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Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
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We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.
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Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
![An ad for the Friend AI pendant that is, according to a post on Redditt, at the Fullerton CTA stop. The ad reads, "friend. [frend] noun. someone who listens, responds, and supports you." A person has written, "AI is not your friend" over the image of the pendant.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uufz3dvrdnbm6ptii46y7j7u/bafkreidv2q5m54fchg5zocga7igukl6rlss4mdzxlkkcklw5wnrc7sccga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The report is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations & private lawsuits against US colleges & universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Full Report here:
Full Report here:
New Report: Civil Rights Law Weaponized to Chill Speech
A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.aaup.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The report is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations & private lawsuits against US colleges & universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Full Report here:
Full Report here:
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while i appreciate @404media.co explaining this, if you ever find yourself explaining to someone why smart glasses recording people is different from a smartphone, i think you have to consider that they're playing with you, and you're playing back in turn.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
while i appreciate @404media.co explaining this, if you ever find yourself explaining to someone why smart glasses recording people is different from a smartphone, i think you have to consider that they're playing with you, and you're playing back in turn.
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New @civicsoftech.bsky.social book club!
I'm leading a discussion of @neilselwyn.bsky.social's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tues, Nov 11, from 8-9pm ET. Dr. Selwyn will be joining us too.
Register at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
I'm leading a discussion of @neilselwyn.bsky.social's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tues, Nov 11, from 8-9pm ET. Dr. Selwyn will be joining us too.
Register at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
In EdTech's Hero's Journey, Is the Teacher the Villain? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk (NOTE THE NEW TIME): We will now be alternating our meeting time for our Tech Talks so that we can connect with different people in our community. ...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
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⭐️⭐️”The study of gender represents the kind of free inquiry that allows people to decide for themselves how to live, free of coercion or government control.” The authors of this article point to several recent examples of attacks on teaching about gender in Texas higher ed. ⬇️
Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves
theconversation.com/gender-is-no...
theconversation.com/gender-is-no...
Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves
From book bans and firing teachers to taking over university administrations altogether, right-wing politicians and activists worldwide have been keen on rooting out gender from schools. Why is that?
theconversation.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
⭐️⭐️”The study of gender represents the kind of free inquiry that allows people to decide for themselves how to live, free of coercion or government control.” The authors of this article point to several recent examples of attacks on teaching about gender in Texas higher ed. ⬇️
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"For the first time in a King biography, Coretta Scott King’s active partnership in the struggle is made clear. King of the North is a revelation." — Barbara Smith, co-founder, Combahee River Collective
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"For the first time in a King biography, Coretta Scott King’s active partnership in the struggle is made clear. King of the North is a revelation." — Barbara Smith, co-founder, Combahee River Collective
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
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This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
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"The impression that the internet is 'down' opens up moments for rhetorical action: to reconsider our dependency on platforms that require environmental injury, to create learning experiences beyond the centralization of our digital landscape," writes @trentwintermeier.bsky.social.
Where the Internet Goes When It’s Down — Civics of Technology
Today, we have a midweek blog post from Trent Wintermeier on a timely event Trent Wintermeier is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His r...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"The impression that the internet is 'down' opens up moments for rhetorical action: to reconsider our dependency on platforms that require environmental injury, to create learning experiences beyond the centralization of our digital landscape," writes @trentwintermeier.bsky.social.
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New episode of PCWB is live with Professor Safiya Noble, Ph.D. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiEu...
Algorithms of Oppression with Safia Noble, Phd.
YouTube video by PCWB: Professor & a Comedian Walk into a Bar
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New episode of PCWB is live with Professor Safiya Noble, Ph.D. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiEu...
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🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
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Today, Jean Ryoo and Jane Margolis share the story of translating their graphic novel Power On!
They write about their process as well as the profound significance of this translation work.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/why-tra...
They write about their process as well as the profound significance of this translation work.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/why-tra...
Why Translation Matters: Transforming Power On! Into ¡Conectados! — Civics of Technology
Jean Ryoo & Jane Margolis, authors of ¡Conectados! discuss the power of translation, technology, and standing together in dignity, safety, and belonging for all.
www.civicsoftechnology.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today, Jean Ryoo and Jane Margolis share the story of translating their graphic novel Power On!
They write about their process as well as the profound significance of this translation work.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/why-tra...
They write about their process as well as the profound significance of this translation work.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/why-tra...
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Turnitin was maybe the first edtech company to turn mistrust into a service for universities. Now Mistrust as as a Service is pretty much the USP of the big AI industry in education.
Interesting to see marketing for these tools to so overtly sow mistrust between students and teachers, to suggest that the reason one should use AI is because one's teacher doesn't actually care, to be leaning into this transactional and quite sad way of seeing education. Also saw lots of this. /2
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Turnitin was maybe the first edtech company to turn mistrust into a service for universities. Now Mistrust as as a Service is pretty much the USP of the big AI industry in education.
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New K-5 curriculum on disinfo is now live online for free! To learn all the best tricks about how to use it, join us Oct 27, 10:00-11:30 ET. Spread the word to the K-5 librarians & teachers you know! Everybody welcome.
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🍎 #SSChat 📚
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🍎 #SSChat 📚
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New K-5 curriculum on disinfo is now live online for free! To learn all the best tricks about how to use it, join us Oct 27, 10:00-11:30 ET. Spread the word to the K-5 librarians & teachers you know! Everybody welcome.
See ALT text for more detail. To Register: tinyurl.com/MLWevent.
🍎 #SSChat 📚
See ALT text for more detail. To Register: tinyurl.com/MLWevent.
🍎 #SSChat 📚
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This week you might see conspiracy theorists touting a new documentary that alleges a vast censorship regime is “deciding what Americans are allowed to see, say, and even think.”
They may have paid their on camera experts. 👀
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-grifte...
They may have paid their on camera experts. 👀
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-grifte...
The Grifter Complex
A new censorship documentary may have paid its on-camera experts
wiczipedia.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This week you might see conspiracy theorists touting a new documentary that alleges a vast censorship regime is “deciding what Americans are allowed to see, say, and even think.”
They may have paid their on camera experts. 👀
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-grifte...
They may have paid their on camera experts. 👀
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-grifte...
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Seems like a good time to note that I'll be leading an online @civicsoftech.bsky.social book group for Neil Selwyn's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tuesday, November 11, at 7pm CT.
Registration info at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
Registration info at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
The end of Windows 10 support is going to be an environmental and security disaster, an egregious example of planned obsolescence that doesn't have to be this way:
www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
www.404media.co
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seems like a good time to note that I'll be leading an online @civicsoftech.bsky.social book group for Neil Selwyn's new book "Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures" on Tuesday, November 11, at 7pm CT.
Registration info at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
Registration info at our events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
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If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...
Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter
Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.
spectrumlocalnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.
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I wish I could properly convey how boring Portland is right now. Like, there’s nothing going on.
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I wish I could properly convey how boring Portland is right now. Like, there’s nothing going on.
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MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