References and suggested readings:

• Christopher Broadhurst and Gordan W. Maples, Myths, Mysteries, and the Macabre on American Campuses (University of New Orleans Press, 2026)
• A Thread About Squirrels On College Campuses Totally Blew Up On Twitter, Buzzfeed
• The Squirrel Club at the University of Michigan
• University of South Carolina’s sewer man legend
• Tiya Miles, Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era (University of North Carolina Press, 2017)
• David W. Anthony, The Horse, The Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Princeton University Press, 2010)
• Patrik Svensson, The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World (Ecco, 2021)
• Leila Philip, Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America (Twelve, 2024)
• Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Random House, 2021)
• Chris Broadhurst’s LinkedIn
• Gordon Maples on LinkedIn
• Henrietta the Chihuahua @HenriettaWithOneI

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References and suggested readings:

• Noam Scheiber, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026)
• Dylan Gottlieb, Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York (Harvard University Press, 2026)
• Alex Press, “On the Origins of the Professional-Managerial Class: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich,” Dissent, October 22, 2019
• Karent Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Penguin, 2026)
• Tom Segev, One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Picador, 2001)
• Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Metropolitan Books, 2021)
• Rashid Khalidi, Palestine: A Primer (Godwin Books, 2026)
• Noam Scheiber’s website, New York Times page , Twitter, Bluesky

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References and suggested readings:

• Iván Chaar López and Erin McElroy, “Who Benefits from Distorting American Studies?” Public Books, June 17, 2026
• Iván Chaar López, The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion (Duke University Press, 2024)
• Erin McElroy, Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times (Duke University Press, 2024)
• Theodor Adorno, Authoritarian Personality
• Julian Posada, Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence (University of California Press, 2026)
• Michel Serres, Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time: Michel Serres with Bruno Latour (University of Michigan Press, 1995)
• John Dewey, Democracy and Education OPEN ACCESS PDF
• Max Horkheimer and Theodor W Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments OPEN ACCESS PDF
• Dan Scott, Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Duke University Press, 2004)
• Alberto Toscano, Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis (Verso, 2023)
• Erin McElroy’s website
• Iván Chaar López’s website

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