october krausch
@octoberk.bsky.social
freelance sociologist, writer, facilitator, editor. they/them. organizing with Detroit Peer Respite & Abolitionist Book Club. proud union member Freelance Solidarity Project & Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT. https://www.octoberk.com
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october krausch
@octoberk.bsky.social
· Nov 3
Repression of Palestine Solidarity on Campus Enabled Anti-Migrant Escalation
Faculty are forming support networks to connect with each other to protect students and end the genocide in Palestine.
truthout.org
my latest is out today. higher ed right now is a difficult place to be, and Palestine is at the heart of it. some faculty, however, are working hard to create networks of support and solidarity despite the difficult terrain.
truthout.org/articles/rep...
truthout.org/articles/rep...
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None of these laws passed a single state legislature until five years ago, and now:
Today House Republicans voted 216-211 to pass MTG’s bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide, marking the first time a national ban on care for trans youth has reached — and passed — the House floor.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bill Punishing Doctors And Parents Clears House Floor
If passed, the bill would punish doctors and parents who provide or consent to a minor receiving gender-affirming care.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
None of these laws passed a single state legislature until five years ago, and now:
are people doing the thing here where they make a thread of all the stuff they wrote in 2025?
(real question: should i be making one of those threads?)
(real question: should i be making one of those threads?)
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
are people doing the thing here where they make a thread of all the stuff they wrote in 2025?
(real question: should i be making one of those threads?)
(real question: should i be making one of those threads?)
WTAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
so disturbed to read this! and enraged!
so disturbed to read this! and enraged!
📣RU-AAUP Members!!! This holiday season, give the gift of solidarity! ✍️Sign the petition to support our URA1766 Union of Rutgers Administrators siblings! Say no to facial recognition surveillance at Rutgers!
https://loom.ly/rNs3emg
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December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
WTAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
so disturbed to read this! and enraged!
so disturbed to read this! and enraged!
great reminders!
i'd add to this that at one point, cfc's were everywhere and in millions of major appliances around the world when we decided they were destroying the planet. nothing industry creates is "inevitable" or "here to stay" no matter how ubiquitous
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
great reminders!
today in you can't trust everyone on the internet
comments totally worth reading
comments totally worth reading
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
today in you can't trust everyone on the internet
comments totally worth reading
comments totally worth reading
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The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!!
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!!
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
case in point. i was in grad school at this time too (with Nate but in sociology) and i didn't even get to be in grad school with the same title guaranteed for 6 yrs without scrapping HARD for it.
i won the job market lottery and got a TT job and that only lasted 4 years.
i won the job market lottery and got a TT job and that only lasted 4 years.
This has reminded me of an ugly time. I was in grad school at the U of Minnesota in 2008 when the financial crisis hit. Prior to that the norm in the dept I was in (history) had been that people could stay in grad school on assistantships until they finished the degree but the university introduced
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
case in point. i was in grad school at this time too (with Nate but in sociology) and i didn't even get to be in grad school with the same title guaranteed for 6 yrs without scrapping HARD for it.
i won the job market lottery and got a TT job and that only lasted 4 years.
i won the job market lottery and got a TT job and that only lasted 4 years.
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if a job is eliminated to "streamline" work in my department, I should make no mistake: that job is now my job too. "inefficiency" is fiscal sleight-of-hand meaning more work per person for less pay per person.
redundancy is pluralism is resilience
December 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
if a job is eliminated to "streamline" work in my department, I should make no mistake: that job is now my job too. "inefficiency" is fiscal sleight-of-hand meaning more work per person for less pay per person.
i didn't read it and i refuse to, but i'm really stuck on the fact that this guy's beginning grievance is having a steady job for 6 yrs without the institution collapsing or the job being eliminated. like... that's the dream?
My dear boy, you think you are talking about anti-white prejudice, but you are really just describing the liberal and literary professions (journalism, academia, publishing) collapsing under the weight of four decades of neoliberalism:
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
![Desperate for advancement-he'd had the same job, the same title, for nearly six years —Andrew looked elsewhere. "I applied for positions at The Atlantic, Politico, CNN, The Washington Post, three different desks at The New York Times," he told me. But newsrooms were contracting, which only made the competition more intense. "When scarcity sets in, you start to worry about these things a little bit more," Andrew reflected. "This was a business model problem that was exacerbated by the racial [and gender] preference](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zgnkx3z75dmchqkaykcwhyzx/bafkreigiiwa2afs3ttbw2t2f3hkxxxpj7fywb62mol5xnw2c3bmcjg447i@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
i didn't read it and i refuse to, but i'm really stuck on the fact that this guy's beginning grievance is having a steady job for 6 yrs without the institution collapsing or the job being eliminated. like... that's the dream?
this person has made an incredible archive on bluesky for folks to use!
