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Both/and. Neither/nor. Always changing. The narrative, including the must insan

Both/and. Neither/nor. Always changing. The narrative, including the must insane, garners publicity and serves the IPO.

I just learned at 4S that some journals have had to set limits on submissions--n

I just learned at 4S that some journals have had to set limits on submissions--no more than 2 per author a month--because authors are using AI to churn out article after article. One journal went from less than 600 submissions a year to 2000+... you can't find that many reviewers!

Yes! It's not an agreement, is it, if the Dems abide by it but the GOP doesn't?

Yes! It's not an agreement, is it, if the Dems abide by it but the GOP doesn't? It's like "working across the aisle" or "two sideism" or anything else. If one side is committed to moderation and the other is committed to domination, the moderate will lose over and over and over. Enough!

On our book tour for "Faculties" (coming Nov, @dukepress.bsky.social) we're ofte

On our book tour for "Faculties" (coming Nov, @dukepress.bsky.social) we're often asked "what's working?" Today I learned ab @cuny.edu Segal Center Initiative: rich array of public art events staged across all five NYC boroughs. Coordination, collaboration, community, creativity. What a gift!

That one is practically Neruda!

That one is practically Neruda!

Endless grift, all the way down.

Endless grift, all the way down.

And will the programmed AI voice also get to experience the sheer joy of fatherh

And will the programmed AI voice also get to experience the sheer joy of fatherhood, of experiencing the light that comes in a child's eyes when a parent reads out loud to him? I guess in AI world, joy is optional.

Anne Carson, the Canadian author of the amazing unfolding poem in a box, NOX, ha

Anne Carson, the Canadian author of the amazing unfolding poem in a box, NOX, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. When informed of the prize, she was in Iceland "listening to the wind." There is still a place in this sorry world for wonder.

In America our taxes pay for wars and tax breaks for trillionaires. And grift al

In America our taxes pay for wars and tax breaks for trillionaires. And grift all the way down. No free sandwiches.

Have a great one, Tressie. You are always brilliant and your recent insta post o

Have a great one, Tressie. You are always brilliant and your recent insta post on what we count as “intelligence” was, well, genius. I write as a failed waitress with a lot of books. Writing books is far easier cognitively. Thank you.

It’s. Of course. Typos mine. Of course

It’s. Of course. Typos mine. Of course

Dreaming of even more evil, night after night. Yep.

Dreaming of even more evil, night after night. Yep.

Delete without reading. Over and over and over….its pathetic

Delete without reading. Over and over and over….its pathetic

I hope you'll join us at Noon today (EST) !! Optimizing Learning for a Volatile

I hope you'll join us at Noon today (EST) !! Optimizing Learning for a Volatile World---2025 McGraw Prize winners, from left, Cathy Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley mcgrawprize.com/news-events/...

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

You hit the proverbial nail on the head, Mike. Unless faculty, administrators, s

You hit the proverbial nail on the head, Mike. Unless faculty, administrators, students, and the public have greater alignment on what "college is for," the anti-education/anti-social mobility/ anti-free speech forces win because they ARE aligned in one project: dominate and curtail higher ed.

More great, independent research courtesy of higher ed #faculties

More great, independent research courtesy of higher ed #faculties

2-We joked that news stories should come with a label, like the "Made in China"

2-We joked that news stories should come with a label, like the "Made in China" inside my jacket: "Made in Higher Ed." There's tons of coverage of everything wrong, not working, too expensive... far less of the wealth of benefits to ourselves, our youth, to research, to business, to everyday life.

W @saracuster.insidehighered.com editor of @insidehighered.com, Jody and I pitch

W @saracuster.insidehighered.com editor of @insidehighered.com, Jody and I pitched a new column, "Outside Higher Ed," where people tell positive stories (often missing from higher ed press and academics ourselves)-- today's Nobel brain profs or yr kids' success. cathydavidson.com/outside-high...

Happy Monday. Make this week count. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Happy Monday. Make this week count. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

I hadn't thought about this but, of course, esp with GenAI, it would be very eas

I hadn't thought about this but, of course, esp with GenAI, it would be very easy to erase books available digitally with a simple command. Physical books are harder to erase--and harder to track. What you read is your business. Preserving knowledge, democracy, reading: that is all OUR business.

It's stunning.

It's stunning.

Jody Greene and I had a great convo on "The Key" a podcast @insidehighered.com

Jody Greene and I had a great convo on "The Key" a podcast @insidehighered.com @saracuster.insidehighered.com. We insist that the higher ed press needs more success stories and pitched a new column: "Outside Higher Ed." I blogged (w links) about it here: cathydavidson.com/blog/?blog_s...

Thank you!

Thank you!

Morning has broken … #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Morning has broken … #SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

Hilarious. Moral standing??

Hilarious. Moral standing??

