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Russell T. McCutcheon
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I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.

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Russell Tracey McCutcheon is a Canadian religion scholar who earned a PhD in religious studies from the University of Toronto in 1995.

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Political science 38%
Philosophy 26%
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 8h
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d
The star of A CHRISTMAS STORY remains this kid
I like the Wizard of Oz … I like the Tin Man

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 9d
OK friends, time to turn it up to 11. Now watching:
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is wearing a skeleton tank top .
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 13d
Who held the meeting to tell online cooks that their reels needed quick cuts and they should make a mess like they don’t care?
a man with a beard is mixing something in a bowl with the word trendizsst on the door behind him
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13d
How this Christmas will be different for single digit billionaires.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 13d
The rhythm of the wording & the repetition suggests they were too.

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CHOAM for the holidays @samthielman.com · 13d
Oh wow, absolute power corrupted you absolutely? That’s so weird, I got absolute power last year and my subjects say I’ve only gotten wiser and more virtuous

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 13d
“My name is Manousos Oviedo. I am not one of them. I wish to save the world.” #Pluribus
a man with curly hair and a mustache is saying hello
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 14d
A Very Long Book Review.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 14d
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 14d
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 15d
"While [OUP] has continued to grow—most recently w/ acquisition of Karger Publishers this Nov—it has also been hit by layoffs. Last month, OUP laid off 113 UK employees & in Sept 2024, OUP laid off its US design team & content transformation & standards team" www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
OUP Sells Manhattan Offices for $40 Million
Oxford University Press has sold its longtime New York City headquarters on Madison Ave. to a group led by Benchmark Properties, a brokerage and investment firm.
www.publishersweekly.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17d
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 18d
New issue is out

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 19d
Ouch

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 22d
Our Dept’s grad director has just set up a new MA internship for a student already training in digital tools with the creative team leading these two important public resources in our field—and yes, this is how we reinvent the humanities.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 22d
New volume in the series, meant for intro readers. @equinoxpub.bsky.social

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 23d
The nice thing about being off teaching for the spring is that I'll have some space to reimagine my fall courses and part of that is going to be handwritten essays in class on shit they'll need to have read thoroughly enough to remember it.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 26d
Judging colleges by how they teach vocational skills misses the point, argues an engineering professor.

The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Parents and policymakers want job security for graduates, but in the AI and automation era, careers may depend as much on curiosity and initiative as on credentials.
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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 26d
Crooked. Deviant. Thrown for a curve. Fell off the wagon.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 26d
Straight and narrow. On the level. Fly right. Above board. Clear sailing.

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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 26d
Why would I use AI for anything when my stuff is way better and I’m paid a good salary to do my stuff?

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · 27d
Less is more.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · Nov 26
… and the abyss stared back.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · Nov 26
It seems college administrators think their next job will be based on whether their cv says they made these cuts at their last job.

www.kcrg.com/2025/11/24/c...
Cornell College to cut courses, citing student enrollment and data
The college announced the change on Friday, citing student enrollment data and interest in the programs to make its decision.
www.kcrg.com

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Zwanguy 🇨🇦 @zwanguy.bsky.social · Nov 26
This dude on the train just said, out loud to the dude he was sitting with that everything about the US is better than here in Canada and proceeded to say "they don't pay any income tax down there" haha so, yeah, we have idiots up here as well. At least 3 people around us gave that guy the stink eye

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · Nov 25
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · Nov 25
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.

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Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social · Nov 22
Thanks for the pic @vtouna.bsky.social — new edition hot off the press (not seen it yet) and at the @equinoxpub.bsky.social booth at #aarsbl25 in Boston.