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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 7d

UVA Faculty Senate with a clear statement of values: facultysenate.virginia.edu/resolution-o...

Resolution Opposing the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" | Faculty Senate, U.Va.

facultysenate.virginia.edu

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 6d

There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.

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Adrienne Wood @adriennewood.bsky.social · 5d

Over 400 faculty and staff from the #uva College of Arts and Sciences convened for an emergency vote. 97% of eligible voters endorsed a resolution demanding President Mahoney refuse to consider the Trump admin's Compact for Academic Freedom!!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 7d

Today’s the first day of Banned Books Week! Take a look at the thread and see if there’s something you can do to protect our freedom to read!

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 13d

Banned Books Week starts on Sunday, October 5—there are a ton of ways to support!

Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...

(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)

A graphic that reads BANNED BOOKS WEEK, Oct 5 - 11, 2025.

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. ala.org/bbooks

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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 6d

This is the way. Phenomenal.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“President Trump’s cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, those suffering the most are women and girls — and that will leave all of us, including men and boys, worse off,” @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl

In Uganda, desperation has eroded the social fabric and left women particularly vulnerable.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 17d

I wish people cared about the first amendment rights of authors and artists who are getting their works banned in schools and libraries across the USA as much as they care about the rights of white male comedians to be on national TV

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · 18d

I saw Goody Smith talking to a Chinese international student at the old wishing well.

www.wgbh.org/news/educati...

Local colleges targeted amid growing campus culture wars

National media and conservative groups are seeking syllabi and student information from public colleges; professors say they feel targeted and harassed.

www.wgbh.org

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is the state of higher education under fascist authoritarianism.

#UnderHisEye

www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

The Gentleman of the Rings

J. R. Pyle-Carter @jrpylecarter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

Becky

Cindy Creature Feature Phan 💀 @cindyphanauthor.com · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

Expectations

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · Sep 7

We told you. Hell, they told you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 7

Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.

Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.

Textbook corporate greed.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 7

None of what's happening at the US Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is surprising. I don't know what those 52 Republican senators who confirmed RFK Jr. were thinking, but this is on them.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Nov 14

We’re all gonna die of something from the 19th century.

Screenshot from a NY Times alert:

BREAKING NEWS
Donald Trump will nominate Robert
F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · Sep 7

Doctors I trust more than RFK Junior...

A collage featuring Starfleet doctors. In order:
Dr. McCoy (original series).
Dr. Crusher (The Next Generation)
The Doctor (Voyager)
Dr. Phlox (Enterprise)
Dr. Bashir (Deep Space None)
Dr. Culver (Discovery)

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Sep 7

I agree with Ezra Klein--this is not normal because this is fascist authoritarianism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 24

Happy to announce that @cubouldercha.bsky.social will be hosting @tenuredradical.bsky.social in Spring 2026 as the annual Cox Family Process speaker, where she will talk about her book "Political Junkie" and Dr Potter also has a podcast--check it out:

youtu.be/MH6IUlwXGsM?...

Just Say No To Bathroom Politics

YouTube video by Political Junkie Substack

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Aug 24

What ICE is doing right now is historically illegal, immoral, and inhumane.
If you voted for Donald Trump and you don’t support it, you cannot remain silent or your regret is cowardly and useless.
If you do support it, your humanity is busted.

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Carolina Way used to mean something far different from repressing art and dissent and protesting of genocide. Yet here we are. @uncchapelhill.bsky.social

#HarkTheSound
#UnderHisEye
#ComplianceWillNotSaveYou

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

Administration orders Palestinian resilience mural to be boarded up overnight, no prior warning given

"To see the mural erased, covered up — it felt like a violation," Professor Hồng-An Trương, whose students worked with community members to create mural, said.

www.dailytarheel.com

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm not sure where this originated but I absolutely do not have confidence in the federal administration because I believe we are experiencing fascist authoritarianism in the US

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 22

I just published a piece about Vincent Chin and the new street sign in Detroit in @us.theconversation.com. His death reminds me that people will come together from different identities to protest injustice. We need this reminder now more than ever.

theconversation.com/a-detroit-st...

A Detroit street is named in honor of Vincent Chin – his death mobilized Asian American activists nationwide

In 1982, the brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and led to changes in the legal system.

theconversation.com

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 21

First @cubouldercha.bsky.social newsletter of the 2025-26 academic year is out

view.com.cu.edu?qs=2b42c8091...

Dear CU Boulder Community & Supporters of the CHA,

view.com.cu.edu

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 19

It'd be interesting to know if anyone would be fired or jailed for putting up a flag that said "Make America Great Again" -- my guess is that there's a serious double standard at play because there is a serious double standard at play in the US government right now.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

Yosemite Biologist Who Hung Trans Pride Flag From El Capitan Is Fired

www.nytimes.com

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 19

they've rejected candidates for not being white enough--they only want people of "strict European heritage" so likely you have to look like white Jesus.

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yeah that sounds on brand for a lot of white supremacists. They want the culture of other people, just not the people themselves

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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · Aug 19

And apparently you also have to be straight. Because, you know in the master race there aren't any queer people apparently 🤦