Chris McCarrick
@cmakpgh.bsky.social
Trying to keep my shit together.
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No one voted for Elon Musk.
An unelected billionaire is trying to raid the Treasury Department and take money from the American people.
This is a constitutional crisis and we choose to fight. We’re taking action to stop the Trump-Musk power grab this week. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
An unelected billionaire is trying to raid the Treasury Department and take money from the American people.
This is a constitutional crisis and we choose to fight. We’re taking action to stop the Trump-Musk power grab this week. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Elon Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
The move by DOGE means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things.
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Outrageous.
Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4fOUhHu
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4fOUhHu
BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including Engl...
bit.ly
November 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Outrageous.
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Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
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Let’s give BlueSky a try. What up, chat?
November 13, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Let’s give BlueSky a try. What up, chat?