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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 1d

"Academic freedom policies came from faculties, not the government. Governments are the enemies of academic freedom, not their protectors." Brilliant piece by @sivav.bsky.social about the Trump administrations' latest effort to censor universities newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 2d

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 3d

The state goons are powerless before the awesome might of someone in an inflatable frog costume, and you seriously expect me to believe the situation is hopeless?

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

History repeats.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 8d

Animal agriculture is wrecking the planet and the media is helping by saying nothing. Silence is complicity.

96.2% of Climate Journalism Is Protecting the Meat Industry

Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 8d

The person who did all of these things was called a “tyrant…unfit to be the ruler of a free people” in 1776.

Yup.
Give it a read…

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8d

Just gonna keep tapping the sign*

*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 9d

New 2C4H Episode featuring @jonathansjones.bsky.social! Uncover the hidden history of opium use during the American Civil War. Hailed as a miracle cure for battlefield pain, opium left countless veterans battling lifelong addiction—an often-overlooked consequence of war... 2c4hpod.com

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Emily Sneff @emilysneff.bsky.social · 16d

This.

I have seven part-time/consultant positions at the moment. Any writing or peer review I do beyond those contracts--including work on my own book and public-facing project--is unpaid time.

Having to say I'm an Independent Scholar feels untrue. I'm just dependent on more than one institution.

Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 16d

Something I’ve been thinking about:

History as a profession has long relied on affiliation.

Your university or museum pays your salary, and in return, you give time to edit journals, peer review articles, write book reviews, consult on exhibits, and volunteer for institutional support. 1/

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 13d

Proud of my colleagues! 🗃
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself...

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Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 10d

🤣🤣🤣

Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 11d

He also would have never known that Earhart started with an E. 😆

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DemocracyEnjoyer @democracyenjoyer.bsky.social · 14d

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hospicerocks.bsky.social @hospicerocks.bsky.social · 14d

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14d

Sadly, entirely true.

We’ve got people who have put themselves above the law, and alleged law enforcers who can’t be trusted with the law.

This is how you lose the rule of law.

And thereby how you lose democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 16d

🐦‍⬛🍂If you'd like to support my writing and recuperation, then why not visit my little Etsy shop which has dozens of Shell County & Natural History posters for sale, Japanese prints and rare books - prices ranging from £15, with more items added every day! 🍂🐦‍⬛ etsy.com/shop/Sourisd...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing

Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23d

I want to be clear about what I'm saying here.

I'm not denying the danger.
I'm not denying the threat.

I AM saying that we live in a geographically huge country where the vast majority oppose this administration.

They don't have the power to work on that scale.
Tho they want us to believe they do

Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23d

They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.

But they want us to think they do.

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 23d

Please urge IHOP to offer vegan-friendly pancakes at all locations: https://drove.com/.2OkB 🥞🌱

🎥: VeganFTA
Clips: wiltoska | farmtransparencyproject | animalliberationorg | greatbearmedia | sinergiaanimallatinoamerica | weanimals

#animalrights #petition #plantbased #vegancommunity #veganmovement

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23d

There was no outrage from MAGA three months ago about this:

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Lynn Price Robbins, PhD @lynnprobbins.bsky.social · 24d

Reality making a comeback? We can only hope.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24d

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. The US president is expected to arrive in the UK on Tuesday night. He will enjoy a huge amount of special treatment as ministers attempt to preserve the special relationship, including a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle for Trump and his wife, Melania. Continue reading...

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