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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 20h

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

This may be the non-member price. These things are confusing.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost the inverse. The bigger the imposter, the bigger the job.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, this is ridiculous. If you have an Audible membership, More Than Words is 99 cents. You can't get anything for 99 cents these days. www.amazon.com/More-than-Wo...

More than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

Amazon.com: More than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI (Audible Audio Edition): John Warner, Eric Jason Martin, Blackstone Publishing: Books

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

I will probably never see these people again and they will forget about me within a few hours!

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

How did the dopiest people become in charge of so many things?

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

You stole this out of my brain. There's just far too much to say and only one chance to say it.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 1d

When the margin of the value produced by labor which capital claims as their right and privilege is "all of it," we are no longer in capitalism.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 2d

The Bari Weiss method for "success," explained.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The eyes of an insincere grifter, in tortoise shell glasses

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. How do you combat a belief that it's okay to put someone who doesn't know how to do the job in charge? I mean, look at the president. I can't forget a 2016 post-election survey where 20% of the people who said Trump wasn't qualified, voted for him anyway!

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 3d

Calling The Free Press a "news organization" is itself a bit of a stretch. They publish very little news relative to the reams and reams of opinion and think pieces that they primarily traffic in. When they do attempt news, the impact is negligible.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 3d

The said truth about what's happening at Clemson and elsewhere is that as correct as these appeals to academic freedom and free speech are, the fact is that university boards, leadership and state level politicians do just want to shut faculty (and students) up. www.chronicle.com/article/who-...

Opinion | Who Will Clemson Censor Next?

We no longer know what speech will be tolerated or punished. The result: self-censoring and silence.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 3d

I know this isn't the most important thought, but I always wonder how people can step into these jobs knowing they have no idea how to do them, but believing they'll succeed anyway. I think it means they don't think a job is the actual work so much as an appearance of working and they may be right.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

JUST IN: CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

Bari Weiss joins CBS with a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 3d

Sidelining marginalized groups/causes for electoral purposes is morally bad, as Ta-Nehisi Coates argued so well recently. @anatosaurus.bsky.social is making an important case---that strategy's electoral benefits are often limited or non-existent. A must-read. www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 5d

The fact that Democrats have a 10 point advantage over the GOP in Virginia on education shows just how wrong the national party/pundit takes on this issue have turned out to be. Virginia, of course, is where the narrative about the electoral power of school culture wars began

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 5d

✴️When we say What Starts Here Changes The World, this is not what we should mean!

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 7d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 5d

Any deal Harvard signs with Trump, no matter how favorable, is the end of considering them an independent entity operating in the traditions of higher education. The fact that Trump's billionaire buddy is the go-between is just an extra gross layer of crap on top. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight

www.nytimes.com

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 6d

Just say no to digital necromancy. We have something much better from our important leaders from history, their actual speeches and writings, which can be discussed and debated. This is a tragic dumbing down. engagededucation.substack.com/p/just-say-n...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 7d

It does seem part and parcel with the broader program to punish blue states, though I'm not sure this will necessarily result in improvements for red states so much as less damage overall.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 7d

Don't sleep on Vanderbilt and Wash U. as contenders for the most favored institution of the regime. They've already clearly signaled a willingness to abandon their own dignity. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Chancellors Playing Footsie With Authoritarianism

But some people seem willing to give it away for a competitive advantage.

www.insidehighered.com

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 7d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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