Ted Remington
@tedremington.bsky.social
Iowan currently living best life in Minneapolis. Academic specializing in rhetoric. Fan of jazz, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, corgis, Burnley FC, Kenneth Burke, and wheat beers (in no particular order). Probably more liberal than you.
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IOWA CITY - Neighbors, the first snow is starting tonight!
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
IOWA CITY - Neighbors, the first snow is starting tonight!
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
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In a Thanksgiving night tirade on his social media platform, Trump complained about ‘’hundreds of thousands of Somalians" who are “ripping apart" the state of Minnesota.
He also repeated debunked claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of his.
He also repeated debunked claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of his.
Trump targets Somali community in Minnesota and Rep. Ilhan Omar in wake of National Guard shooting
President Donald Trump said Wednesday's ''heinous assault'' on two National Guard members near the White House proves that lax migration policies are ''the single greatest national security threat facing our nation."
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In a Thanksgiving night tirade on his social media platform, Trump complained about ‘’hundreds of thousands of Somalians" who are “ripping apart" the state of Minnesota.
He also repeated debunked claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of his.
He also repeated debunked claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of his.
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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Let's goooooooooooo New York
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Let's goooooooooooo New York
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
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- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
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Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
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There is a reason we’re seeing crackdowns on academic freedom now; the old AF paradigm was rooted in the “golden age” job market where profs could and did vote with their feet if any institution or state became too restrictive.
In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There is a reason we’re seeing crackdowns on academic freedom now; the old AF paradigm was rooted in the “golden age” job market where profs could and did vote with their feet if any institution or state became too restrictive.
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This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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This. Always this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This. Always this.
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“If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.”
— Paul Wellstone
— Paul Wellstone
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.”
— Paul Wellstone
— Paul Wellstone
They were attempting to spin this over the summer, claiming the East Wing wasn’t really all that historic, and not even really part of the White House.
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
They were attempting to spin this over the summer, claiming the East Wing wasn’t really all that historic, and not even really part of the White House.
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This is Kobe's Super Bowl: playoff field prep
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is Kobe's Super Bowl: playoff field prep
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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"If Kirk interacted with students in a classroom the way he does in the videos I watched, he would be exposed immediately as a terrible teacher. At any college or university that cared about quality teaching & the intellectual growth of its students, Kirk would have been sent packing in a hurry."
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"If Kirk interacted with students in a classroom the way he does in the videos I watched, he would be exposed immediately as a terrible teacher. At any college or university that cared about quality teaching & the intellectual growth of its students, Kirk would have been sent packing in a hurry."
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Initial estimate for No Kings Twin Cities at 100,000! So many Minnesotans SHOWED UP to protect our communities, our country and our democracy that the 1+ mile march route looped back and found thousands hadn’t even left the starting point! 👏❌👑
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Initial estimate for No Kings Twin Cities at 100,000! So many Minnesotans SHOWED UP to protect our communities, our country and our democracy that the 1+ mile march route looped back and found thousands hadn’t even left the starting point! 👏❌👑
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Minnesota is ready to take the Trump administration to court if the president sends military forces here like he has to Chicago and other cities.
Walz: Minnesota will take Trump administration to court if it sends troops here
Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison say they will be ready if Trump tries to put troops in Twin Cities.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Minnesota is ready to take the Trump administration to court if the president sends military forces here like he has to Chicago and other cities.