Catherine Cocks

America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium 2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

Did you know the Monterey Aquarium has playlists for relaxing and studying? This one is all about nudibranches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.

Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Intensive Care Unit ... This report describes a multicenter case-control investigation that found nirsevimab was 80% effective at preventing RSV-associated ICU admissions among infants.

We're back, baby! #altMMWR returns after 7 weeks
Our first paper looks at nirsevimab's effectiveness against RSV-related intensive care unit admissions among babies 👶
Tl;dr: it works! ~80% effectiveness for both of these outcomes
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

For our fellow nerds,🧵👇

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

The problem is distributing free pdfs of the readings for groups of senior faculty, or for grad seminars, as if there was someone else who was buying the books, while "we" get them for free. When "we" don't buy the books, there isn't anyone else to pick up the cost of publishing them.

Wondering what a developmental editor does? @katelynknox.bsky.social reviews @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social 's book "Make Your Manuscript Work" @princetonupress.bsky.social #feedingtheepphant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Palestinians reel under winter rains as Israel blocks Gaza shelter supplies Palestinian families call for help as Israel's two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.

Palestinian families call for help as Israel's two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.

“This isnt the America I know!”

Black People:

#ReadUP on how @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @projectmuse.bsky.social collaborated & personified the idea of #TeamUP w/ @jhu.edu on #DemocracyDay

www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...

Thanks @aupresses.bsky.social !

So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on @nbcphiladelphia.com's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!

Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9

I did know! Have eaten bagels in Montreal and NYC. Mmmmm!

The #SouthSoundBirdAlliance welcomes Gretchen Newberry to present "The Hidden Lives of Common Nighthawks" on Zoom tonight, November 13, at 7:00 pm PT! Registration is required. Visit beav.es/ooP to learn more.
#BirdBooks #Nighthawks #ReadLocal

Finding Art in Life with Olivia Clare Friedman On Cli-Fi and more

LSU Press poet and cli-fi author Olivia Clare Friedman talked art, parenting, caregiving, and inspiration with the Postpartum Production Podcast! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/43WV6KY

​In fore at left, book cover for The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats by Daniel Scott Snelson (Colliding clumps of digital static in shades of pink and green form the background. Title in black at top, subtitle repeated vertically on the left). Up top, headshots of four humans: Daniel Scott Snelson, Vicki Bennett, Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra. At bottom, headphones graphic with sans-serif all-caps: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. At right, quote: "I'm really interested in this double-edged sword of access to digital materials . . . which feels different in 2025." —Danny Snelson

​In fore at left, book cover for The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats by Daniel Scott Snelson (Colliding clumps of digital static in shades of pink and green form the background. Title in black at top, subtitle repeated vertically on the left). Up top, headshots of four humans: Daniel Scott Snelson, Vicki Bennett, Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra. At bottom, headphones graphic with sans-serif all-caps: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. At right, quote: "A lot of the friction that can happen in chains of information . . . it's not really about the tools being used, it's about our agency." —Vicki Bennett

​In fore at left, book cover for The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats by Daniel Scott Snelson (Colliding clumps of digital static in shades of pink and green form the background. Title in black at top, subtitle repeated vertically on the left). Up top, headshots of four humans: Daniel Scott Snelson, Vicki Bennett, Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra. At bottom, headphones graphic with sans-serif all-caps: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. At right, quote: "I never would have dreamed of 'language not equal.' So the absence of metadata is one of the things I'm most proud of on (Eclipse)." —Craig Dworkin

​In fore at left, book cover for The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats by Daniel Scott Snelson (Colliding clumps of digital static in shades of pink and green form the background. Title in black at top, subtitle repeated vertically on the left). Up top, headshots of four humans: Daniel Scott Snelson, Vicki Bennett, Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra. At bottom, headphones graphic with sans-serif all-caps: Listen: University of Minnesota Press podcast. At right, quote: "(This book) excavates that tradition of sharing that later generations weren't necessarily exposed to." —Luca Messarra

🎧 Fantastic new conversation on our podcast! Featuring Danny Snelson, Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) / @vickiwfmu.bsky.social , Craig Dworkin, and Luca Messarra on the digitized afterlives of cultural objects. share.transistor.fm/s/d0afdbc0

Alt Text: A woman with glasses wearing a hijab within the Community of Praxis multicoloured abstract image. The text reads New Episode! Open at the margins with guest Maha Bali, co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org and co-faciliator of Equity Unbound.

In a new episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews Maha Bali about her edited collection Open at the Margins and the ways open education is not always already equitable. @brennacgray.bsky.social @mahabali.bsky.social On your favourite platform or at
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?

GU Press's mission to advance awareness and recognition of deaf people, deaf communities, and signed languages would not be possible without these crucial partners.

Visit @aupresses.bsky.social site to learn more about #UPWeek!

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Step Up in Science & Environment, University Press Week 2024 Displaying covers of 3 books: What The Trees See, Flourishing in the Age of Climate Change, The Colorado Trail in Crisis: A Naturalist's Field Report on Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems

Monash University Publishing, @upcolorado.bsky.social & @cornellupress.bsky.social really #StepUP in science & the environment! Check out these thought-provoking works & many more in the #UPWeek Gallery: https://bit.ly/4eQUlpM #ReadUP

Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…

For #UPWeek, LitHub features "The Man of Middling Height" as one of the great new works in translation. lithub.com/reading-arou...

3 Ways journal publishers are supporting the UN SDGs The launch of the SDG Publishers Compact was a timely call-to-action to fast-track scholarly communication efforts to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This blog post highlights some of th...

This #UPWeek, we're reflecting on the many ways university presses have been working to align with and further the UN SDGs. bit.ly/3g5wGbW

What new developments would you add?

#StepUP #SDGs

University Press Week 2025 is about collaboration. Canadian university presses came together in this two-page ad in the Literary Review of Canada. Take a look!

More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1

#TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social

University Press week seems a good time to remind everyone that UPs are nonprofits, and many take donations. So if you want to support our mission, consider contributing to a small press this #UPWeek. And yes, modest amounts DO matter (you'd probably be surprised by our shoestring budgets) #TeamUP

A quick shout-out to the @univnebpress.bsky.social for #UPWeek! I had the benefit of a stellar team for my book—thanks to @bridgetrbarry.bsky.social and @emilykcasillas.bsky.social (editorial), Sara Springsteen (project management), Lindsey Welch (design), and Madison Wigley (marketing).

Congratulations to Linda Zionkowski, Mimi Hart, and all contributors to "Women and Music in the Age of Austen," winner of the American Musicological Society's Ruth A. Solie Award for an outstanding essay collection of exceptional scholarly merit.

For more: lnkd.in/dNa_gmK9
#ReadUP #TeamUP #UPWeek

Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…

Thanks for the #UPWeek love, @literaryhub.bsky.social! Many university presses are dedicated to Teaming UP with translators to advance knowledge & understanding. Discover 17 outstanding examples to #ReadUP in “ Reading Around the World” https://bit.ly/43S4pf8 ...

"For-profit publishers publish books to make money, whereas university presses try to make money so that they can publish books"

Louder for the people in the back please

#UPWeek #TeamUP

TeamUP with Collaborative Projects, University Press Week 2025, featuring logos of press projects mentioned in the post: The W. Hodding Carter III and Transregional Middle Easts series, Direct to Open (D2O), First Gen scholars program, and Centre for Literatures in Canada lecture series.

How do university presses #TeamUP to advance knowledge? A baker’s dozen inspiring examples in the #UPWeek Gallery include work by @ucpress.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social, @mitpress.bsky.social, @uofupress.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social & @ualbertapress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/43CrodY