Jen in West Texas
@friendlyjen.bsky.social
Flat, dusty, hot in summer
@getmeowbox.bsky.social I suppose I should have tagged you. Jake loved his Meowboxes.
For International Cat Day, my beloved Jake, who was handsome and debonair and who I miss daily.
August 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
@getmeowbox.bsky.social I suppose I should have tagged you. Jake loved his Meowboxes.
For International Cat Day, my beloved Jake, who was handsome and debonair and who I miss daily.
August 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
For International Cat Day, my beloved Jake, who was handsome and debonair and who I miss daily.
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⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2
AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System
Social: Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social
aaup-texas.org
July 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2
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Happy #Bloomsday to all who celebrate! Buy some smut for someone you love, take a bath, be kind to a young person who has lost their way, & read a book that helps you say "yes" to life!
June 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Happy #Bloomsday to all who celebrate! Buy some smut for someone you love, take a bath, be kind to a young person who has lost their way, & read a book that helps you say "yes" to life!
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the US's founding, we've published five essays about the interpretative skills required of participants in a democracy. style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
The MLA Democracy Project: Essays on Teaching Democracy and Literature | MLA Style Center
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. The knowledge and skills that come from MLA disciplines–language, literature, writing, a...
style.mla.org
May 31, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes
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🚨🚨”Texas Tech University faculty say restrictions on instruction about race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation prompted changes or requests for changes in 277 courses.”
Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions!
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions!
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, gender lessons prompt changes
A faculty senate survey found professors altered or were asked to change material in 277 courses after Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, sexuality and gender.
www.texastribune.org
May 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
🚨🚨”Texas Tech University faculty say restrictions on instruction about race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation prompted changes or requests for changes in 277 courses.”
Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions!
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
Faculty teaching conditions are student learning conditions!
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
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You can either join your union, go to the meeting, and get in the fight, or you can watch them kill higher education in the US. This will not pass. There will not be a natural reset. You fight or die.
May 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
You can either join your union, go to the meeting, and get in the fight, or you can watch them kill higher education in the US. This will not pass. There will not be a natural reset. You fight or die.
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Teaching restrictions prompted half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty to alter courses, results show www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, gender lessons prompt changes
A faculty senate survey found professors altered or were asked to change material in 277 courses after Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, sexuality and gender.
www.texastribune.org
May 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Teaching restrictions prompted half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty to alter courses, results show www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/t...
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I've always told my students that Plato was a revolutionary figure in his time, but I did not expect him to become one of Texas' most banned authors in 2026.
May 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I've always told my students that Plato was a revolutionary figure in his time, but I did not expect him to become one of Texas' most banned authors in 2026.
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One more comment about this. You thought A&M was bad for censoring Plato's Symposium? Well, Texas Tech said "hold my beer" and banned Plato's REPUBLIC from a philosophy class because there's a brief mention of homosexual love in it.
The SCS has signed onto @historians.org's statement opposing new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines which prohibit content related to “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in core and undergraduate classes, without defining those terms. Read more: www.historians.org/news/aha-opp...
May 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
One more comment about this. You thought A&M was bad for censoring Plato's Symposium? Well, Texas Tech said "hold my beer" and banned Plato's REPUBLIC from a philosophy class because there's a brief mention of homosexual love in it.
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NEW from me: New restrictions on sexual orientation and gender identity at Texas Tech extend to student research
@chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
@chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
At Texas Tech, Even Some Student Research on Gender Will Be Banned
A ban on theses or dissertations about sexual orientation or gender identity has faculty worried about the consequences for graduate students — as well as future attacks on research.
www.chronicle.com
April 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
NEW from me: New restrictions on sexual orientation and gender identity at Texas Tech extend to student research
@chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
@chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Here is a cat who is too large for a box of catnip. Archie says hi.
April 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Here is a cat who is too large for a box of catnip. Archie says hi.
Jake. 2008-2026.
February 23, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Jake. 2008-2026.
@caverteresa.bsky.social Someone offering help with the hat.
My friend bought this pattern and I'm looking forward to helping her knit one up! If any beginner knitters want to give it a shot, I'm here if you need help. This would be a fun crafty project for a video chat!
January 31, 2026 at 9:29 PM
@caverteresa.bsky.social Someone offering help with the hat.