Derek Silva
@derekcrim.bsky.social
// prof & writer 🍉
// words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc.
// podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social
// new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social
// hobby jogger 2:49 marathon
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
// words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc.
// podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social
// new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social
// hobby jogger 2:49 marathon
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
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Derek Silva
@derekcrim.bsky.social
· Nov 19
🚨 IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!!! 🚨
“The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American game” is now OFFICIALLY available. This brilliant 🧵 by @nkalamb.bsky.social is the go-to resource for the book and related work.
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
“The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American game” is now OFFICIALLY available. This brilliant 🧵 by @nkalamb.bsky.social is the go-to resource for the book and related work.
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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The law is what Trump says it is, international or domestic
SCOTUS made it possible and there is no opposition in congress
The United States is a dictatorship
SCOTUS made it possible and there is no opposition in congress
The United States is a dictatorship
As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The law is what Trump says it is, international or domestic
SCOTUS made it possible and there is no opposition in congress
The United States is a dictatorship
SCOTUS made it possible and there is no opposition in congress
The United States is a dictatorship
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"Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?"
Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.
He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.
Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.
He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
"Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?"
Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.
He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.
Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.
He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.
shoutout to all you introverts and/or parents going to bed at 9pm tonight
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
shoutout to all you introverts and/or parents going to bed at 9pm tonight
if any private corporation claims they are building “affordable housing” to “help with” the housing crisis you need to immediately burst out laughing and give them a slap
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
if any private corporation claims they are building “affordable housing” to “help with” the housing crisis you need to immediately burst out laughing and give them a slap
to think of how mass civil disobedience in the form of feeding digital graffiti into AI could change the entire course of this “groundbreaking” tech
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
to think of how mass civil disobedience in the form of feeding digital graffiti into AI could change the entire course of this “groundbreaking” tech
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same universities using austerity as a pretext for shuttering academic programs, no less.
it's like schools will pay for anything but teaching and learning.
it's like schools will pay for anything but teaching and learning.
Imagine being a higher ed PR department and instead of just paying for AI marketing slop, you hire a third party to make AI marketing slop for you.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
December 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
same universities using austerity as a pretext for shuttering academic programs, no less.
it's like schools will pay for anything but teaching and learning.
it's like schools will pay for anything but teaching and learning.
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The most perplexing thing about the higher ed-AI slop craze is that universities are supposedly beacons of critical thinking — it takes barely any critical thinking to identify AI slop. Everyone immediately sees it.
The hubris and arrogance of it all is fascinating.
The hubris and arrogance of it all is fascinating.
Imagine being a higher ed PR department and instead of just paying for AI marketing slop, you hire a third party to make AI marketing slop for you.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
December 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The most perplexing thing about the higher ed-AI slop craze is that universities are supposedly beacons of critical thinking — it takes barely any critical thinking to identify AI slop. Everyone immediately sees it.
The hubris and arrogance of it all is fascinating.
The hubris and arrogance of it all is fascinating.
Imagine being a higher ed PR department and instead of just paying for AI marketing slop, you hire a third party to make AI marketing slop for you.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Imagine being a higher ed PR department and instead of just paying for AI marketing slop, you hire a third party to make AI marketing slop for you.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
You’re imagining all universities right now.
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Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
I’m fuckin’ shocked
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I’m fuckin’ shocked
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I wouldn’t apply for the job due to my strong principles of not applying for jobs and they didn’t even give me the job!
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I wouldn’t apply for the job due to my strong principles of not applying for jobs and they didn’t even give me the job!
Lmfao “I didn’t get the job because I’m white” says the guy who didn’t submit a complete application
Can’t make this stuff up
Can’t make this stuff up
Another incredible case of white racial grievance about the academic job market.
He reveals at the end that he wouldn’t provide the necessary application materials!
He reveals at the end that he wouldn’t provide the necessary application materials!
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Lmfao “I didn’t get the job because I’m white” says the guy who didn’t submit a complete application
Can’t make this stuff up
Can’t make this stuff up
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It is amazing for some people to learn part of actual jobs in the world is behaving in ways amenable to other people in the world they have to work with, and that their ability to do so is part of what they are evaluated on in the application/interview process.
But, entitlement is a hell of a drug.
But, entitlement is a hell of a drug.
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is amazing for some people to learn part of actual jobs in the world is behaving in ways amenable to other people in the world they have to work with, and that their ability to do so is part of what they are evaluated on in the application/interview process.
But, entitlement is a hell of a drug.
But, entitlement is a hell of a drug.
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But red meat is actually pretty bad for you, especially if too much is consumed over a short period of time and it’s terrible for the environment.
ai bro just quadrupling down
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
But red meat is actually pretty bad for you, especially if too much is consumed over a short period of time and it’s terrible for the environment.
ai bro just quadrupling down
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
ai bro just quadrupling down
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It is better for the AI tech bro to keep his mouth shut and let people think him a fool than to open it and remove all doubt- AI Mark Twain
December 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It is better for the AI tech bro to keep his mouth shut and let people think him a fool than to open it and remove all doubt- AI Mark Twain
AI bro crypto bro
🤝
musk stan
🤝
musk stan
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
AI bro crypto bro
🤝
musk stan
🤝
musk stan
The Elon way
today I learned the worst, most toxic thing you can call someone on the internet is “tech bro”
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Elon way
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bold statement to make of a technology that can’t run without plagiarizing academics’ work.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
bold statement to make of a technology that can’t run without plagiarizing academics’ work.
Academics are professional researchers.
AI is in so many ways the antithesis of research.
But I present AI bros’ take on AI and academics.
AI is in so many ways the antithesis of research.
But I present AI bros’ take on AI and academics.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Academics are professional researchers.
AI is in so many ways the antithesis of research.
But I present AI bros’ take on AI and academics.
AI is in so many ways the antithesis of research.
But I present AI bros’ take on AI and academics.
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Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
LMFAO THIS TAKE Y’ALL 💀💀💀
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
LMFAO THIS TAKE Y’ALL 💀💀💀
academic librarians are the lifeblood of the academic mission
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
academic librarians are the lifeblood of the academic mission
keep pumping incorrect information into all AI platforms
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
keep pumping incorrect information into all AI platforms