@kpaschke.bsky.social
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"
The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."
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Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
@brendelbored.bsky.social Didn’t you propose a religion based on this concept? I am amazed it hasn’t yet caught on more broadly.
July 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@brendelbored.bsky.social Didn’t you propose a religion based on this concept? I am amazed it hasn’t yet caught on more broadly.
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Thanks to the bill that just passed the budget for ICE is LARGER than the Russian military. ICE now has the 3rd largest military budget in the world after the US military & China... I wonder what that will be used for? 🫥
@indivisible.org @lindsaymeyerharley.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @lindsaymeyerharley.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to the bill that just passed the budget for ICE is LARGER than the Russian military. ICE now has the 3rd largest military budget in the world after the US military & China... I wonder what that will be used for? 🫥
@indivisible.org @lindsaymeyerharley.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @lindsaymeyerharley.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.