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He wouldn't call in the fucking National Guard when they were trying to kill our Senators, Representatives, and the fucking vice president, but they are patrolling the streets of DC now for the "emergency"... I just fucking can't🤬
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
He wouldn't call in the fucking National Guard when they were trying to kill our Senators, Representatives, and the fucking vice president, but they are patrolling the streets of DC now for the "emergency"... I just fucking can't🤬
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Santa Fe. Hands off our Public Lands! NoKings @maddow.msnbc.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Santa Fe. Hands off our Public Lands! NoKings @maddow.msnbc.com
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Stand with immigrants.
Via @ocjusticeinitiative
Via @ocjusticeinitiative
June 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Stand with immigrants.
Via @ocjusticeinitiative
Via @ocjusticeinitiative
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The website for the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities is live!! It publishes cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research.
journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS
journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS
April 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The website for the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities is live!! It publishes cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research.
journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS
journals.sagepub.com/home/SNS
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Check out the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities, for the open access introduction by editors @drklittlej.bsky.social and @amylstone1.bsky.social about #sex, #sexuality, #sociology, #reproduction and the history of the study of sex in sociology. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Check out the new @asanews.bsky.social journal, Sex & Sexualities, for the open access introduction by editors @drklittlej.bsky.social and @amylstone1.bsky.social about #sex, #sexuality, #sociology, #reproduction and the history of the study of sex in sociology. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives."
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
DeSantis involved in University of Florida canceling dean search
UF canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. The governor's office stated that they were involved and implied the cancellation was related to claims that the four finalists were "ALL radical D...
ufwatch.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The University of Florida canceled a nearly complete search for a new dean. A spokesman for the governor's office stated they were involved & implied the cancellation was related to claims the four finalists were "ALL radical DEI progressives."
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
Primary reporting: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
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The point of excluding categories of people from the military like this is to send the message that they are unworthy of citizenship, it is pure bigotry and the assumptions behind it are disproven by the honorable service of the people being targeted in the first place bsky.app/profile/bran...
If transgender service members don't voluntarily agree to resign, they'll be forced by the Defense Department to repay the signing bonuses they received at enlistment. Not only will they be fired, they'll be punished with thousands of dollars in debt. All for attempting to serve their country.
February 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The point of excluding categories of people from the military like this is to send the message that they are unworthy of citizenship, it is pure bigotry and the assumptions behind it are disproven by the honorable service of the people being targeted in the first place bsky.app/profile/bran...
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Florida doesn’t need its own DOGE, it needs a new Governor. We won’t be lectured on “waste” by the guy who:
➡️ Passed the largest budgets in Florida history
➡️ Used taxpayer dollars for political campaigning
➡️ Allocated $250M to look tough on immigration
➡️ Passed the largest budgets in Florida history
➡️ Used taxpayer dollars for political campaigning
➡️ Allocated $250M to look tough on immigration
Florida Democrats Respond to Ron's Comments on a New "Florida DOGE" - Florida Democratic Party
In a press conference today, Ron DeSantis announced the formation of a Florida-level version of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In response, the Florida Democratic Party has releas...
www.floridadems.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Florida doesn’t need its own DOGE, it needs a new Governor. We won’t be lectured on “waste” by the guy who:
➡️ Passed the largest budgets in Florida history
➡️ Used taxpayer dollars for political campaigning
➡️ Allocated $250M to look tough on immigration
➡️ Passed the largest budgets in Florida history
➡️ Used taxpayer dollars for political campaigning
➡️ Allocated $250M to look tough on immigration
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Thanks to @bradvivian.bsky.social for this history of "institutional neutrality," which shows that many of the same conservative think tanks now cheering on anti-CRT and DEI bans drove the push to silence universities on charged questions. www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
Institutional Neutrality Is Censorship by Another Name
Its recent vogue owes much to conservative think tanks.
www.chronicle.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thanks to @bradvivian.bsky.social for this history of "institutional neutrality," which shows that many of the same conservative think tanks now cheering on anti-CRT and DEI bans drove the push to silence universities on charged questions. www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
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I’m re-upping this to note:
- there is no longer a faculty diversity committee
- there is no longer a “law and equality” grad course requirement
- there are no more diversity or inclusion offices
- Tbd whether students will be able to have supportive affiliation groups
- tbd on curricular changes
- there is no longer a faculty diversity committee
- there is no longer a “law and equality” grad course requirement
- there are no more diversity or inclusion offices
- Tbd whether students will be able to have supportive affiliation groups
- tbd on curricular changes
As a late Friday pm valentine, faculty & staff received an email from University of Cincinnati President Pinto stating that Trump’s DoE has “effectively outlawed” DEI and that diktat is “sweeping in [its] scope, categorical in its conclusions & pressing in its timing.”
