Rebekah Modrak
@rebekahmodrak.bsky.social
artist, writer, prof at UMich, co-editor of Trouble in Censorville, and creator of RETHINK SHINOLA https://rethinkshinola.com/ and ReMade Co https://remadeco.org/
https://rebekahmodrak.com/
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The @umich.edu could easily right this situation by honoring the original agreement:
• display the work in the intended spaces
• extend the show's schedule
• provide freedom to the artists to articulate the meaning of their work as they choose
• host a closing reception
• publicize the exhibition
• display the work in the intended spaces
• extend the show's schedule
• provide freedom to the artists to articulate the meaning of their work as they choose
• host a closing reception
• publicize the exhibition
Artists accuse University Unions of censorship
Some of the artists who participated in the "Visual History of the Unions" are accusing the administration of censorship.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The @umich.edu could easily right this situation by honoring the original agreement:
• display the work in the intended spaces
• extend the show's schedule
• provide freedom to the artists to articulate the meaning of their work as they choose
• host a closing reception
• publicize the exhibition
• display the work in the intended spaces
• extend the show's schedule
• provide freedom to the artists to articulate the meaning of their work as they choose
• host a closing reception
• publicize the exhibition
🔥🔥 piece about how @umich.edu weaponized the code of conduct against pro-Palestinian student activists.
From the Daily: The University's values on trial
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🔥🔥 piece about how @umich.edu weaponized the code of conduct against pro-Palestinian student activists.
A @michigandaily.bsky.social investigation: hundreds of @umich.edu employees who looked to Work Connections for support/medical leave during an illness report years-long pattern of misconduct.
2 key complaints: WC disregarded physicians’ recommendations, and WC employees were hostile/demeaning.
2 key complaints: WC disregarded physicians’ recommendations, and WC employees were hostile/demeaning.
Following injury and illness, hundreds of U-M employees relied on the University to facilitate their return to work. They say it failed them.
On Dec. 20, 2024, Marcellous Demps, a former patient-care provider at Michigan Medicine, was working the night shift when he slipped and fell in a dimly lit, wet hallway while carrying a 150-pound por...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A @michigandaily.bsky.social investigation: hundreds of @umich.edu employees who looked to Work Connections for support/medical leave during an illness report years-long pattern of misconduct.
2 key complaints: WC disregarded physicians’ recommendations, and WC employees were hostile/demeaning.
2 key complaints: WC disregarded physicians’ recommendations, and WC employees were hostile/demeaning.
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The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
When I chaired the Faculty Senate last year, Regent Jordan Acker, enraged that he couldn’t control faculty voice, doxxed me on social media. UM police installed security cameras on my home to protect me from his threats. Now Acker wants to be re-elected. @aft.org is considering an endorsement
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When I chaired the Faculty Senate last year, Regent Jordan Acker, enraged that he couldn’t control faculty voice, doxxed me on social media. UM police installed security cameras on my home to protect me from his threats. Now Acker wants to be re-elected. @aft.org is considering an endorsement
UM Regents Paul Brown and Jordan Acker are trying to get on ballot for re-election. They refused to hear reports from Faculty. Dismantled DEI at UM. Stopped gender-affirming care at UM Medicine. Expelled students who criticized Israeli actions in Gaza
And yet, aft.org is considering endorsing them
And yet, aft.org is considering endorsing them
AFT - American Federation of Teachers - A Union of Professionals
American Federation of Teachers public web site.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
UM Regents Paul Brown and Jordan Acker are trying to get on ballot for re-election. They refused to hear reports from Faculty. Dismantled DEI at UM. Stopped gender-affirming care at UM Medicine. Expelled students who criticized Israeli actions in Gaza
And yet, aft.org is considering endorsing them
And yet, aft.org is considering endorsing them
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When a billionaire pays the troops during a shutdown, it’s not charity, but leverage and control.
That’s not how republics survive. That’s how they’re bought, one crisis at a time.
That’s not how republics survive. That’s how they’re bought, one crisis at a time.
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
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October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When a billionaire pays the troops during a shutdown, it’s not charity, but leverage and control.
That’s not how republics survive. That’s how they’re bought, one crisis at a time.
That’s not how republics survive. That’s how they’re bought, one crisis at a time.
If only this was satire. Sadly, we mean it.
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If only this was satire. Sadly, we mean it.
Dartmouth rejects Trump’s attempts to control speech in higher education
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dartmouth rejects Trump’s attempts to control speech in higher education
Gen Z’s willingness to poke fun at themselves and at phoniness is an endearing and hopeful quality. I ❤️ their performative male contests.
Red Flags and Tote Bags - The Phoenix
Swarthmore's inaugural Performative Male Contest featured acoustic guitars, matcha lattes, ample feminist literature, and endless posturing.
swarthmorephoenix.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Gen Z’s willingness to poke fun at themselves and at phoniness is an endearing and hopeful quality. I ❤️ their performative male contests.
Why did U-M end gender-affirming care? President Grasso explains the Leaders and Best rationale: “Yale, U. Connecticut, U. Pennsylvania, U. Chicago, Washington U., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Stanford all made the same decision.
Interim President Grasso discusses Look to Michigan, federal pressures
The Michigan Daily sat down with interim University of Michigan President Domenico Grasso to discuss Look to Michigan and concerns about accountability.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Why did U-M end gender-affirming care? President Grasso explains the Leaders and Best rationale: “Yale, U. Connecticut, U. Pennsylvania, U. Chicago, Washington U., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Stanford all made the same decision.
From the @michigandaily.bsky.social Editorial Board: “We now see [the University of Michigan administration’s changes to the student code of conduct] as a catalyst, accelerating the construction of a disciplinary apparatus that the University can aim at whoever it deems threatening.”
UMich weaponizes the rules in new student code of conduct
The administration has created a space where rules only cut one way. For those that still doubt the severity of the situation on campus, Grasso and the regents stated their intentions clearly — discip...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
From the @michigandaily.bsky.social Editorial Board: “We now see [the University of Michigan administration’s changes to the student code of conduct] as a catalyst, accelerating the construction of a disciplinary apparatus that the University can aim at whoever it deems threatening.”
Some public school teachers are courageously protecting kids rights to access all material, despite threats and retaliation. Thank you to @palan57.bsky.social at @forbes.com for shining a light on their remarkable stories. More than ever, we need heroes to be visible.
Book Shares Teacher Voices From The Culture Wars
Many of those stories have been covered by journalists, but the book Trouble In Censorville features educators who tell their own stories.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Some public school teachers are courageously protecting kids rights to access all material, despite threats and retaliation. Thank you to @palan57.bsky.social at @forbes.com for shining a light on their remarkable stories. More than ever, we need heroes to be visible.
I pledge allegiance to Jon Stewart.
Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I pledge allegiance to Jon Stewart.
“[David] Letterman joined the critics on Thursday, noting that he had beaten up on president after president over the years, and “not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency.”
David Letterman Says Kimmel’s Suspension Is ‘Just Not How This Works’
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September 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“[David] Letterman joined the critics on Thursday, noting that he had beaten up on president after president over the years, and “not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency.”
When I was in Greece, my cab driver told us that poetry and philosophy developed during a prolonged period without war. When I read the news each day about Trump, authoritarian attacks, and billionaires usurping democratic processes, and not about poetry, I think of what is lost.
September 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When I was in Greece, my cab driver told us that poetry and philosophy developed during a prolonged period without war. When I read the news each day about Trump, authoritarian attacks, and billionaires usurping democratic processes, and not about poetry, I think of what is lost.
This Tuesday in Ann Arbor. A reading about attempts to intimidate and silence academics.
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This Tuesday in Ann Arbor. A reading about attempts to intimidate and silence academics.
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A reminder that a 2020 study by ABC news found 54 examples of violence, criminal violence in which actual charges had to be filed by state and federal authorities, inspired directly by Donald Trump.
0 such cases, ever, for Bush or Obama.
Ask Trump to answer for all 54 of those, then talk to Dems.
0 such cases, ever, for Bush or Obama.
