markpachucki
@markpachucki.bsky.social
Professor, UMass Amherst. Studying inequality in culture, networks, health. Focused on prevention, risk mitigation, and community. Often through food. The views expressed here are my own, and not my employer’s.
Also: it’s fairly common knowledge, and we already have documentation that the Genesis mission ended with not only the tragic death of Kirk’s son, but the need to reseat Spock‘s katra in his body after some fairly lengthy political and spiritual machinations. So, NOT A GREAT PLAN, White House.
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Science will be much more efficient without scientists.
Universities are being destroyed because we don't NEED them anymore.
Instead, all existing data will be fed to AI "agents" who will mine them to "test new hypotheses" and "generate scientific breakthroughs". 🤨🤢🤮
#academicsky #edusky 🟦🧠
Science will be much more efficient without scientists.
Universities are being destroyed because we don't NEED them anymore.
Instead, all existing data will be fed to AI "agents" who will mine them to "test new hypotheses" and "generate scientific breakthroughs". 🤨🤢🤮
#academicsky #edusky 🟦🧠
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Also: it’s fairly common knowledge, and we already have documentation that the Genesis mission ended with not only the tragic death of Kirk’s son, but the need to reseat Spock‘s katra in his body after some fairly lengthy political and spiritual machinations. So, NOT A GREAT PLAN, White House.
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Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
This is such an important initiative from @wearehighered.bsky.social and a great way to stand together and support one another, higher ed. #academicsky @standhighered.bsky.social
Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?
And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is such an important initiative from @wearehighered.bsky.social and a great way to stand together and support one another, higher ed. #academicsky @standhighered.bsky.social
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My take on the backlash to DEI/health equity in the health sciences in @nejm.org roundtable: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Pursuing Health Equity in the United States | NEJM
This video roundtable explores the distinction and relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and the pursuit of health equity, and the hurdles for improving health equity in...
www.nejm.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My take on the backlash to DEI/health equity in the health sciences in @nejm.org roundtable: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Alumni & allies, the federal government is trying to place the U. of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on 11/18-20: protect UC's independence & stand together with peer institutions. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
University of California: Reject the federal government's political control
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. M...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Alumni & allies, the federal government is trying to place the U. of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on 11/18-20: protect UC's independence & stand together with peer institutions. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
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ASA member Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) provides comment on Google's removal of its key career resource program for supporting women in tech.
‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech | CNN Business
Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ASA member Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) provides comment on Google's removal of its key career resource program for supporting women in tech.
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“We must be steadfast in opposition to extortion under the guise of dealmaking, and we must create alliances rooted in a common devotion to freedom of inquiry…We have rejected tyranny before, and we can do it again.” — Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com #HigherEd
What’s a College President to Do in the Trump Era?
Not going on bended knee to Washington would be a good start.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“We must be steadfast in opposition to extortion under the guise of dealmaking, and we must create alliances rooted in a common devotion to freedom of inquiry…We have rejected tyranny before, and we can do it again.” — Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com #HigherEd
Thanks for your eloquence & clarity, @himself.bsky.social ! @standhighered.bsky.social is listening. Join us for a training to equip faculty/staff with practical tools to tell your stories and amplify the value of higher ed in public life. 10/29 @ 2p. Register: www.standtogetherhighered.org#reclaim
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thanks for your eloquence & clarity, @himself.bsky.social ! @standhighered.bsky.social is listening. Join us for a training to equip faculty/staff with practical tools to tell your stories and amplify the value of higher ed in public life. 10/29 @ 2p. Register: www.standtogetherhighered.org#reclaim
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#academicsky @academicsky.org . Do Feminist Scholars Still Have Academic Freedom? | Psychology Today The answer is NO, not in America today....
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
Do Feminist Scholars Still Have Academic Freedom?
Personal Perspective: Gender matters for teaching about families, workplaces, and even children's literature, but when social science is censored, where does that leave students?
www.psychologytoday.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#academicsky @academicsky.org . Do Feminist Scholars Still Have Academic Freedom? | Psychology Today The answer is NO, not in America today....
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
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It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
How about it, @massgovernor.bsky.social? Let’s stand with California on this for the future of higher ed. @standhighered.bsky.social
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How about it, @massgovernor.bsky.social? Let’s stand with California on this for the future of higher ed. @standhighered.bsky.social
@standhighered.bsky.social The administration's 'Compact' is one route to Mutually Assured Destruction in higher ed. But there's another route - which is for faculty and staff to stand together with one another to resist this egregious incursion on academic freedom.
We are organizing to resist The Compact. Faculty and staff at all US higher ed institutions: stand with us. It's free. www.standtogetherhighered.org #academicsky #highered www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@standhighered.bsky.social The administration's 'Compact' is one route to Mutually Assured Destruction in higher ed. But there's another route - which is for faculty and staff to stand together with one another to resist this egregious incursion on academic freedom.
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The #SocialNetworks special issue on duality, honoring the path-breaking concept by R. Breiger is now online.
It features an impressive ten contributions by world-class scholars, show-casing the power and wide applicability of the concept. 1/2
It features an impressive ten contributions by world-class scholars, show-casing the power and wide applicability of the concept. 1/2
Social Networks | Duality in social networks: Current perspectives | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
For this special issue of Social Networks we aim to continue to expand the space of theoretical, methodological, and empirical possibilities afforded by duality principles
www.sciencedirect.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The #SocialNetworks special issue on duality, honoring the path-breaking concept by R. Breiger is now online.