February 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I’m re-upping this to note:
- there is no longer a faculty diversity committee
- there is no longer a “law and equality” grad course requirement
- there are no more diversity or inclusion offices
- Tbd whether students will be able to have supportive affiliation groups
- tbd on curricular changes
- there is no longer a faculty diversity committee
- there is no longer a “law and equality” grad course requirement
- there are no more diversity or inclusion offices
- Tbd whether students will be able to have supportive affiliation groups
- tbd on curricular changes
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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
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Things hurting the US economy:
-mass layoffs of federal workers
-funding cuts to every federal dept
-corporate layoffs
-measles and tuberculosis outbreaks
-high flu rates
-$8/dozen eggs
-new tariffs raising the cost of everything
-Canada boycotts US travel and goods
-concerns about airplane safety
-mass layoffs of federal workers
-funding cuts to every federal dept
-corporate layoffs
-measles and tuberculosis outbreaks
-high flu rates
-$8/dozen eggs
-new tariffs raising the cost of everything
-Canada boycotts US travel and goods
-concerns about airplane safety
NEW YORK (AP) — Dow tumbles 748 points, and S&P 500 has worst drop in 2 months after discouraging reports on the US economy.
February 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Things hurting the US economy:
-mass layoffs of federal workers
-funding cuts to every federal dept
-corporate layoffs
-measles and tuberculosis outbreaks
-high flu rates
-$8/dozen eggs
-new tariffs raising the cost of everything
-Canada boycotts US travel and goods
-concerns about airplane safety
-mass layoffs of federal workers
-funding cuts to every federal dept
-corporate layoffs
-measles and tuberculosis outbreaks
-high flu rates
-$8/dozen eggs
-new tariffs raising the cost of everything
-Canada boycotts US travel and goods
-concerns about airplane safety
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If not that then this assigned reading probably did it. www.theguardian.com/film/2016/ju...
From Tarzan to Avatar: the problem with 'the white man in the jungle'
The wild man in the loin cloth is returning to our screens, along with new takes on King Kong and The Jungle Book. But films set in the rainforest still struggle to shake off racist tropes
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If not that then this assigned reading probably did it. www.theguardian.com/film/2016/ju...
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
February 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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this is straight up McCarthyism
SCOOP: Naval Academy leaders sent an email to faculty this week that teaching about “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism + sexism is no longer permitted. Faculty also can’t talk about environmental justice or gender ideology. Our exclusive:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Naval Academy faculty to stop teaching on racism, sexism
After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
this is straight up McCarthyism
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It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
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Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, said she’s not “quite certain” whether African American studies would be allowed under Trump’s executive order
Here’s What Linda McMahon, Nominee for Education Secretary, Had to Say About Higher Ed
She discussed dismantling the Education Department, investigating colleges over antisemitism and DEI, and increasing access to noncollege opportunities.
www.chronicle.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.
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NEW: North Dakota HB 1437 "makes a mockery of the tenure system," says @penamerica.bsky.social's Amy Reid. The bill bans most faculty from serving on post-tenure review committees, while allowing the president to appoint any members they want, including Chris Rufo.
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
North Dakota Bill Threatens to Undermine Faculty Tenure System - PEN America
North Dakota bill would make a mockery of the tenure system
pen.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
NEW: North Dakota HB 1437 "makes a mockery of the tenure system," says @penamerica.bsky.social's Amy Reid. The bill bans most faculty from serving on post-tenure review committees, while allowing the president to appoint any members they want, including Chris Rufo.
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
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My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....
The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
www.statnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My #Yale colleague Harlan Krumholz explains why the cuts to indirect costs are a disaster for biomedical research in the United States. Want to do something about it? I'll list those who have to hear from us below. Share, recruit friends and family to help. 1/ www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n....
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And it’s worth law professors saying this bluntly.
Don’t let professional niceties blind you to normalizing a ridiculously stupid and dangerous perspective as having any merit at all. Call it out clearly, while you still can.
Don’t let professional niceties blind you to normalizing a ridiculously stupid and dangerous perspective as having any merit at all. Call it out clearly, while you still can.
worth saying that vermeule’s view that “separation of powers means the president is an elected despot” is fucking stupid and has no basis in the constitution as written
they’re going to do it. it’s going to happen. they’ll burn the whole thing down.
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And it’s worth law professors saying this bluntly.
Don’t let professional niceties blind you to normalizing a ridiculously stupid and dangerous perspective as having any merit at all. Call it out clearly, while you still can.
Don’t let professional niceties blind you to normalizing a ridiculously stupid and dangerous perspective as having any merit at all. Call it out clearly, while you still can.
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Every university I’ve worked at has had a rate around 50-60% for federal grants. This pays for the entire research structure of the universities. Private grants don’t pay this, which is why universities need federal grants.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Every university I’ve worked at has had a rate around 50-60% for federal grants. This pays for the entire research structure of the universities. Private grants don’t pay this, which is why universities need federal grants.