Ilana Horn

China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I.

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China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

that's exciting!

ICE is all over TN right now, kidnapping people off roads and construction sites. Nashville's seen the most visible pushback from citizens, but it's getting essentially zero media play. Johnson City has seen a surge in the past two weeks. Today it looks like they're pushing in Chatanooga.

Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club The Epstein files reveal an elite, chummy, and venal scholarly network.

I’m quoted quite a bit here so perhaps I’m biased but I feel this is a good run down of what the Epstein files tell us about how power works in academia. with some good commentary from @jessicacalarco.com, too:

In my first job, I got set up as a ghost advisor twice. The first time, I was confused and made excuses for my Professor Prominent. The second time, I sucked it up for a different Prof Prominent and swore never again.

From then on, I refused to serve on committees of certain advisors.

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Last night, I was notified that another person has died in ICE custody.

That’s 39 people who have died on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term.

We cannot grow numb to this. There must be immediate oversight and accountability.

... but i think it worked??

a woman in a wig and sunglasses is sitting in front of a lamp and holding her hands to her chest . ALT: a woman in a wig and sunglasses is sitting in front of a lamp and holding her hands to her chest .

beautiful christopher. congratulations.

We were invited to read from our books, which I did of course. But first I had some opening words, which I thought I'd share with you here.

I'll share video too, once that's available.

Waiting to see how long it takes institutions reinstate the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs they shut down, re-hire those they pushed out, and rewrite all the language they rushed to change.

Something tells me it'll likely be a long wait.

I keep thinking about something @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said during her livestream conversation with @katemanne.bsky.social yesterday:

We are living with zombie institutions that have been hollowed out by neoliberalism.

That hit like a truth bomb because of ways it reflects my current work life

Norway's former PM Jagland charged with gross corruption over Epstein links The charge was brought after the Council of Europe lifted his immunity, which he had as its former secretary general.

Plus Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links

www.bbc.com/news/article...

imagine!

holding powerful people accountable for criminal actions

i am glad to see that there is a functioning democracy somewhere in the world

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

writing days are always the looksminiest

We used data from an intervention designed to help teachers' navigating emotionally complex aspects of their work.

Using the idea of relational agency, we identify how the intervention supported teachers' collective learning about these challenging aspects of teaching.

“It felt like I became a part of her”: Employing embodied narrative to develop teachers’ relational agency in navigating emotional struggles Teachers’ emotional struggles in the workplace have received increasing attention due to their impact on teacher well-being and student development. E…

Sharing a new publication, co-authored with two doctoral students visiting my lab from China and Turkey.

“It felt like I became a part of her”: Employing embodied narrative to develop teachers’ relational agency in navigating
emotional struggle

#AcademicSky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

AMEN.

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

would add "Broken Code" to that list

Here is a small, actionable, concrete service you can do to make the world a tiny bit better:

📧 Tell an old person you love about the correct etiquette of replying-all on emails.

🙏 Thank you.

i read that one too. a lot more gossipy (which i love!) but still shocking. the two narratives really support each other -- this one got into a lot of the algorithmic/design flaws the enabled this current dumpster fire that meta is

Sometimes research reveals ugly truths. Burying them might support short term PR- and market-influenced goals, but it certainly does not make the truths go away in the world.

I shudder to think of what the coupling of market incentives and scholarship stands to yield.

#AcademicSky

In our world, we will risk facing similar conflicting demands, with the dismantling of research infrastructure and our growing dependence on foundations (who often have agendas) alongside eroding assurance for academic freedom.

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As a social scientist, my stomach turned for the integrity team researchers throughout, but that memo was an absolute cherry on a crap sundae.

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When the WSJ team, which Horwitz led, exposed some of these moral failings, the company's primary response was not increased guardrails but rather a 1984-esque memo about how to research and report on Meta products and their impact.

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