Brendan Cantwell
@cantb.bsky.social
Professor of Higher Education. Mediocre poster (sorry for the bad spelling) who periodically deletes. Views and speech are mine alone.
One thing I have done is stopped trying to guess if writing was aided by AI - student writing and manuscripts for a review - and simply review the it for accuracy, coherence, importance, argument strength, and correctness when appropriate.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One thing I have done is stopped trying to guess if writing was aided by AI - student writing and manuscripts for a review - and simply review the it for accuracy, coherence, importance, argument strength, and correctness when appropriate.
Trump‘s desire to return to an aesthetic with rich and striving people go to steakhouses in big cities and shop at Tiffany’s is compromised by his Crypto/AI techno-scammer economy because it eats away at place based institutions culture they support.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trump‘s desire to return to an aesthetic with rich and striving people go to steakhouses in big cities and shop at Tiffany’s is compromised by his Crypto/AI techno-scammer economy because it eats away at place based institutions culture they support.
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A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
I will be suing the BBC for £3.3 billion because they edited a documentary about me down to nothing at all.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I will be suing the BBC for £3.3 billion because they edited a documentary about me down to nothing at all.
Having no reason to hire qualified faculty is a feature, not a bug.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Having no reason to hire qualified faculty is a feature, not a bug.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
True story, this chapter was due in October, but I’ve decided that I have November and December to work on it.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
True story, this chapter was due in October, but I’ve decided that I have November and December to work on it.
A funny think about the deals vs compact discourse is that campuses implicitly signal that Feds may legitimately impose special punishments (deals) but not confer special benefits (compact).
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A funny think about the deals vs compact discourse is that campuses implicitly signal that Feds may legitimately impose special punishments (deals) but not confer special benefits (compact).
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At this rate, by the end of his term Donald Trump will be suing four billion people around the world for insufficient fealty.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At this rate, by the end of his term Donald Trump will be suing four billion people around the world for insufficient fealty.
It’s gonna be lol if the House refuses to pass the Senate cr which seems a little bit possible
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s gonna be lol if the House refuses to pass the Senate cr which seems a little bit possible
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The negotiated rulemaking session on defining professional programs essentially just added clinical psychology to the bare minimum required by law, even though the law gives more leeway to include other programs. This will end up in court.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The negotiated rulemaking session on defining professional programs essentially just added clinical psychology to the bare minimum required by law, even though the law gives more leeway to include other programs. This will end up in court.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
So maybe this was it except Dems in the senate saw the saving the filibuster as the goal?
I think ACA subsidies are/were never going to happen in this Congress. As I think about this the most likely/best option I see for Dems is to force the Senate to blow up the filibuster to reopen the government and then face pressure from Trump to pass all kinds of crazy shat is super unpopular.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So maybe this was it except Dems in the senate saw the saving the filibuster as the goal?
All I see here is calls for Dems not to cave. Which, for the record is what I want too. But other than not caving what should Dems do if the GOP will simply never address the ACA subsidies?
I don’t want the Dems to cave either. I really don’t. I called both of my senators from Michigan and said so. But … what do you do when you’re in a game of chicken when the other diver is willing to have the head-on? Do you accept all the collateral damage?
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
All I see here is calls for Dems not to cave. Which, for the record is what I want too. But other than not caving what should Dems do if the GOP will simply never address the ACA subsidies?
McMorrow thanks running to the left of Slotkin is the way to go
Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
McMorrow thanks running to the left of Slotkin is the way to go
If they pass something in the senate other than the House CR … does the House reopen to take it up?
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If they pass something in the senate other than the House CR … does the House reopen to take it up?
I don’t want the Dems to cave either. I really don’t. I called both of my senators from Michigan and said so. But … what do you do when you’re in a game of chicken when the other diver is willing to have the head-on? Do you accept all the collateral damage?
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don’t want the Dems to cave either. I really don’t. I called both of my senators from Michigan and said so. But … what do you do when you’re in a game of chicken when the other diver is willing to have the head-on? Do you accept all the collateral damage?
My simplified understanding of the US policy - electrical politics post-new deal cycle is something like this:
1. Dems pass major legislation that expands access / build capacity (e.g. higher ed, healthcare, energy transition)
1a. but use complicated quasi-market delivery mechanisms
1. Dems pass major legislation that expands access / build capacity (e.g. higher ed, healthcare, energy transition)
1a. but use complicated quasi-market delivery mechanisms
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My simplified understanding of the US policy - electrical politics post-new deal cycle is something like this:
1. Dems pass major legislation that expands access / build capacity (e.g. higher ed, healthcare, energy transition)
1a. but use complicated quasi-market delivery mechanisms
1. Dems pass major legislation that expands access / build capacity (e.g. higher ed, healthcare, energy transition)
1a. but use complicated quasi-market delivery mechanisms
An incumbent President with an~42% approval rating wants to mint a coin with himself on both sides.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An incumbent President with an~42% approval rating wants to mint a coin with himself on both sides.
Any news coverage of this?
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Any news coverage of this?
The likelihood that sports betting has corrupted all professional and collegiate sports in the US is pretty high. Thanks John Roberts!
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The likelihood that sports betting has corrupted all professional and collegiate sports in the US is pretty high. Thanks John Roberts!
My flight for Tuesday was canceled - already - and I’m now re-routed now with two connections. Weeeeeee
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My flight for Tuesday was canceled - already - and I’m now re-routed now with two connections. Weeeeeee
Early November dusting is Poppy’s first snow.
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Early November dusting is Poppy’s first snow.
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
The lakes are warm. The air is cold. Anything could happen.
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The lakes are warm. The air is cold. Anything could happen.
I think everyone is too focused on Trump’s coherence and policy understanding (he has none, as always).
The take is that he seems to be caving.
The take is that he seems to be caving.
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think everyone is too focused on Trump’s coherence and policy understanding (he has none, as always).
The take is that he seems to be caving.
The take is that he seems to be caving.