Paul Hanstedt

Well said.

And greetings from the exceptionally ICE-y Minnesota.

“Writing may cause discomfort, but it can help your brain work better.”

What other warning labels should education come with?

(Thanks to @josheyler.bsky.social for sharing.)

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Was this the conversation involving @alinacongreve.bsky.social? Because anything she's doing, I'm all in!!!!

Somebody should write a book about this.

Yeah um no.

It is true, though, that there's a lot of communism. I took some to Goodwill last week but then just yesterday I tripped over some more in the garage.

And not good disco, either.

Hi, folks: please help to spread the word about these excellent opportunities. Our first-year enrollment jumped 80% last year, so we're growing, and looking for folks who walk the walk about evidence-based instruction and research!

Oh hell yeah.

Sad but true. Two post retirement book projects that I’m thinking about. One is about cheese. The other is retracing the month long Brit rail trip a buddy and I took in 1986. I’m already mourning the many ways that trip cannot be duplicated.

UMR is one of the most distinctive universities in the world. If you love the scholarship of teaching and learning and love the idea of working in a highly collaborative, highly innovative interdisciplinary environment, we are hiring!

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One of my dreams is to take the Orient Express as far as it will go.

But not in a bad way.

UMR is one of the most distinctive universities in the world. If you love the scholarship of teaching and learning and love the idea of working in a highly collaborative, highly innovative interdisciplinary environment, we are hiring!

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Please come join me and several dozen of the coolest people you've ever met at the University of Minnesota Rochester. We are a unique institution: SoTL is the primary form of research for all faculty, and we work together in a single, interdisciplinary department.

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We're hiring a department chair, a scholar in Capstone research & tenure-track & non-tenure-track faculty in math, bio, and chem. We saw an 80% jump in our first year class this year & we serve a deeply and wonderfully diverse student population. Best place I've ever worked! Feel free to DM me.

Please come join me and several dozen of the coolest people you've ever met at the University of Minnesota Rochester. We are a unique institution: SoTL is the primary form of research for all faculty, and we work together in a single, interdisciplinary department.

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Better than Where the Hell’s the Butter

Well, I guess I'm 20. Thought I was older than that, but, okay.

I like the part where someone came into my office today to talk about some difficult issues and ended up reading their poetry to me.

Where's the emoji for I have the best damn job in the world?

while grading I found myself about to say a few times, “this prose feels empty in an AI sort of way,” in cases where I had no idea if the student used AI, but the empty prose simply “felt” sorta fake & I think it’s fascinating how AI has so quickly become a synonym for meaningless, empty, useless

@bcnjake.bsky.social Thought you might appreciate this.

Do croissants go with scotch?

Never mind. Of course they do!

I sought you out. I wracked my brain and said who’s smart and sane and funny, and I then I found you. And you did not disappoint.

and I can't find the people I like on any of them

You say that like it's a bad thing . . .

Oh thank god.

Yes. And I'd add that this all feels like a weird discussion to me. The world is filled with literally millions of people who didn't go to prestigious universities. And yet somehow they live very happy lives and contribute to the wellbeing of humanity. Prestige can be a sucker's game.