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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5h

Brown is out! They had to do more dancing in their letter because they previously capitulated and needed to reference their previous agreement but, at its core, this reiterates MIT's letter.

The clock is now on for all other institutions.

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 1d

Oyster crackers are holding strong which is a sometimes-acceptable dupe?

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 1d

This is jaw dropping in a year of unprecedented events even

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 1d

I’m crushed by this. 51 is too young.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 2d

I've just been introduced to my university's new "Faculty Misconduct Sanction Ladder Matrix," and let me tell you, things are going GREAT in higher education right now.

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 2d

Philip Guston, Head, 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135037

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Event! Online talk, all welcome, organised by @curiousminds.org.uk
Is Culture Still Bad For You? with @markrt.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social & me 23rd October 2-4pm, sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-culture...

Is Culture Still Bad For You?

The authors of Culture is Bad For You return with new evidence on who benefits and who is still shut out.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

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...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 5d

It’s “all your nails break” day over here. Where’d the moisture go?!?!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 5d

congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5d

Photo of Kendrick Lamar during the superbowl halftime show.

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Charmaine Chua @charmainechua.bsky.social · 6d

The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently running an event featuring about the UC’s release of 160 names of faculty, staff and students to the Trump administration’s OCR. Three lawyers - Catherine E. Lhamon, Brian Soucek, and Asli Bali will speak. I’ll be live-tweeting key moments.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ Last week, a group of Columbia professors — most of them Jewish — took a stand. Risking reprisal, they publicly rejected the university’s recent incorporation of a controversial definition of antisemitism. Their statements, excerpted here, can be read in full at cu-standsup.org/events/free-....

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 7d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Matthew Salganik @msalganik.bsky.social · 7d

Dept of Social & Political Sciences at Bocconi Univ in Milan is advertising for an open-rank position in sociology. They are excited about computational social science.
Assistant Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=841
Associate/Full Prof: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?id=843

Job Market - Bocconi University

Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts

jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 7d

I have never in my life seen a bank manager make absolutely zero effort to keep a client but that’s different now thanks to Santander bank.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 7d

An underreported part of US campus repression post-2023 was the pivot to making “[IDF] military veteran” a protected class coterminous with “[pro-occupation Israeli/Jew]”. Students protesting the Gaza war were charged with *discrimination based on veteran status*. migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 9d

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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