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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · Sep 7

Or how it feels to edit one!

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · Aug 31

BOSTON LABOR DAY MARCH 9:30-11:30 - start at Statehouse and walk to City Hall. Be there!

Five ways of thinking about why faculty should stand together this Labor Day:
1. Higher Ed Alone Can’t Save Democracy. We need a united front—from higher ed, K–12, federal workers, health care staff, immigrants, and beyond.
2. Resistance Must Go Beyond the Courts. While AAUP is suing the Trump administration, we must also be “in the streets, fighting back, offering a different vision.” Labor Day actions help us begin putting that vision in motion.
3. Building Strong Coalitions: AAUP helped launch Labor for Higher Ed, uniting unions across the sector. AFT and MayDayStrong actions help to build power beyond our campuses and bargaining tables.
4. Visibility Fuels Growth: AAUP has gained thousands of new members in 2025 alone and added 40+ chapters. Labor Day actions are a chance to energize new members and strengthen our presence.
5. A Platform for Bold Demands: Mass action help us push a real vision: free public higher ed, research funding, an end to student debt and adjunctification, and educational opportunity outreach programs like TRIO.

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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 In this short essay, I describe how actions of the current administration constitute ➡️ state terrorism ⬅️ and outline how US universities (and professors and students and staff) can survive state terrorism, as people before us have survived.

academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...

How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism

BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · Jul 12

Please consider signing a nomination for Francesca Abanese and the doctors of Gaza for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize for Francesca Albanese and the doctors of Gaza

Netanyahu just nominated Trump for the Nobel peace prize. Let’s show that the world thinks - Francesca and Gaza doctors deserve it instead!

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 4

Study Finds Tiny Nose Robots Can Be Used To Clean Sinuses
theonion.com/study-f...

“Finally, a simple alternative to Kleenex.”

Laura Cunningham, Systems Analyst

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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · Jun 16

Melissa Hortman's #philosophy degree was from #BostonUniversity, which is also my alma mater. An exemplary life of applied philosophical principles cut short.
#philsky #womeninphilosophy

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Jun 15

Melissa Hortman had received a degree in #philosophy from BU. My heart goes out especially to her children

Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social · Jun 15

"The entire BU community grieves the loss of one of our cherished alumnae, Melissa Hortman, who was a beloved and respected public servant. We send deep condolences to her family, her friends, and to the people of Minnesota on this tragic and saddest of days." - President Melissa Gilliam

Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, a Boston University Alum, Shot and Killed Along with Her Husband

She is remembered for her “grace and compassion.” BU president says the University community grieves the loss of a "beloved and respected public servant."

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations Isaac! You are a bright light in this world.

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · May 20

Sorry you got a worthless feel good degree in an unrigorous field like electrical engineering that left you with zero marketable skills, should have majored in Classical Literature and you'd have a lucrative job doing DEI instead

www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · May 4

Have you written your members of Congress yet? We're asking them to sign on the House Resolution 70 and Senate Resolution 147. Send a message! #USMailNotForSale #HandsOff actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...