The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

People think the first thing Gutenberg printed was the Bible. This is false. The first things he printed were a political prophecy, propaganda about the Turks’ threat to Christendom, & a popular school text. If you want a parallel to AI, that’s it: making $ from conspiracies, racism, & school slop.

Sorry but calling AUSA, the Army's largest Defense Industrial Base party of the year, a "professional development event" is beyond silly. Spend that money so soldiers can buy food instead.

My 2nd born recently had a send off for a friend from school for the same reason. High schoolers were not as easily tricked into a joyful tone. I don’t think they’ll ever forget that we (the collective we) allowed this cruelty

So Qatar gave Trump a $470 million jet, and now they're being invited to build an air base on U.S. soil? Nothing to see here - move along.
www.newsweek.com/qatar-gettin...

“The movie itself remains far more vital than the zonked character watching it,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes of ‘The Battle of Algiers,’ “still as exciting as any action picture ever made, though with significantly more moral and historic weight.” crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

Left-side of aircraft: “We’ve got spirit, yes we do!
We’ve got spirit, how ‘bout YOU?! …”

(Waits for right-side response)

Breaking news that I don't think anyone else had about the, uh, Department of Justice for some reason telling employees at the, uh, National Institutes of Health that they could not attend a major public health association's annual meeting.

Per one NIH source: "What the actual fuck?"

Turns out the scariest words in the english language are actually “i was from the government, and i used to help”

Why is Chicago a GREAT town for comics creators? Concordia University (IL) student reporter Eric Perry asked me and (separately) Jazz musician Joe Clark, who’s done some comics writing on the side. A great tribute to our community in this time of travail.

spectator.cuchicago.edu/7046/showcas...

So I dug deeper into why, with input from @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social @bbolander.bsky.social

Big big gratitude to them for sharing their awesome insights.

undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/why-do-we-st...

The notional stock price of my beloved National Guard continues to drop this week.

When the "Fox News-style" briefing videos they produce for Trump--since he won't read--become public, historians'll see all the fake shit Stephen Miller included. Trump literally thinks gangs have Arial "MS-13" captions with their tattoos. He'd probably deploy troops to Bikini Bottom if he saw this:

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

17 guardsmen died in what basically amounted to a private security service for rich West/South Texas patrons and he can still be re-elected until the heat death of the universe at this rate.

Not to be outdone, the secretary of housing and urban development will dress up like an apartment building.

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

"Veterans Lit" grows like a spider web, creeping into new genres & publishing opportunities ...

Follow a few veteran-owned & mil-friendly publishers:
- @tundraswanpress.bsky.social
- @cronegirlspress.bsky.social
- @middlewestpress.bsky.social
- @hogwashwriting.bsky.social

A STILT-MAN ZINE exists in the world?! "Things are really looking up!!!"

For those of us in higher education this company has snaked its way into our institutions—and this is the kind of care and thought they put into the risks of their products.
Do you imagine our students are safe with these people?

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