Peter McInnis
@defendeducation.bsky.social
History professor. Birthright citizen. Academic union activist. Past-President, Canadian Association of University Teachers @caut.bsky.social
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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By: @royaards@newsie.social
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
By: @royaards@newsie.social
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
Correction: pictured cuddling a girl (as in child). www.bbc.com/news/article...
Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files
The images of Ratner with Epstein and unidentified women were released the same day as his documentary about the US first lady.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Correction: pictured cuddling a girl (as in child). www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ya think!
Hard to pick just one devastating stat from this survey but holy shit
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Ya think!
Democracy traded for “greatness”!
BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Democracy traded for “greatness”!
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Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
Scott Bessent, one of the most sycophantic of Trumpers, has zero credibility on any matter of substance.
January 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Scott Bessent, one of the most sycophantic of Trumpers, has zero credibility on any matter of substance.
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"Hi, everyone. I know things are hectic as heck right now, but please be sure to fill out your timesheets every Friday by 5 p.m. Central. I can’t pay you unless I know your hours. Please also try to be accurate."
I Am the Payroll Accountant for Professional Protestors in Minnesota, and I Am Swamped
“House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., slammed Minnesota state leaders after anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators disrupted a...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Hi, everyone. I know things are hectic as heck right now, but please be sure to fill out your timesheets every Friday by 5 p.m. Central. I can’t pay you unless I know your hours. Please also try to be accurate."
Trumpian dystopia.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Trumpian dystopia.
On offer is a highly constricted definition of academic freedom.
BREAKING: For the first time, the UNC System could soon define “academic freedom” across North Carolina’s public universities.
The move comes as professors and administrators warn that Trump administration policies are threatening their rights.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
The move comes as professors and administrators warn that Trump administration policies are threatening their rights.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
UNC System Board Weighs Defining, Setting 'Parameters' for Academic Freedom
The proposed policy explains the concept the same way a faculty group did last fall, but system leaders added limitations on what is protected.
www.theassemblync.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
On offer is a highly constricted definition of academic freedom.
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This has happened in Maine also. The
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This has happened in Maine also. The
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
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OpenAI built models on human intelligence — now wants a share of what users create and already pay for. Billionaire tech, same old extraction
www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...
www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...
OpenAI announces plan to leech profit from its customers' work
OpenAI built models on human intelligence — now wants a share of what users create and already pay for. Billionaire tech, same old extraction
www.thecanary.co
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
OpenAI built models on human intelligence — now wants a share of what users create and already pay for. Billionaire tech, same old extraction
www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...
www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...
The rich get richer, while others ...
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The rich get richer, while others ...
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A cartoon by Sarah Kempa. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A cartoon by Sarah Kempa. #NewYorkerCartoons
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AI running 8-week online course to replace faculty teaching 16-week semester. This is right-wing and tech utopianists' idea of "helping" higher ed students. Charge them same amount, but make them believe it's better bc they finish faster and can back to full-time jobs.
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Old Dominion University is trying to compress 16-week courses into 8-week online courses for the 2026 fall semester — and fully integrate AI without faculty input.
Isaac Kamola, AAUP’s Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, explains why this is a “nightmare.”
Isaac Kamola, AAUP’s Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, explains why this is a “nightmare.”
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
AI running 8-week online course to replace faculty teaching 16-week semester. This is right-wing and tech utopianists' idea of "helping" higher ed students. Charge them same amount, but make them believe it's better bc they finish faster and can back to full-time jobs.
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
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I wish I could remember who said they wish they had cultural power but they're trying to use political power in its place. They can remove the signs. They cannot remove all the histories, primary documents, and collective knowledge of the past, and their attacks underscore why these things matter.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I wish I could remember who said they wish they had cultural power but they're trying to use political power in its place. They can remove the signs. They cannot remove all the histories, primary documents, and collective knowledge of the past, and their attacks underscore why these things matter.
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