Dr. Andrew M. Byrne
@drandrewmbyrne.bsky.social
He, him
Advocating for equity in Counseling, Higher Education, Student Affairs, Career Development, Dis/ability and sometimes other stuff.
Ally is a verb, not a noun.
The opinions expressed here are something my employer is going to have to deal with.
Advocating for equity in Counseling, Higher Education, Student Affairs, Career Development, Dis/ability and sometimes other stuff.
Ally is a verb, not a noun.
The opinions expressed here are something my employer is going to have to deal with.
Oh, illegally used furloughed workers' emails... any penalty? No? Nope. No penalty. This administration is on record as the most lawless in history and there's no accountability to be had. Willful violations of the law, untold damages to careers and lives. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump officials illegally used furloughed workers’ emails to attack Dems, judge rules
Officials violated workers’ First Amendment rights by ‘commandeering’ their emails to spread partisan messages
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Oh, illegally used furloughed workers' emails... any penalty? No? Nope. No penalty. This administration is on record as the most lawless in history and there's no accountability to be had. Willful violations of the law, untold damages to careers and lives. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
It seems counterintuitive and illegal to force essential workers to keep working without pay through a budget impasse. The shutdown punishes career professionals, public servants, and everyday people for the theater performances of our elected leaders. The hardship and scarcity are manufactured.
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It seems counterintuitive and illegal to force essential workers to keep working without pay through a budget impasse. The shutdown punishes career professionals, public servants, and everyday people for the theater performances of our elected leaders. The hardship and scarcity are manufactured.
ICE has no transparent accountability loop, unlike other law enforcement agencies, and that is why it is illegitimate in its current format. For this reason alone, conservatives should be on board with discontinuing the program until measures are taken to prevent human trafficking and other abuse.
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
ICE has no transparent accountability loop, unlike other law enforcement agencies, and that is why it is illegitimate in its current format. For this reason alone, conservatives should be on board with discontinuing the program until measures are taken to prevent human trafficking and other abuse.
As an employee of California, I went to a conference recently, which is part of my job, and despite putting my personal credit card on the room for incidentals, a $7 bottle of water was charged to my state travel card. I walked to the university cashier's office and give them a $7 check. For water.
Another FBI leader fired. This time, the head of critical incident response, which means he knows when the FBI jet is used to go on a date: ‘They were baffled': FBI insiders stunned over firing related to Kash Patel's girlfriend
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-g...
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-g...
'They were baffled': FBI insiders stunned over firing related to Kash Patel's girlfriend
FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a man who he believes is responsible for media reports showing Patel used his FBI jet to fly to see his girlfriend sing at an event, according to reports.Bloomberg La...
www.rawstory.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As an employee of California, I went to a conference recently, which is part of my job, and despite putting my personal credit card on the room for incidentals, a $7 bottle of water was charged to my state travel card. I walked to the university cashier's office and give them a $7 check. For water.
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Common, garden variety, bogan racists, given the first bit of power they ever had.
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Common, garden variety, bogan racists, given the first bit of power they ever had.
Full professor dossier is in. Now we wait.
a black and white photo of a man with a beard and a hat standing in a circle .
Alt: Dumbledore looking impatient.
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Full professor dossier is in. Now we wait.
Gym
Spittles
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Swedish fist
Swedish fist
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Gym
When the meeting could have been an email:
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When the meeting could have been an email:
When I see colleagues using "fit" as a metric for performance evaluation and have to call it out:
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When I see colleagues using "fit" as a metric for performance evaluation and have to call it out:
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Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Having a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
Reminder: there is absolutely no documentation from any source identifying $1 trillion of waste, fraud, or abuse unless you consider that our healthcare system is chained to a profit motive.
Remove for-profit healthcare and then we'll talk budget cuts. This man is unserious.
Remove for-profit healthcare and then we'll talk budget cuts. This man is unserious.
Mike Johnson on Republicans cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid: "We strengthened the Medicaid program."
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reminder: there is absolutely no documentation from any source identifying $1 trillion of waste, fraud, or abuse unless you consider that our healthcare system is chained to a profit motive.
Remove for-profit healthcare and then we'll talk budget cuts. This man is unserious.
Remove for-profit healthcare and then we'll talk budget cuts. This man is unserious.
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Every single year I‘ve worked in Higher Education the employers‘ and government offer to staff has been: work harder, for less money, in worse conditions. Then they act all surprised and outraged when we get uppity about it.
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Every single year I‘ve worked in Higher Education the employers‘ and government offer to staff has been: work harder, for less money, in worse conditions. Then they act all surprised and outraged when we get uppity about it.
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The very idea of a university negotiating with Justice Department officials, who are unabashed election-deniers is galling.
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The very idea of a university negotiating with Justice Department officials, who are unabashed election-deniers is galling.
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People citing HIPAA when HIPAA doesn't apply + People citing FERPA when FERPA doesn't apply = my personal hell
October 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
People citing HIPAA when HIPAA doesn't apply + People citing FERPA when FERPA doesn't apply = my personal hell
When they introduce a new candidate for the dean position:
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
When they introduce a new candidate for the dean position:
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education and former wrestling entrepreneur, told FOX News that the shutdown taught that her own Department was unnecessary. She believed the same before she took office, so she has not learned anything. share.google/T4fMqQXh11TT...
Secretary of Education points out that the government shutdown shows her department is unneeded
As the government shutdown continues, Education Secretary Linda McMahon pointed out that the shutdown demonstrates that the Department of Education is unneeded.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education and former wrestling entrepreneur, told FOX News that the shutdown taught that her own Department was unnecessary. She believed the same before she took office, so she has not learned anything. share.google/T4fMqQXh11TT...
When you have 9 positive comments on your student opinion of instruction surveys but the 1 negative comment just sticks with you:
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
When you have 9 positive comments on your student opinion of instruction surveys but the 1 negative comment just sticks with you:
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Nearly every Democratic attorney general submitted public comments opposing the entire premise of the effort to collect detailed admissions data (retroactive and going forward) in IPEDS.
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
oag.ca.gov
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nearly every Democratic attorney general submitted public comments opposing the entire premise of the effort to collect detailed admissions data (retroactive and going forward) in IPEDS.
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
oag.ca.gov/system/files...
Nodding confidently when a student drops a name of someone in your field, as if you know them, but you don’t know them, or even who that is at all:
October 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Nodding confidently when a student drops a name of someone in your field, as if you know them, but you don’t know them, or even who that is at all:
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Ahead of tomorrow’s storm:
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Ahead of tomorrow’s storm:
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.
When you submit your rejected article to another journal without revising:
October 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When you submit your rejected article to another journal without revising:
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Another devastating blow for the disability community as this administration cuts almost every employee responsible for administering funding & oversight for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.
Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Another devastating blow for the disability community as this administration cuts almost every employee responsible for administering funding & oversight for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.
Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.
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Mom of two children with disabilities here —
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Mom of two children with disabilities here —
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
There are no words for this cruelty.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...