Catherine Cocks
@catherinefte.bsky.social
Co-editor of Feeding the Elephant, scholarly publishing nerd, fan of the Heidelberg Project (look it up).
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Well, I always listen to David Perry!
Last year I published my book-length argument about the futility of posting, and how we're not going to dunk, troll, and flash mob our way to a better world.
Last year I published my book-length argument about the futility of posting, and how we're not going to dunk, troll, and flash mob our way to a better world.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Well, I always listen to David Perry!
Last year I published my book-length argument about the futility of posting, and how we're not going to dunk, troll, and flash mob our way to a better world.
Last year I published my book-length argument about the futility of posting, and how we're not going to dunk, troll, and flash mob our way to a better world.
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We 👀 "search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content... There’s also a growing mvmt pushing back against new AI data centers... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort." - @tega.bsky.social
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We 👀 "search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content... There’s also a growing mvmt pushing back against new AI data centers... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort." - @tega.bsky.social
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The #feedingtheelephant team @emily-elliott.bsky.social and @dawnd.bsky.social and I are grateful to @h-net-humanities.bsky.social and @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social for giving us--and so many others--a platform! If you can, help support H-Net's work: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
The Elephant Roundup (November 2025) | H-Net
A monthly newsletter from Feeding the Elephant
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November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The #feedingtheelephant team @emily-elliott.bsky.social and @dawnd.bsky.social and I are grateful to @h-net-humanities.bsky.social and @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social for giving us--and so many others--a platform! If you can, help support H-Net's work: networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Did you know the Monterey Aquarium has playlists for relaxing and studying? This one is all about nudibranches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Did you know the Monterey Aquarium has playlists for relaxing and studying? This one is all about nudibranches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...
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A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.
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We're back, baby! #altMMWR returns after 7 weeks
Our first paper looks at nirsevimab's effectiveness against RSV-related intensive care unit admissions among babies 👶
Tl;dr: it works! ~80% effectiveness for both of these outcomes
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
For our fellow nerds,🧵👇
Our first paper looks at nirsevimab's effectiveness against RSV-related intensive care unit admissions among babies 👶
Tl;dr: it works! ~80% effectiveness for both of these outcomes
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
For our fellow nerds,🧵👇
Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Intensive Care Unit ...
This report describes a multicenter case-control investigation that found nirsevimab was 80% effective at preventing RSV-associated ICU admissions among infants.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We're back, baby! #altMMWR returns after 7 weeks
Our first paper looks at nirsevimab's effectiveness against RSV-related intensive care unit admissions among babies 👶
Tl;dr: it works! ~80% effectiveness for both of these outcomes
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
For our fellow nerds,🧵👇
Our first paper looks at nirsevimab's effectiveness against RSV-related intensive care unit admissions among babies 👶
Tl;dr: it works! ~80% effectiveness for both of these outcomes
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
For our fellow nerds,🧵👇
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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The problem is distributing free pdfs of the readings for groups of senior faculty, or for grad seminars, as if there was someone else who was buying the books, while "we" get them for free. When "we" don't buy the books, there isn't anyone else to pick up the cost of publishing them.
This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The problem is distributing free pdfs of the readings for groups of senior faculty, or for grad seminars, as if there was someone else who was buying the books, while "we" get them for free. When "we" don't buy the books, there isn't anyone else to pick up the cost of publishing them.
Wondering what a developmental editor does? @katelynknox.bsky.social reviews @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social 's book "Make Your Manuscript Work" @princetonupress.bsky.social #feedingtheepphant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Book Review: 'Make Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers' | H-Net
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Wondering what a developmental editor does? @katelynknox.bsky.social reviews @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social 's book "Make Your Manuscript Work" @princetonupress.bsky.social #feedingtheepphant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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Palestinian families call for help as Israel's two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.
Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies
Palestinian families call for help as Israel's two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Palestinian families call for help as Israel's two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.
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“This isnt the America I know!”
Black People:
Black People:
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“This isnt the America I know!”
Black People:
Black People:
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#ReadUP on how @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @projectmuse.bsky.social collaborated & personified the idea of #TeamUP w/ @jhu.edu on #DemocracyDay
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Thanks @aupresses.bsky.social !
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Thanks @aupresses.bsky.social !
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#ReadUP on how @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @projectmuse.bsky.social collaborated & personified the idea of #TeamUP w/ @jhu.edu on #DemocracyDay
www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...
Thanks @aupresses.bsky.social !
www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...
Thanks @aupresses.bsky.social !
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So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on @nbcphiladelphia.com's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on @nbcphiladelphia.com's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
I did know! Have eaten bagels in Montreal and NYC. Mmmmm!
In honor of #UPWeek, we've partnered with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to explore how food shapes identity across borders.
Nothing says NYC like pastrami on rye from Katz's, but did you know Montreal has its own take on the Jewish deli tradition?
Learn about that here:
Nothing says NYC like pastrami on rye from Katz's, but did you know Montreal has its own take on the Jewish deli tradition?
Learn about that here:
TeamUP! NYU and McGill-Queen’s Savor Food Studies in NYC and Montréal
Read McGill-Queen’s University Press’s post about Eating the Urban Wild: Food and Foraging in Montréal here.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I did know! Have eaten bagels in Montreal and NYC. Mmmmm!
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The #SouthSoundBirdAlliance welcomes Gretchen Newberry to present "The Hidden Lives of Common Nighthawks" on Zoom tonight, November 13, at 7:00 pm PT! Registration is required. Visit beav.es/ooP to learn more.
#BirdBooks #Nighthawks #ReadLocal
#BirdBooks #Nighthawks #ReadLocal
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The #SouthSoundBirdAlliance welcomes Gretchen Newberry to present "The Hidden Lives of Common Nighthawks" on Zoom tonight, November 13, at 7:00 pm PT! Registration is required. Visit beav.es/ooP to learn more.
#BirdBooks #Nighthawks #ReadLocal
#BirdBooks #Nighthawks #ReadLocal
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LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY
Finding Art in Life with Olivia Clare Friedman
On Cli-Fi and more
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November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY
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🎧 Fantastic new conversation on our podcast! Featuring Danny Snelson, Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) / @vickiwfmu.bsky.social , Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra on the digitized afterlives of cultural objects. share.transistor.fm/s/d0afdbc0
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎧 Fantastic new conversation on our podcast! Featuring Danny Snelson, Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) / @vickiwfmu.bsky.social , Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra on the digitized afterlives of cultural objects. share.transistor.fm/s/d0afdbc0
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In a new episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews Maha Bali about her edited collection Open at the Margins and the ways open education is not always already equitable. @brennacgray.bsky.social @mahabali.bsky.social On your favourite platform or at
www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In a new episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews Maha Bali about her edited collection Open at the Margins and the ways open education is not always already equitable. @brennacgray.bsky.social @mahabali.bsky.social On your favourite platform or at
www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?