Barnard OpEds
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Barnard welcomes all opinions. Unless you are an anti-colonialist student. Or staff. Or faculty. Views are not those of the college, except the Board has my back and I control the purse strings, so actually they are.
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Look, everybody, it's gonna be a long-ass winter and we fired all the agriculture workers and all the other countries are pissed at us, cabbage is gonna be basically the only green vegetable we see this winter that you can afford, so just get used to it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Look, everybody, it's gonna be a long-ass winter and we fired all the agriculture workers and all the other countries are pissed at us, cabbage is gonna be basically the only green vegetable we see this winter that you can afford, so just get used to it.
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Trump dreams of not even having to grapple with a bill of rights
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases on.ft.com/3LY1Ceq
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases
Proposed changes unlikely to apply for trials of serious offences such as rape and murder
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump dreams of not even having to grapple with a bill of rights
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
This is the same crowd that unironically created "Soylent" because cooking and eating actual food takes away too much time from the capitalist grind.
It’s like folks *want* to act like humans, but don’t trust their own human bodies or the humans around them? Humanity without humans is not humanity, folks.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the same crowd that unironically created "Soylent" because cooking and eating actual food takes away too much time from the capitalist grind.
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It’s like folks *want* to act like humans, but don’t trust their own human bodies or the humans around them? Humanity without humans is not humanity, folks.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s like folks *want* to act like humans, but don’t trust their own human bodies or the humans around them? Humanity without humans is not humanity, folks.
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We have made the general niceties and pleasantries of connection “cringe” and are now funneling them through tech to avoid the discomfort
And calling it “optimization”
And calling it “optimization”
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We have made the general niceties and pleasantries of connection “cringe” and are now funneling them through tech to avoid the discomfort
And calling it “optimization”
And calling it “optimization”
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
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Nina Cresswell reported a sexual assault, but the police basically ignored her. She spoke out, and her attacker sued her for defamation. Three years later, with our support, she won.
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Nina Cresswell reported a sexual assault, but the police basically ignored her. She spoke out, and her attacker sued her for defamation. Three years later, with our support, she won.
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
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Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe
Tribal leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian tribe.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Sounds like he's trying to be a unifying voice reminding us that we all believe in free speech. Maybe an invitation to campus instead of an OpEd . . . . .
I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sounds like he's trying to be a unifying voice reminding us that we all believe in free speech. Maybe an invitation to campus instead of an OpEd . . . . .
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It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
It makes me sad that the faculty don't understand that the police are our partners in protecting the campus as a site for disciplined free speech. Mulling over my next OpEd. 🤔 ✍️
I'm so grateful to my Barnard colleagues who wrote to the NYT in defense of true free speech on campus!!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | Struggles for Free Expression on Campus
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It makes me sad that the faculty don't understand that the police are our partners in protecting the campus as a site for disciplined free speech. Mulling over my next OpEd. 🤔 ✍️
This is exactly how AI provides more creative ways for talking about difficult subjects. See my forthcoming OpEd about how we can lower the temperature by thinking about structure rather than people.
The most innovative thing about AI has been its sociological impact.
AI really has in very little time eroded the concept of “ people get to tell you no”
It’s everyone’s favorite triangulation point to explain crossing other folks boundaries and contextless behavior
AI really has in very little time eroded the concept of “ people get to tell you no”
It’s everyone’s favorite triangulation point to explain crossing other folks boundaries and contextless behavior
September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is exactly how AI provides more creative ways for talking about difficult subjects. See my forthcoming OpEd about how we can lower the temperature by thinking about structure rather than people.
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Digging into the speech codes that affect students. Michigan gets a yellow b/c it has a sexual harassment policy, and a policy that prohibits threatening language against staff. Seems like a very tangible representation of some tradeoffs when it comes to speech.
www.thefire.org/colleges/uni...
www.thefire.org/colleges/uni...
September 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Digging into the speech codes that affect students. Michigan gets a yellow b/c it has a sexual harassment policy, and a policy that prohibits threatening language against staff. Seems like a very tangible representation of some tradeoffs when it comes to speech.
www.thefire.org/colleges/uni...
www.thefire.org/colleges/uni...
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For example, U Michigan has some language that they can punish faculty, including firing if they violate the "orderly and efficient operation of the University."
Seems very broad!
So if faculty post something that fuels an online pile-on of the university, can I be fired? Does Fire track this?
Seems very broad!
So if faculty post something that fuels an online pile-on of the university, can I be fired? Does Fire track this?
September 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
For example, U Michigan has some language that they can punish faculty, including firing if they violate the "orderly and efficient operation of the University."
Seems very broad!
So if faculty post something that fuels an online pile-on of the university, can I be fired? Does Fire track this?
Seems very broad!
So if faculty post something that fuels an online pile-on of the university, can I be fired? Does Fire track this?
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Gelman on Barnard's about-face (he doesn't say what prior speech / flags / etc had been prohibited by Barnard, but you can guess, and if you follow the links, you'll see you're right) open.substack.com/pub/statmode...
Barnard College president promotes free expression, does not comment on recent anti-free-expression policies at the college
The president of neighboring Barnard College writes:
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Gelman on Barnard's about-face (he doesn't say what prior speech / flags / etc had been prohibited by Barnard, but you can guess, and if you follow the links, you'll see you're right) open.substack.com/pub/statmode...
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Rosenbury op-ed on Charlie Kirk and ‘difficult speakers’ sparks backlash from students, faculty
#Barnard President Laura Rosenbury should resign
I mean, how clueless can you be?
#Barnard President Laura Rosenbury should resign
I mean, how clueless can you be?
Rosenbury op-ed on Charlie Kirk and ‘difficult speakers’ sparks backlash from students, faculty
<i>Updated Sept. 21 at 11:17 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Rosenbury op-ed on Charlie Kirk and ‘difficult speakers’ sparks backlash from students, faculty
#Barnard President Laura Rosenbury should resign
I mean, how clueless can you be?
#Barnard President Laura Rosenbury should resign
I mean, how clueless can you be?
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barnard loves fascism
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Columbia Daily Spectator (@columbiaspec) on Threads
Barnard President Laura Rosenbury published an op-ed in the New York Times on Wednesday titled “Charlie Kirk Challenged College Students. We Need More Like Him,” sparking backlash from faculty and stu...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
barnard loves fascism
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They are only doing this because these capitulations to trans personhood have only detracted from the fundamental mission of a college: to train students in dealing with difficulty.
Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
They are only doing this because these capitulations to trans personhood have only detracted from the fundamental mission of a college: to train students in dealing with difficulty.
If this grant is available, I can find students and faculty proud to innovate in the technological realm.
September 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If this grant is available, I can find students and faculty proud to innovate in the technological realm.
Wonder if this alert woman is available to help Barnard revive our old posture test? These students sit any old way, sometimes with offensive signs. People claim the test was invented by a eugenicist, but he was really just concerned about physical health.
www.newsweek.com/alex-okeefe-...
www.newsweek.com/alex-okeefe-...
'The Bear' writer arrested on train after complaint from white woman
Alex O'Keefe shared a video on social media of him being arrested, with the clip quickly going viral.
www.newsweek.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wonder if this alert woman is available to help Barnard revive our old posture test? These students sit any old way, sometimes with offensive signs. People claim the test was invented by a eugenicist, but he was really just concerned about physical health.
www.newsweek.com/alex-okeefe-...
www.newsweek.com/alex-okeefe-...
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I can categorically say I was NOT fired from the Washington Post for characterizing Kirk’s views on Black women.
I’ll share the real reasons.
Post coming soon.
I’ll share the real reasons.
Post coming soon.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I can categorically say I was NOT fired from the Washington Post for characterizing Kirk’s views on Black women.
I’ll share the real reasons.
Post coming soon.
I’ll share the real reasons.
Post coming soon.
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Free speech is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/tani...
So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Free speech is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/tani...
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Censorship is here and it’s come in the form of corporations censoring themselves in order to win favor with the regime.
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Censorship is here and it’s come in the form of corporations censoring themselves in order to win favor with the regime.