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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 5h

We're all going to feel silly when Harrison starts demanding on X that law courses be titled that way and thinks my piece is a great playbook.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 5h

You and me both, my friend.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 15h

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Scary Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 7h

I'm just glad I'm in the Fourth Circuit. I don't think I'd do this job (at a public law school) in the Fifth Circuit.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 8h

Joyful economic news.

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 9h

If by 2-3% raises every few years, sure.

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 10h

Still haunted by this:

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 16h

Oh my.

Smucker also has rights that date back to at least February 2024 in and to a mark
that consists of a round crustless sandwich representing a body, with a crescent shape
representing a mouth, and with eyes, eyebrows, arms, legs and shoes to identify sandwich
products as shown below:

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 10h

Just toying with your career on accident. What a bunch of dolts. #hhs #firings

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: HHS official says in a court filing:
"As a result of data discrepancies and processing errors, RIF notices were issued on October 10, 2025, to approximately 1,760 employees instead of to the 982 employees who were intended to receive RIF notices.” 1/3

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.

Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.

Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Massachusetts is standing strong. While many states across the country have restricted or even banned access to healthcare, Massachusetts has not backed down.

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Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · 10h

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f... via @statnews.com

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

www.statnews.com

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 11h

it's also a private market story. openai and anthropic are private companies, they have a lot of investors- including indirect retail investors, who invest through funding vehicles- but they don't have to make disclosures and if the bubble bursts, those investors will have a lot more trouble suing

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 11h

The effect: Harm to education in Texas and other red states.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 11h

Harrison knows what it takes to be qualified and what educational experiences matter given his time in government. "From dog breeder to COVID overlord."

#Satire

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Why would a former dog breeder help oversee a pandemic response?

Brian Harrison ran a dog-breeding business. Now he's reportedly helping lead the federal health department's response to the coronavirus crisis.

www.msnbc.com

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 11h

So, a Texas legislator is very proud to be destroying higher education there, and Universities are precomplying out of fear (even though they've violated no law).

cc: @aaup.org @utaustinaaup.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/14/b...

Harrison vs. higher ed: How one lawmaker is weaponizing social media to eradicate LGBTQ+ curriculum

State Rep. Brian Harrison has been on a crusade against Texas universities, scouring course catalogs and university websites for examples of “gender ideology” or LGBTQ+ curriculum, and riling up his X...

www.texastribune.org

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 12h

When I started my career as a professor of tax law, I didn't expect that one day I would spend any amount of time writing about the production of sugar beets in the United States.

But here we are.

The story of sugar in Utah is the story of sugar beets. Even today, more than half of the sugar produced in the United States comes from sugar beets, and sugar beets have represented a critical crop for American farmers. The roots of U.S. sugar beet production go back to the 1850s, but production did not begin in earnest until the 1870s. In 1870, Scientific American pointed out that increasing sugar beet production in the United States would “enormously increase the wealth of the country.” At the time, it pointed out, Americans consumed at least $75 million worth of sugar, and seven-eighths of American sugar was imported. If the U.S. were self-sufficient, it could keep an additional $66 million in the country.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, for both I and my sainted Italian mother are Christopher Columbus.

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 13h

a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

ALT: a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 13h

Very pleased to announce my list of most cited AI Law review authors.

Congratulations ChatGPT for dominating all human and nonhuman authors alike! Your prominent placements and citations show true scholarly impact!

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 13h

Senator Lee is perpetually on my Twitter feed.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 13h

"Do not mention that anti-fascists fought fascism. Our state legislators have a hard time understanding the difference between antifa, communism, and fascism, as the high school history courses in this state were destroyed 30 years ago."

There are at least 10 Utah lawmakers this could apply to.

Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 15h

What's it like Teaching Law in a Red State? Find out here in my latest in @abovethelaw.com

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Teaching Law In A Red State - Above the Law

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AAUP @aaup.org · 14h

“The university is under attack because gender studies is under attack, and if universities don’t stand up to this infringement on academic freedom now, it is not just gender studies that will be lost, but all free and open inquiry.”

— Laurie Essig, in a new post for AAUP’s Academe Blog

Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 17h

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/10/14/h...

@aaup.org

How the Trump Regime and the Media Killed Gender Studies

BY LAURIE ESSIG On Wednesday, October 1, the Department of Education sent nine universities a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The document asks universities to comply …

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 14h

Remember, this is protected speech on College Campuses, and, as with Amy Wax, I expect vigorous Free Speech defense and outrage.

Unlike when a professor is teaching a class but has woke but legal materials in it and everyone is all quiet about it.

#Satire

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Apr 24

What’s intellectual diversity among law faculty? I don’t think we have a Marxist. Should I find one? We don’t have a Carl Schmitt fan. Do we need one plus the Marxist? Can we have a liberal gay or must there also be an Alito devotee first? Must I ask who people voted for? Must I back bad historians?

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Above The Law @abovethelaw.com · 14h

Teaching Law In A Red State
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/10/teaching-law-in-a-red-state/

Teaching Law In A Red State

With your help, we can ensure the campus has vibrant and open discourse about subjects that do not matter to anyone.

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