Matthew A. Hoffman
@matthewahoff.bsky.social
You may be a Hoff, but I am the Hoff. The definite article, you might say
Small liberal arts colleges, and also state institutions. The problem is (in order) capitalism, Reagan, university administrators, and now fascists (do i repeat myself?)
For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors
At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Small liberal arts colleges, and also state institutions. The problem is (in order) capitalism, Reagan, university administrators, and now fascists (do i repeat myself?)
And now, from the writer who brought you “Amazon is great” and “the military-industrial complex are the good guys” comes “Russell Tovey fucks a fish”
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And now, from the writer who brought you “Amazon is great” and “the military-industrial complex are the good guys” comes “Russell Tovey fucks a fish”
It’s true what they say, Bluesky people are the worst. For example, today there were people talking about how A Prayer for Owen Meany is their favorite book. Imagine not hating that fucking kid. But you know what they say, there’s no accounting for other people’s bad taste.
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s true what they say, Bluesky people are the worst. For example, today there were people talking about how A Prayer for Owen Meany is their favorite book. Imagine not hating that fucking kid. But you know what they say, there’s no accounting for other people’s bad taste.
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The first second of eternity has finally passed. Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures’ first episode, ‘A Citizen of the Universe’, is available to read (link below).✨🔮 #DoctorWho #ClaraOswald
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The first second of eternity has finally passed. Clara Oswald: The Untold Adventures’ first episode, ‘A Citizen of the Universe’, is available to read (link below).✨🔮 #DoctorWho #ClaraOswald
Annoying how lots of otherwise good discussion of this Oklahoma case calls the TA who was fired “professor.” Of course this was all deliberate, but the instructor was targeted partially because firing a grad student is easy! They didn’t go after a trans associate prof! You have to understand this
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Annoying how lots of otherwise good discussion of this Oklahoma case calls the TA who was fired “professor.” Of course this was all deliberate, but the instructor was targeted partially because firing a grad student is easy! They didn’t go after a trans associate prof! You have to understand this
Nice try, raccoon. But I’m going to eat my leftovers instead of putting them in the trash
PSA: Throw out your Thanksgiving leftovers. Today was the last safe day of eating. After tonight, you're courting food poisoning.
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Nice try, raccoon. But I’m going to eat my leftovers instead of putting them in the trash
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There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions
Conference things:
The sensory/quiet room with a sign saying they’ll kick you out after fifteen minutes. Also the door is locked.
The name badges have QR codes on them. But they just link to a Google search of your name. The top result for me is a Wikipedia page for a murderer who shares my name.
The sensory/quiet room with a sign saying they’ll kick you out after fifteen minutes. Also the door is locked.
The name badges have QR codes on them. But they just link to a Google search of your name. The top result for me is a Wikipedia page for a murderer who shares my name.
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Conference things:
The sensory/quiet room with a sign saying they’ll kick you out after fifteen minutes. Also the door is locked.
The name badges have QR codes on them. But they just link to a Google search of your name. The top result for me is a Wikipedia page for a murderer who shares my name.
The sensory/quiet room with a sign saying they’ll kick you out after fifteen minutes. Also the door is locked.
The name badges have QR codes on them. But they just link to a Google search of your name. The top result for me is a Wikipedia page for a murderer who shares my name.
I don’t really care what you call yourself, abolitionist, anarchist, whatever - if your so-called radicalism consists of merely wanting to be the person with the gun, then you aren’t offering a path away from here.
Your failure is that all you want is to win. It’s not about winning.
Your failure is that all you want is to win. It’s not about winning.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I don’t really care what you call yourself, abolitionist, anarchist, whatever - if your so-called radicalism consists of merely wanting to be the person with the gun, then you aren’t offering a path away from here.
Your failure is that all you want is to win. It’s not about winning.
Your failure is that all you want is to win. It’s not about winning.
