Kathleen
@kathleencarson.bsky.social
Doomers are complying in advance. I block on sight. Guaranteed one egregious typo per post.
Yeah, that I agree. Academia did not protect its flank and many became a willing even enthusiastic participants in its dismantling.
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah, that I agree. Academia did not protect its flank and many became a willing even enthusiastic participants in its dismantling.
The socialization process of becoming faculty cuts very hard against this. I am not saying it is not possible. Faculty *unions* are effective. I have just never been in an academic department (granted, I left academia) where the faculty didn't spend more time on petty infighting than fighting admin.
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The socialization process of becoming faculty cuts very hard against this. I am not saying it is not possible. Faculty *unions* are effective. I have just never been in an academic department (granted, I left academia) where the faculty didn't spend more time on petty infighting than fighting admin.
The state amended the constitution to allow tuition and defunded higher ed.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The state amended the constitution to allow tuition and defunded higher ed.
I had to interview a prof my freshman year. I went to the med school and an old prof who cheerfully told me that he went to med school there for $50 in fees/semester because the state constitution forbade charging tuition because of the inherent and economic value an of educated citizenry.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had to interview a prof my freshman year. I went to the med school and an old prof who cheerfully told me that he went to med school there for $50 in fees/semester because the state constitution forbade charging tuition because of the inherent and economic value an of educated citizenry.
The rapid expansion and racial and gender integration of an already comparatively accessible high ed system post-WWII undermined the rule and control of wealthy white men of this country.
So, the GOP has spent the last 40 years trying to make it hard to access and/or worth less.+
So, the GOP has spent the last 40 years trying to make it hard to access and/or worth less.+
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The rapid expansion and racial and gender integration of an already comparatively accessible high ed system post-WWII undermined the rule and control of wealthy white men of this country.
So, the GOP has spent the last 40 years trying to make it hard to access and/or worth less.+
So, the GOP has spent the last 40 years trying to make it hard to access and/or worth less.+
If you have to appeal to each individual student as a consumer instead of be a bulwark of learning and progress for your community/state, you make different decisions. Many very bad for the students qua students and community you serve. +
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If you have to appeal to each individual student as a consumer instead of be a bulwark of learning and progress for your community/state, you make different decisions. Many very bad for the students qua students and community you serve. +
Eh, okay. I mean, Reagan is an avatar for the larger Republican project of restoring highly privileged nature of access to higher ed.
The pressure to run higher ed "like a business" increased as we moved the cost and risk of pursuing higher ed from the public to the individual.+
The pressure to run higher ed "like a business" increased as we moved the cost and risk of pursuing higher ed from the public to the individual.+
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Eh, okay. I mean, Reagan is an avatar for the larger Republican project of restoring highly privileged nature of access to higher ed.
The pressure to run higher ed "like a business" increased as we moved the cost and risk of pursuing higher ed from the public to the individual.+
The pressure to run higher ed "like a business" increased as we moved the cost and risk of pursuing higher ed from the public to the individual.+
Oh, my alma mater's president came from the academy: 5 advanced degrees, including a PhD in sociolinguistics.
I don't remember how much time he spent on the faculty side before he went into administration. But he wasn't, unlike his successor, a businessman appointed to run it like a business.
I don't remember how much time he spent on the faculty side before he went into administration. But he wasn't, unlike his successor, a businessman appointed to run it like a business.
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh, my alma mater's president came from the academy: 5 advanced degrees, including a PhD in sociolinguistics.
I don't remember how much time he spent on the faculty side before he went into administration. But he wasn't, unlike his successor, a businessman appointed to run it like a business.
I don't remember how much time he spent on the faculty side before he went into administration. But he wasn't, unlike his successor, a businessman appointed to run it like a business.
And both psychologically and financially cannot make decisions that would change course, so they do things like this that not only make it less rewarding to shop there but feel like actual punishment for their loyalty. Well, then we are winning!
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And both psychologically and financially cannot make decisions that would change course, so they do things like this that not only make it less rewarding to shop there but feel like actual punishment for their loyalty. Well, then we are winning!
largely respond to the incentive structure they are in, including peer pressure. So, while we can bemoan their moral failing, can comes from systems and structures that incentivize pro-social behavior. And if boycotting means Target is struggling and in a defensive crouch+
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
largely respond to the incentive structure they are in, including peer pressure. So, while we can bemoan their moral failing, can comes from systems and structures that incentivize pro-social behavior. And if boycotting means Target is struggling and in a defensive crouch+
It is. It really is. And they are.
I am a structuralist at heart though. We have a % of people who consistently do the pro-social thing even when it is hard and a % of people who seek opportunities to be anti-social (not avoid people but harm community). But most people +
I am a structuralist at heart though. We have a % of people who consistently do the pro-social thing even when it is hard and a % of people who seek opportunities to be anti-social (not avoid people but harm community). But most people +
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is. It really is. And they are.
