as rural white people, even though they own their means of production. Meanwhile, I have a PhD and teach at a liberal arts college, so no one will ever call me working class, even though I earn a lot less and depend on wages. It's gendered vibes, all the way down.
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Third and fourth largest property owners in my rural community (after the municipality and the VERY wealthy nearby university) are farmers. This is not unusual.
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Wait, new Duran Duran?
Robin Williams in Jumanji meme, with text asking "WHAT YEAR IS IT?"
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#RAdminSky
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Public Scholar publishes one week from today. Please consider pre-ordering and/or asking your library to order. Authors really need your pre-orders to make a book go. I think it's a useful book! More importantly, so do real scholars and writers! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
OH HELL YES. NEIL GORSUCH, THE LAST JUSTICE OF THE MOCHICANS, ASKS "Do you think Native Americans are citizens of the united states." IF YOU TRIP GORSUCH'S NATIVE AMERICAN WIRES, YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Wow, didn't have this one on my bingo card. #RAdminSky
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that the salaries of a small NH town’s while police department are paid by ICE as part of its 287(g) program. @sammysussman.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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ICE Is Paying the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force
Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops of Carroll, New Hampshire, are going all in—and they’re likely not alo...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed. The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.
A line graph of total NSF funding to date in fiscal year 2026 compared to curves for fiscal year 2021-2015. The fiscal year 2026 curve is much lower with $0.22B funding to date compared with ~$1.5B in fiscal years 2021-2024 and close to $1B in fiscal year 2025.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 06/03/2026
If I were going to reboot a show it would be Space Above and Beyond. It was a show before its time. And I think a show that centers on what happens when genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and space colonization goes wrong is especially right for the moment.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I just simulated a nuclear attack on my city and am not feeling the greatest, so here's the eagle cam from my local nature center and bird rescue.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
hey guys how's it going
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
One of our PhD students and a treasured member of our research community tragically passed away recently. Her gofundme is important not only for raising funds for her funeral and medical expenses, but for sharing her accomplishments and the light that she spread everywhere she went.
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Donate to Honoring Elisha Destiny Arnold’s Legacy of Love and Light, organized by Dr Lauren Mims
In Loving Memory of Elisha Destiny Arnold It is with unim… Dr Lauren Mims needs your support for Honoring Elisha Destiny Arnold’s Legacy of Love and Light
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
OK. Buckle up. Here goes... Here is the video and the transcript. substack.com/home/post/p-... 1/n
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on His Mission to Rebuild Public Trust in the NIH and CDC
He discusses "DEI" research, campus funding freezes, ACIP, and the path forward for the nation's public health infrastructure
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
After huge local pushback and protest, there will be NO massive trump prison camp in Merrimack New Hampshire: www.wmur.com/article/ice-...
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Plan for ICE detention center in Merrimack has been scrapped, governor says
After two months of speculation, protests and public debate, the Department of Homeland Security is moving on from plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack, WMUR was first to report on T...
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ACLU of New Hampshire @aclu-nh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
BREAKING: Thanks to pressure from residents and local advocates, bipartisan opposition from local state leaders, and opposition from people across the Granite State, plans for an ICE human warehouse in Merrimack have been officially stopped.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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poly market on twitter: Polymarket 🤝 Substack

We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack. 

Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market. 

Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#RAdminsky
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/01/2026
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
A dark blue mug with an American flag reads “AMERICA 1776 – 2026”
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🌞🌻🌙 @honeyp0t.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good. This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it. A thread on how to do that 🧵
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
HE'S 92????? JFC
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Member of the Epstein class says what
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
Block no. 0051 of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Sununu went from being the governor of New Hampshire to being an airline lobbyist?
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities
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The Other FB @theotherfb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
a lot of these guys really envision a future where technology relieves us of the burden of human experience
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Key point: The losses are so large bc the economic benefits of universities to their communities and our country are so great. That's why possible NIH budget cuts--expertly visualized by SciMAP--are so damaging. Check out their maps ⤵️ scienceimpacts.org
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I cannot keep posting about this silly New England athletic association. Just assume that Harvard is flipflopping, Penn & Columbia are sacrificing students, Dartmouth is pretending neutrality exists during an authoritarian takeover, and the rest are trying to keep theirs heads above water.
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Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 21/07/2025
for the love of fuck no, I'm not going to rewrite my answer to cater to your unhappiness about "they" pronouns (only men send emails like this, by the way...)
Email reading: "Hello Alison,
 
I’m a CEO coach and a former contributing editor to the then-most widely circulated publication to the small business community in New York City, The New York Enterprise Report. I’m pretty active on LinkedIn, and frequently repost compelling, well-written articles I find online.  I found your July 7th article, Should I Let an Employee Resign Rather Than Firing Them? compelling, but elected not to repost it. 
 
Why?
 
Because while otherwise well-written, it is replete with the use of third-person pronouns with a first-person subject (including right in the title) whenever the employee is referred to
(curiously there is agreement whenever Mark is referred to).  And being the stickler for grammar that I am, I just couldn’t let that pass.
 
Indeed, in the same paragraph, we see both: “this employee is facing consequences—their job didn’t work out and they’re leaving it…”  (it’s one single employee; they use of “their” and “they” suggests one or more employees are now involved)…“Mark’s desire for more consequences than that, when the problem has already been solved, comes across like he wants to twist the knife just on principle…”
 
I’d really like to post this, Alison, and will if the third-party pronouns are changed to be second-party."
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Convenient list of places where your donation would go the furthest
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