Irene Mulvey
@imulvey.bsky.social
Immediate Past President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Professor Emerita of Mathematics. Faculty activist. Proud parent to three fabulous adult kids.
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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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🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
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When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.
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For anyone looking for a source on TPUSA’s contribution to threats of violence.
“Academics in the US have faced threats of death, rape and harm to their children after being singled out by ‘Professor Watchlist.’”
“Academics in the US have faced threats of death, rape and harm to their children after being singled out by ‘Professor Watchlist.’”
'McCarthyism’ in the UK: why academics fear shaming for leftwing views
A rightwing US website whose citing of lecturers for perceived liberal bias has led to death threats now has a British arm
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For anyone looking for a source on TPUSA’s contribution to threats of violence.
“Academics in the US have faced threats of death, rape and harm to their children after being singled out by ‘Professor Watchlist.’”
“Academics in the US have faced threats of death, rape and harm to their children after being singled out by ‘Professor Watchlist.’”
I know many, many higher ed faculty members who had this experience.
Turning Point USA made a literal watch list of professors, primarily women, queer folks and people of color, and made us targets of political violence. I’ve received hate mail and harassment and death threats off and on for nearly a decade in part due to that man’s organization so 🤷🏽♀️
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I know many, many higher ed faculty members who had this experience.
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Who could have guessed that a new school set up by conservative trustees, to teach conservative ideas, without actual faculty governance would result in a total disaster? 🍿🍿 www.chronicle.com/article/a-le...
A Leader of UNC’s Civic Life School Is Fired, Adding to Turmoil
The school, created by trustees and state lawmakers to provide space for conservative thought, is riven with infighting and plagued by leadership turnover.
www.chronicle.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Who could have guessed that a new school set up by conservative trustees, to teach conservative ideas, without actual faculty governance would result in a total disaster? 🍿🍿 www.chronicle.com/article/a-le...
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This is the final week of the Southern AAUP Conferences’ Faculty in the South Survey. If you teach at a college or university in the South, please take a few moments to fill out this survey.
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ONE WEEK LEFT: the 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey closes 8/29 at 5pm EST - it’s for faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey
The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...
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August 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is the final week of the Southern AAUP Conferences’ Faculty in the South Survey. If you teach at a college or university in the South, please take a few moments to fill out this survey.
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How do you have the authority to deploy the national guard today, but you blamed Nancy Pelosi for them not being there on January 6th.
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How do you have the authority to deploy the national guard today, but you blamed Nancy Pelosi for them not being there on January 6th.
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The abolishment of the Department of Education & the continued reckless defunding of public education is a clear path to setting America back in technology, innovation, & competitiveness. Congress can & must stand up for the American people & stop the destruction of our federal education system.
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump Administration to begin to shutter the Department of Education, preventing millions of students nationwide from receiving the educational services they need to succeed.
Our students and families deserve better.
Our students and families deserve better.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to implement widespread layoffs at the Department of Education.
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The abolishment of the Department of Education & the continued reckless defunding of public education is a clear path to setting America back in technology, innovation, & competitiveness. Congress can & must stand up for the American people & stop the destruction of our federal education system.
That is not data. Those are anecdotes, the exact opposite of data.
Makary: "We have a lot of data and it may not necessarily be the traditional 50 year randomized control trial follow up. It's data from families that say their kids have been acting with bad behavior ... and they eliminate the petroleum-based food dyes and the behavior improves. That is data."
July 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
That is not data. Those are anecdotes, the exact opposite of data.
Rep. Stansbury: America has no kings
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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"Liberal arts colleges & universities are a gem in the US, envied by people around the world. Their strength lies in challenging society’s strengths & weaknesses, & asking how to make the world more just with more freedom for everyone. Those are the true aims of higher education."
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Liberal arts colleges & universities are a gem in the US, envied by people around the world. Their strength lies in challenging society’s strengths & weaknesses, & asking how to make the world more just with more freedom for everyone. Those are the true aims of higher education."
