actualham
@robinderosa.net
public university library director; prof & pedagogue; exhausted by all this, retaining my humanity by hanging out with my dogs. NH, USA.
Join me on Mastodon, the water is nice: https://social.coop/@actualham
Join me on Mastodon, the water is nice: https://social.coop/@actualham
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
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And just like that, No New Wars America First MAGA is for bombing everyone and regime change to enrich oligarchs.
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
And just like that, No New Wars America First MAGA is for bombing everyone and regime change to enrich oligarchs.
Please read. This was also my “retirement party,” celebrating the involuntary loss of my tenured professorship after 25 years of service to my public university.
So long, PSU
"My faculty union threw a party to mark the departure of a large group of faculty in PSU's latest Separation Incentive Program. I had decided not to speak. .... But I felt I MUST talk about one thing, and I hope I said it carefully and in good faith..."
"My faculty union threw a party to mark the departure of a large group of faculty in PSU's latest Separation Incentive Program. I had decided not to speak. .... But I felt I MUST talk about one thing, and I hope I said it carefully and in good faith..."
So long, PSU
"My faculty union threw a party to mark the departure of a large group of faculty in PSU's latest Separation Incentive Program. I had decided not to speak. .... But I felt I MUST talk about one thing, and I hope I said it carefully and in good faith..."
scottcoykendall-bjrow.wordpress.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Please read. This was also my “retirement party,” celebrating the involuntary loss of my tenured professorship after 25 years of service to my public university.
Live Updates: Suspect in Brown University Shooting Is Found Dead in New Hampshire www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Suspect in Brown University Shooting Is Found Dead in New Hampshire
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Live Updates: Suspect in Brown University Shooting Is Found Dead in New Hampshire www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
38% of Americans get their “news” from Fox. Whatever we all witnessed last night is muted by the hammering Fox does to boost his lies and manufacture his credibility. It seems asinine when you think critically, but if you’re just consuming, it’s deadly effective.
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
38% of Americans get their “news” from Fox. Whatever we all witnessed last night is muted by the hammering Fox does to boost his lies and manufacture his credibility. It seems asinine when you think critically, but if you’re just consuming, it’s deadly effective.
When the FBI realized they had the wrong guy in the Brown University shooting, I hope they were looking at Kash Patel.
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When the FBI realized they had the wrong guy in the Brown University shooting, I hope they were looking at Kash Patel.
In October, we learned that a quarter of U.S. FBI agents had been reassigned from investigations and security work to immigration enforcement. Meanwhile I wait- and wait- for them to catch the gunman that shot 10 of my kid’s classmates. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#kashPatel #Brown
#kashPatel #Brown
Report says nearly 25 percent of FBI now working immigration cases
FBI agents in the Washington, D.C. field office are also reportedly working overnight shifts multiple times a week to keep up with local policing duties demanded of them by President Donald Trump
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In October, we learned that a quarter of U.S. FBI agents had been reassigned from investigations and security work to immigration enforcement. Meanwhile I wait- and wait- for them to catch the gunman that shot 10 of my kid’s classmates. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#kashPatel #Brown
#kashPatel #Brown
My child is a student at Brown. This has been and continues to be harrowing. I don’t have hope that we can stop mass shootings given the violence ingrained in our country’s history and culture. But we know we could reduce them with policy change that we have long lacked the political will to enact.
With the gunman still at large, police in Providence hope new videos and student interviews will spark fresh leads in the frantic search to apprehend the suspect.
on.nbcboston.com/lNqNZCw
on.nbcboston.com/lNqNZCw
Manhunt drags on for Brown University gunman — new video shows person of interest
With the gunman still at large, police in Providence hope new videos and student interviews will spark fresh leads in the frantic search to apprehend the suspect.
on.nbcboston.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My child is a student at Brown. This has been and continues to be harrowing. I don’t have hope that we can stop mass shootings given the violence ingrained in our country’s history and culture. But we know we could reduce them with policy change that we have long lacked the political will to enact.
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Active shooter at Brown University. Shelter in place/hide/escape. Be safe!
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Active shooter at Brown University. Shelter in place/hide/escape. Be safe!
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An interview at @insidehighered.com with my now-former supervisor and always-forever friend @robinderosa.net about her job elimination, the situation at our school, and the sad state of higher ed generally:
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
3 Questions for Learning Innovator and Scholar Robin DeRosa
A conversation about transitions, scarcity and alternative academic careers.
www.insidehighered.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
An interview at @insidehighered.com with my now-former supervisor and always-forever friend @robinderosa.net about her job elimination, the situation at our school, and the sad state of higher ed generally:
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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THIS is what you need to read to start your day. @robinderosa.net is my hero. Two of the three Learning & Teaching Collaborative staff I work with at Keene State College (also NH) were retrenched this semester. Support for developing good teaching is disappearing. I am heart broken.
3 Questions for Learning Innovator and Scholar Robin DeRosa
A conversation about transitions, scarcity and alternative academic careers.
www.insidehighered.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
THIS is what you need to read to start your day. @robinderosa.net is my hero. Two of the three Learning & Teaching Collaborative staff I work with at Keene State College (also NH) were retrenched this semester. Support for developing good teaching is disappearing. I am heart broken.
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases.
www.brown.edu
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
As a teenager, I co-taught a course at a theater camp with John Berman. The course was in “Circus Arts.” I bet that training is coming in real handy for him now.
So proud to see him in action. 💕
So proud to see him in action. 💕
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As a teenager, I co-taught a course at a theater camp with John Berman. The course was in “Circus Arts.” I bet that training is coming in real handy for him now.
So proud to see him in action. 💕
So proud to see him in action. 💕
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The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
It's free shipping sitewide on Bookshop dot org today! Support independent bookstores! Here's a referral code for an additional 20% off from me. I just bought a couple of new reads (Heartwood, and Wild Dark Shore-- they both look great!).
#BlackFriday
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#BlackFriday
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Refer-A-Friend Friend
Every Purchase Supports Local Bookstores. A Better Way to Buy Books Online.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's free shipping sitewide on Bookshop dot org today! Support independent bookstores! Here's a referral code for an additional 20% off from me. I just bought a couple of new reads (Heartwood, and Wild Dark Shore-- they both look great!).
#BlackFriday
fbuy.io/c31f4b14-725...
#BlackFriday
fbuy.io/c31f4b14-725...
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Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
A stunning recommendation from epidemiologist and past CDC-employee and champion, Katelyn Jetelina:
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A stunning recommendation from epidemiologist and past CDC-employee and champion, Katelyn Jetelina:
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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How things are going in higher ed in New Hampshire, the state that funds education the least...
An update on the loss of my tenured faculty job at a public regional university. There is no much I regret already about writing this. So much I wish were different. robinderosa.net/higher-ed/in...
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
Insult and Injury
It’s the kind of tactic I’d expect in the kind of cut-throat private industry we have become.
robinderosa.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
How things are going in higher ed in New Hampshire, the state that funds education the least...
An update on the loss of my tenured faculty job at a public regional university. There is no much I regret already about writing this. So much I wish were different. robinderosa.net/higher-ed/in...
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
Insult and Injury
It’s the kind of tactic I’d expect in the kind of cut-throat private industry we have become.
robinderosa.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
An update on the loss of my tenured faculty job at a public regional university. There is no much I regret already about writing this. So much I wish were different. robinderosa.net/higher-ed/in...
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
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www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.