Chris Newfield
@cnewf.bsky.social
Psychic life of culture, green political economy, critical university studies, knowledge-power struggles, epistemic justice.
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I’m pretty sure my book contract with Oxford University Press (which grants me the copyright) did not include permission to feed my book into a proprietary AI database.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m pretty sure my book contract with Oxford University Press (which grants me the copyright) did not include permission to feed my book into a proprietary AI database.
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
Too dumb for words
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Too dumb for words
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Get in, everyone. Starbucks workers are gonna win.
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Get in, everyone. Starbucks workers are gonna win.
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New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
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Happy University Press Week! Have you told your university press how much you love them lately?? 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy University Press Week! Have you told your university press how much you love them lately?? 🥰
Meranze's new post at the Remaking blog: UC officials are making technical changes in personnel policies in a way that could allow them to set academic freedom aside when they perceive it to conflict with their institutional interests. Know the fine print utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Meranze's new post at the Remaking blog: UC officials are making technical changes in personnel policies in a way that could allow them to set academic freedom aside when they perceive it to conflict with their institutional interests. Know the fine print utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...
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"building class consciousness is encouraging individuals+collectives to orient themselves to a horizon beyond that of immediate selfdefence: to instill belief in the plausibility of alternatives.
why the utopian impulse to abstraction can never be fully exorcised"
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
why the utopian impulse to abstraction can never be fully exorcised"
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams, Alternative Horizons — Sidecar
A reply to Dylan Riley.
newleftreview.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"building class consciousness is encouraging individuals+collectives to orient themselves to a horizon beyond that of immediate selfdefence: to instill belief in the plausibility of alternatives.
why the utopian impulse to abstraction can never be fully exorcised"
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
why the utopian impulse to abstraction can never be fully exorcised"
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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I don't want to be around when the owner of these glasses comes back to find them.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don't want to be around when the owner of these glasses comes back to find them.
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Historically, the theory that you reach the masses by running to the center is built on a candidate who won 43 percent of the vote in a three-way race
A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Historically, the theory that you reach the masses by running to the center is built on a candidate who won 43 percent of the vote in a three-way race
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
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I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
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BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
Dems bash UVA settling w Trump—“While we understand the tremendous pressure the University has faced…we believe UVA capitulated to legally dubious federal overreach without mounting necessary constitutional challenges.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Are Trump’s Settlements Losing Steam?
The Trump administration forced significant changes and a fine at Columbia but won limited concessions from Virginia and remains in legal battles with Harvard and UCLA.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Dems bash UVA settling w Trump—“While we understand the tremendous pressure the University has faced…we believe UVA capitulated to legally dubious federal overreach without mounting necessary constitutional challenges.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Elon’s forever legacy
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Elon’s forever legacy
If you are wondering what Labour plans to do to British universities, I wrote a piece for you! isrf.org/blog/labours...
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you are wondering what Labour plans to do to British universities, I wrote a piece for you! isrf.org/blog/labours...
Open UC Sytemwide Town Hall on Friday Nov 7!
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Open UC Sytemwide Town Hall on Friday Nov 7!
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A spooky listen, full of higher ed ghosts ‘n’ ghouls.. but also rich with fresh ideas & possibility for the humanities. Thanks to @mattseybold.bsky.social for having me on & @cnewf.bsky.social for his vision!
The 100th episode of American Vandal. Launching the 12th season. Live at UPenn English Faculty Lounge with @cnewf.bsky.social, @whitneytrettien.bsky.social, & an incredible assembly of faculty, students, visiting scholars, & friends of the pod.
Criticism & The Chatbot Bubble (Vandal Live at UPenn English)
with Christopher Newfield & Whitney Trettien
theamericanvandal.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A spooky listen, full of higher ed ghosts ‘n’ ghouls.. but also rich with fresh ideas & possibility for the humanities. Thanks to @mattseybold.bsky.social for having me on & @cnewf.bsky.social for his vision!
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
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extremely same
I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
extremely same
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The perfect Halloween vehicle doesn’t exi…
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The perfect Halloween vehicle doesn’t exi…
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Wow. You have to love how electric the Rogers Center has been for every big moment this postseason.
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Wow. You have to love how electric the Rogers Center has been for every big moment this postseason.
In a lecture at UCLA on Wednesday, I discussed Michael Meranze's theory of communities of scholars. It starts with the scholar's charged bond to their subject, radically unlike market rationality, and ends with seizing control of working conditions. Here! utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/line...
Liner Note 41: The Future of Communities of Scholars
Royce Hall, UCLA on October 29, 2025 I spent most of October on the road, and one especially happy stop was a UCLA conference, "Academic ...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In a lecture at UCLA on Wednesday, I discussed Michael Meranze's theory of communities of scholars. It starts with the scholar's charged bond to their subject, radically unlike market rationality, and ends with seizing control of working conditions. Here! utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/line...
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It’s the first of the month. That means tenants in Los Angeles have officially been on utility strike for 6 months. They are refusing to pay their RUBS (ratio utility billing system) utility bills while they demand transparency for their high monthly bills.
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s the first of the month. That means tenants in Los Angeles have officially been on utility strike for 6 months. They are refusing to pay their RUBS (ratio utility billing system) utility bills while they demand transparency for their high monthly bills.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.