Am interested to hear how the idea that any uni can create conditions for actual knowledge, care, inquiry, and innovation through incremental forms increasingly less surface compliance until some magical line is crossed and actual, forceful defense is suddenly triggered.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Am interested to hear how the idea that any uni can create conditions for actual knowledge, care, inquiry, and innovation through incremental forms increasingly less surface compliance until some magical line is crossed and actual, forceful defense is suddenly triggered.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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This, for example.... bsky.app/profile/deni...
On Kremlin TV, Putin intimate Solov'yov says Russia so encouraged by Trump taking their side no longer see need for ceasefire.
"No, there won’t be any ceasefire. Our idea of peace is everything happening as we see fit”
Then plays a clip of Vance slamming Ukraine.
Vance is "our man" he says.
"No, there won’t be any ceasefire. Our idea of peace is everything happening as we see fit”
Then plays a clip of Vance slamming Ukraine.
Vance is "our man" he says.
Vladimir Solovyov says Russia won't agree to a ceasefire
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This, for example.... bsky.app/profile/deni...
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
It looks like we'll wake to a world where the United States has no Dept of Education. As have been saying for a min, Brown v Board is likely next and then there go the protections. What an awful set of decisions from a truly shit group of people.
March 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It looks like we'll wake to a world where the United States has no Dept of Education. As have been saying for a min, Brown v Board is likely next and then there go the protections. What an awful set of decisions from a truly shit group of people.
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
As I've written elsewhere, neoliberalism is *just* a mode of eugenics. Or, stated in its inversion, eugenics is as much about money/labor as it is about the pecking order of who is worthy to be human enough and awarded the work of non-humans/animals.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US natalist conference to host race-science promoters and eugenicists
Details emerge about Natal conference in Austin later this month, set to feature figures linked to far-right politics
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As I've written elsewhere, neoliberalism is *just* a mode of eugenics. Or, stated in its inversion, eugenics is as much about money/labor as it is about the pecking order of who is worthy to be human enough and awarded the work of non-humans/animals.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bluesky folx, please help us in our search for friend/colleague Prof. Yecid Ortega who is missing. Please boost/share as you can.
February 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bluesky folx, please help us in our search for friend/colleague Prof. Yecid Ortega who is missing. Please boost/share as you can.
Faculty at an institition with which I am familiar just received an email from the University Senate chair stating that uni lawyers confirmed that web managers have been tasked with identifying content that might violate the Dear Colleague letter by Friday but they do not have to scrub it.
February 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Faculty at an institition with which I am familiar just received an email from the University Senate chair stating that uni lawyers confirmed that web managers have been tasked with identifying content that might violate the Dear Colleague letter by Friday but they do not have to scrub it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This is what a manufactured crisis looks like in action. However, as I think about it now, it's closer to a version of what was recently called Scrhödinger's joke--
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This is what a manufactured crisis looks like in action. However, as I think about it now, it's closer to a version of what was recently called Scrhödinger's joke--
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Trump White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, reversing course
The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This is what a manufactured crisis looks like in action. However, as I think about it now, it's closer to a version of what was recently called Scrhödinger's joke--
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This is what a manufactured crisis looks like in action. However, as I think about it now, it's closer to a version of what was recently called Scrhödinger's joke--
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BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans.
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.
apnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans.
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.
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Sad update:
The Senate just passed legislation with a voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, known as Give Kids a Chance Act, a provision that House Republicans had stripped from the government funding extension. Then at 1:16 am, Rand Paul objected to it.
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The Senate just passed legislation with a voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, known as Give Kids a Chance Act, a provision that House Republicans had stripped from the government funding extension. Then at 1:16 am, Rand Paul objected to it.
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December 23, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Sad update:
The Senate just passed legislation with a voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, known as Give Kids a Chance Act, a provision that House Republicans had stripped from the government funding extension. Then at 1:16 am, Rand Paul objected to it.
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The Senate just passed legislation with a voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, known as Give Kids a Chance Act, a provision that House Republicans had stripped from the government funding extension. Then at 1:16 am, Rand Paul objected to it.
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For my education colleagues who think AI is going to be a thing if we just use it ethically (tho this isn't wrong per se), here's how it will come home to roost. If standards with associated procedures and correct answers are what we do, then we are already obsolete.
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December 21, 2024 at 10:16 PM
For my education colleagues who think AI is going to be a thing if we just use it ethically (tho this isn't wrong per se), here's how it will come home to roost. If standards with associated procedures and correct answers are what we do, then we are already obsolete.
(link end of thread)
(link end of thread)
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Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
National Film Board of Canada
Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers, from Alanis Obomsawin to Gil Cardinal.
www.nfb.ca
November 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
www.nfb.ca/indigenous-c...
Everyday Education: Post 1
No one can make another person learn.
This is not hyperbole. You can most definitely set even dire consequences to coerce a person to learn. You can get someone to parrot what you want them to know and do so in ways that are exacting.
No one can make another person learn.
This is not hyperbole. You can most definitely set even dire consequences to coerce a person to learn. You can get someone to parrot what you want them to know and do so in ways that are exacting.
November 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Everyday Education: Post 1
No one can make another person learn.
This is not hyperbole. You can most definitely set even dire consequences to coerce a person to learn. You can get someone to parrot what you want them to know and do so in ways that are exacting.
No one can make another person learn.
This is not hyperbole. You can most definitely set even dire consequences to coerce a person to learn. You can get someone to parrot what you want them to know and do so in ways that are exacting.
I've been thinking about how to engage with social media and what it means to be engaged and in community. To be honest, while I do have a number of thoughts to these ends, Im still working it out on several levels. One thing I am more certain about is that, among other possibilities,
November 17, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I've been thinking about how to engage with social media and what it means to be engaged and in community. To be honest, while I do have a number of thoughts to these ends, Im still working it out on several levels. One thing I am more certain about is that, among other possibilities,