by @saltydogfella.bsky.social
University Trade School
Michael Warburton This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.
Adam Serwer After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Bill Grueskin Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Michael Warburton JOHN CANDY took this picture of CONAN O’BRIEN while Conan was his tour guide at Harvard University in 1984.
Raider HAPPENING NOW: Protestors are marching through the streets of the University of Minnesota in demanding justice for Jane Doe! CORNELL IS CORRUPT! EXPEL THE RAPISTS, LOCK THEM UP!
Andrea Devon Imagine being a child in the hospital and looking out your window to see an entire football stadium waving at you. 🥹❤️ This is the Hawkeye Wave at the University of Iowa, a beautiful tradition since 2017 for the children at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. #SheShed
Adam Serwer The campaign of educational censorship sweeping Texas and other GOP-governed states in the name of “free speech” and “diversity of viewpoint” in many ways exceeds the worst of the McCarthy Era (gift link obvs) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Massimo (mirror) A 2023 cognitive study conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki using the "smartDOG" testing methodology evaluated over 1,000 dogs across 13 different breeds. The Belgian Malinois scored the highest overall, achieving 35 out of 39 possible points. Original post
Admirable Women Chemist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi is widely celebrated for founding & pioneering the field of bioorthogonal chemistry. She shared the 2022 #Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry." 🧵 She was born #OTD in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #Chemistry 🧪
Nobel Prize 2026 economic sciences laureate Michael Woodford, was born in 1955 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA. He earned his PhD in 1983 from @mit.edu, Cambridge, USA. He is currently a professor at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, New York, USA. https://iserp.columbia.edu/content/michael-woodford
Spooky Falco Day 11 -- Tarnished Though an otherwise easily-overlooked monument, the commemorative bronze visage of Corky, the first carrier bat to cross the Alabaster Gulf, was known by local university students to bring good luck if you gave its nose a pat.
Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. Congratulations to Dr. Navi Pillay on the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2015, as Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, I had the honor of presenting her with an honorary degree at Class Day. She has spent a lifetime showing that the law can stand between people and atrocity. Richly deserved
Museum of Twitter 
paranormal mattivity Damn, lmao, 18 year olds are fkn crazy man.
Mondo Mascots BUNKO, the mascot of Bunkyo University in Tokyo, is a mysterious bear-like creature.
The Tennessee Holler UPDATE: “3 of 4 leading candidates for Tennessee governor have agreed to a debate — without conditions — Oct. 27 at Middle Tennessee State University… @MarshaBlackburn has declined to participate.” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
Kevin M. Kruse 
Digital Brain Researchers at the University of Guadalajara discovered that bee venom could enhance the effects of Parkinson's disease medications in mice. The combination with levodopa/carbidopa improved motor function, although further studies are needed before it can be tested in patients.
Paul Eric Students at the Australian National University vote by a show of hands in favor of cutting ties with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and divesting from arms companies in solidarity with Palestine. 👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇵🇸
Duygu Yıldırım So my book now has a cover, featuring one of my favorite archival images. Forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2027!
Democracy Now! "What happened to Jane Doe wasn't just the fact that she went to the Chi Phi house and seven men took advantage of her," says 18-year-old Cornell student Saya Taylor. "The entire system of Cornell University failed her."
Angie Nixon Students vs. Billionaires Town Hall TOMORROW! I’m joining @moreperfectuniversity for a town hall in Miami with @maxwellfrostfl. You do NOT need to be an FIU student to come. This is open to everybody. RSVP at Angie4Us.com/SVB! #AngieForFlorida
News to Remember The guy who graduated with a 1.7 grade point average from a tiny liberal arts college in Michigan is running commercials questioning the educational accomplishments of someone who received two doctorates from Oxford and Columbia University.
Scott Lemieux When I grow up, I'm going to Non Sequitur University
Ryan Packer Turns out having The Ave for All is pretty great.