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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 21m

If you haven't noticed, the Republicans don't care and the Democrats don't act

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 31m

The American opposition has been astoundingly quiet. I suspect that if the union of French second level school librarians was to organize opposition it would be far more effective than this

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 34m

In business and management the UTD24, a list of 24 journals that somewhere along the way the University of Texas at Dallas put out, is seen as the most gold standard.
Honestly, when academia put US academia on the altar it was a grave grave mistake.

Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 8h

"Faculty members are uncertain whether discussing scientifically-accepted concepts in their disciplines, such as biological intersex conditions, historical gender systems in various cultures, or legal frameworks governing sex discrimination, could result in termination." #TXHigherEd #AcademicBluesky

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 8h

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 35m

The currency issue is the impossible trilemma.
This has been explained to Scottish politicians for decades but they are unable to come up with a coherent plan to explain this to the voters

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 37m

Yes.
Did you expect anything else? Many are quite happy with this. Others are absolutely precarious and will not put their head above the parapet.
Most university leaders are a politicians and well...

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah maybe. But you've got to get that whole we're independent thing going. I mean we did it. 100 years ago. Take your time.

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1h

And the opposition is doing what? Is it thoughts and prayers? Because that worked so well for school violence

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 12h

feds have been all over chicagoland today.

reports of people abducted from back of the yards, cicero, rogers park, hermosa, barrington, batavia, and bridgeview.

feds are out in force in aurora. not sharing video, but residents have likewise turned out in force—and they aren't happy.

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1h

Looking at the screaming mess of insanity that passes for UK politics, there is zero chance of the EU ever letting you guys within an asses roar of joining.

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1h

Which is wonderful. But it's going to have absolutely as much effect on stopping authoritarianism in the United States as thoughts and prayers did for stopping your epidemic of school violence. You need to think outside the box that you're in

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1h

The academics, of whom I am one, are absolutely not going to save America from itself.
There is no situation in history where the academics have done this. Most often their leaders, academics themselves, have jumped on board the fascist train

Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 8h

"Faculty members are uncertain whether discussing scientifically-accepted concepts in their disciplines, such as biological intersex conditions, historical gender systems in various cultures, or legal frameworks governing sex discrimination, could result in termination." #TXHigherEd #AcademicBluesky

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 8h

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...

AAUP-Texas Tech Pushes Back Against Campus Censorship

Below is a letter from the AAUP Chapter at Texas Tech University. The AAUP-TTU Chapter is part of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which is affiliated...

aaup-texas.org

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 12h

The UK .
Don't you recall the debate about breaking laws in a limited and specific way?

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 12h

feds have been all over chicagoland today.

reports of people abducted from back of the yards, cicero, rogers park, hermosa, barrington, batavia, and bridgeview.

feds are out in force in aurora. not sharing video, but residents have likewise turned out in force—and they aren't happy.

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 15h

It seems like they didn't bother to actually talk to any of the other parties the agreement.
This is English exceptionalism once more come up, to believe that if Johnny Foreigner doesn't like it he'll just have to lump it hey what

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 15h

UK is a country that said it was going to set out to deliberately and specifically break international law for its own domestic political party political ambitions. And you think that makes you a trustworthy partner ever again?

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 17h

Bluesky folk.
Of what popular TV series have you never seen a single episode nor have any desire to?
For me, it's The Traitors....

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1d

I love the idea that they're a great fan of performing theater and never heard of Godot

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1d

And in absolutely none of them didn't make the slightest difference to the actions of ICE

The Americans are not going to get out of this by dance parties, dressing up as Mr blobby, or ringing church bells

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1d

Brava

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 1d

Can you? Looking from the outside it seems your opposition is fragmented, vacillating, milquetoast, ineffective, and fighting the 2015 war. Given the USA response to school massacres is "thoughts and prayers", don't hold your breath on change.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 2d

So another day and more brown folks getting abducted off the streets of the USA by masked and in many cases unmarked and unidentifiable men.
And Americans....do nothing. Nothing effective. I'm sure there are lots of thoughts and prayers which work so well to stop school shootings...
#ice

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 2d

Barf

Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to be corrected. God that was a long time ago...
I was working in the department of health and latterly the central bank

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 2d

Correct there used to be in Talbot Street I believe. I recall eating there. They had a salad bar.

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Brian Lucey @brianmlucey.bsky.social · 2d

Now do Trench Crusade ..... 😱