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If thinking any of the above is a firable offense, then fire me. I’d rather lose my job than my ability to look at myself in the mirror. New York Times: “he did democracy right”? Bullshit

It’s a national gaslighting. The person who said Islam is the sword that democrats use to stab America was not a person who should be lauded. He shouldn’t have been murdered. But he was bad for the country. His ideas (which he was entitled to have) were toxic. Full stop.

The Burning of the Books We present this work in honor of the poet’s 125th birthday.   When the Regime ordered that books with dangerous teachingsShould be publicly burnt and everywhereOxen were forced to draw carts …

This one goes out to J.D. Vance. "Don't leave me out...burn me!"

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5. Do I take it personally that he hated and sought to harm college professors? Yes. I wish I lived in a country where everybody did.

4. I’m 100% opposed to political violence. I’m 100% opposed to shooting other people. I’m 100% opposed to whitewashing the legacy of someone who spread misinformation and inflammatory rhetoric with that much zeal.

3. If you’re ok with the president making funny jokes about spraying napalm on democrats but, in the name of “civility,” you’re not ok with accurately quoting Charlie Kirk, you might want to reflect. If you took seriously the president criticizing name-calling, I’m just not sure what to tell you.

1. People who have compared the president to Hitler include JD Vance and RFK Jr.

2. Authoritarianism does more damage than calling out authoritarianism. Much more.

AAUP making the (I guess) controversial argument that keeping watchlists and terminating teachers and journalists based on their political views are bad roads to go down.

Grateful to teach in the Social Science building for the first time in ages, which means a weekly, post-class ritual at the nicest spot on campus!

“Shut up and play” for thee but not for me.

See also: the fact that 99% of current public discourse is “I hate it when those jerks on the other side engage in name-calling.”

#revision

After class…

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First day of Fall classes. Hard not to think of all the ways college life has changed since Fall 1992. Counterpoint: three of my students were wearing Nirvana T-shirts.

More updates, and a couple of new categories: catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...

Teachable Readings - AGAINST AI Image: Bride of the Wind, Oskar Kokoschka

just the hugest shout-out to the site against-a-i.com/short-readin..., with a list of teachable readings that I could pull from for my class this semester

thanks to the team putting it together, led by @annakornbluh.bsky.social. What a service <3

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

Riot grrrl bands really knew how to name albums: Hungry for Stink, Pussy Whipped, Pretend We’re Dead, Live Through This.

Wish the sandwich throwing guy had supported a mom and pop shop but other than that, no notes!

I get his larger point and agree that Maxwell and Trump are pieces of trash, but she is most assuredly NOT the only child rapist to be lauded by a U.S. president.

This is a very writing studies-centered skeet, but… the way that some in the field are tying themselves into knots to advocate for some “ethical uses” of GenAI really emphasizes the field’s shallow investment in anything like “justice” or “decolonization” or “abolition.”

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Substitute the word “academia” for “politics” and this piece captures the state of universities in 2025 brilliantly.

If any of this helps get justice for the children who were abused, good. But I have a hard time believing that monster will ever be held accountable. Ever. Is there anything in those files that could ever cause his supporters to abandon him? Nope.

The media will henceforth refer to teachers as “a pro-chalkboard group.”

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

Fulbright board resigns citing interference by Trump administration All members of the board that oversees the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program, which facilitates international educational exchanges, have voted to resign over alleged political interference from President Donald Trump's administration, the board said on Wednesday.

Shame on Trump and Rubio

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Go AOC!