Jon Bassinger-Flores
@jbflores.bsky.social
UCLA staffer, scholarship manager, DEI advocator, casual hiker, travel lover! 🏳️🌈👨❤️👨
Did Bluesky do some dumb update that makes reading any one feed practically impossible? When I click into an account, there's now a small frame at the bottom where the account posts can be scrolled, but the account banner and profile into is static.
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Did Bluesky do some dumb update that makes reading any one feed practically impossible? When I click into an account, there's now a small frame at the bottom where the account posts can be scrolled, but the account banner and profile into is static.
A quick reprieve from our modern hellscape.
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A quick reprieve from our modern hellscape.
Lolol HAHA!
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Lolol HAHA!
Haha, yeah right.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Haha, yeah right.
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PUBLIC ENEMY "The Hits Just Keep On Comin" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Channel ZERO
m.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is spot on.
October 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is spot on.
Ok now. Let's see the rest of higher ed follow suit.
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ok now. Let's see the rest of higher ed follow suit.
If your industry depends on theft, change your business model or die.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If your industry depends on theft, change your business model or die.
Zen moment from my Saturday hike along the Switzer Falls Trail
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Zen moment from my Saturday hike along the Switzer Falls Trail
Reading this while walking my dog in Los Angeles, in the dark, armed with only a Pixel 7 and bag of dog poo. Couldn't have felt safer.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Reading this while walking my dog in Los Angeles, in the dark, armed with only a Pixel 7 and bag of dog poo. Couldn't have felt safer.
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1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire
A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary
popular.info
September 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
If you follow thousands of people and you decide to follow me, I'll probably block you. If you're obviously a bot and you follow me, I'll definitely block you. And if you're transphobic and you follow me or comment on my posts, you guessed it, I'll block you.
Good night!
Good night!
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If you follow thousands of people and you decide to follow me, I'll probably block you. If you're obviously a bot and you follow me, I'll definitely block you. And if you're transphobic and you follow me or comment on my posts, you guessed it, I'll block you.
Good night!
Good night!
The Economist article misrepresents the study's findings.
September 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Economist article misrepresents the study's findings.
@tagerai.bsky.social I really hope the ai in your handle doesn't mean you're a chatbot.
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
@tagerai.bsky.social I really hope the ai in your handle doesn't mean you're a chatbot.
Find your local news source!
2. And... there are so many others. The Marshall Project, States Newsrooms, so many more. Yeah, none are the NYT's size; but many are increasingly collaborating (including us at @bolts.bsky.social).
Pick at least one to follow & support!
original story: presswatchers.org/2024/12/how-...
Pick at least one to follow & support!
original story: presswatchers.org/2024/12/how-...
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Find your local news source!
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Not surprisingly but still unfortunately, the McNair program is under attack.
I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
coenet.org/protect-the-...
I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
coenet.org/protect-the-...
Protect the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program - Council for Opportunity in Education
We’re stronger together. Call your Member of Congress, send an email, post on social media, host a phone party, invite your Member to campus, and report your actions. Every voice protects students and...
coenet.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not surprisingly but still unfortunately, the McNair program is under attack.
I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
coenet.org/protect-the-...
I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
coenet.org/protect-the-...
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62 years ago today. The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama.
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
62 years ago today. The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama.
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I’ve always been so proud to be at UCLA, not because of any nonsense from administration, but because its diversity is energetic, uncontained, explosive. When I meet my new students, I feel I know them, because I grew up in the same California as them. I think that’s what this admin hates.
Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image
The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.
www.latimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve always been so proud to be at UCLA, not because of any nonsense from administration, but because its diversity is energetic, uncontained, explosive. When I meet my new students, I feel I know them, because I grew up in the same California as them. I think that’s what this admin hates.
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New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
The worst takes from a bad week
The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
Here's an incredible list of projects by trans artists and creators! Find your next book, game, or artwork here!
I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
September 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Here's an incredible list of projects by trans artists and creators! Find your next book, game, or artwork here!
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If Donald Trump truly cared about crime, he wouldn't be taking an axe to community violence intervention programs with track records in making Chicago safer.
I was proud to meet with volunteers today who, regardless of the President, will continue to serve our communities.
I was proud to meet with volunteers today who, regardless of the President, will continue to serve our communities.
September 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If Donald Trump truly cared about crime, he wouldn't be taking an axe to community violence intervention programs with track records in making Chicago safer.
I was proud to meet with volunteers today who, regardless of the President, will continue to serve our communities.
I was proud to meet with volunteers today who, regardless of the President, will continue to serve our communities.
RIP to this legend.
September 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
RIP to this legend.
I support Newsom's takedowns of Trump, but he's not my pick for anything after his term is up.
Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I support Newsom's takedowns of Trump, but he's not my pick for anything after his term is up.
This gives me all the good feels... I needed this this morning!
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This gives me all the good feels... I needed this this morning!
Who's joining me this Saturday? #ProtectEveryPark #HandsOffHistory
Join us for a Day of Action to defend the truth of WWIl Japanese American incarceration history. Hear from incarceration survivors, community activists, and allies to honor our history and demand that this injustice never happens again. #ProtectEveryPark
Saturday, August 23, 10am @ JANM Plaza
Saturday, August 23, 10am @ JANM Plaza
August 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Who's joining me this Saturday? #ProtectEveryPark #HandsOffHistory