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Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
@grodriguezlemus.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate @ UT Austin | MSEd @ IU Bloomington + BA @ San José State | Higher Education | Qualitative, Arts-Based Methods // Jotería Crips in the Academy
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Reposted by Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
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Here is what you might say in an email. Please cc standup4PPFP@gmail.com and consider including your dean and chancellor.
Dear President Milliken, I write to insist on the continued funding of the hiring incentive associated with the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). This program has demonstrated its efficacy for hiring exceptional scholars over the past 40 years. It is a primary engine for the transformation of the professoriate and knowledge in the UC system. The PPFP is one of the most competitive postdoctoral and hiring incentive programs in North America. It is an open competition that is in alignment with state law and does not use race, gender, national origin, gender or other protected classifications in its review and selection. The hiring incentive linked to the PPFP is a faculty-driven hiring process, open to all fields. More than 400 current faculty members were hired through this program. Nearly 100% have been tenured. Given the demonstrated impact of the hiring incentive on the scholarly reputation of UC, and given that the cost of the incentive represents a tiny fraction of the UC budget, budgetary prerogatives do not seem like a defensible argument for this decision. Cutting the hiring incentive would be an unacceptable concession to the Trump administration's demand letter and is taking place without transparency or consultation with faculty, deans, or other campus leaders. I ask you to halt this action and to consult with faculty and administrators with a long history of not only supporting but also benefiting from this program.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
grodriguezlemus.bsky.social
YOU GOT THIS!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
wolvendamien.bsky.social
I say possibly bot-run due to message similarity. Either way, remember:

For trolls, the return on investment for stirring up troll shit is infinite: Any reaction is a win.

And when the trolls are literally the govt, then that reaction can then be weaponized via full reach of the federal apparatus.
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
grodriguezlemus.bsky.social
Potential Themes:
* Jotería Crip Worldmaking
* Intersections of Latindiad, Dis/abilities, & Queerness
* Trans Latinx/é Masculinities & Dis/abilities
* Mental Health, Wellbeing, & Thrivance
* Joy, Healing, & Hope
* Disability Justice & Disability Activism

Due Nov. 14, 2025
@joteriacripsartcollective QUEER TRANS LATINX/É DIS/ABILITIES ART PHOTOGRAPHY POETRY SHORT STORIES Potential Themes: * Jotería Crip Worldmaking * Intersections of Latindiad, Dis/abilities, & Queerness * Trans Latinx/é Masculinities & Dis/abilities * Mental Health, Wellbeing, & Thrivance * Joy, Healing, & Hope * Disability Justice & Disability Activism Due Nov. 14, 2025
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
iansociologo.bsky.social
Data center developers and tech firms make big promises that don't deliver. This report has the details.

datasociety.net/library/data...
Data Centers Aren’t the Future of American Prosperity
Tamara Kneese and Maia Woluchem cut through lobbying points and speculative myths to focus on what the evidence reveals about the tech industry’s claims.
datasociety.net
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Gabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr.
crystalegarcia.bsky.social
Notably, the Chancellor of the U of Nebraska-Lincoln has an EdD in Educational Administration. By cutting the only higher ed doctoral program in the state, he would essentially eliminate the opportunity for students to obtain the degree that qualified him for his leadership position. Devastating.
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM