Meredith
@meredithnicole17.bsky.social
Sometimes academic; always dreamer.
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A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
The First Amendment Can’t Get You Out of Following Class Instructions
A failing grade for not understanding the assignment isn't a constitutional crisis.
contrarian.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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To which we might add that, as with so many things, the solution (as proposed by some of the people discussed here) isn't simply "do as the men do"—it's to rethink whether the norms associated with femininity (friendliness, warmth) don't have some advantages we could do to embrace more.
This is a really fascinating discussion of changing linguistic conventions and how women are expected to write differently.
debuk.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/e...
debuk.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/e...
Enough already!!! Punctuation, silly women and soundbite science
One of last week’s media talking points was a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JESP), which attracted attention mainly because of its claim that women use exclamati…
debuk.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
To which we might add that, as with so many things, the solution (as proposed by some of the people discussed here) isn't simply "do as the men do"—it's to rethink whether the norms associated with femininity (friendliness, warmth) don't have some advantages we could do to embrace more.
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Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact!
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed!
@aftct.bsky.social
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"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
189. The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr
The Supreme Court's latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up "equity."
www.stevevladeck.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too."
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:
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1. A new proposed rule at the Department of Homeland Security would institute biological sex DNA testing of immigrants and visa applicants if DHS has reason to believe it would be relevant to their immigration status.
Read the latest from writer S. Baum.
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DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test
The public comment period for the proposal has begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
1. A new proposed rule at the Department of Homeland Security would institute biological sex DNA testing of immigrants and visa applicants if DHS has reason to believe it would be relevant to their immigration status.
Read the latest from writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Read the latest from writer S. Baum.
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Anyone else grossed out by The Chronicle of Higher Ed using their email list to send out Google advertising touting the use of AI in research?? 🙄 #academicsky
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Anyone else grossed out by The Chronicle of Higher Ed using their email list to send out Google advertising touting the use of AI in research?? 🙄 #academicsky
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Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.
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My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
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A short video about Juneteenth:
What is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A short video about Juneteenth:
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This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
wagingnonviolence.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
Beautiful thread on why story telling matters and why hoarding and engaging in isolationist practices only make us ....worse.
The other night I took a late night taxi from the airport & my driver was from Sudan. We got to talking, & he asked what I do - he is a sports journalist who writes about soccer & has been to many World Cups - so I explained what I write...
June 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Beautiful thread on why story telling matters and why hoarding and engaging in isolationist practices only make us ....worse.
Great thread on why AI is a particular danger to our most vulnerable college students.
This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
June 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great thread on why AI is a particular danger to our most vulnerable college students.
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open.substack.com/pub/contrari... important to acknowledge these people are fucking nuts
Trump and his crew are nuts
It’s time to stop rationalizing the craziness
open.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... important to acknowledge these people are fucking nuts
Getting kuddos on an old fanfic in a niche fandom feels like a much needed warm hug. #archiveofourown
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Getting kuddos on an old fanfic in a niche fandom feels like a much needed warm hug. #archiveofourown
Grifters are gonna grift.
But will any Republicans speak up??
Congress can stop all this shit any day they want.....
But will any Republicans speak up??
Congress can stop all this shit any day they want.....
This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
May 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Grifters are gonna grift.
But will any Republicans speak up??
Congress can stop all this shit any day they want.....
But will any Republicans speak up??
Congress can stop all this shit any day they want.....
“The administration appears not to be able to attract the caliber of federal officials to which Americans have become accustomed.”
Gross incompetence, cruelty, and corruption….thats all this administration has to offer.
Gross incompetence, cruelty, and corruption….thats all this administration has to offer.
May 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“The administration appears not to be able to attract the caliber of federal officials to which Americans have become accustomed.”
Gross incompetence, cruelty, and corruption….thats all this administration has to offer.
Gross incompetence, cruelty, and corruption….thats all this administration has to offer.
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I tried to warn people about higher ed's collapse.The bureaucrats and administrators were/are dismantling higher ed.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
May 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I tried to warn people about higher ed's collapse.The bureaucrats and administrators were/are dismantling higher ed.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
Trying to rip funding away from NPR and PBS while at the same time launching a bullshit “White House Wire” full of shitty MAGA “news”. 🤔
Time to up my pledge!
Time to up my pledge!
Trump orders an end to all federal funds for NPR and PBS.
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
They say he can't.
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trying to rip funding away from NPR and PBS while at the same time launching a bullshit “White House Wire” full of shitty MAGA “news”. 🤔
Time to up my pledge!
Time to up my pledge!
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There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
May 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.