Dr. D. Cullen

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw

Project 2025 Author to Work at Education Department An influential conservative policy expert who has advocated for closing down the Education Department is joining the agency.

"President Donald Trump denied involvement in Project 2025, but many of his administration’s early actions have closely mirrored the blueprint’s recommendations." 👿
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

WER New York Exiles jersey from the rear. Number 4; player name PICK (player is Cari Pick, position lock)

WER New York Exiles jersey from the rear. Number 4; player name PICK (player is Cari Pick, position lock)

Me standing on the shore of Lake Superior in a white cap, sunglasses, and WER New York Exiles jersey from the front. WER logo on the upper chest wearer's right; Exiles logo on the opposite side. "Destination Sport" in all caps across the chest. The team colors consist of Night Navy, Liberty and Shadow Teal.

The New York Exiles team logo closeup. The team name and crest is a nod to the Statue of Liberty who is known as the "Mother of Exiles". The three hooded figures on the crest represents Ellis Island as a "journey to a new life" but also "the boldness to step out in a sport that is often seen exiled in mainstream sport culture." The figures within the crest also give a nod to the "superhero typography associated with New York." The crest also uses the torch as the city's symbolism for liberty and illumination. The team colors consist of Night Navy, Liberty and Shadow Teal, and Torch Orange.

New @newyorkexiles.us jersey out an after-work run. @womenseliterugby.us

Exclusive | Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting University Accreditors The move is the latest in an effort to remake higher education after the president and other Republicans have long criticized the accreditation process.

We reported a few weeks ago that this was expected:

www.chronicle.com/article/accr...

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

#EarthDay

On the field with WER. New York Exiles vs Boston Banshees a Boston, Saturday April 19, 2025. Final minutes of the game, score showing what would become the final Banshees 20 to Exiles 24.

Awesome game, @werexiles.bsky.social!!

Can we go back to stating the obvious? He was installed to destroy us. How did people forget that?

Opinion | What should come after DEI? PFJ. Although dismantling DEI was wrong, something better can replace it.

What should come after DEI? PFJ. wapo.st/4kT3gLj (gift link)

New York Exiles vs. Boston Banshees, March 22, 2025 Women's Elite Rugby action from the United States, live on DAZN.

New York Exiles taking the field

@werexiles.bsky.social
It's thrilling to see pro women's rugby underway!

‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.

"At this point I believe my academic career is effectively over"--a postdoc studying schizophrenia at Columbia, in the wake of the government's $400 million funding cut. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

screenshot showing the IHE, Inside Higher Ed, "share this article" options which include an "f" logo for that dreadful zuckerberg's primary site, an "x" logo for the site that was Twitter until that dreadful Musk destroyed it, an "in" logo for LinkedIn, an image of an envelop for emailing, and an image of a printer. What is **not** on the image is a butterfly logo for posting to Bluesky.

@insidehighered.com Blue (or, fine, orange) butterfly needed!!

I don't know if anyone who follows me is a sports fan, but...

SPORTS FANS: follow these profiles!
@womenseliterugby.us

bsky.app/profile/wome...

bsky.app/profile/were...

What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health? USAID has historically funded programs focused on disease eradication, maternal and child health, and healthcare infrastructure.

For a good discussion of why that's bad: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dis...

The cruelty is the point.
(Sigh... so many times already and so many times to come.)

Physical Specimens: New 4K Reviews, Including The Wages of Fear and Amadeus Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

The Wages of Fear is excellent! The first part is kind of excruciatingly dull, but that's necessary to set up the intense ennui these trapped men suffer that leads them to take on the job they accept. Then the tension mounts like nothing I've ever seen before.

www.pastemagazine.com/movies/4k-uh...

A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

Meanwhile, those of us who respect science look at researchers who are using mRNA vaccines to cure the least treatable cancer.
Can we give whole states Darwin Awards?
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...

"The stakes are almost impossibly high. Shouldn’t we act like it?"

Higher ed must resist authoritarian rule. It's the mission. Trying to make your institution a smaller target isn’t going to work.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
@biblioracle.bsky.social in Just Visiting is, as is typical, clear and focused on exactly what's going on and what it means.

R.I.P. Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam R.I.P. Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam

www.avclub.com/rick-buckler...

YouTube video by TheJamVEVO The Jam - Town Called Malice

A Town Called Malice is an all-time favorite because, A., it kicks ass and B., it invokes Billy Elliot, and all-time favorite movie.
RIP Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam
youtu.be/YfpRm-p7qlY?...

up200.org
I tried to add alt text to the video, but it failed three times in a row. Should say: "A dog sled team on Washington Street in Marquette,MI starting the UP200."

For the first time since 2022, dogs are racing across the UP. #up200

It's mostly John Roberts' fault, along with the rest of the corrupt 6. But, yes, Garland sucked.

My most Gen X complaint: Boomers and Millennials.

Especially when that usage immediately follows use of "men."

They most definitely already have an enemies list, and they most definitely plan to keep adding to it.

Gints Zilbalodis, Rihards Zalupe: Flow - Soundtrack - Milan Records A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat, capybara, lemur, bird, and dog after their homes are devastated by a great flood. From the boundless imagination...

In December I took 3 3rd graders and a 1st grader to see Flow, which was delightful. Now I can't stop listening to the soundtrack. It's go good!
milanrecords.com/release/flow/

If you want student buy-in, you have to share the why Students want to learn, but they’re not necessarily clear on what we’re teaching.

In my experience, helping students understand the "why" underneath the purpose and design of your course goes a long way toward them orienting themselves toward learning, rather than checking a credit box. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

I enjoy getting a woodpecker visit