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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 3d

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d

As universities embrace AI, corporate influence on research, governance and values is growing.

What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?

Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Higher education’s embrace of AI reveals deeper trends in institutional priorities − and what’s at risk.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 3d

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

Joining the ranks of media capitulation and cowardice is the Illinois Press Association. Under CEO Don Craven, the group joined a lawsuit against ICE’s attacks on the local press and protesters in the Chicago area. But his board ordered him to withdraw from the suit, and he resigned. 1/2

Illinois Press Association CEO Resigns After Dispute Over ICE Lawsuit

The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a ...

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 4d

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4d

New research reminds us that few diseases stem from a single gene.

Understanding the interplay of many variants could unlock truly personalized care.

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1 gene, 1 disease no more – acknowledging the full complexity of genetics could improve and personalize medicine

Your DNA contains millions of genetic variants that interact with each other in ways that affect whether diseases such as schizophrenia and heart disease develop, and with what severity.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 4d

Look at that. She could be a perfect Marvel super villain. Unfortunately, she is real.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 4d

They did the same damn thing in Chicago when they tear-gassed peaceful protesters.

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

".. In 2026, the trade slowdown will arrive 'as the global economy cools and as the full impact of higher tariffs is finally felt for a full year,' the WTO said."

@bloomberg.com
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WTO Sees Full Drag of Trump Tariffs Hitting Trade Growth in 2026

The growth of global goods trade is expected to slow sharply next year after a surprisingly resilient first half of 2025, reflecting a delayed drag on international commerce from US President Donald T...

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

MAGA will reap what they sow

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. Lower population growth as the president presses ahead with mass deportations will knock between 0.5 and one percentage points off America’s GDP growth between mid-2025 and mid-2026, according to S&P Global Ratings.”

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Beyond not believing that ten cars rammed them, no rational person believed that was even spatially possible on a Chicago street. It makes no sense!

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 5d

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5d

A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
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A Compact for Control (opinion)

No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

www.insidehighered.com

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 5d

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 5d

Texas, Kentucky and Oklahoma have all announced plans to end in-state tuition for students living in the U.S. without legal status.

408,000 undocumented immigrants are enrolled in colleges and universities, about 2% of the entire college population.

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A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students

While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 6d

Picture describes the difference between himmler and goebbels, Hitler’s right hand enablers in Nazi Germany

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 8d

Check to see if you’re on the list. I found a book my father wrote and will file a claim on behalf of his estate. He worked years on the book.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8d

Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:

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Submit a Claim

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 8d

Please read. Kelly Hayes is arguably one of the best organizers this country has. She was at Broadview as Kristi Noem and federal and state players attacked cooperative protesters with no provocation, all for the photo op. The atrocious attacks on the people of Chicago and democracy must stop.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 8d

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

A big victory for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s defense team.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al.

He has ordered discovery on the question.
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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 8d

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

The Trump admin has now stripped TPS from over a million people. Within the next year, the remaining 300,000 who still have it may lose it (except maybe for Ukrainians).

Salvadoran TPS holders have been working legally for 20+ years. Whole families will be thrown into poverty.

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 9d

So good. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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Opinion | Mourn, or Else

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 9d

Yes. Exactly

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 9d

I noticed several helicopters yesterday afternoon when I was driving from Hyde Park on Lake Shore Drive going north. I wondered if it was ICE.

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 10d

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 10d

Horrifying dehumanization

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

“.. It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

@chicago.suntimes.com
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Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 12d

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12d

The day before Jan 6, the 10 living Secretaries of Defense wrote about the danger of politicizing the military. Their words are essential rereading today. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...