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The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good - The Scholarly Kitchen AI-generated recipes are taking over the internet. How do they taste?

The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good - The Scholarly Kitchen

I wonder when all the national media is going to start breathlessly reporting every day on how all the rollbacks of equity programs, scholarships, and social justice centers on college campuses at behest of this admin makes black, brown, trans, and queer folks feel unsafe

Jere Nash's new book, Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877

In today's mail! I've been waiting for this to come out. 😁 @upmississippi.bsky.social

Yes. There are some places where those signs are especially obscene, and this is one.

"I am, at any given moment, Schrodinger's criminal. So are you. So are all of us."

Emmett Till historical marker

The infamous sign that's been put up at NPS sites

Tallahatchie County courtroom where the Emmett Till murder trial took place

Till national monument sign with Confederate statue in foreground

Honoring Emmett Till's birthday at the national monument in Sumner, MS

This is the small newspaper clipping that I show to my Governor's School students to show the callous establishment reaction to the murder.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s new DEI ban U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate on Sunday approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi’s new DEI ban

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate on Sunday approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators.

When you are feeling weary or despairing, remember that there are people in every corner of the world taking life affirming action in the direction of more justice. The fact that you can't see it all is a comfort because it means there is an excess of positive actions happening all at once. #onwards

This isn’t public service, and these are not public servants — The McPherson Square Group Fred Rogers, who entertained and taught children for more than 50 years, once said, “when I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You w...

"ICE isn’t helping anyone. They’re not making us safer or more prosperous. With every new headline, I find it harder to understand what role they’re playing that would allow us to even call them public servants."

I published some thoughts today on ICE and the meaning of public service.

Opinion | Why Scientists Need Your Tax Dollars Logan G. Havard writes about how federal funding cuts affect scientific research that could otherwise benefit people at the local and national levels.

OPINION: Amid federal budget cuts, "Mississippi has lost millions in science funding so far and is poised to lose tens of millions more for biomedical research from NIH alone," Logan Havard writes.

What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT “Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

We can circle the barn all day voicing opinions on using AI for writing but eventually you get to the heart of the matter, which is that you either enjoy thinking or you don’t.

My Mississippi State University Libraries colleague on how federal cuts are hurting universities' preservation of congressional papers

There are only three political positions in America today

1) I like the fascism

2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)

3) I oppose the fascism

The rest is details

"If you want to dismantle democracy, take out the people who can prove why it needs to exist." @staceyabrams.com at @mmei63.bsky.social on why authoritarians are afraid of teaching about people like Medgar Evers

And if you concede in advance, it gives them even more power over you.

not a single person's job, not a single grant, will be saved by surrendering instead of fighting. ask columbia.

*sounds the "that was probably AI generated information, that's why you can't find it and now at least 2 library staff have had to do first an initial and then a cross check of that information to confirm it doesn't exist so yes, we've had double time wasted by your time saving efforts" klaxon*

Ko Bragg, Anna Wolfe, Howard Ballou, Jerry Mitchell, and Nikole Hannah-Jones

"Journalism, Truth, and Civil Rights" panel with @fumblebragg.bsky.social, @annawolfe.bsky.social, Howard Ballou, @jmitchellnews.bsky.social, and @nhannahjones.bsky.social

Joy Ann Reid and me

This lady made my day by celebrating Reconstruction in Mississippi! @joyannreid.bsky.social

"Everyone in this country has at least one foot in Mississippi, whether they know it or not." - @wralpheubanks.bsky.social on current events

Ebony Lumumba, Joy Ann Reid, Ralph Eubanks

Joy Ann Reid

Ralph Eubanks

Panel with writers

Great conversation about the stories we tell - and don't tell - with @wralpheubanks.bsky.social, @joyannreid.bsky.social, and Dr. Ebony Lumumba. Thank you, Joy, for the shout-out to Reconstruction!

Michael Vinson Williams

Michael Vinson Williams

Medgar Evers quote

Powerful talk about Medgar Evers by Michael Vinson Williams

Joy Ann Reid, Bettie Dahmer, Reena Evers Everette, and Kerry Kennedy

Reena Evers Everette, daughter of Medgar Evers

Bettie Dahmer, daughter of Vernon Dahmer

Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy

Amazing panel with Bettie Dahmer, @reenaevers.bsky.social, and @kerrykennedy.bsky.social telling wonderful stories about their fathers, civil rights martyrs. Moderated by @joyannreid.bsky.social. Powerful kickoff to a weekend celebrating the 100th birthday of Medgar Evers.

"Poll reveals 43% of white men wish they could say awful things at work."

If you see this sign when you visit a National Park, consider writing in and saying:
1. What a great job NPS staff are doing (especially with now limited resources!)
2. That you value full, complex, and truthful histories and want them to be told at these sites

I wish this headline was "POLITICIANS' Anti-Diversity Crusade..." because it should be clear that this is on them.

I spoke up because the public needs to see what's being done to our universities, which have worked so hard at diversity and truth-telling... which is exactly why they came after us.