Stan Mir
@stanmir.bsky.social
Writer, & Art Critic in Philadelphia, bylines in Hyperallergic, photograph, & Asian American Literary Review.
Editor of The Faculty Herald @ Temple University since 2023.
Editor of The Faculty Herald @ Temple University since 2023.
Earlier this week, @tufacultyherald.bsky.social published my article on the NIH funding cuts. My research revealed that the Heritage Foundation pushes the false claim that NIH money funds DEI programs. I hope you’ll give it a read!
Bringing Universities to Heel: How Cuts to NIH Funding Impacts Temple
When the federal funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health were first announced in February, Swati Nagar, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at Temple University, felt it as “a gut punch…
tufacultyherald.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Earlier this week, @tufacultyherald.bsky.social published my article on the NIH funding cuts. My research revealed that the Heritage Foundation pushes the false claim that NIH money funds DEI programs. I hope you’ll give it a read!
He’s a moron and the two morons behind him are morons and his pathetic laugh is a moron is a moron is a moron and so on
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
He’s a moron and the two morons behind him are morons and his pathetic laugh is a moron is a moron is a moron and so on
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We’ve posted some new articles on the Herald’s site. Check them out here: tufacultyherald.org
The Faculty Herald
The Faculty Herald is the voice of the faculty and librarians at Temple University. Sponsored by the Faculty Senate, we are committed to shared governance.
tufacultyherald.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We’ve posted some new articles on the Herald’s site. Check them out here: tufacultyherald.org
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Finbarr McCarthy of the Beasley School of Law contributed an opinion piece urging colleagues to stand together: tufacultyherald.org/2025/03/01/w...
We Must Defend Our Educational Mission
The mission of the Temple University faculty is to educate working people. Our 1888 charter declares: “The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is the Support of an Educational Institution i…
tufacultyherald.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Finbarr McCarthy of the Beasley School of Law contributed an opinion piece urging colleagues to stand together: tufacultyherald.org/2025/03/01/w...
The perspective from Wales/UK brings different issues to light. The proximity to Russia and their newly changed laws allowing them to attack rather than only responding to an invasion of their territory
A Better World
Ben Wildsmith The events in Washington on Friday night weren’t pretty. Everyone on the planet saw the world order trashed on live TV as a new reality came crashing through our screens and into our liv...
nation.cymru
March 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The perspective from Wales/UK brings different issues to light. The proximity to Russia and their newly changed laws allowing them to attack rather than only responding to an invasion of their territory
Kinda gross. When I’m attracted to someone I’m not interested in seeing them in bathroom. Then and now. Just sayin’
Ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spouts transphobic talking points to Bill Maher.
"Look, in seventh grade, if I had known that I could have said the word ‘They’ and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."
"Look, in seventh grade, if I had known that I could have said the word ‘They’ and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."
Ex-Chicago mayor rips current city leaders for focus on bathroom and locker room instead of crime, education
During HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted city leadership for failing the city on safety and educational standards.
www.foxnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Kinda gross. When I’m attracted to someone I’m not interested in seeing them in bathroom. Then and now. Just sayin’
Bro’s cringe runs deep
How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans
Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Bro’s cringe runs deep
None of these mfers have led a war to save their country ever. And baby Vance scolding Zelensky for not saying thank you? Vance must really think his experience in Ohio, at Yale, and in Sillyconartist Valley carries more weight than overseeing the salvation of an entire nation. Privileged pos
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
None of these mfers have led a war to save their country ever. And baby Vance scolding Zelensky for not saying thank you? Vance must really think his experience in Ohio, at Yale, and in Sillyconartist Valley carries more weight than overseeing the salvation of an entire nation. Privileged pos
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If this is the route universities take, that’s gonna spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
University of Minnesota must not muzzle its scholars
Yet that’s what a resolution being considered by the Board of Regents would do.
www.startribune.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If this is the route universities take, that’s gonna spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
@wired.com You should get the Wired Politics Lab podcast cooking again. It was good stuff
February 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@wired.com You should get the Wired Politics Lab podcast cooking again. It was good stuff
@tufacultyherald.bsky.social wants to join The White House press pool! Higher ed institutions have concerns: access to education and support for NIH funded research to name just two. Come on, invite them! It wouldn’t be fun, but it’d be worth it!
@tufacultyherald.bsky.social is available to join the press pool at any time. There’s def a lot going on that’s impacting @temple.edu and higher ed. We’d be happy to hold your administration accountable, but you probably don’t want us. Am I right?
