Greg Newton
@gregnewton.bsky.social
Two wheels > four wheel cages. Fan of #Crew96, Ohio Bobcat and Chicago Blackhawk hockey, music, craft beer, bourbon, BBQ, and college radio. Ohio U faculty and admin who sometimes writes about media and higher ed stuff.
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OH MY GOD QUINN HUGHES WAS TRADED TO THE MINNESOTA WILD!!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
OH MY GOD QUINN HUGHES WAS TRADED TO THE MINNESOTA WILD!!!!!
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“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
When the Teddy Bear Toss slightly misfires. #cawlidgehawkey #OUOhYeah
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When the Teddy Bear Toss slightly misfires. #cawlidgehawkey #OUOhYeah
I will never forgive FCKentucky for letting this travesty happen
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I will never forgive FCKentucky for letting this travesty happen
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bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
Cruelty is this administration's only animating force.
This is a cruel act of bigotry against an amazing woman who served her country with distinction.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Cruelty is this administration's only animating force.
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Important for people to know the $75 mil payout from Northwestern to the government didn't turn on canceled grants that broaden participation in stem, physics, promote diversity etc... what this communicates about uni priorities is clear: dailynorthwestern.com/2025/12/03/c...
Northwestern NSF grant terminations leave researchers stuck
Although Northwestern struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding, National Science Foundation grants terminated in accordance with executive orders remain unchange...
dailynorthwestern.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Important for people to know the $75 mil payout from Northwestern to the government didn't turn on canceled grants that broaden participation in stem, physics, promote diversity etc... what this communicates about uni priorities is clear: dailynorthwestern.com/2025/12/03/c...
I've said it before and, sadly, likely will in the future.
If you don't want people to think you're nothing but a political hack, don't act like a political hack.
If you don't want people to think you're nothing but a political hack, don't act like a political hack.
Again, it's not just the blatant disdain they have for you & me as citizens. It's also the blatant disdain they have for their own colleagues.
We should all start treating them with exactly the same disdain they show for us, their colleagues, the law, & the Constitution.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We should all start treating them with exactly the same disdain they show for us, their colleagues, the law, & the Constitution.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
I don't think the Justices understand the extent to which they are playing with fire. The more they do this, the more District Courts will engage in open disrespect of the Supreme Court, because what other response is there to open disrespect directed at them? That's bad for the Judiciary, period.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I've said it before and, sadly, likely will in the future.
If you don't want people to think you're nothing but a political hack, don't act like a political hack.
If you don't want people to think you're nothing but a political hack, don't act like a political hack.
This.
I'm most acquainted with the education and research spaces because of my job. The damage done there in the past 10 months will harm a generation in many, many ways and take decades to recover from.
And then there are the federal courts....
I'm most acquainted with the education and research spaces because of my job. The damage done there in the past 10 months will harm a generation in many, many ways and take decades to recover from.
And then there are the federal courts....
One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This.
I'm most acquainted with the education and research spaces because of my job. The damage done there in the past 10 months will harm a generation in many, many ways and take decades to recover from.
And then there are the federal courts....
I'm most acquainted with the education and research spaces because of my job. The damage done there in the past 10 months will harm a generation in many, many ways and take decades to recover from.
And then there are the federal courts....
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A leader as corrupt and authoritarian as Nicolas Maduro must not be allowed to remain in power.
by Donald Trump
by Donald Trump
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A leader as corrupt and authoritarian as Nicolas Maduro must not be allowed to remain in power.
by Donald Trump
by Donald Trump
I really hope he's right about this. I miss the days when administration leaders and the President didn't talk like a 15 year-old Monster-guzzling gamer on a 12-hour Call of Duty bender
I used to think Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly's blunt, dry style wouldn't play well with an entertainment-addled American public. Now it seems like his fearless bluntness is the perfect antidote to push back against the overcooked rhetoric of Trump and Hegseth. They picked the wrong guy to attack.
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I really hope he's right about this. I miss the days when administration leaders and the President didn't talk like a 15 year-old Monster-guzzling gamer on a 12-hour Call of Duty bender
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This is, as far as I can tell, one of the first major efforts to rebuff Gen AI by a major radio broadcaster
I Heart radio has pulled an AI artist from the air and its chief programming officer has started an initiative called “guaranteed human.” He says this also applies to their podcasts. www.billboard.com/pro/iheartra...
iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo
iHeartRadio banned AI music, podcasts and radio DJs with a new program called "Guaranteed Human," programming head Tom Poleman wrote in a staff memo.
www.billboard.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is, as far as I can tell, one of the first major efforts to rebuff Gen AI by a major radio broadcaster
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Reporter: “You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US …”
Trump: “Right.”
Reporter: “Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?”
Trump: “Right.”
Reporter: “Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?”
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reporter: “You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US …”
Trump: “Right.”
Reporter: “Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?”
Trump: “Right.”
Reporter: “Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?”
Yep
"Why is there grade inflation? Why do our courses lack rigor?'
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Yep
Antigami? Well, I learned something today
🏈 ARI 17 - 20 TB
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 298 times before.
Last time: Sep 14, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles defeated Kansas City Chiefs
FINAL
👎 That's Antigami! 20-17 is the most common result in NFL history. This score has happened 298 times before.
Last time: Sep 14, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles defeated Kansas City Chiefs
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Antigami? Well, I learned something today
Or, ideally, any time ever again.
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Or, ideally, any time ever again.
Well done, Brutus
top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Well done, Brutus
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
The data would almost certainly look similar in most states--both the overall number and the list of companies at the top. Maybe flip the top two, swap Albertsons for Kroger and a local health services company in Ohio
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The data would almost certainly look similar in most states--both the overall number and the list of companies at the top. Maybe flip the top two, swap Albertsons for Kroger and a local health services company in Ohio
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
And from three alma maters that I was proud to have degrees from, regularly donated to, talked up to potential students...I'm down to one.
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And from three alma maters that I was proud to have degrees from, regularly donated to, talked up to potential students...I'm down to one.
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Nice blog post by @northwesternlaw.bsky.social alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social decrying any potential acquiescence by Northwestern to a Trump admin. shakedown:
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
Northwestern about to cave???
Writing about Cornell caving to the Trump Administration, I told Northwestern that if it planned to cave to please do so by December 31 so I can save money. Unfortunately, I may have gotten my wish…
prawfsblawg.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nice blog post by @northwesternlaw.bsky.social alum @howardwasserman.bsky.social decrying any potential acquiescence by Northwestern to a Trump admin. shakedown:
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
prawfsblawg.com/northwestern...
Happy Black Friday Record Store Day to all who celebrate. And thanks Republic Of Athens Records for having three of my top choices 🙂
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy Black Friday Record Store Day to all who celebrate. And thanks Republic Of Athens Records for having three of my top choices 🙂
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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