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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 7h

we’re reimagining the curriculum

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 13h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 13h

"The chancellor approved it"

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History is What's Happening @historyiswhat.bsky.social · 1d

"Gaza’s vegetation, too, is largely dead. UNEP [United Nations Environment Program] has said that 97% of tree crops, 95% of shrubs and 82% of annual crops are gone."

Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

apnews.com

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

excuse me Adam I believe you are currently engaging in a public expression activity, have you checked to ensure this area is designated for that today

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

lol what *is* this

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

the way that universities rolled out the red carpet for trump’s assaults on free speech and academic freedom is totally jokerfying.

All because hearing 19 year olds say “stop genocide” and “free Palestine” hurt donors’ feelings

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

“individuals participating in a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest” is a delillo-level dystopian sentence

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

that’s Professor Chick to you, kid. And I only have two nose rings

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 2d

“Rights are what you make and what you take.” - James Boggs

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

All of it is not good. The end.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 2d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Ahem

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

It is self soothing to say that if only Palestinians accepted Israel then everything would be unlocked and peace would be possible. OK well that already happened, more than once, and what did it result in? When will people seriously grapple with the idea that perhaps Israel is a lot like Russia?

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

PLO recognized Israel in 1988 and 1993 and then what happened is a question nobody seems to answer on here

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 3d

Oh for sure—but he also seemed to want to make the jump from “no legal legitimacy = full rebellion is required” and it’s not clear that one must do that. Also, since you blocked him, you did miss out on a rather funny follow up in which he clarified that he is a “John Adams” not a “Sam Adams,” so

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 3d

fwiw it was extremely fun and satisfying to watch unfold from the sidelines, as I—not a lawyer but a political theorist—had been having my own aneurysm over his insistence that “illegitimacy” means one and only one thing, with only one political implication

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

🚨BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News’ @jeremyscahill.com

www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking-h...

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

DropSite receives confirmation that Hamas has agreed to a finalized version of the ceasefire framework and is prepared to sign it tonight

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

www.dropsitenews.com

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder how many readers were hoping to learn something about political theories of civil disobedience and wound up immersed in Buddhist epistemology instead

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!

Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.

Please click below, sign, & share.

#DefendHigherEd

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

actionnetwork.org

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 4d

Amongst the author copies of my book there is a text with my cover and someone else’s book inside

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 4d

Consider that you're not only surrendering your autonomy and your trust to a state that publicly despises both, in order to win some money and some favour for a while. Consider that, for anyone uninterested in your personal self-justifications, you're making yourself an accessory to this, and more.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 4d

No university that signs the compact will be a university, in the accepted sense, anymore. They will be mere Trump Institutes, teaching only what subjects Trump doesn't bar them from teaching -- and only until he does. Signing is an abdication of responsibility and an act of great moral cowardice.

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for sharing my essay Jannis!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.

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