It features an impressive ten contributions by world-class scholars, show-casing the power and wide applicability of the concept. 1/2
It features an impressive ten contributions by world-class scholars, show-casing the power and wide applicability of the concept. 1/2
Systems science is key to identifying/mitigating discrimination in food systems. Fantastic work led by the brilliant @trmoore.bsky.social w/D. Krobath, Y. Chang Chusan, U. Sanga, @patrickwebb.bsky.social, A. Cuevas, H. Roland, B. Grant, C. Economos, V. Nicholson, S. Kumanyika. rdcu.be/eGoGc
Systems science methods reveal and address links between discrimination and health disparities in US food systems
Nature Food - Discriminatory practices are well documented and deeply rooted in food systems. Systems science methods such as social network analysis, system dynamics modelling and agent-based...
rdcu.be
September 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Systems science is key to identifying/mitigating discrimination in food systems. Fantastic work led by the brilliant @trmoore.bsky.social w/D. Krobath, Y. Chang Chusan, U. Sanga, @patrickwebb.bsky.social, A. Cuevas, H. Roland, B. Grant, C. Economos, V. Nicholson, S. Kumanyika. rdcu.be/eGoGc
“Some faculty, student and alumni groups, however, have begun to stand up and make their voices heard.” Yes we have. Stand with us; we commit to educating for freedom. Thank you, Michael S. Roth. @standhighered.bsky.social
Opinion | Education as Freedom
As a new academic year begins, Michael S. Roth writes that colleges must redouble their commitment to educating for freedom—including freedom from governmental intrusion. https://bit.ly/4mfneiG
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
As a new academic year begins, Michael S. Roth writes that colleges must redouble their commitment to educating for freedom—including freedom from governmental intrusion. https://bit.ly/4mfneiG
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
September 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Some faculty, student and alumni groups, however, have begun to stand up and make their voices heard.” Yes we have. Stand with us; we commit to educating for freedom. Thank you, Michael S. Roth. @standhighered.bsky.social
@lastweektonight.com“if this administration’s actions have taught us one thing so far, it’s that no capitulation will be enough...I’d argue that to the extent they can, these institutions need to stop yielding, stand firm, and fight back.” Stand with [email protected] tinyurl.com/49vjwkde
Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
@lastweektonight.com“if this administration’s actions have taught us one thing so far, it’s that no capitulation will be enough...I’d argue that to the extent they can, these institutions need to stop yielding, stand firm, and fight back.” Stand with [email protected] tinyurl.com/49vjwkde
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@pennstateuniv.bsky.social Thanks to the Democracy Works team at Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy for highlighting our movement at Stand Together for Higher Ed www.democracyworkspodcast.com/episodes/kat... Join us at standtogetherhighered.org
Democracy Works
www.democracyworkspodcast.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@pennstateuniv.bsky.social Thanks to the Democracy Works team at Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy for highlighting our movement at Stand Together for Higher Ed www.democracyworkspodcast.com/episodes/kat... Join us at standtogetherhighered.org
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Stand Together for Higher Ed is in the news! Mike Nietzel reports on our work in his Forbes higher ed column. Please repost, and if you are higher ed faculty and staff, please join Stand Together for Higher Ed! #academicsky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
A Grass-Roots Faculty Effort To Advance Higher Education Takes Shape
As college faculty see their role in university decision-making eroded, a new grass-roots organization is taking shape, providing a platform for a stronger faculty voice.
www.forbes.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stand Together for Higher Ed is in the news! Mike Nietzel reports on our work in his Forbes higher ed column. Please repost, and if you are higher ed faculty and staff, please join Stand Together for Higher Ed! #academicsky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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I have an op-ed at @inquirer.com today.
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Amid Trump’s attacks on higher ed, professors need to keep standing up for our democracy | Opinion
Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.
www.inquirer.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have an op-ed at @inquirer.com today.
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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@arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.
@arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.
OK, #academicsky. It's time to act. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed, a movement of US #highered faculty and staff to defend our research, academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and our people. standtogether.org
www.chronicle.com/article/an-o...
www.chronicle.com/article/an-o...
The Only Hope Is Total and Unrelenting Resistance
Every university must join together to stop Trump, urges Arne Duncan.
www.chronicle.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thanks
@arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.
@arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.
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The title is silly. The reformist vs resistance frame is oversimplified. But this piece brings to light higher-ed leadership's collective action problem. Institutions acting individually or in splinter groups can't address threats that require coordinated response www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Elite University Presidents Who Despise One Another
Inside the civil war between the Ivy League and the South
www.theatlantic.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The title is silly. The reformist vs resistance frame is oversimplified. But this piece brings to light higher-ed leadership's collective action problem. Institutions acting individually or in splinter groups can't address threats that require coordinated response www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The federal government’s $1B demand is an attack on @UCLA and its mission to serve the public good and higher education. #StandUpForUC here: bit.ly/standuc. But make no mistake - this goes beyond UC/publics - it affects ALL higher ed! We need to @standhighered.bsky.social. #AcademicSky
Stand Up for UC
We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.
bit.ly
August 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The federal government’s $1B demand is an attack on @UCLA and its mission to serve the public good and higher education. #StandUpForUC here: bit.ly/standuc. But make no mistake - this goes beyond UC/publics - it affects ALL higher ed! We need to @standhighered.bsky.social. #AcademicSky
Sociologists/fans of academic freedom @ #ASA2025, if you’re interested in talking about how to Stand Together for Higher Ed on your campus, reach out! Happy to try to connect. Our work is grounded in shared values–not partisanship. @standhighered.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@asanews.bsky.social #AcademicSky
August 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sociologists/fans of academic freedom @ #ASA2025, if you’re interested in talking about how to Stand Together for Higher Ed on your campus, reach out! Happy to try to connect. Our work is grounded in shared values–not partisanship. @standhighered.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@asanews.bsky.social #AcademicSky