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😮😮Unbelievable. Texas A&M censors Plato readings.
From an email to one of our faculty members....

Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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If you listen to anything today about Venezuela listen to Heather Cox Richardson and her alarm…. Trump has now shattered the rules based order of the post WW2 world order. youtu.be/wu9QSeAI22I?...
Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM