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7 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Brisket flat turned out awesome
The brisket wanter has entered the chat
He caught it in midair
gimme those beefs slappy
Incidentally, this is the rub I use, and it is the *best* beef rub I've tried. A great cause, also. If you BBQ, check these folks out. obr.org

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5 Mar
An interesting essay. Yet it points to the "outrageous" neglect of teaching, but is only superficially aware of educational development and its work. The snide, contemptuous dismissal of Volk & Benedix's argument wasn't explained beyond "it won't work."
chronicle.com/article/can-hi…
So, yeah, there's a lot to think about here, but the author vacillates, and makes some questionable choices. To be fair, this isn't an easy genre to write in. But an essay that intimates it has solutions, yet reads like a standard multi-book review, isn't very helpful.
I mean...really? This just boils down to "I'm a college administrator who's tired of hearing about neoliberalism." The essay suggests systemic reform is needed yet condescendingly dismisses (with no explanation or supporting evidence beyond "nah") those detailing what it might be
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22 Feb
Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about books they've used in teaching civil war/reconstruction. I submitted my book order for the fall NINE FULL HOURS before registration begins, and any time I meet a deadline lately is a victory. I'm so excited for this course. 1/
It's the first time I get to teach it in nearby 6 years. It was way hard to narrow down a manageable (and affordable) book list, but I comforted myself with the fact there will also be articles and primary sources to supplement the main readings. /2
A few folks asked me to tweet out my adoptions once I figured them out. So here we go (the course will have a thematic focus on race and violence as pillars of US history), as well as looking explicitly at connections w this era & the present. So here are the texts: /3
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19 Feb
They're saving 500K by doing this, which is a sliver of the overall budget of several hundred million. It's not a cost-savings measure so much a statement of priorities. If they were serious about cutting costs long term they'd look at administrative bloat ksnt.com/news/local-new…
This is the equivalent of me facing a several thousand dollar deficit at the end of the month and cancelling Hulu instead of the lease on the Lamborghini in the driveway.
Every university admin should read @cnewf's The Great Mistake. Let's staple a copy to their foreheads if need be.
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18 Feb
What's more fun than a faculty meeting?
A FACULTY MEETING ON ZOOM
#YoureOnMute #StillOnMute #NoOneDidTheReading #WhatAreWeVotingOnAgain #IsThatAnAmendment #IsThatAQuestion #CheckSectionKOnPage5
We believe shared governance is a sacred right
*sees work involved in actual shared governance*
not like that
I'm just watching the cat vibing video on repeat at this point
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17 Feb
Failing infrastructure, failing state, failing institutions...it didn't have to be like this. But insanity, as they say, is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. (That is also, by the way, how "American Exceptionalism" functions.)
But hey, at least a few dozen really rich dudes in Texas got even more money
When I was a junior high/high schooler in the Reagan years, I was told socialism would never work because look at the USSR--they can't feed their people, necessary goods are never available in the stores, the infrastructure is crumbling, the legal system was a farce...
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16 Feb
The weekly Chronicle Review newsletter highlighted this excellent essay by Sumana Roy, where they observe "decolonizing your syllabus" is often "a form otf atonement," where the "guilt tax" is paid. I've been sitting with this all day. A brief🧵if you care
chronicle.com/article/the-pr…
Also in the email digest was a link to this even more challenging essay by Blake Stimson, who identifies a "colonial narcissism" inherent in the mainstreamed sense of "decolonize your syllabus," adding an even sharper edge to the critique Roy makes. /2

nonsite.org/deneocolonize-…
As Stimson points out: "The “you” in the slogan “decolonize your syllabus” is not addressed to those existentially threatened by police violence and the like but instead to those—the professional managerial class, we might call us—who are its beneficiaries." I mean...yeah. /3
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