Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

240
active users

shakedown.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.4.3

#humanities

4 posts4 participants0 posts today
Weizenbaum-Institut<p>‪<a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/CfP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CfP</span></a>: Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI” of the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS), co-edited by <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@strippel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>strippel</span></a></span> (WI) &amp; Magnus Rust (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@unibasel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>unibasel</span></a></span> ). </p><p>Submission deadline: November 17, 2025. </p><p>More: <a href="https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/special-issue-celebrating-60-years-of-eliza-critical-pasts-and-futures-of-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weizenbaum-institut.de/news/de</span><span class="invisible">tail/special-issue-celebrating-60-years-of-eliza-critical-pasts-and-futures-of-ai/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Weizenbaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weizenbaum</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/socialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialscience</span></a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FOKUSpublic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FOKUSpublic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@WZB_Berlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WZB_Berlin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@freieuniversitaet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freieuniversitaet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@tuberlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tuberlin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CAISnrw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CAISnrw</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@zevedi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zevedi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@snurb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>snurb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@dietmarkammerer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dietmarkammerer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@Rainer_Rehak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Rainer_Rehak</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@fiff_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fiff_de</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@informatik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>informatik</span></a></span></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>A pantheon of families and legacies, must be rolling in their graves.</p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/08/trump-kennedy-center-renaming-1236495493/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/08/trump-ken</span><span class="invisible">nedy-center-renaming-1236495493/</span></a></p><p>Anything else to make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>good</span></a> into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> ?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> ? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> to lies?</p><p>Changing "Culture" into 💩, in the name of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> ? Hannibal Lecter awards? </p><p>Anything else he might do to avoid anything which serves <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeThePeople</span></a> or actual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> art &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> </p><p>More importantly, will this keep the focus off <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> ??</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Lstn2urmama" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lstn2urmama</span></a></span> An education used to involve what would now be known as a degree in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a>... Learning science, math, geography, other languages, art, literature, philosophy... A little bit of everything, AND critical thinking skills! It's a good foundation for everyone, and these courses should be offered at the high school level! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhTheHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhTheHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationalFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LearnAboutYourWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnAboutYourWorld</span></a></p>
Ken S<p>This is what you get when you have Board of Directors, Event/PR Managers with no background in humanities.</p><p>Degrees in Arts/Humanities actually matter.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/22/how-the-bendigo-writers-festivals-code-of-conduct-caused-a-walkout-and-claims-of-censorship" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/22/how-the-bendigo-writers-festivals-code-of-conduct-caused-a-walkout-and-claims-of-censorship</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusBiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusBiz</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BusinessManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessManagement</span></a></p>
Arbella Bet-Shlimon<p>The University of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> appears to be planning to close programs in the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> in its School of Global Studies, likely eliminating majors and laying off faculty. Our colleagues there want maximum visibility now to help stave this off <a href="https://newsletter.uauoregon.org/after-accepting-a-25-million-gift-uo-lays-off-faculty-in-new-schnitzer-school-fear-of-larger-cuts-in-fall/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQaNNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHirFIJi6EKHTdRBIa7X9cGg4YhBGCIbrVuW_yV2eQ4LgaALM8KDdFzTy66ne_aem_I6LRxdcD2DjtQUPCYinD1A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsletter.uauoregon.org/after</span><span class="invisible">-accepting-a-25-million-gift-uo-lays-off-faculty-in-new-schnitzer-school-fear-of-larger-cuts-in-fall/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMQaNNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHirFIJi6EKHTdRBIa7X9cGg4YhBGCIbrVuW_yV2eQ4LgaALM8KDdFzTy66ne_aem_I6LRxdcD2DjtQUPCYinD1A</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pnw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pnw</span></a></p>
