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🌎 The podcast for your academic journey & beyond! 🎙️ Apple, Spotify & wherever you get podcasts. 📚 New on Thursday! Full playlist at: https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/special-series/academic-life 🍵 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #BookSky #EDUSky
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Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists: www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

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Any other lovers of stationery, notebooks & journals here on Bluesky? Do you enjoy putting pen to paper? I love journaling. @vilissathompson.bsky.social got me back into paper planning after years of using digital calendars. Planner peace is real! What are your journaling and planning routines?

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Amid Federal Upheaval, a Pell Shortfall Looms The Pell Grant is facing a projected $2.7 billion budget shortfall, its first in over a decade. With the Education Department in turmoil and Trump slashing spending, access advocates worry cuts may be... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/41vbTnN

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Read books by black authors #booksky #booktok

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Reminder to #AcademicSky #HigherEd, we @chronicle.com want to hear about how the first month of the Trump administration has affected you and your work. Leave your thoughts here.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 11 days ago • 58 comments

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 27 days ago • 508 comments

Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide theconversation.com/most-of-us-t...

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Since federal health information is getting harder to come by, I thought I'd share this new resource. Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine launched an online Avian Flu Resource Center--a one-stop clearinghouse for trustworthy information on bird flu. www.vet.cornell.edu/highly-patho...

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

📢 We're Hiring 📢 Do you have experience in copyediting, proofreading, and project management? We're looking for a SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR to manage 20–25 trade and scholarly books per year 📚 View the full job description and apply here ⤵️ uncpress.org/now-hiring-s...

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Find out how much federally funded education programs benefit students in **each congressional district** in the US In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

submitted 19 days ago • 166 comments

We're offering 30% off select titles for Black History Month with code SBHM25. Browse the full list here: sunypress.edu/Subjects/Afr... #BlackHistoryMonth #ReadUP

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Good things come to those who wait - the Video Game History Foundation Digital Library launches on January 30th, 2025. (We'll tell you all about it then!)

submitted 40 days ago • 46 comments

We're a registered Social Purpose Corporation, but what does that mean? We pursue social goals, even if those goals conflict with our financial interests. This is because we deeply care about supporting indie bookshops & local communities. We hope you'll join us for your audiobook listening ❤️

submitted 28 days ago • 28 comments

Meanwhile, join me at Sciences Po in Paris! Assistant Professor position for a social scientist who focuses on digital inequalities (French not required to apply) www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education. 🧵 www.aaup.org/news/against...

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

Every professor should join the AAUP right now if you haven't. www.aaup.org Also join your local campus workers union, or any other union relevant to your work (they do different things!). If the government won't protect us, and our administrations won't protect us, we need to protect each other.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

submitted 28 days ago • 67 comments

This is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

submitted 28 days ago • 14 comments

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' -Eleanor Roosevelt

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

#MondayMotivation

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

#langsky #litsky #commsky #mediasky

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Algunas etiquetas útiles en Bluesky 🦋: Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd Ciencia #OpenScience #SciComm Cine #FilmSky #MovieSky Comunicación #Communication #CommSky Comunicación política #ComPol #PolComm Cultura digital #DigitalCulture #DigitalHumanities #DigitalLiteracy

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

Tribal libraries are essential in preserving tribal languages and traditions throughout the United States. Libraries record and preserve essential tribal records and make these available and accessible to the tribal community and the public.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

book talk w/ one of my favorite authors in one of my favorite bookstores — thank you @rerbelding.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com 💛

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