Randall Cream
@randallcream.bsky.social
Prof of Digital Humanities at WCUPA. South Philly Cat Dad.
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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The Trump legal team gathers for an emergency meeting after the latest string of courtroom setbacks
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Trump legal team gathers for an emergency meeting after the latest string of courtroom setbacks
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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Good question!
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 3:54 PM
Good question!
We're hiring, closing 11/23. Specialist in Shakespeare & Early Modern, with ability to teach/research in any other Brit Lit area. Especially interested in candidates with interests in Race/Empire/Black Studies. WCU is a teaching focused university with a STRONG Faculty Union. tinyurl.com/mtfdn4pz
26-43 Tenure-Track Asst. Prof. of British Literature - Early Modern through 18th Century (Revised)
Join a vibrant equity-minded campus whose excellence is reflected in its community, cultural engagement, and student success. The Department of English invites applicants for a Full-time, Tenure-Track...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We're hiring, closing 11/23. Specialist in Shakespeare & Early Modern, with ability to teach/research in any other Brit Lit area. Especially interested in candidates with interests in Race/Empire/Black Studies. WCU is a teaching focused university with a STRONG Faculty Union. tinyurl.com/mtfdn4pz
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November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest 2025 - CRAFT
CRAFT 2025 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest November 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026 $3,400 Awarded Guest Judge: Roxane Gay Add to Calendar Days are growing shorter, and the air is getting cooler. The seaso...
www.craftliterary.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
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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. Milliken and the Regents to protect UC's independence.
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 1:47 AM
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. Milliken and the Regents to protect UC's independence.
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
Cat power, my Philly friends. Cat Power.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cat power, my Philly friends. Cat Power.
Mamdani’s rise & victory shows the failure— and impotence— of media platforms in the US re: democracy. No traditional platform supported, and billionaire-bought platforms actively worked to suppress his voters. Yet he won. The result: stop worrying about NYT/CNN/etc. Rise up. Make your own media.
Control of the media is about 1000 times more important than campaign finance reform, but progressives have been almost completely asleep on the issue. See my interview with Milo Vassallo, ex. director of the Media and Democracy Project prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
This week Dean speaks to Milo Vassallo, Executive Director of the Media and Democracy Project, about wresting back the free press from media oligarchs. As corporate consolidation has gutted local newsrooms and created vast news deserts, communities can rebuild civic journalism from the ground up.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Mamdani’s rise & victory shows the failure— and impotence— of media platforms in the US re: democracy. No traditional platform supported, and billionaire-bought platforms actively worked to suppress his voters. Yet he won. The result: stop worrying about NYT/CNN/etc. Rise up. Make your own media.
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Faculty doing what the administration won't- defending the institution.
“The fact of this case shows that the federal government is using the threat of legal and financial sanctions in order to coerce the University of California and to commandeer the University of California in imposing its own ideological and political agenda,”
www.courthousenews.com/uc-faculty-s...
www.courthousenews.com/uc-faculty-s...
UC faculty, staff ask judge to halt Trump's coercive funding cuts
A federal judge cited overwhelming evidence that the Trump administration was using civil rights investigations to go after universities that don't comply with the president's ideological agenda.
www.courthousenews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Faculty doing what the administration won't- defending the institution.
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Remember, the American Revolution was largely organized by letters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles -- VERY close to the "zines" in question here.
The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Remember, the American Revolution was largely organized by letters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles -- VERY close to the "zines" in question here.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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For friends waking up in America. Voilà a truly remarkable letter by William Carlos Williams to Yvan Goll on American poetry and the importance of place to poetry. Truly worth 5 minutes of your time.
Just a sample. In which William Carlos Williams goes on to crush T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound after advising Yvan Goll that ad hominem is no way to do criticism. 😂
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For friends waking up in America. Voilà a truly remarkable letter by William Carlos Williams to Yvan Goll on American poetry and the importance of place to poetry. Truly worth 5 minutes of your time.
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The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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For years, we've been developing projects like the CUNY Academic Commons (commons.gc.cuny.edu), Commons In A Box (cbox.org), and Manifold (cuny.manifoldapp.org), all in line with the mission of a 26-campus system that serves "the children of the whole people" of NYC.
CUNY Academic Commons
The CUNY Academic Commons is an academic social network created by and for the City University of New York.
commons.gc.cuny.edu
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
For years, we've been developing projects like the CUNY Academic Commons (commons.gc.cuny.edu), Commons In A Box (cbox.org), and Manifold (cuny.manifoldapp.org), all in line with the mission of a 26-campus system that serves "the children of the whole people" of NYC.
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Reply-all:
I agree. Nobody’s work gets enough attention. What I haven’t read (or podcasted about) is as precious as what I have. I am a bibliophile. There’s no better gift than a book. But I read like a squirrel forages: constantly, frantically, with no discernible pattern or hope of satiation.
I agree. Nobody’s work gets enough attention. What I haven’t read (or podcasted about) is as precious as what I have. I am a bibliophile. There’s no better gift than a book. But I read like a squirrel forages: constantly, frantically, with no discernible pattern or hope of satiation.
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I agree. Nobody’s work gets enough attention. What I haven’t read (or podcasted about) is as precious as what I have. I am a bibliophile. There’s no better gift than a book. But I read like a squirrel forages: constantly, frantically, with no discernible pattern or hope of satiation.
I agree. Nobody’s work gets enough attention. What I haven’t read (or podcasted about) is as precious as what I have. I am a bibliophile. There’s no better gift than a book. But I read like a squirrel forages: constantly, frantically, with no discernible pattern or hope of satiation.
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this is exactly how racist twitter tradwives talk shit about each other's pussies
the vibe on twitter is so bad the racist coffee companies are beefing over who is more woke
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
this is exactly how racist twitter tradwives talk shit about each other's pussies
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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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A "career in game design" is mostly a constant hustle on a tightrope. That you do While working, While parenting, While dealing with health issues, While navigating the world's psychic maelstrom. It's something you do because that is the art you are called to do.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A "career in game design" is mostly a constant hustle on a tightrope. That you do While working, While parenting, While dealing with health issues, While navigating the world's psychic maelstrom. It's something you do because that is the art you are called to do.
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This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)