Timothy Vollmer
@tvol.bsky.social
Library worker: @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
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UC Santa Cruz has quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program. Sign the petition demanding that UCSC continue to fully fund the Program and Dr. Hernandez’s position. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Save the Community Archiving Program and Rebecca Hernandez
The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) last week quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program...
actionnetwork.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
UC Santa Cruz has quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program. Sign the petition demanding that UCSC continue to fully fund the Program and Dr. Hernandez’s position. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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UPTE members: make your voice heard! Your bargaining team unanimously recommends a YES vote on our tentative agreement with UC. Voting ends Thu, Nov 20. A YES means implementing these gains ASAP. Vote YES to ratify: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
UPTE members: make your voice heard! Your bargaining team unanimously recommends a YES vote on our tentative agreement with UC. Voting ends Thu, Nov 20. A YES means implementing these gains ASAP. Vote YES to ratify: upte.org/vote
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
#UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
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Take Action Now! Urge Governor Newsom to step up pressure on UCOP and the Regents. UC must not capitulate to Trump’s extortion demands! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Take Action Now! Urge Governor Newsom to step up pressure on UCOP and the Regents. UC must not capitulate to Trump’s extortion demands! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
“The criminalization of protest lays the groundwork for authoritarianism. Cardboard bugs and sidewalk chalk do not equate to a felony charge, nor do they warrant increased militarization.” www.dailycal.org/opinion/edit...
UCPD arrests over anti-TPUSA art installation dangerously criminalize student protests
The students’ arrest and subsequent jailing are a clear overreaction on the part of UCPD, dangerously criminalizing students’ right to protest.
www.dailycal.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“The criminalization of protest lays the groundwork for authoritarianism. Cardboard bugs and sidewalk chalk do not equate to a felony charge, nor do they warrant increased militarization.” www.dailycal.org/opinion/edit...
Just brazen capitulation by UCOP. www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-f...
UC funding cuts to postdoctoral fellowship program spark faculty outrage
At the start of the semester, the University of California stopped funding a hiring initiative under the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program citing severe budget constraints.
www.dailycal.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just brazen capitulation by UCOP. www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-f...
Is this anything other than a further consolidation of UC power? dailybruin.com/2025/11/12/j...
Julio Frenk announces Executive Budget Action Group to manage UCLA's monetary concerns - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Nov. 12 at 2:38 p.m. UCLA is launching a new leadership coalition to manage the university’s budgetary shortfall amid state and federal funding cuts, Chancellor Julio Frenk annou...
dailybruin.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Is this anything other than a further consolidation of UC power? dailybruin.com/2025/11/12/j...
“The sudden cancellation of the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program suggests that neither President Milliken nor Provost Newman have learned anything from recent events.” utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...
UC Management Makes a Mess of Academic Freedom and Some Other Stuff as Well
by Michael Meranze This week's election, combined with the success of faculty led lawsuits against the Trump Administration's efforts to sub...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The sudden cancellation of the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program suggests that neither President Milliken nor Provost Newman have learned anything from recent events.” utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...
“About 68% of respondents said the pressure to publish their research is greater than it was two to three years ago, and only 45% agreed that they have sufficient time for research.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“About 68% of respondents said the pressure to publish their research is greater than it was two to three years ago, and only 45% agreed that they have sufficient time for research.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What exactly are they investigating? No one was prevented from speaking
The school responded w/over the top punitive treatment of nonviolent protestors, just as Trump would want.
It’s like they are opening investigations based on how many likes it will garner on X.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
The school responded w/over the top punitive treatment of nonviolent protestors, just as Trump would want.
It’s like they are opening investigations based on how many likes it will garner on X.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What exactly are they investigating? No one was prevented from speaking
The school responded w/over the top punitive treatment of nonviolent protestors, just as Trump would want.
It’s like they are opening investigations based on how many likes it will garner on X.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
The school responded w/over the top punitive treatment of nonviolent protestors, just as Trump would want.
It’s like they are opening investigations based on how many likes it will garner on X.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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I'm quoted in this story on the new Coalition S strategy. I think the idea to build capacity for alternative publishing practices and infrastructures is good, provided that this support is well sustained.
