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Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

btw should you be in need of a doomscrolling checkpoint or timeline cleanse, give CCC a follow for regular clips of bright, swimming fish just doing their fishy things

A humble academic proposal: let's not have stars. Everyone hired as an academic at a university is there to teach younger generations, to make new knowledge, to have that knowledge critically evaluated by others, and to act on collective insights. We do not need to designate some people as stars.

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.

Sometimes I think, “oh shit. My writing sounds like tweaked Gen AI.”🤖 And nope. That’s backwards. GenAI sounds like a ghost of my writing because they trained the LLMs on piles and piles of work they stole without permission from writers like me.

The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.

"My own mental health journey has given me a much deeper sense of empathy,” @francescahongwi.bsky.social told me. I wrote about the ridiculous attacks by right-wing media on Francesca Hong's mental health history for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Right-wing media is attacking Francesca Hong for her mental health history"My own mental health journey has given me a much deeper sense of empathy," Hong told Mother Jones.www.motherjones.com

Job Post in Cambridge, UK: Tutor in OT Language, Literature and Theology (2yr contract) www.westminster.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...

The city’s Transportation Department has hit an app that tracks New Yorkers’ block-by-block walking routes with a cease-and-desist letter. DOT wants the free app, called WalkNYC, to walk away and come back with a new name. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/w...

City Hits Walking App With Cease and Desist Over Its NameThe city says WalkNYC, which gamifies walking the streets, is infringing on its trademark.www.thecityreporter.nyc

interesting www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...

NYC quietly relaxes early childhood curriculum mandate following educator pushbackThe mandated curriculum drew backlash from some educators who said it added busywork and diminished their ability to tailor lessons to their students’ needs.www.chalkbeat.org

Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.

Re: the cringeworthy claims I shared last week, I have 2 things for you: 1.For a proper & THOROUGH study of the development of the round scripts including the Ibn Muqla myth, you can do no better than Sheila Blair's Islamic Calligraphy, specifically the chapter "Adoption of the Round Scripts". Also–

The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t OverThe Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...www.aaup.org

In other words, going from a constitutional right (Roe) to a constitutional state by state decision (Dobbs) to a constitutional rule of no abortions. What is the DOJ/legal underpinning for that? There isn't one. Ladies & Gentlemen, your lawless soon-to-be AG. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.www.politico.com

Goodbye and thank you to Betye Saar, a giant and a favorite www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...

Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.www.nytimes.com

It requires expertise to be able to say, “I do not know the answer to that question, and that is becauae thus far scholarly consensus is that we do not have the knowledge needed at this time to answer that question.” Sometimes “I don’t know” is a far more rigorous answer than people might think.

Absolutely not www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...www.bloomberg.com

I’ve been immersed in Theodosian Code since May, but awoke to find Prof. @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social ’s new Catullus translation. It’s amazing to see a person you admired as an undergraduate at UVA now killing it as a classicist & translator. Amo et Amo. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667356...

Had an amazing time talking about all things Louis of Toulouse and relic theft with @loren325.bsky.social of the Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast ( @medievalacademy.bsky.social ) 🥳 Click the link to learn more about the global history of the relics of Louis and his place within the Iberian world: