2020 05 01 tweets
Yes! You can create such a web presence at Humanities Commons, with a rich professional profile connected to a repository, linked to a growing community of humanities practitioners worldwide. http://hcommons.org https://twitter.com/hralperta/status/1256258199243624449
RT @CLIRDLF: We are now hiring for the new DLF Senior Program Officer. Learn more about the position and how to apply on the DLF blog! http…
Replying to @jonmfrey
Every. Day.
Replying to @ericdmj
I think I had this one!
MURDER HORNETS??? We get it, 2020, we get it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
Replying to @cplong, @nkjemisin, @k8dee16, @sfritzsc, @JulianChambliss and @CALMSU
Just finished teaching it in ENG211H. The students wrote *amazing* papers about it. And a bunch of them have the rest of the trilogy lined up to read, too!
Replying to @cohenss
Happy to share. :(
RT @gmbritton: How do we solve the social and political crisis in America? The university may be the answer. https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/generous-thinking @kfitz…
Just watched a most adorable bunny come hopping through my yard, sniffing all the newly budding plants, finally stopping to eat tf out of the one dandelion. That bunny is my new hero.
Replying to @tressiemcphd and @sivavaid
A million years ago, at another institution, I chaired a search for a joint position in sociology and media studies. I could not convince my soc colleagues that they should consider PhDs in communication.
Replying to @tressiemcphd and @sivavaid
The search did not succeed. And I found myself explaining through gritted teeth that sociology and communication had divorced in the 80s and that comm got the kids, and THAT’s why we weren’t seeing classically trained sociologists doing media studies.
Replying to @tressiemcphd and @sivavaid
“The Internet is not people!”
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Help! I’m looking for really good examples of asynchronous online conferences. Ideally I’d like to find a public-facing site that presents conference materials \(papers and/or posters\) for discussion. Send links and huge thanks!
Replying to @srferrar
Thank you!
Replying to @wigardju
Nice! Thanks for this.
Replying to @Soracielle
Thank you!
Replying to @dmimno and @srush_nlp
I’d love to see it — do you have a link?
Replying to @cantus94
Thanks!
Replying to @dannykay68
Thanks so much for all these links! I’m very much looking forward to digging into them.
RT @IBJIYONGI: YES YES YES
EVERYBODY WITH AN OPINION ABOUT TUITION: READ THIS
“Public spending, for public universities, is a bequest o…
RT @BerondaM: Having an expressed "commitment" &/or "good intentions" do not \(nor have they ever\) necessarily equate\(d\) to a lived commitme…
Replying to @hralperta
I’m so sorry for your loss. He sounds like a great man.
Ooh, looking forward to reading this! https://twitter.com/scott_bot/status/1250453809521967105
I had an appointment for a routine physical next week, and was trying to figure out how to call and tell my doctor’s office “the last place on earth I want to be right now is a medical facility waiting room.” +
Replying to @kfitz
I just got a call from them saying, sheepishly, “we’re not bringing patients in right now, so we can either do a tele-medicine thing or reschedule for the end of June.” +
Replying to @kfitz
End of June it is. And thanks for not making me do the awkward part!
Replying to @ekansa
Yep. I’m not optimistic about end of June, but I’ll just keep pushing it out as need be, I guess.
Replying to @ekansa and @peripatesis
Absolutely! I’ve opted to hold out for an in-person appointment for the time being because it’s just a regular checkup — nothing particular going on — but my doctor wants bloodwork in advance, and I’d *really* prefer to avoid that right now.
Replying to @paregorios, @ekansa and @peripatesis
That’s really good to know!
Replying to @scott_bot, @hralperta, @clancynewyork, @jotis13 and @kmapesy
I am super-partial to the DLF Code of Conduct: https://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/
Replying to @scott_bot, @hralperta, @clancynewyork, @jotis13 and @kmapesy
Online, there are the Humanities Commons Guidelines for Participation: https://hcommons.org/guidelines/
Sending love to all the mothers I know, and to all of you who are celebrating your mothers, to all of you who are missing your mothers, to all of you longing for the mothers you should have had. ❤️
RT @thearmchaircom: I’ve noticed that with every killing of an unarmed black person, there are white folks who decide that they want to “fi…
Replying to @histoftech and @shannonmattern
You are so not wrong. That “eh, I’ve got tenure, I’ll be fine” rests on so much confidence that the institution will continue to exist… it’s terrifying. But so much before that: “I’ll be fine” belies such a narrow focus…
Replying to @histoftech and @shannonmattern
There’s such a lot of “such” in that… sigh.
RT @hralperta: @scott_bot @clancynewyork @jotis13 @kfitz @kmapesy Obviously @heatherfro's blog post is still one of the best guidelines for…
Replying to @mlastyle
Shouldn’t that be “Farrar & Rinehart” or “Farrar and Rinehart”?
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Same! ❤️ https://twitter.com/egaly/status/1260283102011719681
Aw, that was good. https://twitter.com/kfitz/status/1260295404136083456
Replying to @robinsloan and @mlastyle
💅🏻
Replying to @robinsloan and @mlastyle
So many annoying people like me ready to point out foibles. It’s a good thing they like me.
It’s not an *actual* baby platypus, alas, but I am definitely imagining new swag options, eh, @humcommons? https://twitter.com/ScotKnitter/status/1260193530733002754
This is amazing. Huge respect to the MLA and its generous members for this effort! https://twitter.com/PaulaKrebs/status/1260573177358495744
This thread. This this this. https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1260685847839625219
Especially this part. https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1260685850213580802
I was once in an elevator with Meryl Streep and Carrie Fischer. And didn’t notice. I had to be told afterward. https://twitter.com/MavenofHonor/status/1260626632395685889
RT @BerondaM: Among things I wish #leaders would fully embrace: Boldly declaring a thing does not "make it so". Our energy as leaders is be…
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
My god. All those people. Breathing the same air. Unthinkable.
RT @abbymullen: I know I’m a bit late to the party, but my first post-semester read feels extremely relevant in these days. Thanks @kfitz f…
Replying to @abbymullen
Thank you, Abby!
RT @BatsInLavender: Exciting news: I'm now the Assistant Project Manager for @HuMetricsHSS and the MESH Network https://www.meshresearch.net/ as…
Replying to @BatsInLavender, @HuMetricsHSS, @CALMSU and @msulibraries
We are ecstatic to have you on board! Looking forward to doing great stuff!
RT @hralperta: 🌻 Oh hello it's friday and there are eighty-eight volunteers in the alt-ac support network database 🌼
https://t.co/yvGWad7z…
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @atrubek
I only want to note that there’s Another Style Guide who got here Over Three Years Ago. 💅🏻
RT @CALMSU: #MSUCAL is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown as the Inaugural Chairperson for the Department of Afri…
Welcome Dr. Brown! Really looking forward to working with you here @CALMSU. https://twitter.com/CALMSU/status/1261378381066756096
RT @hralperta: New! May 2020: the alt-ac support network is a database of former phds who have pursued careers off the faculty tenure track…
Replying to @tressiemcphd
The house we’re in now was filled with peeling late-70s Laura Ashley wallpaper when we bought it. We took all the walls back to off-white. I think of that every time I consider painting: will this scream “2020” to the next buyer?
“However, if a school’s cost-benefit analysis leads to a conclusion that includes the term *acceptable number of casualties*, it is time for a new model.“ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/colleges-that-reopen-are-making-a-big-mistake/611485/?utm_source=feed
RT @erupton: @kfitz "...rushing to reopen our society and our schools is a mistake that will ultimately result in hundreds of thousands of…
RT @k8dee16: Professor @JulianChambliss demonstrates his deep knowledge of Superman while looking debonair. Great work! @CALMSU @cplong
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Replying to @nicolesjchung
Oh, Nikki. I’m so, so sorry. Holding you in my thoughts. 💙
Replying to @DrYoFiggy and @cplong
Soooooo well deserved!!!
Replying to @jmjafrx
Building platforms and pathways to facilitate the work of others.
Replying to @audreywatters
Audrey, I am so, so sorry.
This is an amazing thread, and not just because of the kind words about my post here. Scroll up and down for some truth on graduate education today. https://twitter.com/catsonatardis/status/1263138962748649472
Replying to @paigecmorgan
I would highly recommend a site at @humcommons using the CommentPress plugin. It’s what I used for https://generousthinking.hcommons.org.
One sure way to get started on a long-term project you’re putting off is to have the top-level item on your to-do list be a very short-term project you’re dreading even more.
Replying to @BerondaM
Huge congratulations to him, and all best wishes for the exciting path ahead!
RT @quinnanya: @paigecmorgan @kfitz @humcommons I was surprised and delighted to see that plug-in included in the Humanities Commons site f…
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
WHOA. So amazing!
I hereby pledge my support for any university president who deals with their current budget crisis by furloughing their football and basketball coaches.
Replying to @kfitz
I mean, one of the criteria for staff furloughs being considered by my own institution is reduction in need for the work.
Replying to @kfitz
And maybe before we decide that furloughing cafeteria workers is a good step in the interest of campus health we might consider the threat that stadiums and locker rooms pose.
Replying to @cant_b
True. On the other hand, the administration is finding the wherewithal to renegotiate with the unions, so…
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
I’ll be right there.
Replying to @LVTroost
Indeed. I started my career at a D3 and it was a whole different environment.
Replying to @amandalicastro
I’m guessing y’all are D3? It’s a pretty significant difference, it’s true.
Replying to @goldisacks and @ftrain
Do yourself a favor and don’t look at a map of New Orleans. There is a huge chunk of the city in which the West Bank is east of the East Bank.
This. This is not a mistake, or a misunderstanding. This is an assault with intent to kill.
White women, this is on us. https://twitter.com/sandylocks/status/1265107625152143360
I’m enormously grateful to @ryanaboyd for connecting to Generous Thinking in the introduction to this excellent essay on the futures of the university. Now is indeed the time to see how generous we can be. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/zoom-and-gloom-universities-in-the-age-of-covid-19/
A great list of antiracism resources. \(I’d add @DrIbram’s How to Be an Antiracist and @tressiemcphd’s Thick to the solid list of books\.\) https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1265314497151078402
This, for the university. https://twitter.com/cheriehu42/status/1265276725916848130
RT @ShaneClaiborne: His name is George Floyd. Murdered on camera by Minneapolis police, as bystanders pleaded with officers not to kill hi…
RT @mary_churchill: Rockstar! Buy her book. Read her book. Make your department read her book. https://twitter.com/triciamatthew/status/1265236007101833216
RT @actualham: @audreywatters "We must ground our efforts to plan for the fall--to plan for the future-- in humanity. Do not confuse the ha…
RT @Apereo: Opening keynote, Open Apereo 2020 - @kfitz ,author of ‘Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University’ on ‘Coll…
Replying to @joshgreen
I bought a chest freezer in mid February and felt mildly silly about it for about a month. And then I felt like a supergenius.
RT @hralperta: Remember #GenerousThinking? Let's do that again but for all the parts of higher ed we hope survive the pandemic. We can call…
RT @JoyAnnReid: Donald Trump always tells you exactly what he is. Believe him.
“But by pushing for a return to campus in the midst of a pandemic, these institutions are sending a clear message to the chronically ill and disabled: Finances and prestige are more important than the safety of those who are most vulnerable.” https://www.chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Are-Not-Cannon-Fodder/248879
“For all the talk of disability awareness on campuses, higher education can be quite hostile to those who are ill and disabled.” https://www.chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Are-Not-Cannon-Fodder/248879
RT @BatsInLavender: I was fortunate to take part in an anti-racism program in Spring 2019. I can't recommend Doing Our Own Work highly enou…
Replying to @jeddobson and @humcommons
We’re working out the issue now — sorry for the inconvenience!
RT @BerondaM: Can you imagine being PROUD beyond reason and simultaneously SCARED beyond reason when your brilliant Black son graduates hig…
Replying to @BerondaM
I’m thinking of you, Beronda. Listening and learning, and ready to fight for a better world.
RT @DrIbram: I want to make some things plain. Police violence has historically been the source of the violent rebellions of Black people a…
Enormously grateful to have read this last weekend. https://twitter.com/boreta/status/1266764970013782017
RT @Dr_B_Pearl: Center Black voices now. Black folks know what we need and how to best support us. Please don't tell us how to do anything.…
Replying to @BatsInLavender
Happy birthday! May the year ahead bring a better world.
RT @clairewillett: not to be the white asshole who just got here five minutes ago & is already like "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS,…
RT @BerondaM: Thinking about this as institutional letters of acknowledgement & commitment to "stand with" Black students/staff/faculty rol…
RT @PaulaKrebs: Starting a @humcommons site for resources for teaching in/about the current state of the US—texts, lesson plans, activities…
RT @PaulaKrebs: Majority scholars, please do not ask scholars of color to do this work—help collect and amplify the work they have already…
RT @PaulaKrebs: The site is https://antiracistresources.hcommons.org/