Timothy Vollmer
@tvol.bsky.social
Library worker: @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
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RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
In a Major Victory, Rhode Island Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Bid to Shutter the IMLS
In a November 21 summary judgment ruling, judge John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both ill...
www.wordsandmoney.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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UC-AFT stands with UC unions and faculty in demanding the dropping of legal and disciplinary charges against students this week. Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1WGmS... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
UC-AFT stands with UC unions and faculty in demanding the dropping of legal and disciplinary charges against students this week. Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1WGmS... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
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“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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 5:15 PM
“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
A shout out to all academic workers and students - from the UC to my comrade colleagues at The New School - fighting destruction of higher education against Trumpian fascism and craven administrators. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u... @theintercept.com
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
theintercept.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
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Four UCLA undergrads were arrested on Tuesday while exercising their right to support @afscme3299.bsky.social’s picketed strike. We demand all charges be dropped.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Four UCLA undergrads were arrested on Tuesday while exercising their right to support @afscme3299.bsky.social’s picketed strike. We demand all charges be dropped.
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30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
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Solidarity with 40,000 UAW workers across the University of California fighting for fair contracts! ✊ Here’s a scene from Berkeley’s rally today. @uaw4811.bsky.social @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social SSAP-UAW
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Solidarity with 40,000 UAW workers across the University of California fighting for fair contracts! ✊ Here’s a scene from Berkeley’s rally today. @uaw4811.bsky.social @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social SSAP-UAW
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
In-state college tuition for California’s undocumented students is illegal, Trump suit alleges
California universities offer in-state tuition to undocumented students who graduate from state high schools. Now, the Trump administration is suing CSU, UC and the state, calling the practice illegal...
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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📣TOMORROW @ 4PM 📣 UC Academic Student Employees and UAW-represented research and advising staff are rallying at every campus to demand a fair contract. Join us – our rights and our future are on the line.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
📣TOMORROW @ 4PM 📣 UC Academic Student Employees and UAW-represented research and advising staff are rallying at every campus to demand a fair contract. Join us – our rights and our future are on the line.
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U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
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AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
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UC prez Millikan has BACKED OFF murdering the PPFP program, due, I am sure, in no small part to the UCLAFA/UCFA/AAUP win in court on Friday!!
When we fight, we win!
When we fight, we win!
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
UC prez Millikan has BACKED OFF murdering the PPFP program, due, I am sure, in no small part to the UCLAFA/UCFA/AAUP win in court on Friday!!
When we fight, we win!
When we fight, we win!
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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it’s so cool that our employer is doing this stuff instead of paying afscme and other campus workers living wages and quality healthcare
UCLA is moving boldly into 2002, with its focus on improving processes using "Lean Six Sigma."
"We are excited to officially launch Bruin Process Flow, UCLA’s new submission platform designed to empower UCLA employees to share ideas for enhancing processes university-wide."
"We are excited to officially launch Bruin Process Flow, UCLA’s new submission platform designed to empower UCLA employees to share ideas for enhancing processes university-wide."
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
it’s so cool that our employer is doing this stuff instead of paying afscme and other campus workers living wages and quality healthcare
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
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The UC Regents—the same people who cowered, while unions fought the Trump admin in court—are meeting this week at UCLA to discuss new rules to muzzle faculty speech, among other abhorrent appeasement strategies.
This TUESDAY let’s show them who we really are.
This TUESDAY let’s show them who we really are.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The UC Regents—the same people who cowered, while unions fought the Trump admin in court—are meeting this week at UCLA to discuss new rules to muzzle faculty speech, among other abhorrent appeasement strategies.
This TUESDAY let’s show them who we really are.
This TUESDAY let’s show them who we really are.
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The UCFA/UCLAFA/AAUP victory is on the front page of today’s LA Times.
(No leadership or administrators were harmed in actually standing up to the Feds. because they didn’t.)
(No leadership or administrators were harmed in actually standing up to the Feds. because they didn’t.)
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The UCFA/UCLAFA/AAUP victory is on the front page of today’s LA Times.
(No leadership or administrators were harmed in actually standing up to the Feds. because they didn’t.)
(No leadership or administrators were harmed in actually standing up to the Feds. because they didn’t.)