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Hillary Miller
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Reading & writing about the arts; author of “Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s NYC.” CUNY Prof. Flatbush-raised, boardwalk-bound.
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The @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social map will compare 2025 w/2021 mayoral results by election district & citywide. It gives you the ability to filter results by 20 categories of demographics & electoral patterns. The map has overlays to show City Council districts, subways, and NYCHA properties.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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"At a time when the federal government is targeting the communities of color and immigrant communities that CUNY serves, New Yorkers need a mayor who will be a champion for CUNY."  Vote 
citylimits.org/opinion-why-...
Opinion: Why Cuomo Would Be a Bad Deal for CUNY - City Limits
"At a time when the federal government is targeting the communities of color and immigrant communities that CUNY serves, New Yorkers need a mayor who will be a champion for CUNY."
citylimits.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Maybe the thing that gives me a pulse-pounding throbbing headache is when I think of how techbros sold ChatGPT to universities as ‘revolutionizing’ higher education and our institutions just forked over money without even asking for actual evidence
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...
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
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October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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We're excited that American Theatre has published an excerpt of our new book "An Actor's Tale" by Amy E. Hughes! Read about why she chose to write about the life of 19th century actor Harry Watkins at www.americantheatre.org/2025/10/28/t...
The Confidence of a Mediocre White Man, 19th-Century Edition
A new book explores what the life of a middling actor in the pre-Civil War era can teach us about his time—and about notions of individualism and merit that are still with us in American theatre cu…
www.americantheatre.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The @psc-cuny.org faculty union published a very helpful NYC voter guide that breaks down the six ballot initiatives, including the contentious housing proposals: psc-cuny.org/issues/endor...
PSC General Election Endorsements 2025 - PSC CUNY
psc-cuny.org
October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#3: In this one, "manually rewording" stands in for writing: "Don't spend the next three hours manually rewording everything" and "original" is a synonym for "undetectable"
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Step by step guide to higher ed crisis for Dem candidates giving stump speeches. This isn’t hard:

1) States cut taxes to serve the rich

2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets

3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just provided some ”rider feedback” to curb for making NYC yellow cab TVs the domain of MAGA propaganda. If you use their app, consider deleting your account & letting them know. We want tacky tourist videos & local weather, not Newsmax hellgatenyc.com/taxi-tv-news...
Taxi TV Is MAGA Now
New York City taxi riders are now served conservative news segments during their trips.
hellgatenyc.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Diane Keaton (1946-2025) with her cat Buster. Photo by Jill Krementz. 💔
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Join authors Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and Prithi Kanakamedala on Oct. 15th at the New York Public Library for a conversation about what it means to build freedom and belonging in place.

Link for details and registry: www.nypl.org/events/progr... @prithik.bsky.social @gabriellebv.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Come celebrate the incredible contributions of our immigrant community right here on campus! Attend "I Stand with Immigrants Day of Action" on the Quad (Flagpole/ WWII Memorial) on Wednesday, October 15 at 12:15PM.

➡️Learn more: www.qc.cuny.edu/immi
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Prep tables for the Yom Kippur All-Faith Atonement Vigil Rally for Justice & Peace at 26 Federal Plaza with Lab/Shul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @jumaane.bsky.social Williams, Rev. Derrick McQueen, Rev. Chloe Breyer, & many more…signs: “Jews Say No To ICE” “Love the Stranger…” 📣 📣
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“Annabelle Winograd spent her life dedicated to theater– understanding it, teaching it, and shaping the future of it.” 💔
In Memoriam: Professor Annabelle Winograd
We are saddened to hear the news of the passing Annabelle Winograd, Department of Theater professor. Our condolences to her family, friends, and students, she will be missed.
theater.dartmouth.edu
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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CUNY friends (and allies!), please follow the new CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education account. Our mission statement and a link to get involved is here: cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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It’s pretty nice when the new state Poet Laureate is also such a great colleague.
September 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
the *tiniest* sliver of the money Meta spent to get a 🤖 to read this man a stir-fry recipe could have funded my university for a year & we would have OVER-performed
LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“No one can deny the power and size of the AI coalition, an ensemble of Silicon Valley investors, lobbyists, and bought-off politicians; hucksters, carnival barkers, and gravy train chasers; and bosses gleeful at the opportunity to downsize and deskill.”
—IT‘S OK TO BE A LUDDITE
“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXh... this is the right moment for this doc
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Documentary Trailer | Coming to CBC Sept 17
YouTube video by CBC Docs
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September 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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For example, if you are #CUNY or #SUNY affiliated (or anyone interested in defending higher ed in NYC/NYS) #CADHE #MADC

@cadhe.bsky.social

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The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education
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September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
the #BenShahn retrospective at the Jewish Museum is fantastic & so is this critique of it. hyperallergic.com/1028907/ben-...
September 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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CUNY friends, we're getting organized!

The CUNY Alliance for Defending Higher Education is organizing faculty & staff to stand up to attacks and advocate for a CUNY-wide defense compact

Follow us @cadhe.bsky.social and sign up on our website to support and stay informed!

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The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education
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September 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM