Dr Susan D Blum
@susandblum.bsky.social
Writer, observer, educator, anthropologist, sourdough baker, gardener, linguistic anthropologist. Obsessive about the planet, politics, justice, health. Fascinated by humans.
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Dr Susan D Blum
@susandblum.bsky.social
· Dec 19
I've been obsessed with trying to figure out how people can learn well even in alienating systems. My book Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning (Cornell 2024) is my latest thinking about it. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
I just came across a new review of my book Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning. The reviewer, Jake Mattox, appreciated the wide reading in multiple areas that accompanied my manifesto/tirade/prayer. radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalt...
View of Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning by Susan D. Blum
| Radical Teacher
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November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I just came across a new review of my book Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning. The reviewer, Jake Mattox, appreciated the wide reading in multiple areas that accompanied my manifesto/tirade/prayer. radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalt...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social writes, "What is left when a system loses the give and take of politics is force."
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October 19, 2025
All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social writes, "What is left when a system loses the give and take of politics is force."
October 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
AntiFa = Anti-Fascist. If you’re opposing this, you’re ProFa, = Pro-Fascist, or possibly Anti-Anti-Fascist. I know where I stand.
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Fascism | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Fascism is a far-right authoritarian political philosophy. Learn about the history and principles of fascism and its implementation in Nazi Germany.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
AntiFa = Anti-Fascist. If you’re opposing this, you’re ProFa, = Pro-Fascist, or possibly Anti-Anti-Fascist. I know where I stand.
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1/2 The absurd conclusion of all this GenAI stuff is faculty creating courses entirely w AI; students completing assignments w agentive AI; faculty grading w AI. No humans need be changed in this process. No learning will be required. Easy peasy.
#GenerativeAI
#GenerativeAI
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
1/2 The absurd conclusion of all this GenAI stuff is faculty creating courses entirely w AI; students completing assignments w agentive AI; faculty grading w AI. No humans need be changed in this process. No learning will be required. Easy peasy.
#GenerativeAI
#GenerativeAI
My student-led team, schoolstorylab.com, has just rec'd IRB approval for this yr’s project, an inquiry into READING. (We built on @liznorell.bsky.social's survey.) It will take less than 10 min. & is open to ANY STUDENT in ANY COUNTRY, 18 years or older. Plz share widely!
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School Story Lab
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October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My student-led team, schoolstorylab.com, has just rec'd IRB approval for this yr’s project, an inquiry into READING. (We built on @liznorell.bsky.social's survey.) It will take less than 10 min. & is open to ANY STUDENT in ANY COUNTRY, 18 years or older. Plz share widely!
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
forms.gle/yscpm2vubiEH...
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We've had evidence of this for ages, right? Frankly this feels like those endless UBI studies where they all demonstrate UBI works but that's not the answer the people in charge want to hear so nothing changes.
www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.
Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find
When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...
www.psypost.org
September 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We've had evidence of this for ages, right? Frankly this feels like those endless UBI studies where they all demonstrate UBI works but that's not the answer the people in charge want to hear so nothing changes.
The world we desire will not come about unless we dream it first. Here are some thoughts about higher education.
#highereducation
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#highereducation
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Magic Wand
Dreaming of What Higher Education Could Be
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September 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The world we desire will not come about unless we dream it first. Here are some thoughts about higher education.
#highereducation
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#highereducation
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www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
“The last days of social media might be the first days of something more human: a web that remembers why we came online in the first place — not to be harvested but to be heard, not to go viral but to find our people, not to scroll but to connect.”
“The last days of social media might be the first days of something more human: a web that remembers why we came online in the first place — not to be harvested but to be heard, not to go viral but to find our people, not to scroll but to connect.”
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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“The last days of social media might be the first days of something more human: a web that remembers why we came online in the first place — not to be harvested but to be heard, not to go viral but to find our people, not to scroll but to connect.”
“The last days of social media might be the first days of something more human: a web that remembers why we came online in the first place — not to be harvested but to be heard, not to go viral but to find our people, not to scroll but to connect.”
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Release the Epstein Files. They are filled with disgusting depravity but we need to know
BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just announced that Democrats now have the votes to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Sept. 23 — the discharge petition will be entered into the record. 7 days later — the House votes.
Sept. 23 — the discharge petition will be entered into the record. 7 days later — the House votes.