In other news, I’m suddenly in need of recommendations for a new face cleanser
Apropos, a Friend of mine is in the porn industry and will tell you that Cetaphil is routinely used as a stand in for cum
All the moisture has gone out of the air so it’s time to once again promote my favorite lip balm that you absolutely cannot wear out in public
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In other news, I’m suddenly in need of recommendations for a new face cleanser
Somehow the editable version is hosted by IU, so here’s an IU-specific sign
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Somehow the editable version is hosted by IU, so here’s an IU-specific sign
Stop reposting annoying Twitter people via screenshot here. It makes me sad I can’t block them
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Stop reposting annoying Twitter people via screenshot here. It makes me sad I can’t block them
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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*A French restaurant*
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
*A French restaurant*
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
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It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
If I ever get a fundraising letter from this so-called university, I’m going to pay the stamp to send them an envelope with a letter detailing exactly how much money they wasted on the football coach and admin salaries, while shutting down academic programs and instituting a hiring freeze
Indiana just agreed to pay a football coach $93 million.
If you’re a fan of a Big Ten school and your AD tells you they can’t afford something they are lying.
If you’re a fan of a Big Ten school and your AD tells you they can’t afford something they are lying.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If I ever get a fundraising letter from this so-called university, I’m going to pay the stamp to send them an envelope with a letter detailing exactly how much money they wasted on the football coach and admin salaries, while shutting down academic programs and instituting a hiring freeze
Gee, I wonder why admin chose this (homecoming) weekend to pressure IDS into removing news stories from the print edition (and then fired the paper’s advisor and canceled all print editions going forward). Surely not because administrators don’t want the public to be made aware of their actions
This is a really bad sign for Jewish Studies as an academic field, and if we do not stand up against this, we will not maintain our integrity as a discipline. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Jewish Studies director replacement ‘unprecedented,’ students and faculty say
Dean Rick Van Kooten later held a nomination process one faculty member called “symbolic.”
www.idsnews.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Gee, I wonder why admin chose this (homecoming) weekend to pressure IDS into removing news stories from the print edition (and then fired the paper’s advisor and canceled all print editions going forward). Surely not because administrators don’t want the public to be made aware of their actions
If Sylv sees this he’s gonna beat up that guy with his “refugees welcome here” sign
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If Sylv sees this he’s gonna beat up that guy with his “refugees welcome here” sign
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whoever runs for president in 2028 on the campaign slogan of "transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place" has my vote tbh
Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
whoever runs for president in 2028 on the campaign slogan of "transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place" has my vote tbh
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To me, that is a core part of the anti-trans-rights movement, they are afraid that if people realize that things we take for granted as facts of nature are really just social constructs, then we might start questioning all the other social constructs, like money, value, political power, etc.
September 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
To me, that is a core part of the anti-trans-rights movement, they are afraid that if people realize that things we take for granted as facts of nature are really just social constructs, then we might start questioning all the other social constructs, like money, value, political power, etc.
Every signatory to this needs to be hounded for the rest of their days with their arguments here. Every time you see them at a conference, pester them about this. Oh you didn’t read before signing? Well you signed off on it, tough shit!
What it sounds like when philosophers who are also anti-trans activists submit an amicus brief to a US court where they argue for banning trans girls and women from women's sports.
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Every signatory to this needs to be hounded for the rest of their days with their arguments here. Every time you see them at a conference, pester them about this. Oh you didn’t read before signing? Well you signed off on it, tough shit!
I can’t be the only one who reads the guy’s name as “Tom Human” right?
September 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I can’t be the only one who reads the guy’s name as “Tom Human” right?
Cora Diamond: “I can consider animals as our fellow creatures to whom we extend our moral emotions, but I draw the line when it comes to trans women.”
September 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Cora Diamond: “I can consider animals as our fellow creatures to whom we extend our moral emotions, but I draw the line when it comes to trans women.”
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Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court,
Trans Rights are Human Rights. My colleagues, such as they are, are a bunch of knobs.
Trans Rights are Human Rights. My colleagues, such as they are, are a bunch of knobs.
September 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court,
Trans Rights are Human Rights. My colleagues, such as they are, are a bunch of knobs.
Trans Rights are Human Rights. My colleagues, such as they are, are a bunch of knobs.