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AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 3d

It makes me galaxy brained at least once/week (except there’s so many daily reminders that ofc only the one was too much)

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Eric Weisbard @eweisbard.bsky.social · 4d

The Pop Conference deadline is less than three weeks away: October 22. Please, join me in spreading the word today. PopCon thrives on its ties to both lifelong presenters and dynamic new presenters. Got something good to speak to our Mayhem? Send in a proposal! www.popconference.org

PopCon | 2026

PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference.

www.popconference.org

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 4d

University of Chicago sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is brilliant, kind, and courageous. Please spread the word about her detention.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 5d

I so deeply wish that basic human needs—for education, shelter, food, and health—were not political playthings for the super rich. We can agree to a different way of living.

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Manan Ahmed @sepoy.bsky.social · 5d

Remembrances from colleagues of Brinkley Messick (1946-2025)

In Memoriam - Brinkley Messick — Middle East Institute

www.mei.columbia.edu

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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 6d

I very highly recommend this article on genocide, historicide, and the archives of UNRWA.

doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

Rescuing the UNRWA Archive: Saving Palestinian History amidst the Gaza Genocide

Abstract. Israel’s genocide in Gaza has entailed extensive attacks on Palestinian heritage and history, including institutional archives which preserve his

doi.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d

In today's @latimes.com, @georgianndavis.bsky.social writes about teaching statistics as an intersex scholar, and having to choose between lying to her students about the biological realities of sex and gender or teaching what the administration insists is true.

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

www.latimes.com

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty glad that fellow alumni continue to pressure Columbia’s President (and BoT).

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Class of 1964 alumni urge University to undo coerced, unconstitutional agreement with Trump administration

Dear acting University President Claire Shipman, the board of trustees, and Dean Josef Sorett,

www.columbiaspectator.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

zeteo.com

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 6d

I’m one of the millions and millions of kids—little girls in particular—whose imagination of what a life could be expanded because of the model she set. Some of us went into primatology or science; others of us chose a career over bowing to patriarchal norms. She made the planet better. Rip

NPR @npr.org · 6d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

n.pr

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 7d

Billy Bragg on banning Israel from Eurovision: "Russia was banned.. after the invasion of Ukraine & I think if we have one rule for the Ukrainians and another rule for the Palestinians, it starts to look like we only care about white skinned people and not brown skinned people"

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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 We’re hiring! Yale Sociology is searching for a Senior Quantitative Sociologist to join our department.

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709

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Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 7d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 7d

Very happy to see the guys on campus and remain proud of my colleagues. They have held a vigil protesting the detention of students every Monday, rain or shine, since the spring.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 8d

Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil outside Columbia’s (locked) gates on the eve of their possible deportation

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 7d

“I am the very model of a modern major general.”

One of the generals listening to Hegseth putting his hand over his face.

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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 7d

Had the same reaction. They all look like faculty at a mandatory training session

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 7d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –- "

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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 8d

#sociology job!

Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 8d

Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:

apply.interfolio.com/174709

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d

For the first time since the New York Times tested this question 26 years ago, Americans sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis

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