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
this person has made an incredible archive on bluesky for folks to use!
fuck this
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
fuck this
any of y'all have suggested resources for my friend to share with their bosses?
hey i'm burnt does anyone have resources to share with coworkers etc to dissuade use of AI? i am being asked to do trainings with platforms because it will "aid my work" but i think ... it won't. and having data to support that, particularly in non profit fundraising or development, would be immense
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
any of y'all have suggested resources for my friend to share with their bosses?
this part this part this part
this is mostly to say PREA has never been the answer and anything coming from the DOJ will not improve things for trans prisoners. they rely on mutual aid and strong communities inside. PREA in its current form & usage mostly dismantles those communities.
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
this part this part this part
nonprofit EDs stop-hogging-all-the-resources-and-also-ruining-younger-ppl's-long-term-ability-to-fight-for-social-change challenge
Multiple staff members of Planned Parenthoods in Minnesota have expressed discontent with executive leaders and top managers. They characterized the work environment as disrespectful and chaotic.
Staff complaints, financial pressures roil Planned Parenthood in Minnesota
Planned Parenthood faces external pressures from federal budget cuts and hostile state governments. But current and former employees at the organization’s Minnesota-based Midwest affiliate complain th...
www.mprnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
nonprofit EDs stop-hogging-all-the-resources-and-also-ruining-younger-ppl's-long-term-ability-to-fight-for-social-change challenge
asking again in case anyone has leads!
does anyone know details about the "total activity" measure in Canvas? is it reliable and accurate?
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
asking again in case anyone has leads!
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there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
Ribbon Finance suffers $2.7 million exploit, plans to use "dormant" users' funds to repay active users
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 12, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=ribbon-finance-exploit
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors
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I scream-laughed.
I’ve missed the Twitter experience. Over here, when I say hello, nobody responds with “what about black on black crime in Chicago?”
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I scream-laughed.
does anyone know details about the "total activity" measure in Canvas? is it reliable and accurate?
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
does anyone know details about the "total activity" measure in Canvas? is it reliable and accurate?
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
has anyone experimented with giving grades for online classes based on the literal time spent on the class?
i'm grading and the AI slop is getting to me.
i logged on because i was distracted. now i feel sad and distracted. a memoir.
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i logged on because i was distracted. now i feel sad and distracted. a memoir.
excellent.
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
excellent.
is there some kind of internet meme or coded meaning to an image of a snake? it looks like a long garden snake, curled up and sticking out its tongue.
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
is there some kind of internet meme or coded meaning to an image of a snake? it looks like a long garden snake, curled up and sticking out its tongue.
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i can’t emphasize enough that you, reader, MUST take responsibility for the air we share—or who else will? YOU must be the one to break chains of transmission by being the one to open the window, to turn on the air purifier, to wear & model wearing a mask properly—maybe even hand them out to others.
We're completely screwed if our response to measles is going to be asking antivaxxers - the most selfish and stupid people in our society - to voluntarily self-report and quarantine for 21 days each every time they get exposed
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
i can’t emphasize enough that you, reader, MUST take responsibility for the air we share—or who else will? YOU must be the one to break chains of transmission by being the one to open the window, to turn on the air purifier, to wear & model wearing a mask properly—maybe even hand them out to others.
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"MS-13, a Trump-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, intimidated Hondurans not to vote for the left-leaning presidential candidate."
"[U]rging them to instead cast their ballots [..] for the right-wing National Party candidate [..] endorsed by" Trump.
#Honduras #USA #Voting #Drugs #Pardons
"[U]rging them to instead cast their ballots [..] for the right-wing National Party candidate [..] endorsed by" Trump.
#Honduras #USA #Voting #Drugs #Pardons
MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras
MS-13 told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed candidate or "we'll kill you and your whole fucking family."
theintercept.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
how come these "we need to have a big tent on the left" takes are always about making dominant group ppl who actually are not interested in solidarity with anyone else feel more comfortable?
oh, wait. i can make a guess.
oh, wait. i can make a guess.
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
how come these "we need to have a big tent on the left" takes are always about making dominant group ppl who actually are not interested in solidarity with anyone else feel more comfortable?
oh, wait. i can make a guess.
oh, wait. i can make a guess.
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"[N]oise demos have been held outside of the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington at 3900 American Blvd. W., where ICE agents are said to have been staying."
#Minnesota #USA #Media #Protest #Education #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
#Minnesota #USA #Media #Protest #Education #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE Arrests Observer, Maces Press & Detains People as Agents are Confronted Across Minneapolis
ICE agents arrested an observer during an early morning raid in Minneapolis and maced press in afternoon actions on Dec. 9.
unicornriot.ninja
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"[N]oise demos have been held outside of the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington at 3900 American Blvd. W., where ICE agents are said to have been staying."
#Minnesota #USA #Media #Protest #Education #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
#Minnesota #USA #Media #Protest #Education #Deportation #EthnicCleansing