A new post is coming. A brief but important read on the ideology driving the last 50 years - neoliberalism. Swing by lecternmedia.org on Monday for the latest addition from The Professor.

Explore the latest post on Civil Society - a brief but informative overview on an important pillar of democracies everywhere. #edusky #academicsky #democracy

70 BCE. A governor loots Sicily for three years. Everyone knows. No one can touch him - he's too connected, too wealthy, has the right friends in the Senate. Cicero methodically prosecutes him and exposes corruption. Join me for a history lesson Monday @ www.lecternmedia.org

"Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects." —Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Part II of a series on the university system arrives on Monday @0900 CET.

Universities aren't just cutting costs—they're ideologically restructuring. 🧵
Philosophy, Gender Studies, Public Administration: eliminated. Administrative bureaucracy: expanded. Faculty replaced by adjuncts or working professionals. Budget cuts & course changes. #academicsky #edusky #democracy

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2. Responses to important works we encounter
3. Vernacular translations of academic concepts

Recent layoffs aren't just budgetary issues—they're the culmination of years of restructuring. How did job skills, performance evaluations, and costly amenities for student recruitment affect universities? Can the history of academia shed light on these trends?

200 executive orders since January. Four suspend normal legal processes by declaring 'emergencies.' This is how democracies transform—not through coups, but through institutionalized emergency governance.

Join us on Monday for a new article on #democracy in exceptional times: lecternmedia.org

Your morning coffee tells a climate story most never consider. Connects you to farmers facing changing weather, supply chains burning fossil fuels, ecosystems under pressure. Some companies adapt. Others just raise prices and blame weather. #environment #coffee

@eddbagenal.bsky.social thanks for the repost! Hope you have a wonderful day, and to help kick it off right, here's a picture from Holland to assist.

Reading Hannah Arendt while watching current politics is illuminating.

'Most evil is done by people who never decide to be good or evil.'

Ordinary people participate in harmful systems through thoughtlessness, not malice.

The Professor offers three content types:

1. Essays that explore themes in depth
2. Responses to important works we encounter
3. Vernacular translations of academic concepts