David Simpson (Trump is the pig)
@adviserdavid.bsky.social
Retired college media adviser.
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The University of Alabama chapter of AAUP stands with students against the closure of [alice] and Nineteen Fifty-Six magazines.
![December 5, 2025
Dear President Mohler and VP Hood,
As members of the University of Alabama faculty, we are deeply concerned by the recent
decision to suspend the student magazines [Alice] and Nineteen Fifty-Six. We urge the
administration to reinstate these publications immediately and to defend all students against any
threats to their freedom of expression going forward.
We dispute the administration’s legal rationale for closing these publications and stand in
solidarity with the students who produce and read them. We also have concerns and questions
regarding how this decision was made and conveyed. Why was this change made and by whom?
Why weren’t students and faculty consulted? Why was the magazine suspension announced
during the final week of the semester, when the affected students are busy preparing for exams?
[Alice] and Nineteen Fifty-Six provide exceptional professional development training and
experience for students. Alumni of these publications have gone on to great success in many
fields, among them journalism, creative media, advertising, and public relations. They are bereft
of publications that gave them community and fond memories of the Capstone. Current students
are seeing these rich experiences and opportunities ripped away from them in real time.
Your decision to suspend these publications not only violates these students’ First Amendment
rights, it tarnishes the reputation of the University of Alabama as a space that welcomes all
students. It materially harms current students while souring the memories of the alumni who
comprise the university’s donor base. Reinstating these publications is not only the right thing to
do, failing to do so raises unsettling questions about the judgment and efficacy of the university’s
administration.
The University of Alabama chapter of the AAUP supports academic freedom, freedom of
expression, and the principle of shared governance. We’re troubled by both this decision and the
lack of faculty involvement in…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bajl74c2lw6stbjoqnhriox5/bafkreighaxmw6veq34jn6sik3m2gsr5qoi4yqbhouzakgsx5hbwhal7uta@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The University of Alabama chapter of AAUP stands with students against the closure of [alice] and Nineteen Fifty-Six magazines.
I’m old enough to remember useful news conferences, but just barely. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social is on target:
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m old enough to remember useful news conferences, but just barely. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social is on target:
Sign, please! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate [alice] and 1956 to The University of Alabama's campus
This is only the beginning of a slippery slope — even if you don't care about [alice], 1956, or student journalism in general, this is a testing ground for the government and the current administratio...
sign.moveon.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sign, please! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
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These are two of the best student-run mags in the country-- on the same campus, no less-- and the university is cowering on them. Cowards, the lot of them.
Reject censorship on university campuses. The University of Alabama has just cut funding for women and black student-led magazines. Sign this petition to urge UA to reinstate funding for these publications: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re... #censorship #freespeech #university #journalism #pambondi
Reinstate [alice] and 1956 to The University of Alabama's campus
This is only the beginning of a slippery slope — even if you don't care about [alice], 1956, or student journalism in general, this is a testing ground for the government and the current administratio...
sign.moveon.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
These are two of the best student-run mags in the country-- on the same campus, no less-- and the university is cowering on them. Cowards, the lot of them.
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It’s a sad site to see one of the alma maters standing in their own schoolhouse door.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It’s a sad site to see one of the alma maters standing in their own schoolhouse door.
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You would be correct if you guessed the school is protecting equity by canceling two publications serving female students and black students. Because Orwell. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
You would be correct if you guessed the school is protecting equity by canceling two publications serving female students and black students. Because Orwell. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
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Bondi released her memo in July.
Why did UA wait until the last week of fall classes—when students are maximally stressed, focused on final papers and exams, about to disperse for a month-long break—to surprise them with this announcement?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Why did UA wait until the last week of fall classes—when students are maximally stressed, focused on final papers and exams, about to disperse for a month-long break—to surprise them with this announcement?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Bondi released her memo in July.
Why did UA wait until the last week of fall classes—when students are maximally stressed, focused on final papers and exams, about to disperse for a month-long break—to surprise them with this announcement?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Why did UA wait until the last week of fall classes—when students are maximally stressed, focused on final papers and exams, about to disperse for a month-long break—to surprise them with this announcement?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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The Crimson does it again. Harvard can't stop tripping itself up over Epstein.
Harvard Endowment Appoints 3 New Directors, Including JPMorgan Exec Who Managed Epstein’s Bank Accounts | News | The Harvard Crimson
Three Harvard Business School alumni — Paul B. Edgerley, Mary Callahan Erdoes, and Raymond J. McGuire ’79 — were appointed to Harvard Management Company’s board of directors.
www.thecrimson.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Crimson does it again. Harvard can't stop tripping itself up over Epstein.
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Yes, Northwestern and @medillschool.bsky.social, go hide in shame. You realize that no one will want to give you money to turn around and give it to Donald Trump. My alma mater is dead to me.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Yes, Northwestern and @medillschool.bsky.social, go hide in shame. You realize that no one will want to give you money to turn around and give it to Donald Trump. My alma mater is dead to me.
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Hey cable news -- the White House press secretary is lying. You don't have to take this live.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hey cable news -- the White House press secretary is lying. You don't have to take this live.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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We need to follow the money.
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon and those Wall Street bankers must testify under oath about their financing of Jeffrey Epstein.
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon and those Wall Street bankers must testify under oath about their financing of Jeffrey Epstein.
We need to follow the money.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We need to follow the money.
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon and those Wall Street bankers must testify under oath about their financing of Jeffrey Epstein.
JP Morgan CEO Jaime Dimon and those Wall Street bankers must testify under oath about their financing of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Amazing Gallup finding reported by @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social today:
“The U.S. is stronger as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and cultures: 84%.”
MSM can’t get enough of “concerns” about multiculturalism. So how bout reporting this?
“The U.S. is stronger as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and cultures: 84%.”
MSM can’t get enough of “concerns” about multiculturalism. So how bout reporting this?
Jonathan Larsen (@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social)
Journalist.
jonathanlarsen.substack.com
jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Amazing Gallup finding reported by @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social today:
“The U.S. is stronger as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and cultures: 84%.”
MSM can’t get enough of “concerns” about multiculturalism. So how bout reporting this?
“The U.S. is stronger as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and cultures: 84%.”
MSM can’t get enough of “concerns” about multiculturalism. So how bout reporting this?
Quiet, Piggy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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This could also be about journalism. The idea of fighting back against the smears was rarely taken seriously, capitulation was widely accepted and treated as both inevitable and right
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This could also be about journalism. The idea of fighting back against the smears was rarely taken seriously, capitulation was widely accepted and treated as both inevitable and right
At the other place, we all put #BLM in our name-thingies, which is still a good idea. For the moment, I’m going with the pig. Would love to see so many that we get anguished MSM takes about whether it’s fair and smart and going low.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
At the other place, we all put #BLM in our name-thingies, which is still a good idea. For the moment, I’m going with the pig. Would love to see so many that we get anguished MSM takes about whether it’s fair and smart and going low.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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As they say, every accusation is a confession. The man is a pig.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
As they say, every accusation is a confession. The man is a pig.
I admit I clicked fearing NYT would somehow normalize this. I am happy to say these reporters met the moment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Judge Presses Comey Prosecutors Over Revised Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I admit I clicked fearing NYT would somehow normalize this. I am happy to say these reporters met the moment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"