Daniel Braaten
@danielbraaten.bsky.social
Utility Political Scientist, Dad, sports fan, gardener, northerner exiled in Texas
album of the day - Live from Alison Krauss & Union Station
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
album of the day - Live from Alison Krauss & Union Station
sadly, yes. if this enrages you contact the A&M Board of regents and tell them at BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu (put the agenda item in the subject line which is 4.2)
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
sadly, yes. if this enrages you contact the A&M Board of regents and tell them at BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu (put the agenda item in the subject line which is 4.2)
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Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
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⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
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🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
Texas AAUP-AFT Calls on the Texas A&M University System Not to Muzzle Faculty, Students in the Classroom
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
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📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
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🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
AAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
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Minnesota will soon host one of the country’s biggest solar farms — and soon after, a huge battery storage cluster too.
Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota
With demand rising and tax credits expiring, the utility wants to rapidly expand the batteries and solar it’s building near the shuttering Sherco coal…
www.canarymedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Minnesota will soon host one of the country’s biggest solar farms — and soon after, a huge battery storage cluster too.
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As COP30 opens, it is unclear what exactly the nations would discuss during the two-week UN summit. Also unclear is how they’ll handle issues such as a 2023 pledge to wean off polluting energy sources and demand for financing to make that happen reut.rs/4oVgMPE
COP30 climate summit opens with unclear goals ahead
As COP30 opens on Monday for the more than 190 countries participating, it was unclear what exactly they would discuss during the two-week U.N. summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belem.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
As COP30 opens, it is unclear what exactly the nations would discuss during the two-week UN summit. Also unclear is how they’ll handle issues such as a 2023 pledge to wean off polluting energy sources and demand for financing to make that happen reut.rs/4oVgMPE
album of the day - Alela Diane & Wild Divine from Alela Diane
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
album of the day - Alela Diane & Wild Divine from Alela Diane
this is the cousin of the reverse affirmative action bake sales college republicans used to do and just as stupid
Turning Point USA chapter at SUNY Albany held an anti-union demo using a hot dog stand yesterday
www.campusreform.org/article/suny...
www.campusreform.org/article/suny...
SUNY Albany TPUSA chapter to host ‘Unionized Hot Dog Stand’ exploring effects of labor regulations
Event sponsored by the Leadership Institute uses satire to promote discussion on free markets and entrepreneurship.
www.campusreform.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this is the cousin of the reverse affirmative action bake sales college republicans used to do and just as stupid
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The Trump admin yesterday began the final push to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported to Liberia, in yet another effort to punish him for making them look bad after they illegally and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
Trump administration moves to dissolve ban on Abrego Garcia's removal to deport him to Liberia
The Trump administration has moved to dissolve the ban on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's removal so that it can proceed with his deportation to Liberia.
abcnews.go.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Trump admin yesterday began the final push to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported to Liberia, in yet another effort to punish him for making them look bad after they illegally and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
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In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
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Texas families are missing paychecks & SNAP benefits due to the Trump shutdown.
That’s why we volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank. We processed over 5,800 pounds of food for Texas families!
We’re also working with Feeding Texas so families get the support they need. Donate at bit.ly/txfam
That’s why we volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank. We processed over 5,800 pounds of food for Texas families!
We’re also working with Feeding Texas so families get the support they need. Donate at bit.ly/txfam
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Texas families are missing paychecks & SNAP benefits due to the Trump shutdown.
That’s why we volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank. We processed over 5,800 pounds of food for Texas families!
We’re also working with Feeding Texas so families get the support they need. Donate at bit.ly/txfam
That’s why we volunteered at the Central Texas Food Bank. We processed over 5,800 pounds of food for Texas families!
We’re also working with Feeding Texas so families get the support they need. Donate at bit.ly/txfam
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Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!!
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump and Marc Rowan’s loyalty oath compact is 🗑️!!
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
Out with billionaires & authoritarians in higher ed!
Our universities belong to the students & higher ed workers!
@aft.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@debtcollective.bsky.social
@psc-cuny.org
@sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
also I'm sure the Trump admin will welcome refugees fleeing Venezuela with open arms
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
also I'm sure the Trump admin will welcome refugees fleeing Venezuela with open arms
album of the day - Charmer from Aimee Mann
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
album of the day - Charmer from Aimee Mann
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People who say "we need to have a conversation " just mean "shut up and listen to me" every fucking time
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People who say "we need to have a conversation " just mean "shut up and listen to me" every fucking time
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"When we sound the alarm, we call others to take action alongside us. The time for urgent response is here. Together, higher education can take coordinated steps to defend our institutions & community members."
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
Higher Ed Must Take Action on Immigration Policy (opinion)
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"When we sound the alarm, we call others to take action alongside us. The time for urgent response is here. Together, higher education can take coordinated steps to defend our institutions & community members."
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
Now is the time to speak out and build coalitions on our campuses!
#defendhighered
interesting but also disturbing
There are a growing number of official congressional e-newsletters talking about "delisting" animals from the Endangered Species list.
Recent mentions include the gray wolf, mexican wolf, and grizzly bear.
Recent mentions include the gray wolf, mexican wolf, and grizzly bear.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
interesting but also disturbing
cool!
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
ebx.sh
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
cool!