Been reading Randy Boygoda's new campus novel. It self-consciously resists tired tropes of the genre, but also reveals how hard it is to full subvert them. But maybe the best part of the novel is how it situates data science at the center of prestige laundering, propaganda, & outright fraud.

People finally understanding how Title IX Offices work

This margarita can only do so much

I’m drinking margaritas at a Mexican restaurant on a Friday night and the talent is a morgan wallen cover artist send help

Keep an eye out for university events featuring them as speakers as well. This will be an important step towards laundering their reputation and returning to power.

Four weeks until book reviews (and more!) launch--help us reach new subscribers before then!

Occasional reminder that the right-wing attack on higher ed, including the push for "viewpoint diversity" and "civic education," is largely a racist backlash against an increasingly non-white college-going demographic.

Honestly the whole thing does feel haunting

We have to start a folder of most insane AI pitches

Two types of academic correspondence are “apologies for the delay but I’ll need more time” and “hey do you wanna do this thing with me three years from now”

The conflation of AI-critical with technophobic is tactical & infuriating. While accusing us of just knee-jerk hating tech, they’re enshittifying search engines, degrading digital archives, sundowning or enclosing popular tools, etc. We were all happily using that tech!

I cannot really explain to someone who hasn't been steeped in this stuff for awhile how sudden and total the "go to college and get a good job" edict has collapsed. It's a vaccuum. And we know how nature feels about those. All we are throwing in there at the moment is A.I.