Joseph Howley

Screenshot of a twitter post showing that the latest openAI commercial model is better than previous models at doing arithmetic but still cannot reliably produce the correct answer of multiplication problems with values greater than 11 x 11. It's supposed to be impressive I think

you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it's got innumeracy

Off to Scotland! Social media hiatus begins now, see you when I see you

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!

I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!

Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

Opened palimpsest codex (Leiden UL Or. 14236) with Syriac upper text and Armenian undertext. The upper text is written in black and red ink and decorated braided band patterns. There's also a fragment with Arabic on it between the two pages of the opened codex.

Mind-numbing how many layers of history there can be to a single manuscript page: Syriac upper text (10th c.), Armenian undertext (pre-10th c.), Arabic material used for binding (11-12th c.?), Coptic foliation in the margin (date?), modern foliation at the bottom. Image: Leiden UL Or. 14236, link ⬇️

A clear vision of an ethical university. One that all university leaders should notice.

Good morning from the lion in the margin

Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.64r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

habemus praesidentem 🏛️💨

Bethel Friends of Canines Bethel Friends of Canines is a non-profit dog rescue based in the rural Alaskan village of Bethel. Not only do we rescue dogs in Bethel, but we also rescue dogs all over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta...

This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk.

The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc.

www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com

In light of the fact that students protested the university's participation in genocide, Cole argues that the university should reinstate disciplined students, ask NYC to drop criminal charges, and reopen campus gates to the public. All very reasonable points.

Columbia must now show courage and empathy Dear Columbia leaders,

Former Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole asks the university to bravely admit where it was wrong:

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Is it like a watch battery? You scribble on the screen then the button resets it? Popular for small kids like three years ago and likely still, tho not with crypto branding

Columbia must now show courage and empathy Dear Columbia leaders,

"Glancing backward, we will find that students are most often on the right side of history."

So much here that needed to be said—from Columbia professor and provost emeritus and scholar of the American university Jonathan R. Cole ’64CC, ’69GSAS.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Every student and faculty member now organizing against the ‘compact’ was paying attention when Ivies folded early for Trump and have correctly ascertained that without pressure their boards will be inclined to do the same

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

A British couple who are members of a grassroots pro-Palestine organisation which had its bank account frozen have had their joint personal account closed without explanation.

John Nicholson, 70, and Norma Turner, 76, barrister and nurse, received no explanation. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UPDATE: Cornell Drops Its Discrimination Case Against a Pro-Palestine Professor After Public Outcry:

“I think the pressure of the community and the outpouring of outrage for what happened to Cheyfitz contributed immensely.”

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”

“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”

This UVA rally — which is sponsored by student, faculty, & staff groups — will protest the Trump regime's efforts to take over American universities & demand that UVA not cooperate, as it did this summer.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.

Today in “AI is a scourge”: I’m in an embroidery group on Facebook, and it feels like every day brings a new person who says “I bought this pattern on Etsy but it didn’t come with instructions and I don’t understand how they got this effect”

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

“There is no place in American higher education for death threats against professors,” Todd Wolfson, the president of the American Association of University Professors and a Rutgers faculty member, said in a statement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

a poem

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Jairo Fúnez is a professor of curriculum studies at Texas Tech University. He was suspended after a campaign by rightwing media & a weaponized Title VI complaint over private social media posts. He received overwhelming outside support, offering key lessons on collective organizing & solidarity.

book bindings on both sides. people keep prying them open from the right side and snooping around. mind your own business