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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6h

It will also disconnect students from each other—and in a world fractured by various flavors of technofascism, I cannot think of a more disastrous thing (which is likely partly why AI fetishists are pushing for AI in schools and universities)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6h

“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.”

— Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure

How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society

Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...

lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 6h

i still find it darkly funny that a couple leading intellectuals argued for the better part of a decade that this movement couldn’t be considered fascism.

Meanwhile the movement’s leading “thinkers” have quoting fascists and saying stuff like this entire time.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 1d

New from me and @brendannyhan.bsky.social

Why Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence" is a devil's bargain and should be rejected in all forms

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.

Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

www.msnbc.com

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12h

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you to my union @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social for this statement denouncing the attacks on my colleagues @mark-bray.bsky.social and Yesenia Barragan, which include doxxing and death threats. We can't be cowed into silence and we will stand together. rutgersaaup.org/defending-ou...

Defending Our Colleagues from Attacks by the Rutgers Chapter of Turning Point USA - Rutgers AAUP-AFT

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray has come under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Their campaign to have Dr. Bray fired has resulted …

rutgersaaup.org

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The Academic Resistance @academicresistance.bsky.social · 12h

Universities must unite to reject President Trump’s partisan “Compact for Academic Excellence” which threatens academic freedom and diversity. Only bold, collective resistance can defend higher ed from ideological control and preserve critical thought on campus. wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/2025/10/...

Why universities must flatly reject Trump’s ultimatum

Universities need to form a large and powerful bloc to resist attempts to illegitimately remake higher education.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Flames on the side of my face. @artificialmcb.bsky.social · 11h

It’s a real problem that state level democrats never challenged the power of their internals security forces but instead showered them with military gear & fawned over them every chance they got.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 12h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I see we need to revisit this.

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate

"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

thing about it is there's more than one way to empty places of people of color. Alienation is tried-and-true. No one who loves their people is going to stick around long for this shit.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

The juxtaposition and absurdity of these arguments alongside an active years-long campaign to ban Black scholarship because it “belittles” conservatism, or makes white children feel bad, is half the point.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

It is unbelievably funny how load bearing American democratic norms turned out to be

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Julia M. Smith @julia-m-smith.bsky.social · 2d

Check out our paper, now out in Developmental Science! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

No Developmental Differences in Preferences for Epistemic Versus Physical Uncertainty Across Three Diverse Cultures

We regularly make decisions under uncertainty, but the same decision can feel different when made under physical uncertainty, where a decision maker must guess at an outcome that has not yet occurre...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Adrienne Wood @adriennewood.bsky.social · 2d

Over 400 faculty and staff from the #uva College of Arts and Sciences convened for an emergency vote. 97% of eligible voters endorsed a resolution demanding President Mahoney refuse to consider the Trump admin's Compact for Academic Freedom!!

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 2d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

docs.google.com

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I say people should leave the military, I'm told that we need the good people to stay because they're a firewall against unjust orders. Okay. When does that happen? Assassinating Venezuelan fisherman? National Guard in cities? Insurrection Act? Excited to see this firewall in action soon.

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatens to invoke insurrection act to bypass court rulings against national guard deployment: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3d

I think we should be more worried about the murders of random fishermen.

The soldiers who followed those orders need to go to jail, along with everyone in the chain of command.

subvariety sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 3d

there was a lot of "the military won't obey illegal orders, don't underestimate its professionalism." since then 1) multiple cities are going under occupation and we have not seen any suggestion of resistance 2) we haven't heard a whisper about trump ordering them to murder random fishermen

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 3d

There is a felony case involving 3 UC Davis protestors who painted an egghead w/ Palestine solidarity messaging.

A UCPD officer *fired his gun* at a student in violation of SOPs.

Now body camera footage reveals the shot was not accidental as UC leaders told us.

davisvanguard.org/2025/07/uc-d...

Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Felony Charges against UC Davis Protesters Despite Restorative Justice Offer - Davis Vanguard

A judge denied a defense motion to dismiss felony charges against three UC Davis students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest that included the spray-painting of an Egghead sculpture, despite the de...

davisvanguard.org

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 23d

AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...

The False Promise of “AI for Social Good”

Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.

www.project-syndicate.org

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