I am a structuralist at heart though. We have a % of people who consistently do the pro-social thing even when it is hard and a % of people who seek opportunities to be anti-social (not avoid people but harm community). But most people +
I am a structuralist at heart though. We have a % of people who consistently do the pro-social thing even when it is hard and a % of people who seek opportunities to be anti-social (not avoid people but harm community). But most people +
The uni pres saw himself as a mover and shaker in city and state politics and business (frequently named "most influential" while the pres of the larger and wealthier university down the street was not).
He was not first and foremost an educator.
He was not first and foremost an educator.
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The uni pres saw himself as a mover and shaker in city and state politics and business (frequently named "most influential" while the pres of the larger and wealthier university down the street was not).
He was not first and foremost an educator.
He was not first and foremost an educator.
I was in a teaching excellence seminar ~2009. The prof was talking abt the threat the corporatization of higher ed posed to the project of education and the lights went out.
He said "ope, [the university president] heard me."
The uni went thru a series of reorgs and RIF bloodbaths after that.
He said "ope, [the university president] heard me."
The uni went thru a series of reorgs and RIF bloodbaths after that.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I was in a teaching excellence seminar ~2009. The prof was talking abt the threat the corporatization of higher ed posed to the project of education and the lights went out.
He said "ope, [the university president] heard me."
The uni went thru a series of reorgs and RIF bloodbaths after that.
He said "ope, [the university president] heard me."
The uni went thru a series of reorgs and RIF bloodbaths after that.
Of course, it is appalling that Trump doesn't think that. But unfortunately, with Trump, we regularly fall into a classic abuse dynamic where we focus on how everyone around the abuser could act differently instead of taking the abuse head on.
But the press is literally not doing their job.
But the press is literally not doing their job.
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Of course, it is appalling that Trump doesn't think that. But unfortunately, with Trump, we regularly fall into a classic abuse dynamic where we focus on how everyone around the abuser could act differently instead of taking the abuse head on.
But the press is literally not doing their job.
But the press is literally not doing their job.
Other contenders were Cletus and Aloysius (a family name).
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Other contenders were Cletus and Aloysius (a family name).
I lost a lot. I think at one point, I need to have like 10 children to make good on my debts. And that is with him occasionally throwing bets so I could win rights back.
It is something to tell you partner than actually your dad has a claim on naming you first child.
It is something to tell you partner than actually your dad has a claim on naming you first child.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I lost a lot. I think at one point, I need to have like 10 children to make good on my debts. And that is with him occasionally throwing bets so I could win rights back.
It is something to tell you partner than actually your dad has a claim on naming you first child.
It is something to tell you partner than actually your dad has a claim on naming you first child.
HOWEVER, as the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution specifically in reaction to the overreach of the British monarch, the free press was always fundamentally about informing and mobilizing the public around the abuses of a mad king.
a picture of a man in a crown with the words now you 're making me maaaad
Alt: Jonathan Groff as King George III, wearing a crown, 18th century royal apparel including an ermine cape, singing, "Now you 're making me maaaad!"
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HOWEVER, as the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution specifically in reaction to the overreach of the British monarch, the free press was always fundamentally about informing and mobilizing the public around the abuses of a mad king.
TBC, they never intended for POTUS to be this powerful and most immediately, given the nature of politics and press at the time, and the day-to-day of a free press was focused on the accountability of state gov't and MOCs. +
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
TBC, they never intended for POTUS to be this powerful and most immediately, given the nature of politics and press at the time, and the day-to-day of a free press was focused on the accountability of state gov't and MOCs. +
There are some never Trumpers who've accurately assessed that Trumpism was the culmination of 60 years of the GOP project with this roots even deeper than that and have repented for their moral failing in being part of that.
However, I do not believe that Rick Wilson, Conway, and Schmidt have.
However, I do not believe that Rick Wilson, Conway, and Schmidt have.
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There are some never Trumpers who've accurately assessed that Trumpism was the culmination of 60 years of the GOP project with this roots even deeper than that and have repented for their moral failing in being part of that.
However, I do not believe that Rick Wilson, Conway, and Schmidt have.
However, I do not believe that Rick Wilson, Conway, and Schmidt have.
Yeah, I only tolerate him getting air time because he has demonstrated effectiveness in messaging to demographics that we need to move.
And sometimes it takes some one formerly on the inside to really effectively describe the rot to the people who need to hear it the most. +
And sometimes it takes some one formerly on the inside to really effectively describe the rot to the people who need to hear it the most. +
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Yeah, I only tolerate him getting air time because he has demonstrated effectiveness in messaging to demographics that we need to move.
And sometimes it takes some one formerly on the inside to really effectively describe the rot to the people who need to hear it the most. +
And sometimes it takes some one formerly on the inside to really effectively describe the rot to the people who need to hear it the most. +
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It's impressive how by all accounts women seem to be just as lonely as men but only one gender can't shut the fuck up about it in the media
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's impressive how by all accounts women seem to be just as lonely as men but only one gender can't shut the fuck up about it in the media