Julius Zukowski-Krebs<p>„If we are inspired only by literature that reflects our own interests, all reading becomes a form of narcissism.“</p><p>Terry Eagleton</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“The tragedy of the contemporary academy,” Frey concludes, “is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power.”</p><p>“our crisis of the humanities is a crisis of academic leadership — a crisis of will, not capacity”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <br>3/3</p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“they are the “only faculty in the arts and sciences who systematically pay for themselves: they do not need expensive buildings; they do not require substantial material infrastructure or expensive data sets for research; …instruction in their fields is cheap.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> 
1/3<br><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/theyre-killing-the-humanities-on-purpose" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chronicle.com/article/theyre-k</span><span class="invisible">illing-the-humanities-on-purpose</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/tidypony.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tidypony.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>I majored in humanities, mostly because at that time the Air Force Academy didn't offer a major in Russian...so I minored in that.</p><p>All that humanities schooling at a military academy, plus all the mandatory engineering/math/science courses mean that when I see a car roll by at night on The Strip, and it's got purple lights installed on the belly to shine on the pavement so that it looks like some alien sci-fi vehicle...I can recall all the history of the visual arts (tache, sfumato, impressionism, chiaroscuro, cubism, yadda-yadda-yadda) as well as the history of science, electromagnetic radiation, optics, human vision...which allows me to richly, fully, and completely understand and appreciate how stupid that is, lol!</p><p>I'm old, but not to the point that this music is too loud: <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jmM2k6uU4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=n1jmM2k6uU</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VisualArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualArts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cubism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cubism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Impressionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impressionism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Optics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Color</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vision</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Reading Eve Sedgwick on the conventions of gothic novels. What a powerhouse. "These novels whose chief incidents are so similar are not predictable, either, in their resolutions, for comic endings, tragic endings, mixed endings, and endings where the book simply seems to die from exhaustion are all possibilities."</p><p>How lucky I am to get to spend my days reading and writing, and sharing what I know (and love) with my students.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EveSedgwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EveSedgwick</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>In my work as an archaeologist, I like to tell people that the pattern you think you see is probably just random, and if it's not, then chances are you can never find out what it meant in the past. This drives more <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> oriented colleagues nuts. 😁 </p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Who knew? Edgar Allan Poe foreshadowed The Big Lebowski in the essay, "The Philosophy of Furnitue," where he writes: "A carpet is the soul of the apartment." </p><p>The joys of studying the humanities!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQLP1dj_t8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ezQLP1dj_t8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheBigLebowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBigLebowski</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a></p>
Robert Dale Parker<p>Mellon Foundation: It's time to get out the word that humanities grads can find a great job. They do just fine in employment rates, job satisfaction, and salaries.</p><p><a href="https://www.mellon.org/voices/humanities-graduates-can-find-a-great-job?fbclid=IwY2xjawL5uT5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvNHdYWHdPU0hEaHliU1JKAR6bg4X-mha6Fsi8tZp6UEiGYpxzq2BXEfDNWlBY5iOruymXb8n9H2aPXot0JQ_aem_AngTt8g216KhjJKMAycIOw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mellon.org/voices/humanities-g</span><span class="invisible">raduates-can-find-a-great-job?fbclid=IwY2xjawL5uT5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvNHdYWHdPU0hEaHliU1JKAR6bg4X-mha6Fsi8tZp6UEiGYpxzq2BXEfDNWlBY5iOruymXb8n9H2aPXot0JQ_aem_AngTt8g216KhjJKMAycIOw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fun</span></a></p>
7sleepersmusic<p>“What has always fascinated me and that I’ve admired are the layers of culture that inform each other – <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uzbekistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uzbekistan</span></a>’s rich ecumenical heritage — it has everything from petroglyphs, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zoroastrianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoroastrianism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a>. Being able to witness the birth of a republic is an extremely rare experience as well.” 🇺🇿 📖 😁 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uzbek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uzbek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAsia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nashville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nashville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://musician.social/@olaskoolkitchen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>olaskoolkitchen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@TheTimesofCentralAsia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheTimesofCentralAsia</span></a></span> <a href="https://timesca.com/from-tashkent-to-tennessee-uzbek-stories-bridge-worlds-in-nashville-debut/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesca.com/from-tashkent-to-t</span><span class="invisible">ennessee-uzbek-stories-bridge-worlds-in-nashville-debut/</span></a></p>
