Catherine Cocks
@catherinefte.bsky.social
Co-editor of Feeding the Elephant, scholarly publishing nerd, fan of the Heidelberg Project (look it up).
Now that it's dark by 5 PM, note for my fellow pedestrians: No, drivers can't see you in your dark jacket jaywalking between street lights. Please wear something reflective, please cross at the crosswalk with the light, please be careful. Thanks!
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Now that it's dark by 5 PM, note for my fellow pedestrians: No, drivers can't see you in your dark jacket jaywalking between street lights. Please wear something reflective, please cross at the crosswalk with the light, please be careful. Thanks!
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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The NYTimes article on Mamdani at Bowdoin is "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it. It certainly is instructive." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The NYTimes article on Mamdani at Bowdoin is "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it. It certainly is instructive." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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There is no such thing as "just" metadata. ssd.eff.org/en/module/w...
Why Communication Metadata Matters
As its name suggests, metadata is data about data. Metadata is used in a variety of contexts, often for cataloging information, like tagging keywords in a video so it’s easy to find later. When it comes to computers, people often first think of "file metadata," which includes details about when...
ssd.eff.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There is no such thing as "just" metadata. ssd.eff.org/en/module/w...
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Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.
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YouTube has deleted more than 700 videos posted by Palestinian human rights groups, ranging from investigations into the killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier, to testimonies of Palestinians tortured by Israeli forces.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
YouTube has deleted more than 700 videos posted by Palestinian human rights groups, ranging from investigations into the killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli soldier, to testimonies of Palestinians tortured by Israeli forces.
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
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Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
projects.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
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What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
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Non-traditional dissertations include DH projects, comic books, installations, documentaries, podcasts, and rap albums, but these dissertators face a unique issue: satisfying their institution’s requirement to submit their dissertation to ProQuest. Glenn Wright explains for #FeedingTheElephant.
We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations | H-Net
A guest post from
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Non-traditional dissertations include DH projects, comic books, installations, documentaries, podcasts, and rap albums, but these dissertators face a unique issue: satisfying their institution’s requirement to submit their dissertation to ProQuest. Glenn Wright explains for #FeedingTheElephant.
composing or drawing or coding your dissertation? Glenn Wright @syracuseu.bsky.social offers advice for getting it past the finish line: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... #feedingtheelephant
We Need Guidelines for Submitting Non-Traditional Dissertations | H-Net
A guest post from
networks.h-net.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
composing or drawing or coding your dissertation? Glenn Wright @syracuseu.bsky.social offers advice for getting it past the finish line: networks.h-net.org/group/discus... #feedingtheelephant
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Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
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The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
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Here is the text of the Fifteenth Amendment, annotated with scholarship from JSTOR to provide historical context and research. 🗃️ daily.jstor.org/the-fifteent...
The Fifteenth Amendment: Annotated - JSTOR Daily
The brevity of the Fifteenth Amendment of the US Constitution belies its impact on American voting rights.
daily.jstor.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Here is the text of the Fifteenth Amendment, annotated with scholarship from JSTOR to provide historical context and research. 🗃️ daily.jstor.org/the-fifteent...
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
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History peeps, especially grad students and those who advise them: check out the CFP for Loyola's graduate student conference in February!
www.luc.edu/history/grad...
www.luc.edu/history/grad...
www.luc.edu
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
History peeps, especially grad students and those who advise them: check out the CFP for Loyola's graduate student conference in February!
www.luc.edu/history/grad...
www.luc.edu/history/grad...
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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐅𝐏𝐏: Bart G. Moens's overview essay "Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920)."
Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920) – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐅𝐏𝐏: Bart G. Moens's overview essay "Casting Shadows: Women’s Work at the Projection Department of Maison de la Bonne Presse (1895-1920)."
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The big crowds everywhere is the story. This is not just the usual places and the usual protesters. (Also chuffed to have Portland represented in a 📸 I took.)
There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The big crowds everywhere is the story. This is not just the usual places and the usual protesters. (Also chuffed to have Portland represented in a 📸 I took.)
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October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Facts don’t care about the GOP’s feelings — there’s nothing more American than rejecting a mad king. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Facts don’t care about the GOP’s feelings — there’s nothing more American than rejecting a mad king. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.
