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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 12h

Student governments of Vanderbilt, MIT, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, UVA, and Arizona issued a joint statement condemning the Compact and stating that "Academic Freedom is not negotiable." www.instagram.com/p/DPm507ljBJ...

On October 1st, 2025, the White House sent the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to our seven universities, outlining expectations universities must meet to continue receiving federal benefits.

Although the compact's full implications remain unclear, the document outlines
unprecedented expectations universities must meet to receive federal benefits. This could systemically alter the mission of higher education and erode the independence that has long defined our universities. We must not allow these attempts to control what can be taught, studied, or spoken on our campuses.

Our universities represent the full spectrum of American higher education, from liberal arts colleges to leading research institutions. As students, this directly impacts us, and thus, our voices must be heard. We know firsthand that institutional autonomy is instrumental to the perpetuation of innovation and progress. As the Compact itself acknowledges, “American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our Nation," yet the document undermines the very principles that make this statement true. Our administrations have been presented with a false choice between their commitments to knowledge and education and our access to the resources that sustain them. To preserve our status as world leaders in education, we must remain true to the foundation of academic freedom that has propelled us forward.

As student representatives, we stand in united opposition to the outlined conditions. We call on our community of students, faculty, alumni, and leadership to reaffirm our commitment to reject political interference and federal overreach. Academic freedom is not negotiable.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 6d

THIS IS AN ENGLISH OR COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE! JUST DO THOSE INSTEAD JESUS IN HEAVEN

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 6d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 7d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 8d

UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:

"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...

Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn

October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 8d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 8d

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement.

1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 14d

🚨AUTHORS: The judge has approved the settlement in the Anthropic copyright case. By 10/2 you will be able to look up your name/works on the settlement website to see if you are eligible for payments. Which Authors Guild explained will be split evenly between authors/publishers who both hold rights.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by nonfict...

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 10d

When you speak to parents of young children about whether their weekend was relaxing and restorative.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18d

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate.

I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man.

Never change your last name.

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MC Forelle @mcforelle.bsky.social · 28d

GTFOH with this bullshit

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MC Forelle @mcforelle.bsky.social · 28d

"While Virginia has led the way during the Founding of our Nation to ensure that the inalienable God-given rights of liberty and free speech were protected..." while this nob took an (allegedly) active role in the removal of several public uni presidents and crackdowns on campus protests???

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MC Forelle @mcforelle.bsky.social · 28d

I'm fucking livid to receive an email from the office of the GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA today announcing a Proclamation asking for a moment of silence today for Charlie Kirk, who had no meaningful connections to this state, likening it to the solidarity we sought as a nation after 9 FUCKING 11.

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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · 29d

TOMORROW. Student-led action (25+ student groups)! Organizers ask community members to SHOW UP in solidarity + bringing signs if possible.

Red, white, and blue flyer w/ background image of the UVA Rotunda. Text: RESPOND OR RESIGN. UVA, YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE BOV MEETING. LINE UP FOR PUBLIC SESSION. Friday, Sept. 12th, a 1-3 pm in front of the Rotunda. Wear orange or UVA merch. Our Demands 1. NO CONFIDENCE, NO PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH, 2. VOTING STUDENT, STAFF, & FACULTY MEMBERS ON THE BOV 3.. ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY, 4. ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY. NO DECISIONS ABOUT US WITHOUT US.

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 29d

Racism really is illogical bc how are you threatening HBCUs bc a white man shot another white man at a white rally at a white university in what has GOT TO be one of the top 5 whitest states in the country??? Black people couldn't be further from this if we actually tried.

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Jeremy Hunsinger @buridan.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Sep 10

Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.

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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · Sep 10

Support our local CAT Workers on Monday by riding public transportation. #SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires

Black background flyer with yellow and red writing and a photo of 3 people, 2 w/ backs to us wearing ATU Local 1200 tee shirts, 1 holding an ATU "we are one" + union fist sign. Text: LABOR MONTH ACTIVITY. On September 15, show your support for Amalgamate Transit Union (workers Charlottesville Area Transit by committing to ride public transportation all day!

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Sep 10

did I hallucinate the cold-blooded murder of a husband and wife legislator in their homes by somebody pretending to be a cop? was that a figment of my imagination?

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Sep 10

Good to see Elon out there doing his best to calm things down in a moment like this

x post by elon musk: "the left is the party of murder"

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MC Forelle @mcforelle.bsky.social · Sep 2

This has been perhaps the most important & exhausting realization I've had over my last year of organizing faculty. Real social change takes persistence over time, which only happens if we build structures to maintain ongoing work that's often incremental & banal. Organization precedes mobilization!

Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Do people think at all about the distinction between social movement organizing versus mobilizing?

I think one of the biggest weaknesses of the professional class 'left' is the hope and prayer notion that we can mobilize our way out of this: i.e. send out messages, blast actions to lists, etc.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · Sep 2

we are in a lawless, fascist uprising with multiple constitutional crises taking place simultaneously and this motherfucker is STILL talking about finding common ground and cooperating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Hakeem Jeffries: "Donald Trump promised that he would lower housing costs on day one. Here's a suggestion for the Trump administration: try to legislate, and maybe we can find common ground in order to get something done for the American people."

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Indivisible Charlottesville @indivisiblecville.bsky.social · Aug 30

The public, students, faculty, and staff are invited to gather in an urgent, peaceful one-hour teach-in with speakers explaining the current crisis in UVA governance, + and plans for action! PARKING at UVA Central Grounds Garage - 400 Emmet St. S.

Students, faculty, staff, alumni all say: NO CONFIDENCE in the Board of Visitors. UVA LABOR DAY TEACH-IN. HANDS OFF UVA. MONDAY, SEPT 1, 12-1pm Monroe Hill House (Out Front). (Various union logos are shown)

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Is it possible that…urbanism is a winning strategy in cities?

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 28

I understand why people in education say they're turning to this technology because they have too much to do and they think it can ease the burden, but this is not an AI problem. It's a labor problem that the AI is only going to make worse over time.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 28

My job now is to go school to school, university to university trying to help them sort through the challenge of teaching in a world with AI and the first thing I recommend to improve the teaching of writing is cut the number of students per instructor in half. No one is going to do that, though.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 28

I understand why people in education say they're turning to this technology because they have too much to do and they think it can ease the burden, but this is not an AI problem. It's a labor problem that the AI is only going to make worse over time.

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