John Dunlevy
@jdunlevy.bsky.social
Chicago ✶ and Berwyn, Illinois. he/him
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Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
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I’ve been writing about this because it fits with my broader analysis of how institutions’ debt render them vulnerable to external interests, and can make them harm themselves or their own constituents
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ve been writing about this because it fits with my broader analysis of how institutions’ debt render them vulnerable to external interests, and can make them harm themselves or their own constituents
bsky.app/profile/loui...
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In this week's Gossip Wolf, Chicago indie musicians write an open letter urging others to pull their music from Spotify, Indie rockers Wide Orbit open for Oracle Sisters, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the neighborhood and more! https://bit.ly/4gMtAFh
Chicago indie musicians organize to spurn Spotify via open letter - Chicago Reader
Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the neighborhood, and more.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM