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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

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MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 2d

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
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Regarding the Compact

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

In happier MIT news this morning, President Kornbluth has announced that MIT is rejecting the "Compact".

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

MIT is rejecting the "Compact."

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

From President Kornbluth's letter to the Dept of Education:

Photo of document saying "The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."

Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 2d

MIT is rejecting the "Compact."

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The Journal of Architecture @thejoa.bsky.social · 2d

📢We have a whole range of thematic calls on highlight topics - please have a look here 💥https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/rjar-thematic-calls/

The Journal of Architecture – Thematic calls

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 3d

The history of Reconstruction is suddenly too sensitive for this game developer.

I wonder how the historical consultants feel about it.

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 4d

David Graeber on Giant Puppets
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On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets Broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture

What follows is an essay of interpretation. It is about direct action in North America, about the mass mobilizations organized by the so called “anti-globalization movement”, and especially, about the...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5d

And now @acls1919.bsky.social speaks out. Just. Say. No. To Trump's compact on higher ed. It's extortion plain and simple. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 5d

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
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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...

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Arielle Zibrak @zibrak.bsky.social · 6d

Come hang with us! I am going to show pictures of "Live, Laugh, Love" art and explain how Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poetry impacts your own personal and specific life.

A photograph of the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a white woman wearing a white dress and holding a wreath garland on top of her head.

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Klaus @klaustoon.bsky.social · 6d

Happy World Architecture Day 2025, in my characteristically pesssimistic & sceptical style. #Architecture #WorldArchitectureDay2025 klaustoon.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/h...

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 10d

The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

ANT Homepage | ANT

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 10d

Any college that signs this 'compact' is going to have put a big asterisk on the diplomas it confers--just like sports do for stats and records that are compromised by doping. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11d

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"Both graduation and retention rates have fallen since the takeover in 2023.... even as New College spends more than 10 times per student what the other 11 members of the State University System... a head count under 900 and a $118.5 million budget"

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 13d

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 14d

We are not living through another run-up to the American Civil War. Secession and violence are, therefore, not the answer.

We are actually living through another Gilded Age.

So the answer is a third-party fight against corruption, monopolies, and imperialism: a working-class-based progressivism.

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Jeffrey West Kirkwood @jeffreykirkwood.bsky.social · 18d

TT job alert. My department is hiring an assistant professor in architectural history and urban studies in any geographical area, post-500 CE binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

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Timothy Hyde @hydetimothy.bsky.social · 20d

Syracuse University has "paused" admissions to its undergrad History of Architecture major: dailyorange.com/2025/09/coll...

College of Arts & Sciences pauses admission to 20 majors amid portfolio review

Syracuse University paused admission into 20 majors in the College of Arts & Sciences without faculty input amid its portfolio review.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 22d

I don’t pretend to understand what’s going on, but the members of Junior’s radically reconfigured Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices don’t seem to understand either.

www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 23d

Folks, get off of Academia[.]edu. Delete your accounts. Put your work on a faculty webpage, on hcommons, on your own webpage. But not on Academia[.]edu.
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 25d

Climbing advocates are urging the public to oppose the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule, which could open up prized Wyoming climbing zones such as the Wind River Range and Tensleep Canyon to activities like roadbuilding and timber harvesting.

Roadless Rule change could harm Wyoming climbing crags, advocates say - WyoFile

Designation could be lifted from parts of the Winds, Bighorns, Absarokas and more. The public has until Friday to comment on the rescission of the land management rule.

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 25d

If you haven’t, there are only three days remaining to submit a comment on the planned rescission of the roadless rule in the National Forests. Losing this means a loss of biodiversity, wilderness areas, and recreation.

How to comment on the planned roadless rule rollback - High Country News

The deadline to weigh in on the change is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 19.

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