Amy Flowerree
@flowerree.bsky.social
When the Stranger says: "what is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" How will you answer? "We all dwell together to make money from each other"? Or "This is a community"?
More on the recent memo at TTU. Be sure to look at the flowchart for max cringe. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Texas Tech Puts Its Anti-Trans Rules In Writing
Race and sexuality course content is also caught up in the university system’s expansive new content review policies.
www.insidehighered.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
More on the recent memo at TTU. Be sure to look at the flowchart for max cringe. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Chancellor of #TTU issued a memo today triggering a review of all course content related to gender, race, and sexual orientation, effective immediately.
Which is more amateur? issuing it four days before finals, or not having a final step to the process (so how could anything be approved?)
Which is more amateur? issuing it four days before finals, or not having a final step to the process (so how could anything be approved?)
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Chancellor of #TTU issued a memo today triggering a review of all course content related to gender, race, and sexual orientation, effective immediately.
Which is more amateur? issuing it four days before finals, or not having a final step to the process (so how could anything be approved?)
Which is more amateur? issuing it four days before finals, or not having a final step to the process (so how could anything be approved?)
Excellent piece on what's happening in Texas and why it shouldn't happen: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Excellent piece on what's happening in Texas and why it shouldn't happen: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
So proud of my neighborhood! (Not a current resident, but always in my heart) open.spotify.com/episode/1nnH...
Rogers Park
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So proud of my neighborhood! (Not a current resident, but always in my heart) open.spotify.com/episode/1nnH...
It's like the bike lock principle. Don't spend $10 on a bike lock for a $500 bike
While the Louvre spent €105mn on acquiring new artworks from 2018 to 2024, it allocated just €3mn over that period to pay for security upgrades recommended in a different audit. on.ft.com/43hkSJL
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's like the bike lock principle. Don't spend $10 on a bike lock for a $500 bike
A clearheaded call for academic freedom, transparency, and treating each other with dignity, from the aaup: www.ttuaaup.com/our-work
TTU AAUP Chapter - Our Work
AAUP ISSUES
www.ttuaaup.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A clearheaded call for academic freedom, transparency, and treating each other with dignity, from the aaup: www.ttuaaup.com/our-work
"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
And here it is: www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Headline is misleading. The "guidance" was "follow the law" with no statement as to how this applies to anything. And if the EOs applied to how I teach, you think they could have figured it out in the last *nine* months.
Headline is misleading. The "guidance" was "follow the law" with no statement as to how this applies to anything. And if the EOs applied to how I teach, you think they could have figured it out in the last *nine* months.
Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities
Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.
www.texastribune.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And here it is: www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/t...
Headline is misleading. The "guidance" was "follow the law" with no statement as to how this applies to anything. And if the EOs applied to how I teach, you think they could have figured it out in the last *nine* months.
Headline is misleading. The "guidance" was "follow the law" with no statement as to how this applies to anything. And if the EOs applied to how I teach, you think they could have figured it out in the last *nine* months.
Emerging and concerning story at a university closely connected to TTU
Angelo State University officials have told professors not to discuss transgender and nonbinary identities in their courses, according to interviews with faculty members and several emails a professor provided to The Texas Tribune.
Angelo State University bans classroom discussions of transgender topics, stirring criticism and confusion
Instead of a campus-wide announcement, faculty members say the restrictions have trickled down through department chairs and college meetings.
www.texastribune.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Emerging and concerning story at a university closely connected to TTU
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...
Remember when there was all this concern about free speech on college campuses?
Remember when there was all this concern about free speech on college campuses?
Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings
After the video fueled outrage, two college leaders were removed from their administrative roles for approving plans to teach content inconsistent with the course’s published description.
www.texastribune.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...
Remember when there was all this concern about free speech on college campuses?
Remember when there was all this concern about free speech on college campuses?
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
Some things flourish in Texas ♥️
July 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Some things flourish in Texas ♥️
Great writing reflections from Nguyen!
“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.
Beyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing (guest post) - Daily Nous
"I want to talk about the part about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument part: the bit where you work on expressing your idea clearly, delicately, even personally. I want to t...
dailynous.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Great writing reflections from Nguyen!
First peach harvest
July 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
First peach harvest
Reposted by Amy Flowerree
LLMs are less like Jeopardy contestants (who “win” if they get the right answer) and more like Family Feud contestants (who “win” if they guess the most popular answer).
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
LLMs are less like Jeopardy contestants (who “win” if they get the right answer) and more like Family Feud contestants (who “win” if they guess the most popular answer).
Reposted by Amy Flowerree
@bostonreview.bsky.social just published a Forum on a recent (critical) post-mortem of US COVID policy, with responses from me and @cailinmeister.bsky.social, along with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, Adam Gaffney, and @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social. V. interesting!
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
How Did We Fare on COVID-19? - Boston Review
To restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t.
www.bostonreview.net
June 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@bostonreview.bsky.social just published a Forum on a recent (critical) post-mortem of US COVID policy, with responses from me and @cailinmeister.bsky.social, along with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, Adam Gaffney, and @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social. V. interesting!
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
A first, our peach tree has fruited!
May 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A first, our peach tree has fruited!
Wind in the pecan tree. Hammock time. Grateful this year has ended (except all that admin that can wait a day or so).
May 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wind in the pecan tree. Hammock time. Grateful this year has ended (except all that admin that can wait a day or so).
On my way to the office
May 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On my way to the office
A very Chicago thing: www.fox32chicago.com/news/portill...
Portillo's unveils new sandwich named after Pope Leo XIV
Portillo’s is paying tribute to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV — the first American pope and a Chicago native — with a limited-time sandwich.
www.fox32chicago.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A very Chicago thing: www.fox32chicago.com/news/portill...
How is everyone not talking about this? m.imdb.com/title/tt8740...
The Residence (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 7.8 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
50m | TV-MA
m.imdb.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How is everyone not talking about this? m.imdb.com/title/tt8740...
Important piece on antidepressants. Tldr: mental health care is complicated and going off SSRIs is really hard. RFK's statements are not helpful, but a lot of people suffer and we need evidence based standards for coming off them.
My opinion piece in today’s @nytimes.com . I discuss how clinical neglect of medication-related harms has made RFK Jr’s stance on antidepressants appealing to so many and moving the public conversation in a productive direction requires us to remedy this neglect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...
Opinion | What Kennedy Gets Right, And Wrong, About Antidepressants (Gift Article)
Harm from these drugs is real. Let’s not cede the conversation to Kennedy.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Important piece on antidepressants. Tldr: mental health care is complicated and going off SSRIs is really hard. RFK's statements are not helpful, but a lot of people suffer and we need evidence based standards for coming off them.
Reposted by Amy Flowerree
I think saying "in America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty" works better for low-info normies than saying "due process" does
April 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think saying "in America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty" works better for low-info normies than saying "due process" does