@susanbmcgee.bsky.social
Educator, SUNY Alum, Public Education Advocate, Student Success professional, PhD American Literature, Mom, Dancer, lover of cheese 👩🎓🪩🐈⬛📚 🧀
Reposted
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
Reposted
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Reposted
Billionaire fires hundreds of thousands of Americans while positioning himself “to see billions of dollars in new federal contracts or other support”: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
April 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Billionaire fires hundreds of thousands of Americans while positioning himself “to see billions of dollars in new federal contracts or other support”: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...
Reposted
I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It is an attack on our humanity. Once you turn off empathy you can do anything.
It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
March 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It is an attack on our humanity. Once you turn off empathy you can do anything.
It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Reposted
President Donald Trump is set to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday directing his newly confirmed education secretary to work to close the department she now leads, two people familiar with the situation said.
Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said that congressional approval is needed to close the agency. Deep cuts to the workforce are expected in the short term.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
President Donald Trump is set to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday directing his newly confirmed education secretary to work to close the department she now leads, two people familiar with the situation said.
Reposted
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
Reposted
NEW: a federal judge preliminarily halted the Trump regime from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.
February 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
NEW: a federal judge preliminarily halted the Trump regime from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.
Reposted
SUNY is on the move! From increasing enrollment and expanding nation-leading student support through ASAP and ACE to launching bold new initiatives like Empire AI, SUNY is making higher education more accessible and affordable for New Yorkers, and building a brighter future for all. #SUNY
Continued Leadership on Student Success, Upward Mobility and Fiscal Stewardship
One year after issuing the SUNY Report on Long-Term Enrollment and Financial Sustainability, SUNY today released an update outlining the system’s progress over the past year...
www.suny.edu
February 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
SUNY is on the move! From increasing enrollment and expanding nation-leading student support through ASAP and ACE to launching bold new initiatives like Empire AI, SUNY is making higher education more accessible and affordable for New Yorkers, and building a brighter future for all. #SUNY
Reposted
🚨Breaking News | Federal Judge Gives DOGE Access to Education Department Data bit.ly/4k5DHpL
#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky
#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky
February 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨Breaking News | Federal Judge Gives DOGE Access to Education Department Data bit.ly/4k5DHpL
#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky
#HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky
Reposted
I see them keeping their heads down but at some point we need to discuss how anti-government free market libertarian think tank bullshit from reason dot com type guys named leonard paved the way for so much of this
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I see them keeping their heads down but at some point we need to discuss how anti-government free market libertarian think tank bullshit from reason dot com type guys named leonard paved the way for so much of this
Reposted
New from me + @jasperjsmith.bsky.social
Dozens of colleges altered or closed diversity offices/programs preemptively in the past two years, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.
With Trump now in office, that number is likely to grow.
www.chronicle.com/article/clin...
Dozens of colleges altered or closed diversity offices/programs preemptively in the past two years, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.
With Trump now in office, that number is likely to grow.
www.chronicle.com/article/clin...
These Colleges Banned DEI Even Though It Wasn’t Required by Law
Dozens of institutions in 2023 and 2024 altered or shuttered diversity offices and programs pre-emptively, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.
www.chronicle.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New from me + @jasperjsmith.bsky.social
Dozens of colleges altered or closed diversity offices/programs preemptively in the past two years, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.
With Trump now in office, that number is likely to grow.
www.chronicle.com/article/clin...
Dozens of colleges altered or closed diversity offices/programs preemptively in the past two years, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.
With Trump now in office, that number is likely to grow.
www.chronicle.com/article/clin...
Reposted
genuinely incredible that it's this high when the media most centrists and liberals consume is still insisting on "wow! nation amazed by the manly muscular moves of musk's team of geniuses" with "nerd scolds warn trump's moves may violate protocol" on A17
"The United States is in a constitutional crisis"
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
February 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
genuinely incredible that it's this high when the media most centrists and liberals consume is still insisting on "wow! nation amazed by the manly muscular moves of musk's team of geniuses" with "nerd scolds warn trump's moves may violate protocol" on A17
Reposted
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted
In a study of Gen Z's personal goals, "to be safe" ranked as the top priority, outweighing traditional teenage desires like popularity and fun. A developmental psychologist explains what this says about growing up in an era of constant crisis: https://buff.ly/4140hYF #safety #mentalhealth #GenZ
Gen Z seeks safety above all else as the generation grows up amid constant crisis and existential threat
Recent generations may have taken safety for granted, but today’s youth are growing up in an era of compounded crises – and being safe is their priority.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In a study of Gen Z's personal goals, "to be safe" ranked as the top priority, outweighing traditional teenage desires like popularity and fun. A developmental psychologist explains what this says about growing up in an era of constant crisis: https://buff.ly/4140hYF #safety #mentalhealth #GenZ
Reposted
✏️26M kids get money from Title 1
✏️7.5M kids get IDEA funding
✏️13M kids get PELL grants
✏️5.5M kids get money to learn English as a second language.
All of these funds go directly to kids - & the Department of Education is responsible for making sure they get those resources. @rweingarten.bsky.social
✏️7.5M kids get IDEA funding
✏️13M kids get PELL grants
✏️5.5M kids get money to learn English as a second language.
All of these funds go directly to kids - & the Department of Education is responsible for making sure they get those resources. @rweingarten.bsky.social
Weingarten on Trump's First 100 Days: This is not what voters want
YouTube video by AFT
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
✏️26M kids get money from Title 1
✏️7.5M kids get IDEA funding
✏️13M kids get PELL grants
✏️5.5M kids get money to learn English as a second language.
All of these funds go directly to kids - & the Department of Education is responsible for making sure they get those resources. @rweingarten.bsky.social
✏️7.5M kids get IDEA funding
✏️13M kids get PELL grants
✏️5.5M kids get money to learn English as a second language.
All of these funds go directly to kids - & the Department of Education is responsible for making sure they get those resources. @rweingarten.bsky.social
Reposted
Oligarchy doesn’t even begin to describe what this is
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Oligarchy doesn’t even begin to describe what this is
Reposted
Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
Reposted
Donald Trump has ordered schools and universities to be even more deferential to male students accused of sexual violence. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...
Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sex Assault Rules
The new Title IX rules will provide more protections for those accused of sexual misconduct, and eliminate LGBT protections adopted under Biden.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Donald Trump has ordered schools and universities to be even more deferential to male students accused of sexual violence. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...
Reposted
Signal Boost: All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Here's all the information you might need. Official website: https://eotarchive.org/ Wikipedia:...
old.reddit.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM