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Jon Whooley

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Lecturer IR / Polic Sci SFSU and Adjunct at the Fall Program for Freshmen at UC. University of Florida alum. @SFGiants & @Warriors fan.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

What fucking country is this?!

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, @karaswisher.bsky.social Come get your guy please. We're good out here. Don't need any of that kind of help.

www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Marc Benioff says Trump should send National Guard to San Francisco

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that President Trump should deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to combat crime: “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it.”

www.sfchronicle.com

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 1d

Weekend reading. Highly recommend both.

Two books Slavery After Slavery(2025), Berry and Opening Doors(2024), Diner.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 1d

I did my PhD work at UofFlorida which for years worked to become an R1 school with a massive commitment to public Ed. The last twenty years has completely driven that into the ground. Somewhere along the line they lost faith in the possibility of providing high quality instruction/research.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 1d

Right, I guess my feeling is that they don't want our knowledge bc knowing the struggles universities and schools face would actually compel them to help. But having a rationale to disengage is much more appealing to some portion of our peers. Ignorance and inaction is preferable for them.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 1d

My wife is an elementary school teacher for the last 15 years. I've been teaching at the college level about the same amount. I was recently told by family that they wouldn't "kowtow" to our experience when it came to their knowledge about what was 'wrong' with schools. They knew better.

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Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 JOBS!!! 🚨

2 lots of jobs advertised in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra

2.5 FTE positions in War Studies related disciplines - external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

1 FTE in Indo-Pacific Studies - external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

Lecturers/Senior Lecturers, Humanities & Social Sciences

Join our internationally recognised team of academics and share your knowledge in a humanities discipline relevant to the study of warfare. We have full and part-time teaching opportunities on offer.

external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au

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Anguirus Is A Monster @anguirus.bsky.social · 3d

Reagan was a despot and war criminal but his TV-induced fear of nuclear weapons inspired him to meaningfully progress toward disarmament & de-escalation between the superpowers

You can’t just say it’s impossible for good things to happen in a world with bad rulers, hurts you more than it hurts them

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Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 11d

Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 11d

This is being tacked out hurriedly by an animate money bag with hands. Perspiration dotting its canvas brow....

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 12d

www.csis.org/analysis/lef... This report is framed irresponsibly and distorts the reality of extremist violence. The header is that left-wing terror is on the rise, and of course that will be the bite-sized takeaway. (1)

Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us

The Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program examines the state of political violence, finding left-wing violence has risen in the last decade but from very low levels and still well below hi...

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Ever Josue Figueroa, Ph.D. @everfigueroa.bsky.social · 23d

My department at CU Boulder is hiring BOTH an Assistant Professor of Journalism AND an Associate/Full Professor of Journalism Studies. I am on the search committee for the Associate job. Happy to answer questions or direct you to the right people. Links in this thread.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15d

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:
"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation."

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 23d

"We could write legislation clarifying this easily ... But we've never been able to get it done."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 26d

NEW: After the @northdakotamonitor.com and ProPublica reported on how oil companies take millions in royalties from mineral owners, more than a half-dozen lawmakers are now proposing a committee to study the issue and suggest solutions.

“Something has to be done,” one legislator said.

Some North Dakota Lawmakers Say Change Is Needed to Protect Oil and Gas Royalty Owners

For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.

www.propublica.org

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John Farrell @johnffarrell.bsky.social · 23d

I love this quarterly chart we put out showing the big impact of small solar in meeting rising electricity demand. Go #solar!

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The Economist @economist.com · 23d

Analysts now think solar investment will rebound in America. There are two explanations as to why

Despite presidential animus, America’s solar industry is buzzing

And investment is on the rise

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 23d

India has broken my graph.
30 GW of renewables added so far this year, ahead of 28.6 GW for all of 2024.
robbieandrew.github.io/india

Graph showing: Annual net additions of generation capacity in India

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23d

New Mexico, long at the bottom of state rankings for child well-being and educational outcomes, is on the verge of launching a first-in-the-nation free child care and preschool program.

The move would save families an average of $13,000 a year.

This state will be the first to offer free child care, regardless of income

New Mexico ranks last among all states on child well-being, but its Democratic governor has committed to be the first to offer free universal child care.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Last night, a judge ordered recently-released Palestinian activist and former @columbiasipa.bsky.social student Mahmoud Khalil deported

Tonight at 6 at Busboys and Poets, I’ll be the first to speak with Khalil since the ruling.

We will talk about Columbia, cancellation, and free speech.

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JoseyRider @joseyrider.bsky.social · 24d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23d

We're not shutting up.

Help us continue to hold the powerful accountable. Join us today with a gift of any amount: https://propub.li/4gaGTz3

Text: Those in power count on silence. Support journalism that speaks out. Donate by Sept. 19.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 27d

Kaiser Santa Rosa was giving them out yesterday. Got the whole family vaxxed.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 29d

The Orbanization of the media proceeds step by step. First it's CBS... www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...

According to @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social Bari Weiss would likely operate "as a senior news executive shaping the strategy and tone of its reporting," rather than a day-to-day newsroom boss at CBS.

Jon Whooley @drwhoo.bsky.social · 29d

He sure as hell God damned did!