The White House says it 'will determine' which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones
The decision departs from a century of tradition in which a pool of independent news organizations go where the chief executive does and holds him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@tufacultyherald.bsky.social wants to join The White House press pool! Higher ed institutions have concerns: access to education and support for NIH funded research to name just two. Come on, invite them! It wouldn’t be fun, but it’d be worth it!
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The equivalent of saying I don’t like you because you judge me. I need friends who can support me all the time and I’m a big baby
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
In announcing plans to hand-select the reporters who can ask the president questions at many events, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The equivalent of saying I don’t like you because you judge me. I need friends who can support me all the time and I’m a big baby
Trumplican fantasies include tearing down fully functional buildings in favor of rebuilding in the Classical style. Kennedy thought architects should dictate the style, not the government. How many more ways can Rs violate their own principle of small government?
President Trump’s Attack on Brutalist Architecture in Washington
Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trumplican fantasies include tearing down fully functional buildings in favor of rebuilding in the Classical style. Kennedy thought architects should dictate the style, not the government. How many more ways can Rs violate their own principle of small government?
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i wrote an essay about Jim Cory, much-beloved & deeply missed, for the Poetry Foundation’s Remembrances series: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/165...
To Delight and Surprise: Remembering Jim Cory
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
i wrote an essay about Jim Cory, much-beloved & deeply missed, for the Poetry Foundation’s Remembrances series: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/165...
Reposted by Stan Mir
If someone put this in a novel, they’d say it’s too clever
February 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If someone put this in a novel, they’d say it’s too clever
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Oh joe, over here — me and @profgalloway.com reek with authenticity. Also Happy Valentines Day for all who love love.
February 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh joe, over here — me and @profgalloway.com reek with authenticity. Also Happy Valentines Day for all who love love.
He should just admit he likes to wear eyeliner. Sometimes I do too. It’s better than telling a whole continent what to do. Stop playing big tough guy. It’s like he missed his turn being bully on the playground or something
JD Vance's fiery speech at #MSC2025 dominated the chatter among hundreds of top foreign dignitaries and national security elites.
“No one is talking about anything else,” one senior Eastern European official told us.
“No one is talking about anything else,” one senior Eastern European official told us.
Vance brings a wrecking ball to diplomatic gathering in Munich
The U.S. vice president roasted the continent’s way of governing itself.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
He should just admit he likes to wear eyeliner. Sometimes I do too. It’s better than telling a whole continent what to do. Stop playing big tough guy. It’s like he missed his turn being bully on the playground or something
Hegseth wants HARD power…okay, I guess you gotta get hard somewhere, but keep it to yourself, bro. The battlefield isn’t really the place for that.
Hegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."
February 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hegseth wants HARD power…okay, I guess you gotta get hard somewhere, but keep it to yourself, bro. The battlefield isn’t really the place for that.
One of the most memorable details for me in high school history classes was the system of checks and balances that exists in US gov’t. That was NY state education in the ‘90s. This alternative reality/facts bs is so off the f’ing wall!
Karoline Leavitt: "The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch."
February 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of the most memorable details for me in high school history classes was the system of checks and balances that exists in US gov’t. That was NY state education in the ‘90s. This alternative reality/facts bs is so off the f’ing wall!
If you’re so inclined and have an interest in higher ed issues, check out The Faculty Herald, where I am the editor. Putting together a piece now on the loss of NIH funding at Temple. bsky.app/profile/tufa...
bsky.app
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If you’re so inclined and have an interest in higher ed issues, check out The Faculty Herald, where I am the editor. Putting together a piece now on the loss of NIH funding at Temple. bsky.app/profile/tufa...
Glad @propublica.org is reporting on this
In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist?
The president’s sweeping clemency for Capitol rioters and his administration’s ongoing removal of career national security specialists foretell a permissive new climate for extremist movements, say…
propub.li
February 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Glad @propublica.org is reporting on this
I like video games & play them. I get what Cottom says about Musk’s nods to gamer culture & how his gamer methods resonate with his followers. But for the average adult, I’d bet the gamer explanation doesn’t shed much light. Seems more likely to instill the idea that video games are bad
Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
Everything is content.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I like video games & play them. I get what Cottom says about Musk’s nods to gamer culture & how his gamer methods resonate with his followers. But for the average adult, I’d bet the gamer explanation doesn’t shed much light. Seems more likely to instill the idea that video games are bad