Steven Nelson

“He Could Be Impeached.” Donald Trump’s Base Revolts Over War With Iran MAGA leaders are expressing dismay and anger at the president, who campaigned on isolationism and "no new wars"

You were repeatedly warned. If you believed Trump’s promise that he wouldn’t drag us into endless wars, that’s on you.

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In 1973, a veto-proof majority of Congress took the position that POTUS’s constitutional powers to use military force are limited to:

1) declaration of war

2) specific statutory authorization

3) national emergency triggered by attack on U.S., its territories or possessions, or armed forces. 1/n

In closing its museum, which exhibited the work of scores of Chicago and underrepresented artist and stands as an important part of art and art historical training, DePaul University shows its lack of commitment to the full range of the arts.

www.depaul.edu/news/dpam-20...

I'm giving a keynote lecture titled, "Why the Underground Railroad Matters," at the Barnes Foundation tonight. The event is in person and virtual.
www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/tal...

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Seeing a conference presenter who is using lots of air quotes. #caa2026

Under Administrative Pressure, Faculty Committee Ends Women’s Research Symposium | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event, accor...

Unnecessary compliance.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Given our current political climate, I am deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2026 College Art Association Excellence in Diversity Award, which recognizes outstanding efforts in arts programming, projects, and/or scholarship to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

I once saw a speaker who was accompanied by a drummer. I was super jealous not to have thought of it first.

I arrived at a conference yesterday, and it was so weird not writing a paper on the plane or pulling an all-nighter in my hotel room (I'm not actually giving a paper, so there's that).

College Art Association Annual Conference reminder.

Following an example I saw at a conference in 2022, I’ve been known to use a tambourine. It’s super effective.

ACLS Joins PEN America in Letter to Texas A&M Board of Regents The American Council of Learned Societies joins PEN America in sending a letter in defense of academic freedom to the Texas A&M Board of Regents

ACLS and several of our member societies signed on to a @penamerica.bsky.social letter to the Texas A&M Board of Regents defending academic freedom and urging them to rescind censorship policies: bit.ly/4bJ12fo

PSA

I only ever had TAs as back up dancers/models once.

wins the internet

That way there is time enough for my question.

Well…it’s more of a comment.

He also conducted a wedding, so yeah

See also: Your portion of the meeting agenda that said you only needed 10 minutes for.

Also applies to proposal defenses.

Why would you ask for permission?

Yup.

I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…

Least you can do is have a walk-up song

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You don't have one?

And now for the most academic (and accurate) take on the Bad Bunny halftime show...

This is academic violence

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That's fair.

I will not fault him for having down his homework.

Same!

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BAM!!