Among many other things, a great day for academic freedom.
We have a democratic governor in Texas:
Gina Hinojosa, who staked her campaign on public education.
The governor appoints university regents, who have been destroying our universities.
This win meaningfully changes things for Texas universities, students, us early career faculty here.
Gina Hinojosa, who staked her campaign on public education.
The governor appoints university regents, who have been destroying our universities.
This win meaningfully changes things for Texas universities, students, us early career faculty here.
November 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Among many other things, a great day for academic freedom.
Soooo looks like getting an academic position in the great BLUE state of Texas might actually happen for me!?
Academic Freedom is coming back
Academic Freedom is coming back
November 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Soooo looks like getting an academic position in the great BLUE state of Texas might actually happen for me!?
Academic Freedom is coming back
Academic Freedom is coming back
looks like a sad academic reception
November 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
looks like a sad academic reception
This is the high-minded academic analysis that we all need.
November 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
This is the high-minded academic analysis that we all need.
An impressive pair deserves an equally impressive academic following.
#Batemoor # #ScrotalStudies #BallWorship #Nuts #CrownJewels #FeralStudies #Balls
X: @ybseejay
@ybseejay.bsky.social
#Batemoor # #ScrotalStudies #BallWorship #Nuts #CrownJewels #FeralStudies #Balls
X: @ybseejay
@ybseejay.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
An impressive pair deserves an equally impressive academic following.
#Batemoor # #ScrotalStudies #BallWorship #Nuts #CrownJewels #FeralStudies #Balls
X: @ybseejay
@ybseejay.bsky.social
#Batemoor # #ScrotalStudies #BallWorship #Nuts #CrownJewels #FeralStudies #Balls
X: @ybseejay
@ybseejay.bsky.social
hitting a big milestone as a baby academic 🥹🫶🏼
November 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
hitting a big milestone as a baby academic 🥹🫶🏼
Any time I look at academic starting salaries, I think about how fucking absurd academia as an institution is.
November 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Any time I look at academic starting salaries, I think about how fucking absurd academia as an institution is.
Me: working on my academic essay
The cat:
The cat:
Parkour in The Office
ALT: Parkour in The Office
static.klipy.com
November 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Me: working on my academic essay
The cat:
The cat:
He has an edited book on the topic! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
November 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
He has an edited book on the topic! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Seems particularly common on academic paper hosts.
3 cloudflare "verify you are human" prompts in a row to get into a website this morning. my beautiful internet, she is very sick
November 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Seems particularly common on academic paper hosts.
it has been so fucking depressing to find out in the roughly two years since I made this tweet that this is basically academic consensus
"Oh, you're a feminist? Did you consider ... WOMEN can do bad things too?!"
Shit. Fuck. No, what? You're telling me this now?! Shit shit shit fuck fuck fuck oh man oh jeez oh willikers fuck this changes EVERYTHING--
Shit. Fuck. No, what? You're telling me this now?! Shit shit shit fuck fuck fuck oh man oh jeez oh willikers fuck this changes EVERYTHING--
November 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM
it has been so fucking depressing to find out in the roughly two years since I made this tweet that this is basically academic consensus
He will spend the first academic year on sabbatical.
November 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
He will spend the first academic year on sabbatical.
maybe I'm cynical but it doesn't make much sense to project future values for academic disciplines without any assurance of their continued material existence, or any real sense of an alternative basis for their existence, *as academic disciplines*
this is why it matters what you think knowledge is
this is why it matters what you think knowledge is
November 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
maybe I'm cynical but it doesn't make much sense to project future values for academic disciplines without any assurance of their continued material existence, or any real sense of an alternative basis for their existence, *as academic disciplines*
this is why it matters what you think knowledge is
this is why it matters what you think knowledge is
As a 40-year resident, all hope of a blue Texas seemed purely academic. Especially after Beto. I honestly don’t know how to process this.
