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AAUP @aaup.org · Jun 28

“Campus leaders need to understand that their capitulations and concessions only further empower the greatest threat to higher education since the Red Scare, if not earlier.”

(The AAUP contends that this moment is far worse.)

Act Now.

Never Cave.

#DefendHigherEd

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jun 28

And for folks who may not be from NYC, or may not know — this is who @bradlander.bsky.social has always been! I’m so glad that so many more folks are getting to meet him.

Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · Jun 28

"They lit $20 million on fire, and all it did was boost Zohran's numbers. And in no small part because they corrupted their own souls by supporting a person they know to be a corrupt, abusive asshole. What are they gonna do now?"

@bradlander.bsky.social, the man you are.

(via @hellgatenyc.com)

Brad Lander, Unfiltered and Unplugged

He didn't win the Democratic mayoral primary… but he won a lot of New Yorkers' hearts.

hellgatenyc.com

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you'll be in DC on Monday, why not join us? And if you can't, please consider taking one of the other actions on your own time.

nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · Jun 26

Protest planned to save NASA from Trump cuts! Join us in DC Monday, June 30, from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

I am, but only because of an article in the last few years pointing it out. I read the appendix but it didn't stick out at me at the time.

Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

I miss uncontrollably drifting through the air as soon as their visible scent-lines reach my nose.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Jun 27

The Supreme Court's decision sets a dangerous precedent.

When I signed into law LGBTQ+ history in our curriculum, I hoped schools would become more welcoming to all.

We'll keep telling the whole story of our shared history in Illinois, whether through storybooks or textbooks.

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

A lawyer says the Supreme Court's ruling that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks is a historic victory for parenta...

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

Between this and the HUD/NSF press conference this week he is showing up in an awful lot of awful things.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 27

Earlier, several NIH staffers told me that NIH awards that had been held are being issued now. Bunches of them.

Wonder if this report from the WaPo (gift link) has to do with it.

DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions

The DOGE team’s loss of control is the latest sign of its declining influence following Elon Musk’s departure from Washington.

wapo.st

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

In that world would we also have Episode IX: Duel of the Fates?

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · Jun 27

"...sadly, this seems to be a last ditch attempt by Virginia Governor [Glenn] Youngkin to resuscitate his floundering presidential ambitions by proving he is the chief destroyer of DEI." - @katiecouric.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/06/uva-...

Facebook post by Katie Couric on the forced resignation of UVA President Jim Ryan

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AAUP @aaup.org · Jun 27

During McCarthyism, they went after individuals to force their agenda, now they're going after entire institutions.

The Trump administration is doing everything they can to reverse all progress toward creating a higher education system assessable to all.

We must fight back.

#DefendHigherEd

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · Jun 27

But it can’t be the individual or even the few in a few disciplines. Like those who attack higher ed at institutional level, it must be a collective front. The moment has called us. If we listen.

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merritt @merrittk.com · Jun 27

how did i get here

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

When I was a postdoc at UCSD in the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, she had an office there. Sadly, I think she had other commitments because I never did get to see her in the building. But I always hoped ...

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · Jun 27

folks with signs on the rotunda steps leading a chant of “the whole world is watching”

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

The executive order sidesteps some aspects of this by only applying to people born after some date (I think in February?) of this year. So that specific EO would not apply retroactively, although I imagine that is something that is on their radar as well.

Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

Oh, right! Gosh, that movie succeeded so hard at everything it set out to do. It checked every box on whatever handwritten list it had of "things we need to do in Crank 2."

Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

I am so sorry.

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

I always get those two confused. Which one had the Jason Statham as a Kaiju scene?

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Erik Linstrum @eriklinstrum.bsky.social · Jun 27

More than 100 UVA faculty (and counting) have signed an open letter condemning political interference in the university. The forced installation of a new president under these circumstances will cast a shadow on teaching and research. Read here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Open Letter on Academic Freedom at UVA

Open Letter from Members of the Faculty of the University of Virginia In light of reporting that officials at the Department of Justice are pressuring University of Virginia President Jim Ryan to re...

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

Trying really hard to push through, get things accomplished for projects I care about. Tough day for that.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · Jun 27

Part of the story about the war on US higher ed right now is university board members who want to see changes for the school that they can’t achieve structurally or politically – their power not in fact being unqualified – inviting and enabling federal incursion to make those changes

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jun 27

I get to be the proud alum who explains to everybody in the group chat how the governor pushed people onto the board and those new members began working with DOJ to threaten the president so he would resign so they could do a coup and replace him with someone that would destroy the university

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hey, I know the people who need to hear this are probably not on this site, but here’s a free tip:

Stop resigning. Make the fascists fire you. Make them own their actions, then fight it with whatever legal remedies you can find.

We can’t win if people don’t fight.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 27

This outrageous Supreme Court decision is another reminder that the courts won’t save us. Today’s ruling from the MAGA SCOTUS is all the more reason why Democrats in Congress must fight like hell to block Trump’s policies from being enacted and gum up the works as much as possible.

Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’ as liberal justices dissent – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation … to bypass the constitution’; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson

www.theguardian.com

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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social · Jun 27

Glad tariffs on Canada are back. Record stock market performance immediately following contraction of the economy needed a little juice of excitement to really keep the wheels rolling.