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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton (1946-2025) with her cat Buster. Photo by Jill Krementz. 💔

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 1d

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1

The evidence is overwhelming: outrageous costs and prolonged indebtedness for students; poor outcomes, with too many students left unable to find meaningful work after graduating; some talented domestic students and scholars have been crowded out of enrollment and employment opportunities by international students; and a high degree of uniformity of thought among faculty members and administrators, which can result in a hostile environment for students with different ideas.

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools under (the latest) federal government attack? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school & 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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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 2d

its always like this— the list of majors is all over the place; you’d respect it more if they’d say, “we’re pausing in this area because this other area is where we’re building.” no coherent vision or plan for the future in the statements released, it’s all just chop where numbers are low 🪓🙈

Syracuse University Pauses Admission for 20 Undergraduate Majors, Including Fine Arts and Digital Humanities

The pause is expected to last one year, before the administration makes a final decision on each program.

www.artnews.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 2d

Join authors Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and Prithi Kanakamedala on Oct. 15th at the New York Public Library for a conversation about what it means to build freedom and belonging in place.

Link for details and registry: www.nypl.org/events/progr... @prithik.bsky.social @gabriellebv.bsky.social

The cover of Gabrille Bendiner-Viani's "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" next to Prithi Kanakamedala's "Brooklynites."

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 3d

"In addition to signing the petition, we urge you to call Emily’s reps...Sen Adam Schiff (202-224-3841) & Sen Alex Padilla (202-224-3553) & tell them to insist that the State Dept take immediate action to secure the release of the 8 US nationals detained from the flotilla."

This campaign needs you now

Release Journalist Emily Wilder from Israeli Detention

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Queens College, CUNY @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social · 9d

Come celebrate the incredible contributions of our immigrant community right here on campus! Attend "I Stand with Immigrants Day of Action" on the Quad (Flagpole/ WWII Memorial) on Wednesday, October 15 at 12:15PM.

➡️Learn more: www.qc.cuny.edu/immi

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 10d

Prep tables for the Yom Kippur All-Faith Atonement Vigil Rally for Justice & Peace at 26 Federal Plaza with Lab/Shul, @bradlander.bsky.social, @jumaane.bsky.social Williams, Rev. Derrick McQueen, Rev. Chloe Breyer, & many more…signs: “Jews Say No To ICE” “Love the Stranger…” 📣 📣

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 19d

“Annabelle Winograd spent her life dedicated to theater– understanding it, teaching it, and shaping the future of it.” 💔

In Memoriam: Professor Annabelle Winograd

We are saddened to hear the news of the passing Annabelle Winograd, Department of Theater professor. Our condolences to her family, friends, and students, she will be missed.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 20d

CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

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Karen Weingarten @kweingarten.bsky.social · 23d

CUNY friends (and allies!), please follow the new CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education account. Our mission statement and a link to get involved is here: cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 23d

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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 26d

It’s pretty nice when the new state Poet Laureate is also such a great colleague.

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PSC-CUNY @psc-cuny.org · 24d

NOW is the time to make your voice heard! Join the PSC up for immigrant New Yorkers on September 25th at Foley Square at 6PM ET.

New Yorkers Against ICE! - PSC CUNY

Unions and community groups will rally and march through lower Manhattan the evening of Thursday, September 25th to protest ICE’s persecution of immigrants 26 Federal Plaza and in our communities, re...

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PSC-CUNY @psc-cuny.org · 24d

Happening NOW: NYPD is arresting peaceful protestors including PSC leadership who are demanding ICE release all immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza. Inside the building, ICE is detaining elected officials for doing the same #NYvsICE #ICEoutofNY

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Tita Chico @titachico.bsky.social · 25d

advisory to academic workers from @aaup.org

@uam-umd.bsky.social
www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

www.aaup.org

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 25d

the *tiniest* sliver of the money Meta spent to get a 🤖 to read this man a stir-fry recipe could have funded my university for a year & we would have OVER-performed

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 25d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · 26d

“No one can deny the power and size of the AI coalition, an ensemble of Silicon Valley investors, lobbyists, and bought-off politicians; hucksters, carnival barkers, and gravy train chasers; and bosses gleeful at the opportunity to downsize and deskill.”
—IT‘S OK TO BE A LUDDITE

n+1 @nplusonemag.com · 26d

“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · Sep 12

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXh... this is the right moment for this doc

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Documentary Trailer | Coming to CBC Sept 17

YouTube video by CBC Docs

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Jonathan C @jonathancornick.bsky.social · Sep 8

For example, if you are #CUNY or #SUNY affiliated (or anyone interested in defending higher ed in NYC/NYS) #CADHE #MADC

@cadhe.bsky.social

cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu

The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · Sep 5

the #BenShahn retrospective at the Jewish Museum is fantastic & so is this critique of it. hyperallergic.com/1028907/ben-...

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Sep 4

CUNY friends, we're getting organized!

The CUNY Alliance for Defending Higher Education is organizing faculty & staff to stand up to attacks and advocate for a CUNY-wide defense compact

Follow us @cadhe.bsky.social and sign up on our website to support and stay informed!

cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu

The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education

cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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Hillary Miller @profhillmill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Agreed: Morgan Bassichis’s Can I Be Frank? is a smart, compassionate love letter to queer performance histories. Sure, it has some of the flaws of a self-referential one-person show but I promise you’ll be talking about it afterwards…& googling Frank Maya!

www.sohoplayhouse.com/see-a-show/m...