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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 17d

But not 🖐🏻?

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 17d

Raise your hand if your public university employer instructed everyone on H1-B visas to return to the US immediately if currently abroad and to cancel all planned international travel in order to maximally comply with the Trmp regime 🙌🏻

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 18d

so this h1b thing is not even an executive order but a presidential proclamation, and should "not have the force and effect of law" (as per the library of Congress) but that won't make any difference because we seem to be completely resigned to be living in a dictatorship, yes?

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 17d

Raise your hand if your public university employer is so committed to anticipatory compliance that they prefer to foment panic than reassure H1-B workers that if they face any issue while traveling, the university will marshal their *considerable resources* to fight illegal proclamations. 🙌🏻

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 18d

so this h1b thing is not even an executive order but a presidential proclamation, and should "not have the force and effect of law" (as per the library of Congress) but that won't make any difference because we seem to be completely resigned to be living in a dictatorship, yes?

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 17d

Raise your hand if your public university employer is so committed to anticipatory compliance that they prefer to foment panic than reassure H1-B workers that if they face any issue while traveling, the university will marshal their *considerable resources* to fight illegal proclamations. 🙌🏻

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 18d

so this h1b thing is not even an executive order but a presidential proclamation, and should "not have the force and effect of law" (as per the library of Congress) but that won't make any difference because we seem to be completely resigned to be living in a dictatorship, yes?

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 17d

Raise your hand if your public university employer instructed everyone on H1-B visas to return to the US immediately if currently abroad and to cancel all planned international travel in order to maximally comply with the Trmp regime 🙌🏻

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 18d

so this h1b thing is not even an executive order but a presidential proclamation, and should "not have the force and effect of law" (as per the library of Congress) but that won't make any difference because we seem to be completely resigned to be living in a dictatorship, yes?

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

I think it’s more than a category error to describe the practice of being disappeared by government agents to torture facilities in third countries as a “serious consequence”

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

“… the university had sent a list of 160 names to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights…names of students, staff, and faculty who may well suffer serious consequences, including the loss of jobs, expulsion, deportation, or harassment.”

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

Butler’s response to Berkeley “naming names” reminds us this was a McCarthy-era practice. But calling to mind televised congressional hearings and industry blacklists, I think, dangerously sanitizes the horrific violence of today’s authoritarian tactics.

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

In Butler’s response to Berkeley “naming names” they remind us this was a McCarthy-era practice. But calling to mind televised congressional hearings and industry blacklists, I think, dangerously sanitizes the horrific violence of today’s authoritarian tactics.

www.chronicle.com/article/when...

Opinion | When Universities Become Informants

A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.

www.chronicle.com

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

In Butler’s response to Berkeley “naming names” they remind us this was a McCarthy-era practice. But calling to mind televised congressional hearings and industry blacklists, I think, dangerously sanitizes the horrific violence of today’s authoritarian tactics.

www.chronicle.com/article/when...

Opinion | When Universities Become Informants

A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.

www.chronicle.com

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

I think it’s more than a category error to describe the practice of being disappeared by government agents to torture facilities in third countries as a “serious consequence”

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

“… the university had sent a list of 160 names to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights…names of students, staff, and faculty who may well suffer serious consequences, including the loss of jobs, expulsion, deportation, or harassment.”

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 22d

Butler’s response to Berkeley “naming names” reminds us this was a McCarthy-era practice. But calling to mind televised congressional hearings and industry blacklists, I think, dangerously sanitizes the horrific violence of today’s authoritarian tactics.

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Michael S Roth @msroth.bsky.social · 23d

Judith Butler:"It is important to refuse the notion that this is just how things are..invoking a feckless realpolitik that justifies complicity with a brutal & rising authoritarianism. It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized" www.chronicle.com/article/when...

Opinion | When Universities Become Informants

A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.

www.chronicle.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27d

You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way.

Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

Chris Murphy: "Our entire democratic experiment is going crumble if people don't believe they are safe when they express their political views."

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Sep 6

Okay so we’re also going to expand Husky4Immigrants right? No one in jeopardy means everyone can access state-funded Medicaid programs right?

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LaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social · Sep 6

Unions aren’t just good for workers—they also benefit communities and democracy

Rebuilding worker power by strengthening unions is not just good policy—it is a democratic imperative in the face of authoritarian backsliding.

www.epi.org

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Union Jobs @unionjobs.bsky.social · Sep 5

The NYSUT (New York State United Teachers) seeks a Regional Staff Director - Southern Tier, Vestal and Elmira to be based in Vestal and Elmira, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll @nysut.bsky.social

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The Sassiest Semite @littlemisslizz.bsky.social · Sep 4

10/10, no notes

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve gone all paper in my classes this semester. I am getting too friendly with the 1 copy machine in the building, but the students are annotating in multiple colors and this is the best thing I’ve done to improve my pedagogy in years.

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’m imagining breathwork synced to the mechanical heaves and whirs

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve gone all paper in my classes this semester. I am getting too friendly with the 1 copy machine in the building, but the students are annotating in multiple colors and this is the best thing I’ve done to improve my pedagogy in years.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Sep 1

life is better in a union!

celebrate and organize today

"68% of U.S. adults approve of labor unions. This is the fifth consecutive year that approval of organized labor has been in the 67% to 71% range, a level last reached in the late 1950s and early 1960s."

news.gallup.com/poll/694472/...

Labor Union Approval Relatively Steady at 68% in U.S.

Public approval of labor unions remains historically strong at 68%, marking the fifth consecutive year with nearly 70% support.

news.gallup.com

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Good morning & happy Labor Day 🌞

Let’s all give a shout out to our labor unions. I’m a member of @aaup.org & @aft.org!!!

#UnionStrong
#Solidarity

Union Strong Worker GIF

ALT: Union Strong Worker GIF

media.tenor.com

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · Aug 30

Can we get please have a major professional org come out AGAINST using AI in college classrooms? @aacu.org

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