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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 8d

The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 14d

In a normal world, this might turn Trump’s Maryland voters against him. In this one, they will blame *Democrats* for making Trump do this.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15d

Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.

On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...

Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters

After Trump’s handling of disasters boomerangs on MAGA country, the author of a piece on his retribution against blue America explains how this saga reveals MAGA ideology’s deepest depravities.

newrepublic.com

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 14d

More Vanderbilt hiring!

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Computation & Psychology, College of Connected Computing

We're searching for multiple Assistant (tenure-track), Associate, and Full Professors working at the intersection of psychology with computation or AI. 1/

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15d

Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.

On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...

Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters

After Trump’s handling of disasters boomerangs on MAGA country, the author of a piece on his retribution against blue America explains how this saga reveals MAGA ideology’s deepest depravities.

newrepublic.com

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 15d

Writing your name on a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains could get you six months in jail. What does tearing down a wing of the White House get?

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 19d

Winklevoss!

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 19d

I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 21d

Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 23d

More Nashville #NoKings

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 23d

#NoKings Nashville

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23d

Nashville, c’td

#NoKings

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 24d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS NASHVILLE TN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/aft/event/84...

NO KINGS NASHVILLE TN · AFT

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 25d

"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 25d

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 26d

I still sing that song

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 26d

One solar project in China generates enough electricity to power a city the size of Chicago. Meanwhile, we're "making coal great again" 😩 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

www.nytimes.com

Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 26d

The number of voucher students has exploded since NC lawmakers opened the program last school year to all families, including wealthy families and those already attending private schools, @keunghui.bsky.social reports.

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

NC approaches 100,000 private school voucher students. What it means for the state.

In two years, the state has gone from funding the tuition costs of a minority of the state’s private school students to now paying the bill for most of them.

www.newsobserver.com

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 27d

Rally to protest Trump Administration deal set for Friday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The University of Virginia will be holding a press conference, rally and march on Friday at the Rotunda against the Compact for Academic Excellence in

www.cbs19news.com

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 11

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS NASHVILLE TN” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/84...

NO KINGS NASHVILLE TN · AFT

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Oct 11

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 10

Vanderbilt would not be rejecting some "preferential" funding status. The first paragraph of the compact says universities can accept these terms or forego all of the traditional supports the federal government provides universities (student loans, grants, visa, nonprofit status).

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Oct 10

Vanderbilt AAUP press release about the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voting overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution opposing the President's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as an unconstitutional & illegal infringement on rights & freedoms.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/09/v...

Vanderbilt Faculty Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to Oppose Trump Loyalty Oath

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing President Trump’s proposed “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.” The resolution, citing concerns …

vanderbiltaaup.org

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 10

Dear media: *please* stop referring to this as "priority access" or "preferential funding." It is *not* like a TSA precheck or VIP line. If you read the *first paragraph* it clearly threatens all traditional federal supports for higher education (student loans, grants, visa, nonprofit status).

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Oct 10

Breaking news: MIT’s president turned down the Trump administration’s offer of priority access for federal funding, publicly releasing a letter that emphasized the elite university’s values.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

wapo.st

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 10

If Tennessee offered a limited number of $7300 rebates on car purchases, I would be shocked if there *weren't* "overwhelming demand" for these, too... I've found that people tend to like free money www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

Tennessee House speaker wants to double private school voucher program next year

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton wants to double the state’s new voucher program from 20,000 seats to 40,000. One state Democrat called the plan “fiscally reckless” as the program is already cur...

www.chalkbeat.org

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 10

Tennessee lawmakers want to *double* the number of taxpayer funded private school vouchers next year due to "overwhelming response" this year. There are more than 165,000 private school students statewide--OF COURSE they would all like a $7300 tuition discount! www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...

Tennessee House speaker wants to double private school voucher program next year

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton wants to double the state’s new voucher program from 20,000 seats to 40,000. One state Democrat called the plan “fiscally reckless” as the program is already cur...

www.chalkbeat.org

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Oct 10

Breaking news: MIT’s president turned down the Trump administration’s offer of priority access for federal funding, publicly releasing a letter that emphasized the elite university’s values.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

wapo.st

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Oct 10

Now this is a clear rejection! Thank you MIT

Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · Oct 10

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...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · Oct 8

Vanderbilt students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration.

Campus Crowd Demands Vanderbilt Reject Trump Deal

Students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration

www.nashvillescene.com

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Oct 8

Open-rank faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence in Education and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. The faculty will work within our new college of connected computing and one of the five departments in Peabody College (including psychology!)

jobs.chronicle.com/job/37894746...

Open-Rank Tenure Line Position in Artificial Intelligence in Education and Organizations - Nashville, Tennessee job with Peabody College of Education and Human Development | 37894746

Vanderbilt University invites applications for two open rank tenure-track faculty positions in the area of AI and Education in Organizations.

jobs.chronicle.com

Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Oct 8

Go Aftyn!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 8

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

@aftynbehn.bsky.social

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