Disgusting
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Disgusting
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You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out (unmasked/in unmarked cars) protesters are dumping pounds of glitter on them.
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
June 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out (unmasked/in unmarked cars) protesters are dumping pounds of glitter on them.
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
So people can identify them as ICE for days afterward.
Time to buy glitter . . .
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Bir tane mezarın yok ki, on milyonların kalbine gömüleceksin. Hangi birini ziyaret edem, hangisine yüzüm sürem gardaş.
Git, yolun açık olsun abe can, her daim kıymetlimizsin. Ama gülüş değil ki, bıyık değil ki sana yakışsın; ölüm sana yakışmadı, olmadı gardaş.
Git, yolun açık olsun abe can, her daim kıymetlimizsin. Ama gülüş değil ki, bıyık değil ki sana yakışsın; ölüm sana yakışmadı, olmadı gardaş.
May 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Bir tane mezarın yok ki, on milyonların kalbine gömüleceksin. Hangi birini ziyaret edem, hangisine yüzüm sürem gardaş.
Git, yolun açık olsun abe can, her daim kıymetlimizsin. Ama gülüş değil ki, bıyık değil ki sana yakışsın; ölüm sana yakışmadı, olmadı gardaş.
Git, yolun açık olsun abe can, her daim kıymetlimizsin. Ama gülüş değil ki, bıyık değil ki sana yakışsın; ölüm sana yakışmadı, olmadı gardaş.
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“But Dr. Garber agrees with Mr. Trump on one point. In one of the rare interviews he has given since Harvard began its battle with the federal government, Dr. Garber said this week that Harvard has a campus culture problem that needs urgent fixing.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
Harvard’s President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump
Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the federal government. At the same time, he is trying to remake campus culture in ways the Trump administration might appreciate.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“But Dr. Garber agrees with Mr. Trump on one point. In one of the rare interviews he has given since Harvard began its battle with the federal government, Dr. Garber said this week that Harvard has a campus culture problem that needs urgent fixing.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/u...
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a formerly enslaved Black anarchist woman led the first American May Day parade in Chicago in 1886 and don’t you forget it!!
May 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
a formerly enslaved Black anarchist woman led the first American May Day parade in Chicago in 1886 and don’t you forget it!!
New book out!
The book is out! With cover art by the brilliant Rahee Punyashloka.
April 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New book out!
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United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing.
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
April 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing.
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
Today!
Rutgers Senate meeting tomorrow on their defense compact resolution is open to the public. Thursday at NOON EDT* at the Zoom link below.
*my earlier post had the wrong time, sorry!
*my earlier post had the wrong time, sorry!
Meeting is public. The Senate meeting link is here - senate.rutgers.edu/meeting/univ...
Please join us at Noon April 10. Esp hope Big 10 colleagues will join.
Please join us at Noon April 10. Esp hope Big 10 colleagues will join.
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today!
Acquiescence or strategic alliance?
Co-authored piece with my CUNY colleague @jesshardie.bsky.social on the boycott of Columbia U truthout.org/articles/col...
Columbia’s Acquiescence to Trump Was Disgraceful. As Faculty, We Demand Better.
We cannot conduct business as usual if Columbia’s administrators won’t defend academic freedom or student rights.
truthout.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Acquiescence or strategic alliance?
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Pretty sure they've just been feeding cyberpunk, etc., into an LLM and 'reading' the hallucinatory ChatGPT summaries instead.
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pretty sure they've just been feeding cyberpunk, etc., into an LLM and 'reading' the hallucinatory ChatGPT summaries instead.
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They call on their own president to convene the process to create it. Link to full resolution below.
I strongly believe that higher ed is better positioned than most sectors to respond to the prisoner's dilemmas that authoritarian leaders deliberately create. 🧵
senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...
I strongly believe that higher ed is better positioned than most sectors to respond to the prisoner's dilemmas that authoritarian leaders deliberately create. 🧵
senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...
senate.rutgers.edu
March 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They call on their own president to convene the process to create it. Link to full resolution below.
I strongly believe that higher ed is better positioned than most sectors to respond to the prisoner's dilemmas that authoritarian leaders deliberately create. 🧵
senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...
I strongly believe that higher ed is better positioned than most sectors to respond to the prisoner's dilemmas that authoritarian leaders deliberately create. 🧵
senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Keep rolling over for billionaire bullies Harvard! Excellent strategy to destroy what is left of university from a leading academic institution.
Here’s the email that Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, sent to members of the Harvard community in response to this news.
April 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Keep rolling over for billionaire bullies Harvard! Excellent strategy to destroy what is left of university from a leading academic institution.
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"...the skull of one of the fallen rebels [of the Malê revolt] was taken to the US, where, after being used in eugenics studies that sought to prove so-called “scientific” racist theories, it ended up in Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Brazil fights Harvard to reclaim African rebel’s skull after 190 years
The remains were taken to the US during a revolt led by Muslim slaves
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"...the skull of one of the fallen rebels [of the Malê revolt] was taken to the US, where, after being used in eugenics studies that sought to prove so-called “scientific” racist theories, it ended up in Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...