Marshelle Woodward
@mwoodward.bsky.social
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
Teach us to sit still.
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What if the real “great replacement” was the human obsolescence project behind the AI systems produced by the reactionary tech oligarchs who have used their social media platforms to get the public to buy into the racist and Islamophobic “great replacement theory?”
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What if the real “great replacement” was the human obsolescence project behind the AI systems produced by the reactionary tech oligarchs who have used their social media platforms to get the public to buy into the racist and Islamophobic “great replacement theory?”
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To simplify: the thing that made American higher-ed unique was the institutional organization around education as a PUBLIC GOOD, rather than as an elite training ground, or job training.
This aspect is nearly dead, killed by a thousand budget cuts.
This aspect is nearly dead, killed by a thousand budget cuts.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To simplify: the thing that made American higher-ed unique was the institutional organization around education as a PUBLIC GOOD, rather than as an elite training ground, or job training.
This aspect is nearly dead, killed by a thousand budget cuts.
This aspect is nearly dead, killed by a thousand budget cuts.
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I think some of this elite radicalization in fields like academia might be a reaction to the relative status loss across all non-tech non-finance fields since the Great Recession. Academics, doctors, media, arts/ entertainment, law, fields w diminishing prestige/relative material rewards
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think some of this elite radicalization in fields like academia might be a reaction to the relative status loss across all non-tech non-finance fields since the Great Recession. Academics, doctors, media, arts/ entertainment, law, fields w diminishing prestige/relative material rewards
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"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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To be clear, there is no university administration in America who respects, values, or trusts its faculty expertise.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
To be clear, there is no university administration in America who respects, values, or trusts its faculty expertise.
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This is a yikes too. He gets dogwalked by Susan Collins even though Generic Dem has a 9 pt margin.
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is a yikes too. He gets dogwalked by Susan Collins even though Generic Dem has a 9 pt margin.
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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This is great news. AAUP's arbitration win and our adjunct union's unfair labor practice victory will hopefully force Portland State's administration to back down from its anti-labor agenda www.opb.org/article/2025...
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is great news. AAUP's arbitration win and our adjunct union's unfair labor practice victory will hopefully force Portland State's administration to back down from its anti-labor agenda www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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Abigail "Nobody elected him to be FDR" Spanberger is now an even more prominent figure in the party. And that is likely bad news for those wanting the Dems to change, as my colleague @alexshephard.bsky.social explains here. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Abigail "Nobody elected him to be FDR" Spanberger is now an even more prominent figure in the party. And that is likely bad news for those wanting the Dems to change, as my colleague @alexshephard.bsky.social explains here. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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Reading this after seeing it on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social timeline & it’s hard to miss how moving funding from grants and state support to individual student loans as a huge catalyst for lots of issues & also how they’re doing it to k-12 now with vouchers
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reading this after seeing it on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social timeline & it’s hard to miss how moving funding from grants and state support to individual student loans as a huge catalyst for lots of issues & also how they’re doing it to k-12 now with vouchers
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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i think Senator Lander has a ring to it
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
i think Senator Lander has a ring to it
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correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
We need new Senate leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We need new Senate leadership.
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If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
I called Schumer and Gillibrand. It's Sunday night; you're leaving a message on an answering machine. Take 5 min and call your senators if you can. Email also wouldn't hurt -- staff are more likely to be monitoring the inbox right now than checking voicemail.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I called Schumer and Gillibrand. It's Sunday night; you're leaving a message on an answering machine. Take 5 min and call your senators if you can. Email also wouldn't hurt -- staff are more likely to be monitoring the inbox right now than checking voicemail.
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I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
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I’ve had some good exchanges in the replies about where and how AI can be useful. Most of it comes down to: it has a lot of potential for science and tech, but even then needs a regulatory framework.
But that’s not how it’s being advertised or applied right now, and OpenAI is resisting regulation.
But that’s not how it’s being advertised or applied right now, and OpenAI is resisting regulation.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve had some good exchanges in the replies about where and how AI can be useful. Most of it comes down to: it has a lot of potential for science and tech, but even then needs a regulatory framework.
But that’s not how it’s being advertised or applied right now, and OpenAI is resisting regulation.
But that’s not how it’s being advertised or applied right now, and OpenAI is resisting regulation.
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This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.