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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 2h

I had no idea.
This is shocking.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 3h

"The premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone," Kornbluth said in her letter, which was posted to an MIT website.

Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

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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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 2h

☹️ Sugita ☹️

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 5h

My read is that fascists in the Trump Admin had Portland central to their martial law plan — 100% confident they could poke us & get visuals they wanted — and we, incredibly, have denied it to them in the funniest way possible.

It’s honestly an incredible achievement. So proud of Portlanders.

Genderless Rodent, but Halloween Themed @genderlessrodent.bsky.social · 7h

Okay, so I am 100% for animal costumes, dancing, music, or whatever other way people want to protest against ICE, Trump, fascism, or similar.

I think saying that it's "effective" because people dunking online makes me wonder what the fuck people think the end goal of it is.

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 3h

It’s why have so many farmers markets; there’s no more buildings; vendors have to sell in tents and out of the back of their trucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 3h

I thought it was made of cake. Disappointed.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 6h

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty good is pretty awesome. I've always liked the French pronunciation of Robert (it is also my father's middle name).

a man in a tuxedo is talking to another man in a room .

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is talking to another man in a room .

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 6h

Backyard Theory Group included us in this fab summer line-up for their book club @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Book citations for recent books by Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, Michael Serres and Bruno Latour, Slavoj Žižek, and Jodi Dean.

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 9h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 11h

Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪

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✨️The Worst Martha✨️ @theworstmartha.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing. 😍

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid"

"It feels like we’re winning this. They’re not getting the footage they’re looking for. They look ridiculous"

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

www.wweek.com

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 2d

scholars who study and oppose fascism are now fleeing the country that opened its doors and universities to Hannah Arendt, Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, and Thomas Mann

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Oregonizers @oregonizers.org · 2d

🔉SOUND UP!

We are all Portland!

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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 2d

the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

ALT: the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

Correct.

He’s staging “left-wing” attacks—or more accurately, trying to provoke them—to give him an excuse to use violence against his opposition.

Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 2d

“I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ terrorism. He is staging it,” Taylor wrote. “His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response..."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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orlandovonvegas.bsky.social @orlandovonvegas.bsky.social · 3d

A MAGAt "influencer" was brutally mocked for bragging about Kristi Noem "Staring down an army of Antifa." The "Army" was mostly reporters with cameras, a few protesters holding up posters & a guy in a chicken costume. MAGAts are fucking pathetic.
🙄🤡

www.mediaite.com/online/maga-...

MAGA Influencer Mocked for Bragging About Kristi Noem Staring Down ‘Army of Antifa’: ‘A Chicken and a Dozen People’

MAGA influencer Benny Johnson received a wave of mockery Tuesday for a video he posted from Portland, Oregon that praised Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for the way she "stare[d...

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French Colonial Historical Society @frenchcolonial.bsky.social · 19d

Share widely!

We are now accepting paper and panel proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Ireland at Maynooth University taking place 25-27 June 2026!

The submission deadline is 14 November 2025, and you can read more information on our website!

frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society

frenchcolonial.org

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