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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 8h

Well, I mean..

www.salesforce.com/news/press-r...

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 8h

Turns out the guy who named his annual corporate conference DREAMFORCE is pretty into coercing people, huh

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 11h

“ “I didn’t want them to take her,” said the man, who didn’t want to be named because he fears he’ll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.”

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 11h

I am really struck by the phrase “the people of MIT”

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 12h

mood

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 14h

nice!

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 16h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 19h

In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!

The cover of "Empire Ablaze: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class," which features an image of an eighteenth-century building on fire, with small sailing boats visible on a river in the foreground.

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 19h

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 19h

“An even minimally well adjusted and liminally mature adult realizes at least on some level some of the time that prizes and fame and worldly success are transitory illusions, that all is vanity, that suffering is caused by desire, and so forth.”

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 19h

This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1917. The red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. Let's talk about sex work and how banning red light districts just made workers unsafe!

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 19h

“We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact

“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit.
Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute
was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.

• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available
to any American with an internet
connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly
10%.
• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.

These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific
funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that tree marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences.
Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the
U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people.
We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth
CC
Ms. May Mailman
Mr. Vincent Haley

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 22h

Public money isn’t only going to “special appearances”:
“Kids who collect the full set of cards will be entered to win prizes. Besides the grand prize of a Disney trip worth $6,000, prizes include stays at Great Wolf Lodge and the Kalahari Resort, bikes, a PlayStation 5, a Nintendo Switch 2 and more

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 22h

Chaser:
“There are 100 different cards — each depicting an officer, specialized unit, vehicle or the department’s mascot, Soar.
…

Several events will also feature “officers of the day,” offering limited opportunities to collect exclusive cards available at specific appearances.”

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 23h

Shot:

The Newark, Delaware is facing a large deficit again this year. City Council plans on raising taxes and public utility rates; the avg resident will pay $518 more.

A large part of the deficit is personnel costs - and the department w/ the largest headcount in the City is police.

Newark proposes tax, utility rate hikes; average resident would pay $518 more next year

Facing a tough budget outlook, Newark officials are proposing a mix of utility rate and tax increases that would result in the average resident owing the city an additional $518

www.newarkpostonline.com

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the singular indefinite article that’s got me stuck, honestly.

Not arrived at “the” Ritz; just “a”Ritz-Carlton. In Orlando. On a fed govt paid trip. “A” Ritz, one of presumably several.

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 1d

Not the point of the story, but the phrase “arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando” has really revealed to me something of the depth of how little I know about the world the awful 1% grifters who currently rule the US swim in.

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 1d

And it’s deep connection to anti Chinese xenophobia

Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most arch parody trailer I have ever seen, I cannot believe they got all these real famous actors to appear in a mock trailer for a duelling biopic about JAMES GARFIELD and CHARLES GUITEAU,that’s just wi-

[puts hand to earpiece]

Wait, that can’t be re-

Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

m.youtube.com

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Recently learned that if you are an AFT member—as, for example, members of the UC Faculty Association are, if we opt in to AAUP membership—you’re eligible for $6/mo professional legal insurance. Useful if, say, you’re in a dispute with your employer. www.aft.org/sites/defaul...

www.aft.org

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 1d

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 1d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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