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Eddy Conroy He/Him

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“There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for” Higher Ed policy @educationwork.newamerica.org, Forbes Education Contributor: www.forbes.com/sites/edwardconroy Plus food and cocktails

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · Jun 26

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🚨New publication alert!

We just published a brief on what happens to parenting students' chances of success in college when they are threatened with eviction. The results are devastating. I have never cried when writing up research before. I did this time.

www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Ousted from Opportunity: Eviction's Adverse Impact on Parenting College Students

New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring for children—and found it likely leads to severe negative consequences.

www.newamerica.org

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3h

Seems bad, maybe Dems could message on this or something.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4h

Going to need @dieworkwear.bsky.social to weigh in on how many years in jail

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s not get carried away

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4h

There is a man on my bus wearing a nice sport coat, smart slacks, and very nice shoes…with ankle socks!!!

a man in a military uniform says right to jail right away .

ALT: a man in a military uniform says right to jail right away .

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 5h

Sooooo…

All the companies that have “achieved efficiencies” using AI (citation needed)
What happens if the companies that provide those tools collapse?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 1d

Notoriously, speeches that include the line, “F.A.F.O” followed by a marked, and unneeded pause for applause, are considered excellent

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 1d

We just got a $50 a month increase this year.

Really sick of having to pay through the nose for the power needs of multi billion dollar companies.

Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 1d

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

www.eenews.net/articles/dat...

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

www.eenews.net

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that I am a (very tiny) number of years younger than you, and know these things, is deeply upsetting.

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New America @newamerica.org · 1d

93% of unhoused people say they’d move inside if safe, affordable housing were available.

In this edition of The Thread, Helen Bonnyman shows why permanent supportive housing is the real solution.

🔗 https://go.newamerica.org/trump-dc-homelessness-crackdown-5

Cover of a publication titled 'Trump's Occupation of DC Proven Housing Solutions' by Helen Bonnyman, featuring a nighttime scene with three individuals standing outside a building.

A graphic with a deep green background featuring the quote, "At every turn, our leaders are focusing on the wrong part of the issue and ignoring the facts." The top left corner is marked with the words "THE THREAD."

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the 9 institutions “invited”
To sign the administration’s ludicrous Compact For Higher Education, take a look at New College as an object lesson in what would likely happen if they agreed to that abomination.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, New College is incredibly inefficient but it also dropped 60(!) spots on the US News & World Report rankings. Not easy!
Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster.
Competence matters.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7d

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 2d

This is just rude

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 2d

My mother is OG anti-vax. So I got to have whooping cough as a kid.

She still doesn't know that in my twenties, I got all the shots I missed as a kid. She thinks I'm insane for having gotten the covid vaccine.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Their parents never got them vaccinated. As young adults, they faced a choice.

Falling vaccination rates around the country mean more will grow up without protection from debilitating diseases until they are old enough to decide for themselves, typically at age 18.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social · 3d

Gen z, don’t listen to any jerks telling you you don’t deserve a life outside of work

Fortune @fortune.com · 3d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 2d

And apparently money to burn if they are riding titanium bikes

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

Sigh.

1. I know this, no need to point out the obvious.

2. I don’t really care if farmers voted for it or not. The reality is that when food prices go up/SNAP is cut, it screws over millions of low income families, and I’d like to avoid that. If it helps farmers who voted for Trump, so be it.

Rich Neville @snidely1459.bsky.social · 3d

Farmers voted for this.

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

Yep! 💯

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

SNAP is also a jobs/subsidy program for American farmers, so reducing how much the feds buy and send to food banks hurts farms across the country.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

The sheer biblical illiteracy of choosing this particular verse is making my head explode.

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

so you were too stupid to understand the point of kid shows when you were a kid

Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

Our monthly electric bill just increased by $50 a month.

we are in northern VA, ground zero for new data centers.

Mark Sumner 🇺🇦 @devilstower.bsky.social · 3d

AI is expensive. Even if you don't use it.

"Analysis of wholesale electricity prices across the country paints a picture of doubled wholesale prices ... It’s complex, but one thing is for certain: those within 50 miles of data centers are bearing the brunt of it."

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People's Energy Bills

AI data centers in the US are spiking nearby customers' electricity bills, and bringing other unexpected costs.

futurism.com

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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 5d

The Trump administration compact with higher education turns a manifesto of conservative grievances into policy, sprinkled with cost-cutting measures, and violates the very principles it claims to protect. I wrote about it here. It's free: adamhsays.substack.com/p/a-raw-new-...

A Raw New Deal

The administration’s proposed compact would seek to remake higher education in its own image

adamhsays.substack.com

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about Trump’s new higher education “compact” for @theatlantic.com. It’s bad!

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence

The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.

www.theatlantic.com

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4d

Dartmouth really sticking the landing with its response to the “higher Ed compact”

president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ | Office of the President

president.dartmouth.edu

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5d

The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.

Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4d

So race can be considered as a factor in admissions

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Breaking News: The Trump administration is said to have plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low, with many slots reserved for white South Africans.

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 4d

We made a “you’d be prettier if you smiled” guy the VP.

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 4d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.