Holly Crocker
@dr-mid-evil.bsky.social
The human version of a crow.
Fab essay by my (new to me) colleague! Hat tip to him, and to all of you doing this excellent work. Making the humanities more human...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fab essay by my (new to me) colleague! Hat tip to him, and to all of you doing this excellent work. Making the humanities more human...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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I woud say 80% of the people I used to chat to on social media have either left, or post minimally. "Zero posting" is here. But people are "posting" somewhere else ... www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
Social media is dead — none of my friends are posting any more
‘Everyone is scared that something they share might attract the attention of social media’s angry hordes, always ready to accuse on X, Facebook and Instagram’
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I woud say 80% of the people I used to chat to on social media have either left, or post minimally. "Zero posting" is here. But people are "posting" somewhere else ... www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
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I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
grading = still the worst
students = still the best
students = still the best
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
grading = still the worst
students = still the best
students = still the best
Really sorry to hear about Mani, "He befriended [Ian] Brown when they went to deal with “some National Front skinheads in north Manchester who’d been shakin’ a lot of me mates up”, he told i-D magazine in 1996. “We’ve been mates ever since.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Really sorry to hear about Mani, "He befriended [Ian] Brown when they went to deal with “some National Front skinheads in north Manchester who’d been shakin’ a lot of me mates up”, he told i-D magazine in 1996. “We’ve been mates ever since.”
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
every week I absorb a fact about Eleanor Cobham that makes my head spin. This week: she's from Kent. I mean, I knew she was from Kent, but never thought about what that might mean until considering Shakespeare's depiction of Cade's rebellion.
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
every week I absorb a fact about Eleanor Cobham that makes my head spin. This week: she's from Kent. I mean, I knew she was from Kent, but never thought about what that might mean until considering Shakespeare's depiction of Cade's rebellion.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
"Mr. Summers will continue teaching."
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Mr. Summers will continue teaching."
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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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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
we won't forget.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
we won't forget.
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If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.
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The extent to which shitty centrist journalism rests on the same thing as Trump, the never-identified "some people say, everyone says" etc. including "critics say" here is a zombie move, lifeless yet vengeful.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The extent to which shitty centrist journalism rests on the same thing as Trump, the never-identified "some people say, everyone says" etc. including "critics say" here is a zombie move, lifeless yet vengeful.
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"Did wommen ruine the worke place"?
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Did wommen ruine the worke place"?
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Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
I have a whole tray of French pastry in my office and hoping nobody shows to the meeting so I can eat them all....yum yum yum.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have a whole tray of French pastry in my office and hoping nobody shows to the meeting so I can eat them all....yum yum yum.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist