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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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Meanwhile, Russia strikes an American company’s facility in Ukraine.
🔴 Video shows the moment Russian forces struck a U.S.-owned cooking oil factory in Ukraine’s Dnipro.
The hit on the Oleina plant spilled 300 tons of cooking oil onto city roads, the city mayor reports.
The hit on the Oleina plant spilled 300 tons of cooking oil onto city roads, the city mayor reports.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Meanwhile, Russia strikes an American company’s facility in Ukraine.
Alan Garber is a good soldier for Trump's anti-free speech culture war
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Garber Faults Faculty Activism for Chilling Campus Debate and Free Speech | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said the University “went wrong” by allowing professors to inject their personal views into the classroom, arguing that faculty activism had chilled free speech an...
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Alan Garber is a good soldier for Trump's anti-free speech culture war
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Thank god we're done with the "era of woke cancel culture" 🙄now the right can do what they always meant when they criticized cancel culture: cancel culture
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Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning.
Sebastian B. Connolly and Summer E. Rose report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Sebastian B. Connolly and Summer E. Rose report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Dunster House Resident Dean Gregory Davis Removed After Resurfaced Social Media Posts | News | The Harvard Crimson
Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning.
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Thank god we're done with the "era of woke cancel culture" 🙄now the right can do what they always meant when they criticized cancel culture: cancel culture
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Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool!
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Sign on to the Massachusetts Teachers Association's petition to oppose the elimination of library & civics educations programs, the removal references to DEI, and dangerously revised accreditation standards that harm low-income, first-generation students.
@massteacher.bsky.social
@massteacher.bsky.social
Reject changes that undermine the mission of public higher education
Accreditation and governing bodies set standards for what quality education in Massachusetts will look like and the changes being considered to lower standards and reduce credit requirements represent...
actionnetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sign on to the Massachusetts Teachers Association's petition to oppose the elimination of library & civics educations programs, the removal references to DEI, and dangerously revised accreditation standards that harm low-income, first-generation students.
@massteacher.bsky.social
@massteacher.bsky.social
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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@aaup.org
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
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@aaup.org
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Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
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Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
American elites are surrendering, Harvard is teetering.
At every level of the university and the student bodies, some resistance but not enough, little outrage, and a lot of "I'm just going to focus on my work".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
At every level of the university and the student bodies, some resistance but not enough, little outrage, and a lot of "I'm just going to focus on my work".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
American elites are surrendering, Harvard is teetering.
At every level of the university and the student bodies, some resistance but not enough, little outrage, and a lot of "I'm just going to focus on my work".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
At every level of the university and the student bodies, some resistance but not enough, little outrage, and a lot of "I'm just going to focus on my work".
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Nearly 1,300 non-tenure-track faculty signed and delivered a petition to Harvard’s top brass at Massachusetts Hall on Thursday, demanding a union contract “as soon as possible."
Megan L. Blonigen, Hugo C. Chiasson, and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Megan L. Blonigen, Hugo C. Chiasson, and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
1,300 Harvard Academic Workers Sign Petition Demanding Union Contract | News | The Harvard Crimson
Nearly 1,300 non-tenure-track faculty signed onto a petition and delivered it to Harvard’s top brass at Massachusetts Hall on Thursday, demanding a union contract “as soon as possible."
www.thecrimson.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nearly 1,300 non-tenure-track faculty signed and delivered a petition to Harvard’s top brass at Massachusetts Hall on Thursday, demanding a union contract “as soon as possible."
Megan L. Blonigen, Hugo C. Chiasson, and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Megan L. Blonigen, Hugo C. Chiasson, and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The miserable bastard who did this just got a trillion dollar pay day. There's no karma, there's no cosmic justice. There's just horrible people who more often than not never gave any consequences for their actions in life.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The miserable bastard who did this just got a trillion dollar pay day. There's no karma, there's no cosmic justice. There's just horrible people who more often than not never gave any consequences for their actions in life.
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New report from @mesa1966.bsky.social and @aaup.org : Antisemitism lawsuits and investigations have skyrocketed over the past two years, largely driven by outside groups, and almost all focusing on criticism of Israel.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New report from @mesa1966.bsky.social and @aaup.org : Antisemitism lawsuits and investigations have skyrocketed over the past two years, largely driven by outside groups, and almost all focusing on criticism of Israel.
NO, the answer is no
Next question:
Is the New York Times ruining journalism with lazy two-sideism that panders to power instead of challenging it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Next question:
Is the New York Times ruining journalism with lazy two-sideism that panders to power instead of challenging it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NO, the answer is no
Next question:
Is the New York Times ruining journalism with lazy two-sideism that panders to power instead of challenging it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Next question:
Is the New York Times ruining journalism with lazy two-sideism that panders to power instead of challenging it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Oh look English teachers have their lesson plan for the day on how word choice exposes POV.
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani was anointed the mayor-elect of New York City on Tuesday, he strode onto the stage of a cavernous theater in Brooklyn and delivered a victory speech that celebrated New York’s immigrants, working class and young people. Follow live: nyti.ms/3X9h35I
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Oh look English teachers have their lesson plan for the day on how word choice exposes POV.
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
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A new report published today by the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.
Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A new report published today by the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.
Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
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Source:
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