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@tieka14.bsky.social
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Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
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No one can tell me a single good use for it, for me. I have asked. Not a one.
What am I supposed to use it for? To summarize my emails? Too long, wrong. To write things? Too long, wrong. To plan trips? Planning is FUN and why would I outsource that? I played with it a bit six months ago, it was meh.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
No one can tell me a single good use for it, for me. I have asked. Not a one.
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Yeah no country in the sort of western academic diaspora can take advantage of U.S. brain drain for the same reason— there’s no war machine to fund it. It’s all a parasite of global capital. Gotta bring your own money, compete on foreign merit rules, & there’s no good takeaway Chinese food
Irish institutions must find matching funds and lolol the priority areas. I also love the idea that lots of people will bring private and industry funding with them?
May 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah no country in the sort of western academic diaspora can take advantage of U.S. brain drain for the same reason— there’s no war machine to fund it. It’s all a parasite of global capital. Gotta bring your own money, compete on foreign merit rules, & there’s no good takeaway Chinese food
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Someone defended AI by saying that it uses about the same amount of water as a golf course. Considering that I hate golf with every fiber of my being, partly for its environmental impact, this did not persuade me.
May 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Someone defended AI by saying that it uses about the same amount of water as a golf course. Considering that I hate golf with every fiber of my being, partly for its environmental impact, this did not persuade me.
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That’s my thing. All I have heard about my entire life is men’s many problems. Whomst among us has ever had the freedom to ignore men’s problems?!!
All nonsense. Men need socialism and a nap.
All nonsense. Men need socialism and a nap.
May 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
That’s my thing. All I have heard about my entire life is men’s many problems. Whomst among us has ever had the freedom to ignore men’s problems?!!
All nonsense. Men need socialism and a nap.
All nonsense. Men need socialism and a nap.
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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BREAKING: ICE raided a home with 20 armed agents, ripped a mom & her 3 daughters out of bed in their underwear, held them in the rain for hours at gunpoint—with ZERO charges.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
April 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
BREAKING: ICE raided a home with 20 armed agents, ripped a mom & her 3 daughters out of bed in their underwear, held them in the rain for hours at gunpoint—with ZERO charges.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
They’re U.S. citizens. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s state-sanctioned terror.
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In a few years (max) when people start asking why we thought AI was a good idea I am creating a record that we did NOT think it was a good idea and the main reason people were ever convinced was billions of dollars of propaganda
April 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In a few years (max) when people start asking why we thought AI was a good idea I am creating a record that we did NOT think it was a good idea and the main reason people were ever convinced was billions of dollars of propaganda
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this is what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been saying, yeah
Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence
and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer
Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence
and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer
I suspect that the relatively low cost of Treats in the U.S. has made many people more willing to accept batshit housing costs, and if the Treats start to dry up….
americans are a people motivated by treats if these tariffs dont kill the economy itself, theyll kill everyone’s motivation to actually work lmao
April 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
this is what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been saying, yeah
Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence
and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer
Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence
and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer
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“Africa is poor because Black people are inferior”
ah ok. well meet Patrice Lumumba. Congo’s first elected leader. he tried to nationalize resources to help his people. President Eisenhower approved his assassination. he was tortured, shot, cut up into 34 pieces and dissolved in acid.
ah ok. well meet Patrice Lumumba. Congo’s first elected leader. he tried to nationalize resources to help his people. President Eisenhower approved his assassination. he was tortured, shot, cut up into 34 pieces and dissolved in acid.
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“Africa is poor because Black people are inferior”
ah ok. well meet Patrice Lumumba. Congo’s first elected leader. he tried to nationalize resources to help his people. President Eisenhower approved his assassination. he was tortured, shot, cut up into 34 pieces and dissolved in acid.
ah ok. well meet Patrice Lumumba. Congo’s first elected leader. he tried to nationalize resources to help his people. President Eisenhower approved his assassination. he was tortured, shot, cut up into 34 pieces and dissolved in acid.
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Pretty clear admission that the NYT killed a story about the implausibility of the lab leak because editors believed bad-faith Trump Admin sources over actual scientists.
donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learne...
donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learne...
April 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Pretty clear admission that the NYT killed a story about the implausibility of the lab leak because editors believed bad-faith Trump Admin sources over actual scientists.
donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learne...
donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learne...
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A única explicação possível para a aparente contradição: um projeto eugenista.
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A única explicação possível para a aparente contradição: um projeto eugenista.
