Sam Cohen
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Sam Cohen
@samcohen.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Proud to be in the new issue of the Dial with these people, talking about the current state of higher ed
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55494
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55494
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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"Once the billionaires have finally taken over our schools, and our country, maybe it will be a blessing that there will be nobody around with the time and resources to write the history of how we lost everything."
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November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Once the billionaires have finally taken over our schools, and our country, maybe it will be a blessing that there will be nobody around with the time and resources to write the history of how we lost everything."
Cold take: the difference between 51° and 41° is way more than ten degrees
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Cold take: the difference between 51° and 41° is way more than ten degrees
One of the many things being lost to austerity and to the idea that billionaires not only should exist but should be listened to
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One of the many things being lost to austerity and to the idea that billionaires not only should exist but should be listened to
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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ready, set, go:
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise - Bridge Michigan
For 118 years, Michigan State University Extension has existed to serve the public with programs ranging from canning classes to soil testing and financial literacy workshops. Now, it aims to bill its...
bridgemi.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ready, set, go:
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
Coming to you (virtually) in May, Other Middlesex County
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ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Coming to you (virtually) in May, Other Middlesex County
ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...
ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...
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Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years. Trump completely free 🤡
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
Other, more serious countries, etc. etc.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Advocacy Groups, Major Publishers Reject Call by Tennessee Demanding Compliance with White House Executive Order on Gender Identity pen.org/press-releas...
Advocacy Groups, Major Publishers Reject Call by Tennessee Demanding Compliance with White House Executive Order on Gender Identity
PEN America today joins 33 major publishers and national library and literary advocacy groups denouncing directives from the Tennessee Secretary of State warning public libraries to review their colle...
pen.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Advocacy Groups, Major Publishers Reject Call by Tennessee Demanding Compliance with White House Executive Order on Gender Identity pen.org/press-releas...
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How can this be treated as anything other than a national emergency
“exiting the market”
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How can this be treated as anything other than a national emergency
That's what I'm talking about
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
That's what I'm talking about
Love me some Belt Publishing
Find out what @beltpublishing.bsky.social is bringing you next year---
The 2026 Belt Pubishing Catalog
My Book Proposal Course Starts January 5: Six of the 12 spots have been claimed; want one of the remaining ones? Some news from former-participants: a NYT bestseller, a contract with Princeton, gettin...
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Love me some Belt Publishing
They call this the Streisand Effect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisa...
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
They call this the Streisand Effect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisa...
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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if your press asks for names, give 6 to 8--NOT the biggest, most senior stars in your field. None of them will do it. part of the problem is that the ppl best poised are "mid-career"--i.e. have a book, tenure. TWIST: the mid-career folx, IF THEY EXIST, are so fucking overloaded I can't even tell you
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
if your press asks for names, give 6 to 8--NOT the biggest, most senior stars in your field. None of them will do it. part of the problem is that the ppl best poised are "mid-career"--i.e. have a book, tenure. TWIST: the mid-career folx, IF THEY EXIST, are so fucking overloaded I can't even tell you
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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This is the complaint of a child who has been given every gift imaginable for Christmas but is still not happy
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is the complaint of a child who has been given every gift imaginable for Christmas but is still not happy