Jamie Callahan

Higher Education Is Exhausted Some don’t see a future in a sector battling for its very existence.

US, UK—it’s the same story.

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Flip Texas.
Flip.
Texas!!!!

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Other lecturers in my department have always had low attendance in general—I contend b/c of lecture capture.

Since I do active/experiential learning without “lecturing”, lecture capture is useless. The assessment is based on the activities. Students showed up.

Not this year 🤔!

Only 30% of my students showed up for class today. 35% have never shown up this term (Week 4). This is the first time since 2022 (when I first taught this module here) that I’ve not had 90-100% attendance at every session.

Trying to wrap my head around what’s going on!

Thanks, @robpoell.bsky.social ; received! Prelim response sent; more detailed comments tomorrow!

No, Melania, not sending money your way. Watching Becoming … again.

I’ve think I’ll re-read her book, too.

A ballot being posted

Voted in our local ballot. Working conditions will never improve unless we fight for them. @ducu.bsky.social

The same can be said for @ducu.bsky.social !

Laura on Instagram: "What would you do in this scenario?" 6,274 likes, 84 comments - loewhaley on January 27, 2026: "What would you do in this scenario?".

“It’s also in the company’s best interest to allocate appropriate workload.”

Why, yes. Yes, it is!

Oh good, it’s gone up 0.4C since I got to the office. Guess I’m full of hot air 🤷🏼‍♀️😂.

GSAs say it’s calibrated hotter than it really is (when it was 25C in summer). So does this mean it’s actually colder? 🥶

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Prescient, indeed. 💔

They stood over him and fired even more shots into his motionless body.

#ICEOUT

I earned tenure at TAMU and I am shocked at what is going on there. Stand up; speak up.

YouTube video by Josh Johnson What happens when you just comply

All the freedoms you enjoy today are because someone before you fought for them.

It’s your turn.

Vote.

@ducu.bsky.social

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Do it, y'all! No matter how things go over the next six months, we're stronger with a mandate!

Image of bucket and caution-wet-floor sign in the lobby of the Durham University Waterside Business School building

We moved in to our £104m Waterside White Elephant building 16 months ago. The roof is already leaking.

Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

Here is a gift link to the Times’ new analysis of the Good shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Damn indeed...

And it begins! Post your ballots ASAP, #ducu members!

Our workloads are rising & our jobs security isn’t.

We deserve better from management than just “no” to our reasonable requests and suggestions.

@ducu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk

My trusty teaching trolley has bit the dust after 20 years. I will need to find a suitable replacement by Monday’s class for my markers, card stock, visual imagery cards, activity materials, and so forth.

Sigh. A good run for a hard-used item.

Đanacea Võ on Instagram: "Without video, authority gets to frame the narrative With video, the public claims it back Frame by frame, slow-motioned analysis from 3 different angles: https://www.nytime... 828 likes, 36 comments - danacea.vo on January 8, 2026: "Without video, authority gets to frame the narrative With video, the public claims it back Frame by frame, slow-motioned analysis from 3 diffe...

Video. Video. Video everything. Heres how!
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Never in danger.

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Solidarity to @northumbriauni.bsky.social staff, told they must move to a pension scheme widely considered worse or face a pay freeze (against UK-wide bargaining). United as unions, they can beat it (& deter other employers from trying similar). Post those ballots, & join if you’re not a member!

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Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.

Plato....PLATO....banned at #TAMU.

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Cold. Blooded. Murder.

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Here's the latest finance news from @northumbriauni.bsky.social - staff are doing so great management want to freeze their pay unless they move to a different pension. Well done us! @ucu.org.uk @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social

Catharina Doria | AI Ethics Expert on Instagram: "🚨Pls watch this video. NO ONE is talking about THIS but you need to understand that GENERATIVE IS TARGETED to “POOR PEOPLE” / the MASSES, while HUMAN ... 66K likes, 1,045 comments - cahdoria on December 29, 2025: "🚨Pls watch this video. NO ONE is talking about THIS but you need to understand that GENERATIVE IS TARGETED to “POOR PEOPLE” / the MASSES, wh...

My department has all but required our assessments to either incorporate or allow the use of #AI.

Odd for an institution that’s all about #sustainability.

There are unintended consequences, though.

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