Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they)
@katjathieme.bsky.social
Into words, sentences, genres.
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Teaching Scores, Storied Averages, and Small Classes
University administrations are very keen on student evaluations. Behind the scenes, they are a managerial lever in employment decisions and…
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If you've ever found yourself in a position of inventing some sort of story that might explain uneven student evaluation scores—your own or someone else's—then this blog post is for you.
#writingstudies #cdnwrds #rhetcomp #teamrhetoric
#writingstudies #cdnwrds #rhetcomp #teamrhetoric
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
Wikipedia editors. So quick!
![On September 8, 2019, he formally launched his campaign and declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Fox News Sunday.[3]
On November 12, 2019, Sanford announced that he was suspending his campaign.[4]
In 2025, the writer Ryan Lizza alleged that Sanford had an affair with Lizza’s then-partner, journalist Olivia Nuzzi.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pis2dwki2yf5ieehrzwh3rke/bafkreid6q6gdrwy7l3xzxry2quelqlfngroprdo752mvua63be7lgueee4@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Wikipedia editors. So quick!
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It puzzles me that reference letters are still being demanded for all kinds of applications within university systems. It is extremely inequitable to ask applicants to solicit them. Their production is costly and there are doubts about the quality of their contribution to decision-making processes.
The required number of letters should be zero
1. Institutions should not be imposing costs (faculty time) on other institutions. Keeping these costs down is good, as you say, but really they should be zero
1. Institutions should not be imposing costs (faculty time) on other institutions. Keeping these costs down is good, as you say, but really they should be zero
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It puzzles me that reference letters are still being demanded for all kinds of applications within university systems. It is extremely inequitable to ask applicants to solicit them. Their production is costly and there are doubts about the quality of their contribution to decision-making processes.
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Next: Eugenie Reich @eugenie-reich.bsky.social with: 'Whistleblowing scientific fraud and obstacles to scientific self-correction'
Author of Plastic Fantastic, a book about a fraud case in physics.
#IRICSydney
Author of Plastic Fantastic, a book about a fraud case in physics.
#IRICSydney
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Next: Eugenie Reich @eugenie-reich.bsky.social with: 'Whistleblowing scientific fraud and obstacles to scientific self-correction'
Author of Plastic Fantastic, a book about a fraud case in physics.
#IRICSydney
Author of Plastic Fantastic, a book about a fraud case in physics.
#IRICSydney
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Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
The thermostats may no longer connect to Google’s app, but they still transmit your data.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy
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Next on 60 Minutes: Muppet dancer Boppity thinks that AI will finally help humans grow drip snouts and beaks, prevent insufferable dourness, bring better colours to human faces, and even quintruple the muppet empire.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Next on 60 Minutes: Muppet dancer Boppity thinks that AI will finally help humans grow drip snouts and beaks, prevent insufferable dourness, bring better colours to human faces, and even quintruple the muppet empire.
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So student newspapers have done great work, and the name of the economist Summers harassed is in the emails (because he forwarded them to Epstein), and yet The Harvard Crimson didn’t need to name her.
Because most people won’t read all the emails and many people are reading the Crimson.
Because most people won’t read all the emails and many people are reading the Crimson.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So student newspapers have done great work, and the name of the economist Summers harassed is in the emails (because he forwarded them to Epstein), and yet The Harvard Crimson didn’t need to name her.
Because most people won’t read all the emails and many people are reading the Crimson.
Because most people won’t read all the emails and many people are reading the Crimson.
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I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: discovering that the UK is considering confiscating the few valuables refugees have, or learning that Denmark already enacted such a law, and then carved out an exception for Ukrainian refugees because they're white. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/de...
Denmark will not seize jewelry from Ukrainian refugees: Prime minister
Country working on law to make life easier for Ukrainian refugees, says public broadcaster - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm not sure what I find more disturbing: discovering that the UK is considering confiscating the few valuables refugees have, or learning that Denmark already enacted such a law, and then carved out an exception for Ukrainian refugees because they're white. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/de...
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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Yes. This is another reason why public funding is what we want - why the government should support science with democratic mechanisms of oversight.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
There are so many professors/scientists y'all
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yes. This is another reason why public funding is what we want - why the government should support science with democratic mechanisms of oversight.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
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Somehow the @nytimes.com that spent months going after Gay is not putting that first page. How am I not surprised?
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Somehow the @nytimes.com that spent months going after Gay is not putting that first page. How am I not surprised?
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
Next on 60 Minutes: Muppet dancer Boppity thinks that AI will finally help humans grow drip snouts and beaks, prevent insufferable dourness, bring better colours to human faces, and even quintruple the muppet empire.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Next on 60 Minutes: Muppet dancer Boppity thinks that AI will finally help humans grow drip snouts and beaks, prevent insufferable dourness, bring better colours to human faces, and even quintruple the muppet empire.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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The thing that gives me hope is that we've more or less fought them to a draw with nothing but heart.
Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.
They're actively paying people to complain now...
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The thing that gives me hope is that we've more or less fought them to a draw with nothing but heart.
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❤️🔥
The humanities get attacked because they make you and the system uncomfortable. They make you think about power, history, and yourself in ways profit-driven tech can’t.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
❤️🔥
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My colleagues bravely confronted Summers. They've been banned for life from Stanford and faced criminal proceedings, though they voluntarily left the stage after organizers threatened arrests. It takes courage to confront these monsters and few have done it.
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
Protestors storm the stage during lecture with former Secretary of the Treasury
At a "Democracy and Disagreement" lecture with guest speaker Larry Summers, part of a speaker series for scholars of opposing sides to debate, protestors climbed on stage carrying banners and fake cas...
stanforddaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My colleagues bravely confronted Summers. They've been banned for life from Stanford and faced criminal proceedings, though they voluntarily left the stage after organizers threatened arrests. It takes courage to confront these monsters and few have done it.
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
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The undergraduate business major is often a soft major; econ requires more math. Math majors can go into many fields, so when they go into econ it's a real choice. The tl;dr is that the field is full of greedy unprincipled people, and concentrating them in one place is going to make everyone worse.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The undergraduate business major is often a soft major; econ requires more math. Math majors can go into many fields, so when they go into econ it's a real choice. The tl;dr is that the field is full of greedy unprincipled people, and concentrating them in one place is going to make everyone worse.
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Summers famously blamed the lack of women in economics and STEM on our supposed stupidity, saying we lay the IQ points].
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Summers famously blamed the lack of women in economics and STEM on our supposed stupidity, saying we lay the IQ points].
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
But as these emails show, he personally was expecting female students to have sex with him in order to advance in their careers.
I suspect he did not expect this of men.
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I feel like someone keeps trying to hand me a shiny turd and telling me to incorporate it into everything I do and all I can respond with is, "but it's shit."
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I feel like someone keeps trying to hand me a shiny turd and telling me to incorporate it into everything I do and all I can respond with is, "but it's shit."
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Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canada's Catholic bishops on a 'historic day.' The bishops are then supposed to rematriate the items to their communities of origin.
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canadian delegation of Catholic bishops | CBC News
A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But th...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canada's Catholic bishops on a 'historic day.' The bishops are then supposed to rematriate the items to their communities of origin.
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...
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Please donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza in memory of beloved Alice Wong. This project was very important to her.
cripsforesimsforgaza.org
cripsforesimsforgaza.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Please donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza in memory of beloved Alice Wong. This project was very important to her.
cripsforesimsforgaza.org
cripsforesimsforgaza.org
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Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.
and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.