Jon Nichols
@jon276.bsky.social
Author of “Requiem for a College.”
Husband, dog dad, English and rhetoric professor, writer, advocate.
University of Berwyn.
Husband, dog dad, English and rhetoric professor, writer, advocate.
University of Berwyn.
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Jon Nichols
@jon276.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
In 2017, the college I taught at, my father taught at, and my brother taught at closed. “Requiem for a College” is the story of what happened and how it connects to the trend of small college closures in the US.
Maybe it can help save your institution. #academicsky
www.amazon.com/Requiem-Coll...
Maybe it can help save your institution. #academicsky
www.amazon.com/Requiem-Coll...
An article that I find rather helpful in trying to navigate the new world of AI and writing. Also, the comments are surprisingly informative as they come from many in college faculty.
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An article that I find rather helpful in trying to navigate the new world of AI and writing. Also, the comments are surprisingly informative as they come from many in college faculty.
My theme song:
The Diodes- Tired Of Waking Up Tired (HQ)
YouTube video by VacuumScam
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My theme song:
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Of course I’ll drink a wine called “Blood of the Virgin” while I’m sitting alone with you in this room of creepy statuary.
#svengoolie
#svengoolie
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Of course I’ll drink a wine called “Blood of the Virgin” while I’m sitting alone with you in this room of creepy statuary.
#svengoolie
#svengoolie
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Throw your voice into the live commenting here tonight during the ventriloquist chiller “ Devil Doll” and the Xmas Xtremes of “A Very Brady Christmas” on MeTV! Please use the hashtag #svengoolie and get ready for horror and-uh- holiday histrionics!
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Throw your voice into the live commenting here tonight during the ventriloquist chiller “ Devil Doll” and the Xmas Xtremes of “A Very Brady Christmas” on MeTV! Please use the hashtag #svengoolie and get ready for horror and-uh- holiday histrionics!
If you’d rather not shop Amazon, the book is also available at Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.
#academicsky
#selfpromosaturday
#selfpromotionsaturday
#academicsky
#selfpromosaturday
#selfpromotionsaturday
It’s #selfpromotionsaturday and could be more joyous seasons greetings than the story of people suffering through small college closings? “Requiem for a College” available now.
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you’d rather not shop Amazon, the book is also available at Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.
#academicsky
#selfpromosaturday
#selfpromotionsaturday
#academicsky
#selfpromosaturday
#selfpromotionsaturday
It’s #selfpromotionsaturday and could be more joyous seasons greetings than the story of people suffering through small college closings? “Requiem for a College” available now.
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s #selfpromotionsaturday and could be more joyous seasons greetings than the story of people suffering through small college closings? “Requiem for a College” available now.
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
#selfpromosaturday #academicsky
Depressing, but quite real thread. I have experienced every single bit of it firsthand.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Depressing, but quite real thread. I have experienced every single bit of it firsthand.
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“about 11 percent to 20 percent, depending on the data set — explicitly said goodbye when leaving, affording the bot the same social courtesy they would a human companion. These percentages went up drastically after longer conversations, with users saying goodbye over half the time on some apps.”
Chatbots' emotionally manipulative tactics
Researchers detail six ways chatbots seek to prolong “emotionally sensitive events.”
news.harvard.edu
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“about 11 percent to 20 percent, depending on the data set — explicitly said goodbye when leaving, affording the bot the same social courtesy they would a human companion. These percentages went up drastically after longer conversations, with users saying goodbye over half the time on some apps.”
@drdjbyrd.bsky.social thank you for the repost!
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
@drdjbyrd.bsky.social thank you for the repost!
Reposted by Jon Nichols
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
Reposted by Jon Nichols
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
Reposted by Jon Nichols
We used to be a society.
The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We used to be a society.
Reposted by Jon Nichols
Here it is with the byline and alt text
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here it is with the byline and alt text
“Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe.”
Something poetic in that.
Something poetic in that.
Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein's gravity to the test
The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair's slow orbital decay to put Einstein's theory of gravity to t...
www.livescience.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe.”
Something poetic in that.
Something poetic in that.
Reposted by Jon Nichols
If you or someone you know is in higher ed, why not pick them up something for Black Friday?
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If you or someone you know is in higher ed, why not pick them up something for Black Friday?
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
Reposted by Jon Nichols
A study in suspension
- and what they see and what we can't see.
- and what they see and what we can't see.
Sea Watchers - 1952
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104086
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104086
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A study in suspension
- and what they see and what we can't see.
- and what they see and what we can't see.
If you’d rather not shop Amazon, the book is also available at Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.
#academicsky
#academicsky
If you or someone you know is in higher ed, why not pick them up something for Black Friday?
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you’d rather not shop Amazon, the book is also available at Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.
#academicsky
#academicsky
If you or someone you know is in higher ed, why not pick them up something for Black Friday?
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States [Nichols, Jonathan, Colbert, Kate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If you or someone you know is in higher ed, why not pick them up something for Black Friday?
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
“Requiem for a College” tells the story of those who have lived through small college closings, and provides research to explain why this trend is happening.
#academicsky
Trying to decide what my signature coffee blend would be.
If I warranted it that is.
If I warranted it that is.
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trying to decide what my signature coffee blend would be.
If I warranted it that is.
If I warranted it that is.
Just completed a review of student proposals for new sustainability initiatives. One of them mentioned bee colony collapse. That started me searching.
New product seeks to reverse honeybee colony collapse
The Environmental Protection Agency gave approval earlier in 2025 to a new mode of action miticide to control the varroa mite.
www.farmprogress.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just completed a review of student proposals for new sustainability initiatives. One of them mentioned bee colony collapse. That started me searching.
Reposted by Jon Nichols
Plot twist: I'm the strange one.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Plot twist: I'm the strange one.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
This is true year round.
We just think about it more during the holidays.
We just think about it more during the holidays.
Opinion | America, the Hungry
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is true year round.
We just think about it more during the holidays.
We just think about it more during the holidays.