Helen LH<p>Success is about more than just a pay packet.<br>"Framing only high-earning degrees as “worth it” reduces university study to a financial transaction.<br>It risks sending the message that choosing a subject based on personal interest, talent, or intellectual curiosity is a mistake, and may deter students from pursuing degrees that, while less lucrative, often lead to fulfilling and meaningful work." <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-a-rip-off-degree-might-be-worth-the-money-after-all-research-study-255537" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-a-rip-</span><span class="invisible">off-degree-might-be-worth-the-money-after-all-research-study-255537</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Success</span></a></p>
Mr. Makhorka<p>Hey guys, gals, and nonbinary pals!</p><p>My name is E. and I've decided to join Mastodon. Let me start with this small introductory toot.</p><p>I'm 23 y. o. guy from <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> who loves <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> and <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> . I'm also very enthusiastic about <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> , <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/furry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>furry</span></a> stuff, <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> , and <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> .</p><p>I'm also a bit of a <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/femboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>femboy</span></a> ! Unfortunately, it's dangerous to explore this part of myself while I'm in Russia. One day I'll leave and will be able to wear a skirt proudly.</p><p>Once again, hi everybody!</p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>Greame Turner, as a final comment, writes:</p><p>“The attack on the humanities that has slowly gathered momentum over recent years, and which is perfectly encapsulated in the self-serving utterances of university administrations defending their latest round of reckless and ill-informed depradations, is just plain shameful.<br>We should be doing better than this.</p><p>There are consequences, and they will eventually come, but there will be no joy in saying ‘we told you so’.”</p><p>That’s the bit that scared me the most in his short blog about the current plight (decades in the making) of our priceless tertiary institutions, its ‘consequences’.</p><p>I did not discern a specific answer to what he was asked: Why does the govt hate the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> so much? But he does unpack that question very well. If we are to fix anything, it is imperative we know about what needs to be fixed. Turner goes some ways to lay it out and is worth the read. </p><p>If his writing doesn’t spur you to action (whatever that action might be) then you still do not understand the problem. If that is so, please endeavour to find out more about the plight of our tertiary sector and its vital importance to our society.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Anti_Intellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anti_Intellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TertiarySector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TertiarySector</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NeoLiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLiberalism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MarketDrivenMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarketDrivenMadness</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANU</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Go8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Go8</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BeanCounters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeanCounters</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RunawayCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunawayCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NationalDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalDictionary</span></a> </p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href="https://graemeturner.org/2025/07/20/why-do-they-hate-the-humanities-academics-are-asking/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">graemeturner.org/2025/07/20/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-do-they-hate-the-humanities-academics-are-asking/</span></a></p>
Brian Gettler<p>Worth a read from historian Ed Dunsworth.</p><p>"On Generative AI in the Classroom: Give Up, Give In, or Stand Up" (June 2025)</p><p><a href="https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06/11/on-generative-ai-in-the-classroom-give-up-give-in-or-stand-up/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">11/on-generative-ai-in-the-classroom-give-up-give-in-or-stand-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a></p>
7sleepersmusic<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentlyWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentlyWatching</span></a> "The Ascent of Man" (BBC, 1973) with Professor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JacobBronowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JacobBronowski</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Documentaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@everylibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>everylibrary</span></a></span></p>
Gary Hall<p>Looking forward to reading this when it’s out:</p><p>Bourgeois coldness by Henrike Kohpeiß</p><p>'Bourgeois coldness refers to an affective strategy that offers an explanation for how self-preservation works. Bourgeois coldness is one of the most advanced affective and aesthetic forms of preserving the structure of the colonial status quo. It creates an affective shelter in the world, unencroached upon by the immediate consequences of its many catastrophes. It functions like air conditioning – a complex technology which reliably stabilises the climate until those inside consider it natural. Bourgeois spaces – institutional and affective – stay cool and pleasant. But outside it’s burning.'</p><p><a href="https://divided.online/all-books/bourgeois-coldness" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">divided.online/all-books/bourg</span><span class="invisible">eois-coldness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanities</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>class</span></a> <br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
TrendingLive feeds
About