After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements
The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm quoted in this story on the new Coalition S strategy. I think the idea to build capacity for alternative publishing practices and infrastructures is good, provided that this support is well sustained.
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Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
PSU AAUP | PSU-AAUP wins NTTF arbitration judgment
psuaaup.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Portland State University AAUP won their arbitration regarding the layoffs of 10 non-tenure track faculty!✊
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
An arbitrator ruled the university bypassed shared governance protocols required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
All 10 laid-off faculty must be reinstated!
@psuaaup.bsky.social
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No sane person wants to "negotiate" for their healthcare.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
No sane person wants to "negotiate" for their healthcare.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
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When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
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Our students are just stunning. Their bravery and integrity put our leaders to shame.
Student organization coalition files amicus brief supporting lawsuit against Trump - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 1:02 a.m. A coalition of 25 student organizations filed an amicus brief Thursday in support of a lawsuit against President Donald Trump that alleged research funding su...
dailybruin.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our students are just stunning. Their bravery and integrity put our leaders to shame.
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"Last night’s debacle made clear that we can’t wait for our side’s top 'leaders' to start leading. Winning a better country requires a new leadership in the Democratic Party & in organized labor. Anything short of that is a recipe for continued disaster."
www.laborpolitics.com/p/democrats-...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Fight. Unions Let Them.
Millions of Americans could lose their health care because Democratic and union leaders refused to fight.
www.laborpolitics.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Last night’s debacle made clear that we can’t wait for our side’s top 'leaders' to start leading. Winning a better country requires a new leadership in the Democratic Party & in organized labor. Anything short of that is a recipe for continued disaster."
www.laborpolitics.com/p/democrats-...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/democrats-...
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Coming up next week! Join us as we talk to a faculty author, academic press editor, and a legal expert to unpack how to publish a scholarly book. Nov 18, 11 am Pacific time, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Coming up next week! Join us as we talk to a faculty author, academic press editor, and a legal expert to unpack how to publish a scholarly book. Nov 18, 11 am Pacific time, Zoom. RSVP: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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A new ruling in Authors Guild v. OpenAI has major implications for copyright law, well beyond artificial intelligence.
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. It was originally posted here, a…
www.authorsalliance.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A new ruling in Authors Guild v. OpenAI has major implications for copyright law, well beyond artificial intelligence.
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
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"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Hello fellow journalologists,
newsletter.journalology.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
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A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies. n.pr/47wPCJg
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big ups to our colleagues from UPTE for showing us how to fight… now it’s time for UC to bargain in good faith with AFSCME whos been fighting for affordability and a fair contract they deserve
Our tentative agreement is a major victory for UPTE members across the University of California system and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. #UC #ResetUCPriorities #LBNL #BerkeleyLab
Tentative agreement on UC contract reached—UPTE strike canceled! — UPTE-CWA 9119
UPTE and the University of California have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) after the mediator brought us back into communications following days of mediation. This is a major victory for UP...
upte.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
big ups to our colleagues from UPTE for showing us how to fight… now it’s time for UC to bargain in good faith with AFSCME whos been fighting for affordability and a fair contract they deserve
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Tell UCOP and the Regents Not to Negotiate! Sign the action now: cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-an... @uc-faculty.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tell UCOP and the Regents Not to Negotiate! Sign the action now: cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-an... @uc-faculty.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social
insane shit
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
insane shit
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People are not taking the proposal of significant cuts to Chicago Public Library quietly. This is DEEPLY unpopular, and it needs to be fixed in the budget.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...
Librarians, Aldermen Push Back Against Proposed Library Cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2026 budget calls for eliminating some vacant library positions and halving the agency's collections budget from $10 million to $5 million.
blockclubchicago.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
People are not taking the proposal of significant cuts to Chicago Public Library quietly. This is DEEPLY unpopular, and it needs to be fixed in the budget.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...
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For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone.
@cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us.
www.cft.org/resolution/e...
@cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us.
www.cft.org/resolution/e...
Education Technology Companies and AFT/CFT
Education Technology Companies and AFT/CFT
Submitted by the Labor and Climate Justice Education Committee and the Higher ...
www.cft.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone.
@cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us.
www.cft.org/resolution/e...
@cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us.
www.cft.org/resolution/e...