As a historian, I appreciate this message.

So what booze will be enjoyable and cheapest while still very drinkable after tariffs go into effect? Talking things I can control here!

An older guy in the ALLERGIST waiting room muttered "I trust MY immune system" when side-eyeing my mask. Bro we are ALL here specifically because our immune systems have piss-poor judgment. That's literally what this office exclusively does 😭😭😭

U of Chicago is going to merge humanities departments and downscale its language offerings in part because...the institution spent too much money on construction projects. Its endowment: over $10 billion. Are there any leaders in higher ed who *want* to save the humanities?

Contacted a few SBC ADs, some caught off guard by Hartwell's resignation. Others have heard the new ULM president is demanding massive cuts to what is already the smallest budget in FBS. Perhaps as much as $6-9 million cut from what was a $21 million budget.

Both Lina Khan and Chelsea Clinton have taken themselves OUT of contention for Nadler's #NY12 seat, per Rachel Schilke and The Bulwark. Still in the mix: Nixon, Schlossberg, Tilson, Farhadian, Boylan, Maloney, Lasher, Bottcher, Powers and more: politico.com/news/2025/09/0…

NEW and BREAKING: The turbulence created by Republicans/Trump's war on higher ed continues .. The president of Northwestern Michael H. Schill will resign, according to people briefed on the matter. nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/…

My paternal grandmother very obviously had ADHD and was a lifelong smoker to manage. My paternal grandfather also had it but benefited from the work of secretaries in his professional life. Their marriage was tumultuous, to put it mildly.

Joseph McNeil was one of four students who staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960.

How much of the U.S. higher education, culture, publishing, and nonprofit sectors are basically subsidized by a partner who works in finance or pharma?

In 1933, the US Government, facing an economic crisis caused by banks, let the banks collapse and rescued the people, averting fascism. In 2009, the US government, facing an economic crisis caused by banks, rescued the banks and let the people collapse. And here we are my friends