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kyrla @kyrla.bsky.social · 4d

All I'm saying is that when you write "I am alive" on some paper and put it in a photocopier, judging by the output we don't know that there's *not* a very small man in there. And maybe he deserves rights

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4d

"A.I." is the tool of and the prevailing aesthetic of fascists leading to a world devoid of meaning or art.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 8d

This meeting could have been a NO FATS NO FEMS Grindr profile

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 9d

I understand THAT people have decided it's not worth masking any more. But I'll never properly understand why, because I didn't like covid the one time I got it, and I never liked the flu or colds or norovirus when I would get them, and it's good never getting them any more.

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 9d

"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."

What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression

I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 11d

Przeworski says it cleanly, clearly, and convincingly.

What then must we do?

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

The Democratic establishment is clearly betting that Republicans will offer them an electoral victory while they attend the wedding parties of billionaires. The only vision for the Democratic Party originates from its left wing, which is vigorously censured by its mainstream. It may well be that the Democratic leadership is correct in thinking that the best strategy is to do nothing and waiting for MAGA to fail. But this, like MAGA, is a “back again” ideology, one of “restoring” democracy rather than transforming the conditions that generated the present disaster. To restore democracy, it needs to be reformed. This is the project we need.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11d

The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 11d

Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 12d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12d

Today, it was my pleasure to present the Computer History Museum book prize (on behalf of the committee) to Dr. Avery Dame-Griff, for his new book The Two Revolutions: nyupress.org/978147981831...

The Two Revolutions

Winner of the 2023 Ángel David Nieves Book Award, given by the American Studies AssociationThe internet origins of the American transgender movementThe Two ...

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14d

Cyril E. Power, "The Escalator," c. 1929 collections.mfa.org/objects/479542

Stylized image of an escalator, with figure at lower right

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17d

Hi, Rhodes Scholar and Oxford grad here. This is trash.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 19d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 17d

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

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Scott Richmond @scottrichmond.me · 22d

Thanks for this, very much so. We need to say this to and for one another.

Also, I can’t wait to read the book.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 22d

On the one hand it feels so, so stupid to be publishing a book right now, but on the other hand, I think: well, books survived the Nazis. It’s something I can put out to remind the world I existed and thought and cared, even if I don’t make it through.

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 23d

Canada's in a real bind. Our current moment requires a massive increase in state capacity *across the board*. But the Carney government (ie, Mark Carney) seems to be ideologically opposed to a greater role for government outside defence. Ideologies die hard, even when reality is banging at the door.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23d

I wish Antifa existed.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23d

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The free speech crusade will continue until complete conformity and submission are achieved.

5 More Faculty, Staff Removed for Kirk Comments

Republican politicians and other conservatives are calling for employees, including those in higher ed, to be terminated for their social media posts about Kirk's killing.

www.insidehighered.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26d

I am so tired of the scapegoating of higher ed. No group that have had their speech rights more obviously curtailed, by the government, in the couple of years than college students. The govt is engaged in an obvious viewpoint discrimination lawfare campaign against campuses. But it’s not enough!

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 26d

Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26d

Incredible post 9-11 vibes for anyone who remembers Ari Fleischer's "all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do.”

Defector @defector.com · 26d

NBA reporter fired after accurately describing Charlie Kirk's beliefs: defector.com/nba-reporter...

NBA Reporter Fired After Accurately Describing Charlie Kirk's Beliefs | Defector

Arizona-based outlet PHNX Sports has fired its lead Phoenix Suns reporter Gerald Bourguet after he posted tweets critical of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, in the aftermath of Kirk’s fatal…

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Chris Neill 🐧 @chrisneill.bsky.social · 28d

This is exactly the set of circumstances when we should be putting money into science and innovation. A country right next door to us that has been a leader in science and innovation is throwing it all away - we should be picking up at least some pieces.

What are we doing here? Unfathomable.

Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 28d

One way or another, federal science and innovation funding in Canada is likely headed for a serious clobbering.

@alexusherhesa.bsky.social on possible scenarios for ISED in the next budget.

higheredstrategy.com/the-coming-f...

The Coming Federal Cuts – Part 3: ISED | HESA

Monday, we looked at the country’s overall financial situation (dire), and yesterday we looked at how cuts of a magnitude … Continued

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James Leo Cahill @jamesleocahill.bsky.social · 29d

A tenure track position in sound in cinema and media at U of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning

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Scott Richmond @scottrichmond.me · Sep 8

The iSchool is hiring 5 (five!) people this year, so if the Knowledge Systems position doesn't fit, check out the others: ischool.utoronto.ca/news/cluster...

Cluster Hire: Five New Faculty Positions at the Faculty of Information - Faculty of Information

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is advancing its academic vision through a strategic cluster hire. We are recruiting five new faculty members in the following areas: Human-Cent...

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Scott Richmond @scottrichmond.me · Sep 8

I *am*, however, on the committee for this position! I can't really answer any questions about it (there are Rules). But I can say we're casting a very wide net for this one. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Knowledge Systems, Infrastructures, Communities, and Cultures

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Scott Richmond @scottrichmond.me · Sep 8

My department is hiring! I'd be happy to answer any questions (esp. re: "experiential learning"). (I'm not on the search committee.) It's a swell place to work, with excellent colleagues, in a great (if blisteringly expensive) city. North of a particular border. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 2

Joseph Weizenbaum said “The myth of technological and political and social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience. Its service is to remove responsibility from the shoulders of everyone who truly believes in it. But in fact there are actors”

The president of the AFT, Randi Weingarten, said in an interview that she’s come to believe that AI will be as transformative as the printing press and that teachers should learn to use it. With limited government support for any large-scale training, she felt she had little choice but to turn to Silicon Valley. “Professional development done by teachers for teachers is actually the best thing to do,” she said, “but where are you going to find that money?” Daaiyah Bilal-Threats, senior director for national education policy at the NEA, characterized her union’s relationships with big tech companies around AI—it has worked with Google too—in part as a chance for teachers to influence product development. “It could be dangerous for them to be developing this technology without educator input,” she said.

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