Typos and all. To be literate: she told me (and many others) that she didn't lik

Typos and all. To be literate: she told me (and many others) that she didn't like the ending of "The Bluest Eye" and wrote an alternative ending that would be with her papers and the book could be republished with it after she passed. I've asked many people about this many, many, many... times.

I knew that would make you smile! I taught as a visiting scholar at Princeton b

I knew that would make you smile! I taught as a visiting scholar at Princeton before I went to Duke and it was the year when she was hired there and my dear friend and mentor, the late Emory Elliott, had weekly TGIV parties with Toni, Ruth Simmons, and various others. It still feels like a dream.

Brilliant. Toni told me she rewrote the ending and a new. Erion would be publis

Brilliant. Toni told me she rewrote the ending and a new. Erion would be published after she passed. I keep waiting. I adore The Bluest Eye!

Yes yes. The Knowledge Commons is a fantastic resource, community, and network.

Yes yes. The Knowledge Commons is a fantastic resource, community, and network. HASTAC will abide there! Huge thanks for everything, Kathleen

Thank you @whitneytrettien.bsky.social . I truly believe that, among all of @ha

Thank you @whitneytrettien.bsky.social . I truly believe that, among all of @hastac.bsky.social 's contributions, the greatest was offering support, validity, feedback, and courage to fearless thinkers who were being told "no." You are living proof--and thank you for paying it forward.

Thank you. I truly believe that @hastac.bsky.social lives on in the ideas, proje

Thank you. I truly believe that @hastac.bsky.social lives on in the ideas, projects, vision, commitment, and courage of everyone who has been part of the HASTAC network.

I look forward to discussing "Optimizing Learning for a Volatile World" with the

I look forward to discussing "Optimizing Learning for a Volatile World" with the other extraordinary recipients of the 2025 McGraw Prize in Education at noon EST on Oct 6. This webinar is free and open to the public. Register here, and thx for passing this on: www.gse.upenn.edu/events/optim...

We're live! On the @insidehighered.bsky.social podcast w @saracuster.insidehighe

We're live! On the @insidehighered.bsky.social podcast w @saracuster.insidehighered.com "How Faculty Can Be Agents of Change" www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key.... Focusing on our book "Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times" @dukepress.bsky.social

Thank you. One of our early mottos: "everybody learns from everybody learning":

Thank you. One of our early mottos: "everybody learns from everybody learning": we all taught one another so many things that, when we first began commenting on them, were not even recognized as fields, disciplines, areas, specialties, anything. Those pioneers are now the leaders in the field!

#SeaScrolling #Breathe. Old photo. Sea Ranch, CA

#SeaScrolling #Breathe. Old photo. Sea Ranch, CA

No filter. A while ago. #SeaScrolling #Breathe.

No filter. A while ago. #SeaScrolling #Breathe.

I'm excited to join the other 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education winners Fred

I'm excited to join the other 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education winners Frederic Bertley, Joe Wolf, and Rapelang Rabana at 12pm on Oct 6 for “Optimizing Learning for a Volatile World,” a dynamic Zoom panel moderated by 2014 McGraw Prize winner Chris Lehmann: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Mamdani does this brilliantly. Learn from him. Don’t take the bait. Use it again

Mamdani does this brilliantly. Learn from him. Don’t take the bait. Use it against the hate-baiter.

Thank you!

Thank you!

At sea some days, captain others, rowing against the current a lot of the time.

At sea some days, captain others, rowing against the current a lot of the time. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Fab. Just fab.

Fab. Just fab.

And my comment in no way mitigates the heartbreak. I just wish to appreciate all

And my comment in no way mitigates the heartbreak. I just wish to appreciate all you do publicly. It matters.

I sympathize. Deeply. And yet I refuse to give up optimism. Every past activist

I sympathize. Deeply. And yet I refuse to give up optimism. Every past activist has known this moment. Douglass. Dubois Baldwin. Davis. Steinem. Even Dolly. We will continue to fight. Thank you so much for all you do

Jody Greene and I are recording a podcast later today w @saracuster.insidehigher

Jody Greene and I are recording a podcast later today w @saracuster.insidehighered.com and that got me thinking about all the incredible challenges of effective faculty coalition- building on the way to institutional change: "Leading Together." cathydavidson.com/leading-toge...

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling. #Breathe

#SeaScrolling. #Breathe

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at UERU for a thoughtful and livel

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at UERU for a thoughtful and lively conversation about “Faculties”We need coalition building in these destructive times and learning how to fight back.

Thank you for this recommendation!

Thank you for this recommendation!

#SeaScrolling. #Breathe

#SeaScrolling. #Breathe

I'm listening (again) to poet Ross Gay's eloquent, real, and necessary "Incitin

I'm listening (again) to poet Ross Gay's eloquent, real, and necessary "Inciting Joy." Highly recommended. #SeaScrolling #Breathe.

