It /is/ a problem that the right has articulated a reactionary vision for the humanities and the left has pushed ROI analysis to boost tech and marketing degrees.

As former humanities dean, I learned "ROI"/"data" matter if they serve the larger narrative, which is set by not just admin and trustees, but by the public. The narrative is that (a) humanities is irrelevant and (b) costs are too high. So, sacrifice hum to serve costs, even if data show otherwise.

And the actor who played him, Carol O’Connor, summed up Archie Bunker so damn well, so long ago. Incredible foresight by Rob Reiner 💔…the Archies have nearly destroyed America 50 years later
It’s really profound

The mayor-elect's decision not to point out the identity of the hero who saved Jewish lives in Sydney today was a leap of faith that we Jews would do so, and we will:

Ahmed al Ahmed shone his light in the darkness. May he be quickly and fully healed.

To save one life is to save the world.

Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.

They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.

Yep. Because the obvious thing to do in Amerikkka in response to one of the daily mass shootings to help lessen the trauma for innocent kids is to storm the joint with war weapons, tactical gear & camouflage

Aggro men with penile compensatory big guns all auditioning for a Stallone film

Fucked up

After hiding in fear from a gunman while simply trying to learn, the final challenge of their quest to stay alive is to do everything the men with guns say.

www.messynessychic.com/2017/05/10/t...

Here he is taking the photo.

I'm only at the university for salt mining skills! I have no interest in topics outside of salt mining.

For me it was an art appreciation class. I have no talent in making art, but it taught me a new way of looking at aesthetic and also made reading that referenced art much more rich. Pound-for-pound, I probably learned more in that class than a lot of my journalism classes.

God I can't wait. And Notre Dame's loss.

The People’s National Championship is set!

Georgia Tech will face BYU on December 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl!

🎟️: PopTartsBowl.com/Tickets

"Are you a cognitive psychologist or a feminist techno-science researcher?"

Questions of this ilk are not complex. They should be answerable by a graduate-level researcher. (How do you see the world? What methods do you use? Who do you read?)

And yet, they are often stumped.

Hope: Just want you to know how much we love and support you in this incredible, outrageous and unforgivable moment. We love you, we love Minnesota, we support you. We think your family is awesome. Best to Gus and to all of you. XO(Chicago)