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Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
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More people should pause before lashing out at folks who share their hatred of this administration and ask themselves, "Am I using this person as a punching bag because I don't know how to strike back at the people responsible for all of the kidnappings, killings, deportations, and destruction?"
April 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
More people should pause before lashing out at folks who share their hatred of this administration and ask themselves, "Am I using this person as a punching bag because I don't know how to strike back at the people responsible for all of the kidnappings, killings, deportations, and destruction?"
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
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As I said, most Americans are easy to convince that the state is broken because it has worked so well for them.
Of course, those pillaging the state knows it works. That’s the point.
Of course, those pillaging the state knows it works. That’s the point.
I think it’s worse than that. They want to break it because they know it *does* work, and they don’t want it to work for anyone but them.
It works. The government here largely works. Because we are so spoiled by how well it works, we are letting a fool convince us it is broken.
April 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As I said, most Americans are easy to convince that the state is broken because it has worked so well for them.
Of course, those pillaging the state knows it works. That’s the point.
Of course, those pillaging the state knows it works. That’s the point.
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Another story that must be told:
An ICE agent grabbed Merwil Gutiérrez. One of his fellow agents said, “No, he’s not the one.”
Merwil Gutiérrez is a 19-year-old asylum applicant who lives in the Bronx. He was the “wrong one.” ICE wasn’t there looking for him.
“Take him anyway,” came the reply.
An ICE agent grabbed Merwil Gutiérrez. One of his fellow agents said, “No, he’s not the one.”
Merwil Gutiérrez is a 19-year-old asylum applicant who lives in the Bronx. He was the “wrong one.” ICE wasn’t there looking for him.
“Take him anyway,” came the reply.
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Another story that must be told:
An ICE agent grabbed Merwil Gutiérrez. One of his fellow agents said, “No, he’s not the one.”
Merwil Gutiérrez is a 19-year-old asylum applicant who lives in the Bronx. He was the “wrong one.” ICE wasn’t there looking for him.
“Take him anyway,” came the reply.
An ICE agent grabbed Merwil Gutiérrez. One of his fellow agents said, “No, he’s not the one.”
Merwil Gutiérrez is a 19-year-old asylum applicant who lives in the Bronx. He was the “wrong one.” ICE wasn’t there looking for him.
“Take him anyway,” came the reply.
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Colleagues, sharing this in solidarity: theconversation.com/universities...
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Colleagues, sharing this in solidarity: theconversation.com/universities...
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I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
April 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm supposed to be at
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
Sweet Briar College, where I was so excited to meet with the amazing students, faculty, and staff who organized my visit & made Mobility their Common Read. Hours before my flight I learned about their Board's exclusion of trans & nonbinary people. So now I'm not going.
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"Regulations are written in blood"
“Regulations, basically, should be default gone,” Musk said. “Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
www.huffpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Regulations are written in blood"
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I said I would do this last night but I was too tired so lets do it today. A few caveats - not saying this list is exhaustive, it's just a good place to start. It's also not in chronological order because I'm a chaos gremlin
I'm going to a thing with other humans but when I get back I'll make a little reading list so you can educate yourself and others on why the NYT is an objectively bad for democracy news outlet we've been tricked into respecting. Skeeting this to hold myself accountable
February 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I said I would do this last night but I was too tired so lets do it today. A few caveats - not saying this list is exhaustive, it's just a good place to start. It's also not in chronological order because I'm a chaos gremlin
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In one of the largest demonstrations in recent years in Athens, tens of thousands of people gathered at Syntagma Square on Sunday to demand justice for the 2023 Tempe train disaster, joined by 97 cities across Greece and 13 cities around the world. #Τεμπη www.ekathimerini.com/politics/125...
Thousands gather in Greece’s cities to call for justice in Tempe disaster | eKathimerini.com
In one of the largest demonstrations in recent years at Syntagma Square in Athens, tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday to demand justice for the Tempi disaster, joined by 97 cities across G...
www.ekathimerini.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In one of the largest demonstrations in recent years in Athens, tens of thousands of people gathered at Syntagma Square on Sunday to demand justice for the 2023 Tempe train disaster, joined by 97 cities across Greece and 13 cities around the world. #Τεμπη www.ekathimerini.com/politics/125...
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Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
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This is what standing up to ICE looks like
The union representing thousands of janitors said ICE went to multiple downtown San Francisco offices but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports.
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”
www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...
ICE agents in downtown San Francisco blocked by building security
Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said federal agents went to multiple downtown office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from e...
www.ktvu.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is what standing up to ICE looks like