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"Banding together to fight Indigenous nations without help from distant England forced the colonies to forge a new, unified identity. At the end of the war to celebrate their victory, the Governor ... declared a Day of Thanksgiving."
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The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong
Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Banding together to fight Indigenous nations without help from distant England forced the colonies to forge a new, unified identity. At the end of the war to celebrate their victory, the Governor ... declared a Day of Thanksgiving."
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This is a powerful, insightful, and sad piece. I strongly recommend reading it.
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
We Have Talked Enough About Ourselves • EQUATOR
How the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide
www.equator.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is a powerful, insightful, and sad piece. I strongly recommend reading it.
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
www.equator.org/articles/we-...
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To God we belong and to Him we return. Imam Jamil Al-Amin was a hero of the civil rights movement and a victim of injustice who passed away in a prison, jailed for a crime he did not commit. www.cair.com/press_releas....
CAIR, CAIR-Georgia Extend Condolences After Imam Jamil Al-Amin Passes Away in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group calls on Fulton County DA to vacate conviction for the crime Otis Jackson has admitted committing
The Georgia chapter and national headquarters of the Council...
www.cair.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
To God we belong and to Him we return. Imam Jamil Al-Amin was a hero of the civil rights movement and a victim of injustice who passed away in a prison, jailed for a crime he did not commit. www.cair.com/press_releas....
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Good morning to everyone except for the Meta executives who were aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites, knew Instagram was letting adult strangers connect with teenagers, aggressively targeted young users, & then "lied to Congress" about it!
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good morning to everyone except for the Meta executives who were aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites, knew Instagram was letting adult strangers connect with teenagers, aggressively targeted young users, & then "lied to Congress" about it!
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There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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 2:28 AM
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
A shout out to all academic workers and students - from the UC to my comrade colleagues at The New School - fighting destruction of higher education against Trumpian fascism and craven administrators. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u... @theintercept.com
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
theintercept.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
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“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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almost everything about how our technological landscape is designed and described is intended to prevent our understanding it
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
almost everything about how our technological landscape is designed and described is intended to prevent our understanding it
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The Republican Party is a Nazi-allied party.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Republican Party is a Nazi-allied party.
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Israel continues to block aid and materials into Gaza for shelters, thus purposefully denying conditions necessary for life as winter comes on. They are continuing the genocide in full view of the world.
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Israel continues to block aid and materials into Gaza for shelters, thus purposefully denying conditions necessary for life as winter comes on. They are continuing the genocide in full view of the world.
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary school teacher combined.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary school teacher combined.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Alright I'll list out what I've read and been reading in case anyone is interested. Given that I serve as Chair of the Faculty Budget Committee I started with that side of the ledger so: Dean Smith, University Finances and How University Budgets Work. Pretty dry, but very important. 1/
Alright let me try this ask again: what should I read about how higher ed works to continue my learning?
Trying to build up knowledge and maybe start a discussion group (locally? online?) for academics working in the field, but don't research higher ed. Read lots of Chris Newfield, lots of finance/budget books, other books from Hopkins on Critical University Studies. What else should I read/add?
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Alright I'll list out what I've read and been reading in case anyone is interested. Given that I serve as Chair of the Faculty Budget Committee I started with that side of the ledger so: Dean Smith, University Finances and How University Budgets Work. Pretty dry, but very important. 1/
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Judge Lin has granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s attempted extortion and academic coercion of the University of California. Incredible organizing and legal lift by union workers and faculty made this possible. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Preliminary Injunction – #91 in American Association of University Professors v. Trump (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-07864) – CourtListener.com
Preliminary Injunction
storage.courtlistener.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Judge Lin has granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s attempted extortion and academic coercion of the University of California. Incredible organizing and legal lift by union workers and faculty made this possible. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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every large institution and public sector organisation needs to do this
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
every large institution and public sector organisation needs to do this
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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“The criminalization of protest lays the groundwork for authoritarianism. Cardboard bugs and sidewalk chalk do not equate to a felony charge, nor do they warrant increased militarization.” www.dailycal.org/opinion/edit...
UCPD arrests over anti-TPUSA art installation dangerously criminalize student protests
The students’ arrest and subsequent jailing are a clear overreaction on the part of UCPD, dangerously criminalizing students’ right to protest.
www.dailycal.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“The criminalization of protest lays the groundwork for authoritarianism. Cardboard bugs and sidewalk chalk do not equate to a felony charge, nor do they warrant increased militarization.” www.dailycal.org/opinion/edit...
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“The sudden cancellation of the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program suggests that neither President Milliken nor Provost Newman have learned anything from recent events.” utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...
UC Management Makes a Mess of Academic Freedom and Some Other Stuff as Well
by Michael Meranze This week's election, combined with the success of faculty led lawsuits against the Trump Administration's efforts to sub...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The sudden cancellation of the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program suggests that neither President Milliken nor Provost Newman have learned anything from recent events.” utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/uc-m...