TODAY is Election Day: our special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene is happening right now.
The GOP House majority rests on just 1 vote and if Democrats win this special election we deadlock the House.
Vote 💙 Shawn Harris
not for anything, but what on earth is a [endowed] Professor of Operations Management (ed. the mind boggles)?
"BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom."
College writing teachers have spoken, y'all.
The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6.
Link to the full resolution below.
he's the architect of policies that have killed thousands and who believes many of our fellow citizens aren't fully human, David
Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!
Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.
www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...
Ali out tonight in Istanbul: 1 Mamardashvili 2 Gomez 3 Kerkez 4 VVD 5 RG 6 Ibra 7 Mo 8 Wirtz 9 Hugo 10 Dom 11 AMA @gauthamrao.bsky.social (teaching?) @tracelarkhall.bsky.social @provatlantic.bsky.social @mbarcia24.bsky.social and, of course, @davidveevers.bsky.social 😁
I would throw this survey into the lava pit.
Asking who is better is a question so dumb it's nearly suicidal. Who is better at being human? We are. If it could be shown someone would be a "better" parent to your child, would you think your child should be taken away? I am better at being me than AI, every time.
When DHS Secretary Noem was fired, many hoped things would improve and that the department would move away from incompetence and sheer evil.
That hope was short-lived.
Markwayne Mullin may be even worse.
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A private jet used for Farage’s Chagos stunt is reportedly linked to a billionaire donor who has given £12m to Reform
Huge money can buy political influence.
The #ElectionsBill must go further. Democracy shld be shaped by voters not the biggest cheque.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
News! EHR is hosting a free one-day symposium at St John's College, Oxford, on Friday 17 April, 10-6, on the theme 'When there are no sources'.
Further details and how to sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-there...
#earlymodern
Do you know somebody who needs to learn Latin from scratch or improve their Latin to PhD standard? CMS Toronto's summer Latin program is now entirely online and a remarkable bargain for the intensity and quality of instruction. Details here: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/latin/summer...
#medievalsky
One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804, King's Parade, Cambridge, between 1798 and 1799, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1996.22.25.
1/ Explore the NEW website for the Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative ⬇️
A central online hub for all research, collaboration and public engagement exploring @cam.ac.uk's historical links to slavery & the wider afterlives of enslavement and colonialism.
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/new-web...
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
Conference banner, with a colorful medieval drawing of rooftops in the background under a smiling sun. In the center, in black text within a translucent white rectangle, are the conference dates and location.
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender is sponsoring a conference session dedicated to the work of ECRs at the upcoming meeting of the @16csociety.bsky.social in Chicago, Oct 29-31, 2026.
Submit an abstract of 250 words & a brief bio to Michelle Dowd, mmdowd1@ua.edu, by April 3.
Een ander bijzondere schilderij van Ruisdael is ‘Gezicht op Amsterdam vanaf de steigers van het nieuwe stadhuis’ uit 1670-1673. Dit schilderij is niet, zoals bovenstaand werk, te vinden in het Rijksmuseum maar in the National Gallery te Londen. 2/2
👇 recent @foreignaffairs.com piece actually — I am not joking — takes the time to assert (not argue, assert) that US membership in the League of Nations wouldn't have made any difference during the 20s and 30s. (This is the IR 101 version of "let me share what I learned about markets in Econ 101").
Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval
As Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election that in fact he lost, the FBI expands its criminal investigation into his debunked claims by subpoenaing voting records in Arizona. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
The DC Disciplinary Counsel has filed ethics charges against DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin over the letter he sent Georgetown on its DEI policies, court filings show The charges, filed Friday but made public Tuesday, allege he violated the 1st & 5th amendments of the constitution by using his position to threaten not to hire Georgetown students unless the school ceased teaching DEI
Another reason why Bondi is trying to block state bars from investigating DOJ attorneys accused of ethics violations (which is itself illegal): slate.com/news-and-pol...
This week the Senate is going to vote on Joshua Rudd to be Director of the NSA. He's a dangerous nominee to lead an agency with a history of abusing domestic surveillance capabilities. Here's why:
🚨🚨Major story of today: Nearly seven months ago, #Ukraine tried to sell the US their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made attack drones but #Trump admin dismissed the Ukrainians, only to reverse course last week because of heavy drone strikes from #Iran.🧵
www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...
The driver says at the gas station (leaving out some choice language): How are we going to take the country back if these **** don't support us?
Has 'Rep' F*ne ever been to NYC (not to mention, say, Bensonhurst)? 😑
Rand Paul: "I think we've gotten overextended. This is our second war in a month, and these wars are very very expensive not only in the lives that are lost, but also in treasure. I'm very very concerned about the debt. Half a trillion dollars for the military budget is fiscally irresponsible."
So, Inf*ntino di merde, what do you plan to do about this outrage from your 'Peace Prize' winner? dasgraziada www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Yesterday Fine registered a new PAC.
It's called Hebrew Hammer.
