Dr. Rebecca Dickinson, LISW, RPT-S
@dickinsonmsw.bsky.social
Trying to teach people to care about other people. Social work professor & play therapist. Trauma-informed care. Protect trans kids. Never stopped masking. Union proud. Opinions my own. she/her
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
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The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
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These changes would silence faculty at Texas A&M and cause irreparable harm to the university and impede the mission of the college: To teach students how to think critically and share knowledge. @TAMU-AAUP.bsky.social www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
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 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
These changes would silence faculty at Texas A&M and cause irreparable harm to the university and impede the mission of the college: To teach students how to think critically and share knowledge. @TAMU-AAUP.bsky.social www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
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Yesterday’s executive order is about 10 months later than expected but on target to do exactly as predicted. It will fully reverse protections enacted under Biden, and resurrect church-run, faith-based systems like we used to have before public social services.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yesterday’s executive order is about 10 months later than expected but on target to do exactly as predicted. It will fully reverse protections enacted under Biden, and resurrect church-run, faith-based systems like we used to have before public social services.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
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Abortion, Every Day has a video of the shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood. Here's what it shows. jessica.substack.com/p/shooting-p...
Breaking: Shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood
An anti-abortion protester has been detained
jessica.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Abortion, Every Day has a video of the shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood. Here's what it shows. jessica.substack.com/p/shooting-p...
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The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
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Union-busting has got to go! Solidarity with Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas at corporate stores across the country as they fight for a fair contract ✊
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Union-busting has got to go! Solidarity with Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas at corporate stores across the country as they fight for a fair contract ✊
God, that’s bleak.
Wisconsin Republicans have put forward a bill demanding pregnant people have “catch kits” to take their miscarriages to the doctor or hospital.
This is happening at the same time they gut healthcare.
It’s an egregious violation of bodily autonomy… and who pays for their hospital trip?
This is happening at the same time they gut healthcare.
It’s an egregious violation of bodily autonomy… and who pays for their hospital trip?
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
God, that’s bleak.
Important context that the social work Code of Ethics says that you are to directly address concerns with the person before taking any other action if you think a social worker is engaging in inappropriate behavior. Someone should share that info with the student.
The lecturer never heard directly from the student. The removal was justified on the basis of a new state law promoting a diversity of opinions in university classrooms, similar to laws pushed in Ohio and Florida to tilt the discussions rightward
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Important context that the social work Code of Ethics says that you are to directly address concerns with the person before taking any other action if you think a social worker is engaging in inappropriate behavior. Someone should share that info with the student.
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“[The decision] forces the university to respect the concept of shared governance...It’s a reminder to the university that they can’t simply make arbitrary administrative decisions without involving the faculty.”
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
Portland State Ordered to Reinstate Some Laid-Off Faculty
An independent arbitrator ordered Portland State University to reinstate 10 faculty members after determining the university violated its collective bargaining agreement with the Portland State Univer...
www.insidehighered.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“[The decision] forces the university to respect the concept of shared governance...It’s a reminder to the university that they can’t simply make arbitrary administrative decisions without involving the faculty.”
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
— Bill Knight, President of AAUP Portland State University
@psuaaup.bsky.social
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"The university system will ban advocacy of 'race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity' without approval."
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"The university system will ban advocacy of 'race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity' without approval."
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
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Union Starbucks baristas have overwhelmingly authorized an unfair labor practice strike starting TOMORROW (Thursday, November 13th), grinding Starbucks to a halt during the company’s busiest sales day of the year.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Union Starbucks baristas have overwhelmingly authorized an unfair labor practice strike starting TOMORROW (Thursday, November 13th), grinding Starbucks to a halt during the company’s busiest sales day of the year.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run - sentientmedia.org/chris-jones-...
EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run
“I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.
sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run - sentientmedia.org/chris-jones-...
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Texas censorship news.
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Texas censorship news.
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Get ready for Trans Awareness Week starting on Thursday! This thread provides practical support: crisis lines, local centers, name/ID assistance, affirming healthcare, mutual aid, and job resources. Share with clients, colleagues, and friends to access help now.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Get ready for Trans Awareness Week starting on Thursday! This thread provides practical support: crisis lines, local centers, name/ID assistance, affirming healthcare, mutual aid, and job resources. Share with clients, colleagues, and friends to access help now.
#TransAwarenessWeek
#TransAwarenessWeek
There’s something very troubling about @cswe.bsky.social advertising webinars in the same email on 1) environmental justice and 2) integrating AI in social work practice. Really missing the connection there between those two topics...
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There’s something very troubling about @cswe.bsky.social advertising webinars in the same email on 1) environmental justice and 2) integrating AI in social work practice. Really missing the connection there between those two topics...
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.