We always have been.

We always have been.

Tomorrow! Sept 15 1-2 EST Webinar: Association for Undergraduate Education at Re

Tomorrow! Sept 15 1-2 EST Webinar: Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU), "Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times," Moderator Director Steven Dandeneau. Free. 300+ registrants--still room for more! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#SeaScrolling #Breathe. Good Monday morning!

#SeaScrolling #Breathe. Good Monday morning!

Actually, that is #3 of "Ten Moves to Jump Start Your Revolution" in "Faculties:

Actually, that is #3 of "Ten Moves to Jump Start Your Revolution" in "Faculties: A Dialogue in Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times." What would be your #1 starting place? (Open access Intro here: dukeupress.edu/faculties and the pre-pub 30% discount code: E26FCLTS)

Be gentle with yourself today. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Be gentle with yourself today. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Gorgeous. Thank you

Gorgeous. Thank you

Fantastic! I do that too---started way back in the distant mists of the 20th cen

Fantastic! I do that too---started way back in the distant mists of the 20th century! HASTAC too. And all the meetings I run... but I've never been a participant in a regular faculty meeting or faculty committee charged with "change" that begins w these. Even most Faculty Senates don't.

I do not see why EVERY faculty meeting of any kind for any purpose doesn't desig

I do not see why EVERY faculty meeting of any kind for any purpose doesn't design, adopt, and then have someone delegated to enforce community standards/code of conduct. We might actually be able to enact some constructive change if we did! Imagine that! dukeupress.edu/faculties

Today I signed up for an online writing course and an AI activist group. Both ha

Today I signed up for an online writing course and an AI activist group. Both have codes of conduct; violators are asked to leave.That's Lesson #1 of "Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in destructive Times": Free Webinar. Tues Sept 15, 12-1 Register: ueru.org/ueru-events/...

Thank you, Sir.

Thank you, Sir.

The answers from AI chatbots to "how can AI wipe out humanity" are chilling. AI

The answers from AI chatbots to "how can AI wipe out humanity" are chilling. AI is programmed for exploitation of us all. With no safeguards, no guardrails, no healthy and safety regulations. Criminal. www.businessinsider.com/how-ai-could...

Well said!

Well said!

Join me and Jody Greene on Tues Sept 15, 2026 | 12:00pm ET | Virtual Town Hall,

Join me and Jody Greene on Tues Sept 15, 2026 | 12:00pm ET | Virtual Town Hall, for a lively conversation based on our "intentionally provocative" book @dukepress.bsky.social "Faculties: Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times." Sponsored by UERU. Register here: ueru.org/ueru-events/...

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Yes. And…. Unlike Britannica or Dewey or Library of Congress no loaded knowledge

Yes. And…. Unlike Britannica or Dewey or Library of Congress no loaded knowledge hierarchy and categorization. Any subject goes, pretty much. Pretty amazing aggregator. Not a final source.

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

I went to the mat for Wikipedia, warts and all

I went to the mat for Wikipedia, warts and all

It was considered rogue, upstart, anti-traditional expertise, not necessarily re

It was considered rogue, upstart, anti-traditional expertise, not necessarily reliable….never slop!

Brilliant

Brilliant

Whale to the left, dolphins to the right, menhaden everywhere. #SeaScrolling #Br

Whale to the left, dolphins to the right, menhaden everywhere. #SeaScrolling #Breathe Also #Organize

I have never before Mayor Mamdani seen a mayor who actually does what he set out

I have never before Mayor Mamdani seen a mayor who actually does what he set out to do (and far more), who states his own beliefs clearly yet works well with and on behalf of others who do not share his beliefs, and is visionary in his thinking about ways to improve the city he was elected to lead.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8cwdGGW/ How government can deliver more than “ hope and pray

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8cwdGGW/ How government can deliver more than “ hope and prayers”.

"Tumbleweed Tuesday," they call it out here. The day after Labor Day when it's c

"Tumbleweed Tuesday," they call it out here. The day after Labor Day when it's calm and quiet again. #SeaScrolling #Breathe

I love this @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I will quote you!

I love this @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I will quote you!

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

Good morning! #SeaScrolling #Breathe

Good morning! #SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

#SeaScrolling #Breathe

Plus Yayoi Kusama for those who love art and feminism. A really sucky week . .

Plus Yayoi Kusama for those who love art and feminism. A really sucky week . . . and, on the other hand, one that reminds us of our heroes, their legacy, and what we must fight for.

And shocking that's where anyone would bother to focus their negative energy in

And shocking that's where anyone would bother to focus their negative energy in the face of actual, real McCarthyite hounding, censorship, cancellation of funding, erasure of scholarship, and decimation of vital research in fields from art to zoology and all points in between.