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Release the Epstein Files. They are filled with disgusting depravity but we need to know
This new book, The Ungraded Classroom, edited by Carlo Ricci and Gina Riley (with a foreword by @susandblum), has just been published! It has many examples, beautifully and honestly presented, of ways educators have included ungrading in their classrooms. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQHZKJZ...
The Ungraded Classroom: Feedback, Reflection, and Authentic Learning
The Ungraded Classroom: Feedback, Reflection, and Authentic Learning [Ricci PhD, Carlo, Riley PhD, Gina] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Ungraded Classroom: Feedback, Reflection, and Authentic Learning
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September 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This new book, The Ungraded Classroom, edited by Carlo Ricci and Gina Riley (with a foreword by @susandblum), has just been published! It has many examples, beautifully and honestly presented, of ways educators have included ungrading in their classrooms. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQHZKJZ...
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If the Democrats wanted to win, they would do whatever they needed to do to convince Mira Nair to do all of their video campaigns
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If the Democrats wanted to win, they would do whatever they needed to do to convince Mira Nair to do all of their video campaigns
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“Both of them.”
August 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Both of them.”
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FIRE RFK Jr!! WE WANT THE CANCER VACCINE!!!
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes
A new mRNA cancer vaccine wiped out tumors in mice and may offer a path toward a universal treatment.
scitechdaily.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
FIRE RFK Jr!! WE WANT THE CANCER VACCINE!!!
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
On the belief that I should not allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good, I got a Pfizer covid vaccine rather than waiting for Novovax. I’m afraid they are going to take them away in Indiana, b/c of our administration’s fealty to the orange menace, so I decided not to wait
September 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the belief that I should not allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good, I got a Pfizer covid vaccine rather than waiting for Novovax. I’m afraid they are going to take them away in Indiana, b/c of our administration’s fealty to the orange menace, so I decided not to wait
An experience at a campus theater production made me think about higher ed as practicing being in society. I know this is not news! But it struck me forcefully, and in a great way. My latest Substack post:
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open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
The rich pleasures—and lessons—of a college campus
Mini-universe, mini-society, humans gathering together, led by art
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September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An experience at a campus theater production made me think about higher ed as practicing being in society. I know this is not news! But it struck me forcefully, and in a great way. My latest Substack post:
open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...
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TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
September 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
It’s time to shut down the government. Democrats have weeks to prepare about how to make the case to the people. Watch how Pres Bartlet did it in The West Wing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s time to shut down the government. Democrats have weeks to prepare about how to make the case to the people. Watch how Pres Bartlet did it in The West Wing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
They lie, steal, cheat, boast, destroy, even kill. #TheReckoningWillCome and we’ll clean up our house, de-MAGAify, the way the Germans denazified. Sooner would be good. There will be one defector, then another, and it will accelerate. Gradually, then all at once.
September 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
They lie, steal, cheat, boast, destroy, even kill. #TheReckoningWillCome and we’ll clean up our house, de-MAGAify, the way the Germans denazified. Sooner would be good. There will be one defector, then another, and it will accelerate. Gradually, then all at once.
Sickening sycophants
Simpering cowards one and all.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sickening sycophants
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For all the people, especially Democratic leaders, who keep saying, "Trump can't do that! It's illegal!"
Authoritarians can do anything they want. They don't care about laws, order, rules, or civility.
Once they have power, they flex it.
I hope Dems finally understand this.
Authoritarians can do anything they want. They don't care about laws, order, rules, or civility.
Once they have power, they flex it.
I hope Dems finally understand this.
September 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For all the people, especially Democratic leaders, who keep saying, "Trump can't do that! It's illegal!"
Authoritarians can do anything they want. They don't care about laws, order, rules, or civility.
Once they have power, they flex it.
I hope Dems finally understand this.
Authoritarians can do anything they want. They don't care about laws, order, rules, or civility.
Once they have power, they flex it.
I hope Dems finally understand this.
I stand with #Chicago and the rule of law. I stand with truth. I stand with peace.
#EjectTrumpTheTraitor
#EjectTrumpTheTraitor
September 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I stand with #Chicago and the rule of law. I stand with truth. I stand with peace.
#EjectTrumpTheTraitor
#EjectTrumpTheTraitor
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Just murdering and mutilating some North Korean fisherman to hide our secret bugging mission, no biggie
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just murdering and mutilating some North Korean fisherman to hide our secret bugging mission, no biggie