November 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
As a 40-year resident, all hope of a blue Texas seemed purely academic. Especially after Beto. I honestly don’t know how to process this.
i need to be an academic weapon today but honestly im moreso feeling like an academic victim
November 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
i need to be an academic weapon today but honestly im moreso feeling like an academic victim
Orest Betekhtin. Academic Study.
October 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Orest Betekhtin. Academic Study.
this remains the greatest reddit post of all time
October 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
this remains the greatest reddit post of all time
I’m now surrounded by highly-qualified people stuck in the academic gig economy. This session should help build a community to resist it.
Insecure contracts have no place in education.
We’re bringing casualised members together to share ideas, organise and shape the fight for secure employment.
Help set the agenda at UCU’s Anti-Casualisation Committee event.
Submit session ideas by 1 November.
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We’re bringing casualised members together to share ideas, organise and shape the fight for secure employment.
Help set the agenda at UCU’s Anti-Casualisation Committee event.
Submit session ideas by 1 November.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Anti-casualisation organising meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
November 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I’m now surrounded by highly-qualified people stuck in the academic gig economy. This session should help build a community to resist it.
I love academic budgeting. Meanwhile, let’s hire a VP of AI at $450k because future proofing or something.
November 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I love academic budgeting. Meanwhile, let’s hire a VP of AI at $450k because future proofing or something.
I went straight from a furry con to an academic conference, I'm wearing the same outfit today minus the fursuit.
November 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I went straight from a furry con to an academic conference, I'm wearing the same outfit today minus the fursuit.
An Academic Study of a Young Man.
Dated and Signed on the Reverse, 1879 and Inscribed
"To My Most Beloved Boy", but not Signed by The Artist.
#Art #AI #Male #Homoerotic #Academic #Portrait #TempvsVirman
Dated and Signed on the Reverse, 1879 and Inscribed
"To My Most Beloved Boy", but not Signed by The Artist.
#Art #AI #Male #Homoerotic #Academic #Portrait #TempvsVirman
November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
An Academic Study of a Young Man.
Dated and Signed on the Reverse, 1879 and Inscribed
"To My Most Beloved Boy", but not Signed by The Artist.
#Art #AI #Male #Homoerotic #Academic #Portrait #TempvsVirman
Dated and Signed on the Reverse, 1879 and Inscribed
"To My Most Beloved Boy", but not Signed by The Artist.
#Art #AI #Male #Homoerotic #Academic #Portrait #TempvsVirman
Admittedly I’m just a policy academic not a law academic like my illustrious colleague quoted below, but I agree with her.
However, the important point is more that if we are at a point where we are actually asking if the HDCA applies, a line has already been well crossed.
However, the important point is more that if we are at a point where we are actually asking if the HDCA applies, a line has already been well crossed.
I don't think the National Party attack ads against Chlöe Swarbrick would be actionable under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, but I DO think it's weird and sexist and gross, and AI slop ads are the lowest form of politics #nzpol
November 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Admittedly I’m just a policy academic not a law academic like my illustrious colleague quoted below, but I agree with her.
However, the important point is more that if we are at a point where we are actually asking if the HDCA applies, a line has already been well crossed.
However, the important point is more that if we are at a point where we are actually asking if the HDCA applies, a line has already been well crossed.
i hate academic halloween what do you mean you're sending a friendly reminder
November 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
i hate academic halloween what do you mean you're sending a friendly reminder
One of the huge effects of the blue takeover of state government in Texas is that the state is a huge buyer of academic materials and conservatives have used that leverage to feed garbage to their schoolchildren for years.
That can start to be undone now.
That can start to be undone now.
November 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
One of the huge effects of the blue takeover of state government in Texas is that the state is a huge buyer of academic materials and conservatives have used that leverage to feed garbage to their schoolchildren for years.
That can start to be undone now.
That can start to be undone now.
In non-academic circles too!
October 31, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In non-academic circles too!