Ask Trump to answer for all 54 of those, then talk to Dems.
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A reminder that a 2020 study by ABC news found 54 examples of violence, criminal violence in which actual charges had to be filed by state and federal authorities, inspired directly by Donald Trump.
0 such cases, ever, for Bush or Obama.
Ask Trump to answer for all 54 of those, then talk to Dems.
0 such cases, ever, for Bush or Obama.
Ask Trump to answer for all 54 of those, then talk to Dems.
With new language to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities (in defiance of students and faculty), U-Michigan’s regents, general counsel and Student Life enact a final coup to control how “violations” are defined and adjudicated.
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
With new language to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities (in defiance of students and faculty), U-Michigan’s regents, general counsel and Student Life enact a final coup to control how “violations” are defined and adjudicated.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS WALK OUT
In one week, students at American, Howard, Georgetown, UDC, and more will make it clear there is no cooperation with DC's occupation.
JOIN THE WALKOUT ON TUESDAY, SEPT 9. Sign your strike card and get connected to other students on your campus: bit.ly/free-dc-walkout
In one week, students at American, Howard, Georgetown, UDC, and more will make it clear there is no cooperation with DC's occupation.
JOIN THE WALKOUT ON TUESDAY, SEPT 9. Sign your strike card and get connected to other students on your campus: bit.ly/free-dc-walkout
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
COLLEGE STUDENTS WALK OUT
In one week, students at American, Howard, Georgetown, UDC, and more will make it clear there is no cooperation with DC's occupation.
JOIN THE WALKOUT ON TUESDAY, SEPT 9. Sign your strike card and get connected to other students on your campus: bit.ly/free-dc-walkout
In one week, students at American, Howard, Georgetown, UDC, and more will make it clear there is no cooperation with DC's occupation.
JOIN THE WALKOUT ON TUESDAY, SEPT 9. Sign your strike card and get connected to other students on your campus: bit.ly/free-dc-walkout
Thanks to the Michigan Daily, faculty and staff at U Michigan share perspectives about the desirable values and actions of our next president.
U-M faculty and staff on the next University president
On May 4, University President Santa Ono announced that he was departing from the University of Michigan. His controversial tenure — from his handling of pro-Palestine activism to his decision to cut ...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to the Michigan Daily, faculty and staff at U Michigan share perspectives about the desirable values and actions of our next president.
University of Michigan faculty and staff speak up about what we want in our new president. (post-Ono)
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U-M faculty and staff on the next University president
On May 4, University President Santa Ono announced that he was departing from the University of Michigan. His controversial tenure — from his handling of pro-Palestine activism to his decision to cut ...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
University of Michigan faculty and staff speak up about what we want in our new president. (post-Ono)
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This brought me to tears.
I stand in solidarity with Chicago.
I stand in solidarity with Chicago.
I stand with Chicago. I stand with Mayor Johnson.
🚨 NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an executive order to resist Trump’s federal invasion and occupation of the city.
Details in 🧵
🚨 NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an executive order to resist Trump’s federal invasion and occupation of the city.
Details in 🧵
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This brought me to tears.
I stand in solidarity with Chicago.
I stand in solidarity with Chicago.
“President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday of focusing too much on ‘how bad slavery was’ and not enough on the ‘brightness’ of America as his administration conducts a wide-ranging review of the content in its museum exhibits.”
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
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August 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday of focusing too much on ‘how bad slavery was’ and not enough on the ‘brightness’ of America as his administration conducts a wide-ranging review of the content in its museum exhibits.”
For ethical, independent journalism these days, look to student journalists. The Michigan Daily editorial board has been excellent. Here, they condemn the capitulation of the corporate media.
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From The Daily: A free press means freedom from corporations
This Editorial Board unequivocally condemns corporate control over media and journalism. We strongly encourage people to stay informed by way of public journalism and reputable independent media outle...
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August 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For ethical, independent journalism these days, look to student journalists. The Michigan Daily editorial board has been excellent. Here, they condemn the capitulation of the corporate media.
@michigandaily.bsky.social
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