"Now, Sir Gawain, if ye be as bold as ye claim, meet me on New Year's morn at the Green Chapel, and I shall give you a blow such as ye have given me."

Soooo... guess what? I have accepted a position as FULL professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information!! Sending so many thanks to Dean Andrea Forte and the wonderful faculty, staff, and students who made this process amazing School of Information

Tony's discourse in the groupchat today, but we managed to find common ground once we remembered our common enemy (Les Mis 2012)

There is no such thing as “neutral knowledge” and so there is no such thing as “a-political teaching”. It doesn’t really matter what you’re teaching or which approach to knowledge you are taking. It is all always political

If you haven't yet read Ted Chiang's essay on generative AI and art, get on it. For my money, it's one of the best things written on AI, period—it gets to the heart of what's so dismaying about AI in a single haunting sentence: "It reduces the amount of intention in the world."

I know it’s been a banger year for bingo cards but I cannot express how not ready I was for “the Catholic Church decides to do “Dogma” but for real”

ngl Stanley Tucci I have been better but appreciate this regardless

Hi guys it's Mr Beast and I have a few (still rough) videos slouching towards Bethlehem to be born - there's a gyre that's turning and turning and if the center can hold they get $100k. I also trained a falcon to not hear the falconer

(Potential?) Dissertation writing hack: audio reading of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" on repeat.

let’s not let this overshadow the part of the profile where she tries to order a sherry at a rangers game newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

We were warned months ago that the people of Gaza would starve. That they were BEING starved by Israel and its vast network of allies, particularly the United States. This is evil in action made possible only through American power. It MUST end.

🖤peace Assata Shakur

The Global Sumud Flotilla is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians who are being starved to death by the Israeli government. They must be fully protected. I’m leading a letter to the Trump Administration demanding safe passage and calling for an end to the