Chris Newfield
@cnewf.bsky.social
Psychic life of culture, green political economy, critical university studies, knowledge-power struggles, epistemic justice.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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BRB inviting all my friends over for drinks and insurance forms.
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
BRB inviting all my friends over for drinks and insurance forms.
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the OBR - the incompetent overloards of a destabilising fiscal rule regime
Extraordinary - Reuters newswire has published a load of detail on Rachel Reeves's budget and it's moving the markets - £26.1bn in tax rises by 2029-30; headroom against her fiscal rules more than doubled to £21.7bn.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
the OBR - the incompetent overloards of a destabilising fiscal rule regime
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GIVE US BACK OUR TRAINS, DAMNIT
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November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
GIVE US BACK OUR TRAINS, DAMNIT
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really good advice from @latimes.com @hiltzikm.bsky.social for the Unversity of California to be more like Michael Corleone in this one way: "my offer is nothing." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
really good advice from @latimes.com @hiltzikm.bsky.social for the Unversity of California to be more like Michael Corleone in this one way: "my offer is nothing." www.latimes.com/business/sto...
really good overview by Whitney Curry Wimbish of the Trump health cost crisis with examples of insane premium increases.“It’s kind of like this war,” Sam said, “on everyone.” prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect
The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
really good overview by Whitney Curry Wimbish of the Trump health cost crisis with examples of insane premium increases.“It’s kind of like this war,” Sam said, “on everyone.” prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
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My response as a college would to say, bring it on: it is time to start attacking executive order to the states or private entities that are not federal agencies, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u.... An executive order is an instruction to a federal agency.
Justice Dept. Sues California Over College Benefits for Undocumented Students
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My response as a college would to say, bring it on: it is time to start attacking executive order to the states or private entities that are not federal agencies, www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u.... An executive order is an instruction to a federal agency.
an update on the post below: on the 2 UCLA faculty resolutions--for restoration of shared budget governance and for IT transparency, the votes were 115 Approve, 1 Oppose and 104 Approve, 2 Oppose. It seems to quote Avery Gordon "the repression isn't working anymore."
I spoke at 4 US universities over 3 weeks, had a great time with everyone and learned a ton from people. The post theme is never not telling our story and never not acting on it. The weather was perfect in Bloomington, Indiana and so were the leaves. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/line...
Liner Note 42. Since Your Power is the Story Then Never Interrupt It
Indiana University on November 6, 2025 Critiquing universities is one thing and rebuilding them is another. Getting from the first to...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
an update on the post below: on the 2 UCLA faculty resolutions--for restoration of shared budget governance and for IT transparency, the votes were 115 Approve, 1 Oppose and 104 Approve, 2 Oppose. It seems to quote Avery Gordon "the repression isn't working anymore."
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We’ve talked about how we in the media normalize (even incentivize) aberrant behavior by public figures who make it their brand.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
When asked on Air Force One if there was anything "incriminating" in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger at the female reporter's face and said “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’ve talked about how we in the media normalize (even incentivize) aberrant behavior by public figures who make it their brand.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
Yeah whatever happened to this?
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yeah whatever happened to this?
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
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I refuse to believe politicians are forgetting how rancid MTG is. Sure we can have a big tent but we do not need to welcome someone like her. Please everyone get a fucking hold of yourselves.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I refuse to believe politicians are forgetting how rancid MTG is. Sure we can have a big tent but we do not need to welcome someone like her. Please everyone get a fucking hold of yourselves.
I spoke at 4 US universities over 3 weeks, had a great time with everyone and learned a ton from people. The post theme is never not telling our story and never not acting on it. The weather was perfect in Bloomington, Indiana and so were the leaves. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/line...
Liner Note 42. Since Your Power is the Story Then Never Interrupt It
Indiana University on November 6, 2025 Critiquing universities is one thing and rebuilding them is another. Getting from the first to...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I spoke at 4 US universities over 3 weeks, had a great time with everyone and learned a ton from people. The post theme is never not telling our story and never not acting on it. The weather was perfect in Bloomington, Indiana and so were the leaves. utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/line...
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NEW: Both Pro-Life Wisconsin and Planned Parenthood have registered in support of a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for new low-income moms.
Despite the bipartisan unity, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.”
Despite the bipartisan unity, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.”
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Both Pro-Life Wisconsin and Planned Parenthood have registered in support of a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for new low-income moms.
Despite the bipartisan unity, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.”
Despite the bipartisan unity, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.”
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Ky. Professor ‘Reassigned’ After Call for War on Israel Sues
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Ky. Professor “Reassigned” After Call for War on Israel Sues
The University of Kentucky law professor who was removed from teaching amid his calls for a global war on Israel to end its existence as a state is now suing his institution and the U.S. education sec...
www.insidehighered.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ky. Professor ‘Reassigned’ After Call for War on Israel Sues
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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My employer has announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. By the standards of what’s happening elsewhere in the UK it’s really not that bad…
But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.
But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My employer has announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. By the standards of what’s happening elsewhere in the UK it’s really not that bad…
But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.
But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
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Get ready for Trump to tell SCOTUS that murdering Epstein was part of his official duties as president, and them saying "sounds good"
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Get ready for Trump to tell SCOTUS that murdering Epstein was part of his official duties as president, and them saying "sounds good"