NPR just sued Trump over his unconstitutional executive order gutting federal funding for public media.

Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨

TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.

MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.

Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

Besides for all the horrifying fascism, it is worth pointing out how easy it is to delete digital collections without public awareness in comparison to, say, a book burning. Which is what this is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 📚 #libraries

So helpful #AI #HigherEd

My current #AcademicSky existential crisis: having plagiarism meetings re trad plagiarism from other sources detected via Turnitin. Is it misconduct? Yes. But it now represents only a small sliver of misconduct I am able to detect. In the age of AI...at least these students opened an actual paper?

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work

#AcademicSky #EduSky

I know the world is on fire, but can you help a girl graduate? She needs way more people to fill out her dissertation survey. You can fill it out if you're Black/AA and have ever been in grad school! If not, you can help by sharing!

#BlackSky #AcademicSky #PhDLife #Blackademics #MedSky #Academia

Dual enrollment (college classes taught to high school students) is now growing significantly in bachelor's IHEs, not just just in associate IHEs, but its hard to get these students to subsequently matriculate in that bachelor's IHE: https://buff.ly/3Bn6S6b #highered #AcademicSky

Why are contingent faculty the majority of teachers on college campuses today? What happened to the tenure-track path? How does all this impact students?
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation
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Worth a read for those outside HE to get a flavour of the mess that ChatGPT etc are causing the whole sector www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

In search of uniqueness and affordable quality, shoppers are increasingly open to buying and receiving secondhand gifts — and it’s better for the planet.

“While X currently dominates
altmetric mentions, the observed growth on Bluesky suggests a potential shift in the future, underscoring its emerging role in academic dissemination and the challenges of adapting scholarly communication metrics across evolving platforms” #AcademicSky #Altmetrics

I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them

Design nerds are obsessed with Architectural Pottery. A new Pomona exhibition and book show why

Support your librarians. Speak up at your local school board meeting when books are challenged/banned.

Y'know years ago I was pretty convinced learning art history wouldn't have a meaningful impact upon the art I make- until I eventually made the effort and started learning art history. Would highly recommend it if you haven't taken that step yourself. It will surprise, delight, and inspire you.