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Highly recommend this excellent thread! Great real world example as opposed to hype. (tbh all the current AI bs is reminding me of the MOOC hysteria…remember MOOCs? I don’t expect AI to go away, but this is an excellent dose of reality)
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
June 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Highly recommend this excellent thread! Great real world example as opposed to hype. (tbh all the current AI bs is reminding me of the MOOC hysteria…remember MOOCs? I don’t expect AI to go away, but this is an excellent dose of reality)
What part of academic freedom means you had better only ask questions and reach conclusions that will be approved by dear leader? ffs
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What part of academic freedom means you had better only ask questions and reach conclusions that will be approved by dear leader? ffs
Brilliant.
Seriously considering creating a remix based around Dr. Howard Bunsis saying "what is the deal with vice chancellors? What do these people do?" during our financial analysis presentation.
No joke, I think it would work!
youtube.com/shorts/TZ9pY...
No joke, I think it would work!
youtube.com/shorts/TZ9pY...
"what is the deal with vice chancellors?"
YouTube video by University of Denver AAUP
youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brilliant.
“indulgence income”
love it.
love it.
April 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“indulgence income”
love it.
love it.
Larry David’s piece was perfection. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Now, how is this guy Deputy Opinion Editor? He COMPLETELY missed the point 🤷♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Now, how is this guy Deputy Opinion Editor? He COMPLETELY missed the point 🤷♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Opinion Today: Larry David Imagines a Private Dinner With Hitler (Gift Article)
In a guest essay, the comedian warns that we should see people for who they really are.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Larry David’s piece was perfection. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Now, how is this guy Deputy Opinion Editor? He COMPLETELY missed the point 🤷♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Now, how is this guy Deputy Opinion Editor? He COMPLETELY missed the point 🤷♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
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We will be livestreaming the Right to Learn Rally and March in NYC today from the AAUP Facebook page beginning at 3 PM ET.
facebook.com/AAUPNational/
facebook.com/AAUPNational/
April 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We will be livestreaming the Right to Learn Rally and March in NYC today from the AAUP Facebook page beginning at 3 PM ET.
facebook.com/AAUPNational/
facebook.com/AAUPNational/
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Close to 200 campuses are holding events today! You can find one near you or join an online workshop or teach-in: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events @actioninhighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social #DayofActionforHigherEd
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Close to 200 campuses are holding events today! You can find one near you or join an online workshop or teach-in: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events @actioninhighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social #DayofActionforHigherEd
10/10, Fourth Circuit. No notes.
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
10/10, Fourth Circuit. No notes.
#Handsoff Boston.
We warmed up at the bandstand, then marched to City Hall. Great speakers, great energy, inspiring!
🙏🏼 organizers, @edmarkey.bsky.social, @ayannapressley.bsky.social, etc.
We are just getting started…
We warmed up at the bandstand, then marched to City Hall. Great speakers, great energy, inspiring!
🙏🏼 organizers, @edmarkey.bsky.social, @ayannapressley.bsky.social, etc.
We are just getting started…
April 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#Handsoff Boston.
We warmed up at the bandstand, then marched to City Hall. Great speakers, great energy, inspiring!
🙏🏼 organizers, @edmarkey.bsky.social, @ayannapressley.bsky.social, etc.
We are just getting started…
We warmed up at the bandstand, then marched to City Hall. Great speakers, great energy, inspiring!
🙏🏼 organizers, @edmarkey.bsky.social, @ayannapressley.bsky.social, etc.
We are just getting started…
March 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Zelenskyy defends his sovereign country and citizens against two tag-teaming bullying extortionists and glorified state-mafia bosses. Don’t accept another narrative. It is what is. Just a shameful US policy - thoughtless and counterproductive and one that is no foreign policy at all.
February 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Zelenskyy defends his sovereign country and citizens against two tag-teaming bullying extortionists and glorified state-mafia bosses. Don’t accept another narrative. It is what is. Just a shameful US policy - thoughtless and counterproductive and one that is no foreign policy at all.