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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 8h

Sunrise coming. Time to rise up! Eh, @higheredlabor.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social ?

actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 9h

Time to stand together for higher ed.

www.standtogetherhighered.org/statement-on...

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 9h

Time to draw a line in the sand.

www.defendingourcampuses.org

Defending Our Campuses and Communities

The AFT and the AAUP are working with allies in higher education and the labor movement to defend and advance higher education that is accessible and affordable for all who want it, and to protect the...

www.defendingourcampuses.org

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 9h

Pssst…you can sign as “other,” too! I did!!

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 9h

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 9h

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an executive committee has ever saved you from yourself

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 1d

Really wish I could have watched the Jays beat the Yankees with my mom in Clinton instead of having it on beside me in my Syracuse-area hotel while I prepare for tomorrow’s SUNY University Senate Executive Committee meeting, but I have only past me to blame! Sounded like a dramatic game!!

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

Should I play this at the Enterprise?

youtu.be/1V_xRb0x9aw?...

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

Excuse me, gotta go listen to “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz (2001)

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 2d

Me, scrolling past this skeet without immediate context: ha ha yeah those anti-intellectual bastards

Me, seeing the actual news story about Tory plans to curb students from taking degrees like English: THOSE ANTI-INTELLECTUAL BASTARDS!

Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 2d

The Conservatives: “Tough on Books, Tough on the Causes of Books.”

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

The “Let’s Not Study English in England” Party, people!

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 2d

UK Tory Party Conference: Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch declares war on English degrees.
#literature #language #English #HigherEd #University

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2d

wrote a book about the B of E and the history of financial crises, so, obligatory:

"Faith in the AI boom has recently been rattled by research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

So tempted to pop over to Clinton from Syracuse tomorrow night to watch this guy pitch with my mom again!

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 7d

Signing off for the night (barnstorming tour kickoff bright and early tomorrow!), but gotta say it’s criminal how much fun my mom and I have been having with that Yankees pitcher’s last name

Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

Learned today from Fresh Air that Rod Serling was from Binghamton and I missed the Serlingfest there last month that celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth and 50th of his death! #TheMoreYouKnow

rodserling.com/serlingfest-...

SerlingFest 2025 ...TICKETS ON SALE NOW! - Rod Serling Memorial Foundation

Celebrating Rod Serling's 100th birthday by erecting and dedicating a statue an architect of Television's Golden Age in Recreation Park, Binghamton, New York, USA.

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 2d

The great convergence is coming and New York will lead the way! I kid you not!!

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 2d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 2d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 2d

(Re)Framing College Access by and with Communities of Color: Our Knowledge, Our Process, Our Choice is now available in paperback! Here's a fun video of coeditors
@drchrystalgm.bsky.social and Yedalis Ruíz Santana unboxing their copies! #happyauthors #ReadUP