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Michael Mayer

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Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · 3h

Rooting for the blood clot

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · 4d

“Nuts!”

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United Campus Workers of Arizona, CWA Local 7065 @ucwarizona.bsky.social · 6d

Our official statement on the University of Arizona's China microcampuses shutdown.

You can read the full statement on our website at UCWArizona.org/our-statements, or at the link in bio.

Simple white flyer with black text. Text reads "On Monday, September 3, UA President Suresh Garimella sent out a campus-wide email celebrating the university’s new Strategic Imperatives: “Delivering on Our Promise,” which proclaims “student success as our North Star.”
Two weeks later, on September 17, the University of Arizona announced to the microcampuses in China that all academic programs and contracts were shut down “immediately,” declaring that these students are not included in their promise of “success for every student.”
The University of Arizona has dismantled its successful partnerships with undergraduate, instructional programs in China in response to a contested congressional report. While this congressional report is not a federal mandate to sever ties with Chinese academic programs, the UA responded as if it were and shuttered all four of their Chinese partnerships, going above and beyond what the report urged. Inside Higher Ed reports that 12 U.S. institutions were named specifically, but it is unclear if any of the other 11 reacted with such an immediate and sweeping closure of their partnerships." At the bottom of the page, text reads @UCWArizona and 2/4.

Simple white flyer with black text. Text reads "Instead of supporting Chinese students, the University of Arizona simply gave in to fear. It abandoned 2,200 students who were promised and who paid for the opportunity to earn a degree from the UA. According to students in the UA-Ocean University of China Joint Law Program, the university’s subsequent proposals for students to transfer to another online program or to apply for a visa to study in the United States would increase each student's costs by anywhere from $40,000 to $100,000 to obtain a UA degree, which is unreasonable and unfair. The university's action sends these students a poor message about the United States and adds to the disharmony between our nation and theirs.
In its haste to abandon thousands of students, the UA has broken its promise to the faculty and staff who worked most closely with the students. The UA reports that 35 faculty and 4 staff were “impacted” by this decision. The impacted faculty include instructors who just relocated to Tucson in August, at the university’s request. One month later, the UA revoked their original appointments, and they now face unemployment in January." At the bottom, text reads "@UCWArizona 3/4"

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EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · 5d

White House asks U of A to pledge support for its agenda

https://www.europesays.com/2461743/

The University of Arizona’s faculty chair is urging UA President Suresh Garimella not to agree to “dirty compromises…

White House asks U of A to pledge support for its agenda - EUROPE SAYS

The University of Arizona’s faculty chair is urging UA President Suresh Garimella not to agree to “dirty compromises that partisan politics demand,” after the

www.europesays.com

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · 10d

Was DOGE a front to find and scrub evidence?

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · 17d

a woman in a bathrobe is laying on a bed holding money in front of her eyes .

ALT: a woman in a bathrobe is laying on a bed holding money in front of her eyes .

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Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · 20d

🦗🦗🦗 it seems

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hoping its sooner than later, and on a gurney…

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Epstein files?

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lobotomy?

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Giving Jay Leno “I fell down a hill a lot” vibes…

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Far away military” 😂

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Aug 23

Where are all those checks and balances we were told about in high school in American Civics class?

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hope the resulting lawsuits doubles their retirements!

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Aug 3

It’s just so tiring…

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Money Laundering?

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Dear Lord. Just at the poster’s profile. Media literacy is dead in both sides 🙄

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 25

Guess I won’t be watching latest season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sigh😑 Can we just redo the election, since everything goes these days? Pay him off to sit the rest of his life in Mar-a-lago…

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ugh. No. 😔

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 21

He squints like the truth hearts his eyes.

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 19

Where are they recruiting these brownshirts from?! Can’t tell me they have squeaky clean background checks.

Michael Mayer @michaelcmayer.bsky.social · Jul 15

So his god straight up murdered that firefighter in the audience?!