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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 2h

I said the same thing about watching National Treasure 1 and 2.

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 14h

Somebody should also tell him that witches are also made of wood.

Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, how about them apples.

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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California Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 1d

CFA today filed a lawsuit against the CSU. We seek an order prohibiting the CSU from disclosing CFA members’ personal info in response to federal subpoenas without providing notice to workers and an opportunity for them to object. Read more in our press release:

www.calfac.org/cfa-sues-csu...

A truncated version of the press release available at the link

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson increasingly reminds me of William H Macy’s character in Fargo. Constantly making arguments/excuses with little effect or persuasion.

Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 2d

I like being quoted but don’t just quote me haphazardly. Quote me when I’m in the mood to be quoted.

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 4d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 5d

Doc?

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8d

YES

Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 8d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 8d

Rewatching Narcos. Just can’t stop thinking about Escobar in the age of social media.

Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 8d

Tommy Lee Jones still wore it better.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8d

This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 8d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 8d

"In a study published in The Lancet in September, UC Davis researchers surveyed over 9,300 people. They found that those who hold racist, xenophobic, and transphobic beliefs and negative attitudes toward gay people are more likely to support political violence and be inclined to commit lethal acts."

The Trace @thetrace.org · 8d

Two recent studies from the Centers for Violence Prevention at the University of California, Davis, aim to understand how political acts of violence are linked to certain beliefs and support of specific organizations. Their findings are striking.

Read more: thetr.ac/GUM7t

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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 9d

We (Western Carolina University) are hiring for an assistant professor in American politics (w/ focus on & willingness to teach the Presidency, & Congress). Review of applications begins Oct. 15.

jobs.wcu.edu/postings/31915

Good colleagues, good students, good views. Reach out w/ ?s.

#polisky

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 9d

I’m no Newsom fanboy, but figuring out how to change the incentives of institutions considering capitulation is one of the big tasks of our moment.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 9d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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California Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 9d

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has initiated an antisemitism complaint against the CSU system. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights also notified the CSU of alleged racial discrimination due to interactions with the PhD Project. www.calfac.org/csu-administ...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9d

The Compact says "Signatories commit... to transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas."

What does this mean for units teaching evolution, history, or climate change?
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

"Signatories commit themselves to revising governance structures as necessary to
create such an environment, including but not limited to transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas."

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 9d

Life outside the matrix is bleak

AI did this, they replied.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 9d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 10d

A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy

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Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social · 10d

📢 New paper w @mfroman.bsky.social and Ben Newman: Why do some conservative White Americans support abortion? It's not gender or religion. They want to slow the growth of disliked out-groups. bit.ly/4mFYYXd

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Jason Morín @jasonlmorin.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent Read:

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

www.nytimes.com

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