Kris Deffenbacher
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Going to print this and hand out at admissions events.
"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
Opinion: College students, go ahead and major in what you love
"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Going to print this and hand out at admissions events.
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The right ruthlessly mocked Dukakis, who had served honorably in the U.S. Army, for posing with one tank. I would hope they'd show at least the same level of contempt for a draft dodger throwing himself a military parade.
June 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The right ruthlessly mocked Dukakis, who had served honorably in the U.S. Army, for posing with one tank. I would hope they'd show at least the same level of contempt for a draft dodger throwing himself a military parade.
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Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.
April 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Your assignment this week is to read a book that some “Mom for Liberty” would bring to a school board meeting and cry about.
"We cannot be neutral with respect to fake news, misinformation or outright lies. No matter where these come from, they must be called out. If a university does not believe this and does not act accordingly, it does not deserve to be a university." --Andrew Graham in The Guardian, 4/9/25
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"We cannot be neutral with respect to fake news, misinformation or outright lies. No matter where these come from, they must be called out. If a university does not believe this and does not act accordingly, it does not deserve to be a university." --Andrew Graham in The Guardian, 4/9/25
"Leaders in civil society shouldn’t be 'demure' in the face of authoritarian attempts to align all power with a president’s agenda, civil society be damned... college presidents should weigh in when they see the missions of their institutions—not to speak of the health of their country—compromised."
Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out
Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.
slate.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Leaders in civil society shouldn’t be 'demure' in the face of authoritarian attempts to align all power with a president’s agenda, civil society be damned... college presidents should weigh in when they see the missions of their institutions—not to speak of the health of their country—compromised."
Butler, dead-on as ever: "Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage. Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own..."
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Butler, dead-on as ever: "Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage. Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own..."
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Our cats have adapted to their environment, which is basically piles of books everywhere.
February 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our cats have adapted to their environment, which is basically piles of books everywhere.
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
This was a timely read as I prepare for the first meeting of my course on women's road narratives. Dominant cultural narratives are fairly impervious to data; stories are best countered with stories, like this essay and the novels and films that I am so lucky to be able to explore with my students.
Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves
Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves
Fear is determined by storytelling more than by data, and women have been taught to fear being outside for centuries
www.irishtimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This was a timely read as I prepare for the first meeting of my course on women's road narratives. Dominant cultural narratives are fairly impervious to data; stories are best countered with stories, like this essay and the novels and films that I am so lucky to be able to explore with my students.
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Vital thinking from Bill McKibben, about organizing around hope when the most powerful seek to overwhelm and exhaust us.
How We Make Progress Now
Part 1: Some Limits We Need to Work Around
open.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Vital thinking from Bill McKibben, about organizing around hope when the most powerful seek to overwhelm and exhaust us.
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This morning, I'm thinking about how to find balance between posts that are relevant to our current peril, and posts that promote the beauties of life as it should be, can still be, and will be again: nature, books, music, art, community, other sources of joy.
January 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This morning, I'm thinking about how to find balance between posts that are relevant to our current peril, and posts that promote the beauties of life as it should be, can still be, and will be again: nature, books, music, art, community, other sources of joy.
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No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.