Greg Britton

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This is Cole. He is a deaf service dog at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School. He just turned 9, and all of his students learned sign language to sing him happy birthday at a massive party. 14/10 for all (IG: colethedeafdog)

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

Once more for those in the back: VACCINES DON’T CAUSE AUTISM. Just ask @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Some of us, um, understood this.

It's here! The much-anticipated UBC Press Fall 2025 Newsletter. Those on our mailing list should've received it last week. If you're not on our mailing list, we'd be happy to have you! https://www.ubcpress.ca/newsletter

🍂 Fall 2025 Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/ubcpress/fall-2025-newsletter

It's impressive how many right-wing talking points she squeezed into a short interview.

Eg., "administrative bloat" (MAGA for "DEI") rather than unfunded reporting mandates or CEO-level presidential comp approved by non-academic Boards; "fancy buildings" rather than skyrocketing health insurance.

I was thinking of you.

Reaffirming Scientific Medicine Through Physician Leadership in Health Care Technology and Innovation | Baker Institute Facing funding cuts, rising professional stress, and federal health policy misalignments, physicians are experiencing mounting challenges. In this working paper, Dr. Peter J. Hotez examines the state ...

Here’s my new longish opinion article on the Baker Institute website outlining the damage to biomedicine MAHA hopes to achieve, and how push back in productive ways

www.bakerinstitute.org/research/rea...

College costs have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Here's why It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?

College costs have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Here's why

www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...

I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession

And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?

Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it

#zines are resistance 💪🏽

“Hype is seldom based on concrete promises,” explains Stewart. “It is, by design, a speculation boom: it generates a narrative of innovation and future value, but it is driven by logics of business and media, not education or the public good. Hype’s purpose is to generate investment.”

Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.

Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

"Things happen."

you don't have to embarrass our guest by asking if he had someone killed and hacked to pieces

I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.

This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.

How do I know that the next generation of economists will be impacted by how these institutions react?

"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃

#news #harvard #econsky

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.

Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.

Full on Lord of the Flies.

C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time

"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

#NewOrleans #NOLA "How to Report ICE" zine is up!

(You can find a link to all the zines plus an assembly how-to in my bio.)

drive.google.com/file/d/1K6Vv...

“skeevy”
/ˈskēvē/
adjective INFORMAL•US ENGLISH
unpleasant, squalid, or distasteful.

Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”

He will continue teaching.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

“the primary means of ‘technology transfer’ from universities to the world is graduation”

~ Jason Owen-Smith

I feel seen.

Multiple female victims.