Isaac Kamola
@isaackamola.bsky.social
Higher education & African anticolonialism. Professor at Trinity College. Wrote "Making the World Global" and "Free Speech And Koch Money." Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (AAUP). Views=my own.
Look what showed up in the mail today! I’ve loved this book when it was just dissertation chapters, and when it was a drafty drafy. And now it’s a book book! So excited! Congrats @caseymcneill.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Look what showed up in the mail today! I’ve loved this book when it was just dissertation chapters, and when it was a drafty drafy. And now it’s a book book! So excited! Congrats @caseymcneill.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social
White nationalist + White House + barrels of dark money = really bad...
SCOOP: White nationalist Stephen Miller's America First Legal's revenue more than TRIPLED in 2024 to $32 million It's latest IRS filing for 2024 obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that it spent $15.2 million of this huge haul.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
White nationalist + White House + barrels of dark money = really bad...
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Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
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The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
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"OU Is Doing Higher Education the Right Way" - by Ezra Klein
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"OU Is Doing Higher Education the Right Way" - by Ezra Klein
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An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
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⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT: Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️
In case anyone needs some support in a moment of grace…it’s a hard world out there…
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In case anyone needs some support in a moment of grace…it’s a hard world out there…
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“If there is a message to be heeded in the legislative assault on governance bodies, it is that the enemies of higher education, nonetheless, still fear faculty authority. Why else would they be so insistent on silencing faculty members?”
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“If there is a message to be heeded in the legislative assault on governance bodies, it is that the enemies of higher education, nonetheless, still fear faculty authority. Why else would they be so insistent on silencing faculty members?”
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
More Andrea!! @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social
Live drop is on now!
This week's premium episode is out now for our Patreon supporters: "055: How Olivia Nuzzi Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Worm"
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This week's premium episode is out now for our Patreon supporters: "055: How Olivia Nuzzi Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Worm"
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055: How Olivia Nuzzi Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Worm | Posting Through It
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
More Andrea!! @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social
“War is Peace”…
As they say, there is no peace deal like a Trump peace deal
Israel launched a wave of air and artillery strikes that killed at least 25 people in Gaza on Wednesday, according to local health officials, after the military said “several terrorists” had “opened fire toward the area.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“War is Peace”…
Another excellent episode by @jaredlholt.bsky.social and @michaelehayden.bsky.social #PostingThroughIt
Matt also figures in my book, as a lying hack who cuts emails in half to try to make the Twitter Files a story, not caring that he's sending mobs of nutjobs after undergraduates.
Enjoy this podcast.
Enjoy this podcast.
joined my friends on Posting Through It to talk about the journalist Matt Taibbi, one of the subjects of my book OWNED
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Another excellent episode by @jaredlholt.bsky.social and @michaelehayden.bsky.social #PostingThroughIt
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Now available: Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Social Theory, edited by Gert Verschraegen and Raf Vanderstraeten
Read a free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Contributors: @fernschreiber.bsky.social , @cbruunjensen.bsky.social, @isaackamola.bsky.social
Read a free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Contributors: @fernschreiber.bsky.social , @cbruunjensen.bsky.social, @isaackamola.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Now available: Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Social Theory, edited by Gert Verschraegen and Raf Vanderstraeten
Read a free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Contributors: @fernschreiber.bsky.social , @cbruunjensen.bsky.social, @isaackamola.bsky.social
Read a free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Contributors: @fernschreiber.bsky.social , @cbruunjensen.bsky.social, @isaackamola.bsky.social
Holy cow! This is a legal smack down of the Trump regime's attack on UC system!
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Holy cow! This is a legal smack down of the Trump regime's attack on UC system!
I guess the only real fair system then is SINGLE PAYER!!
brb, emailing my smoke detector manufacturer for a refund because I never had a fire in my house
A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I guess the only real fair system then is SINGLE PAYER!!
Moron calling the idiot stupid…
Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Moron calling the idiot stupid…
If I was the defense attorney: “Dude, it’s a f’in sandwich. And what, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, IS a sandwich in the face of fascism?”
the most important case in the history of western jurisprudence
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If I was the defense attorney: “Dude, it’s a f’in sandwich. And what, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, IS a sandwich in the face of fascism?”
And @donmoyn.bsky.social is a strong poster!! Hazzah for keeping the timeline fresh…even in the hard time! ❤️
Hard times make strong posters
Strong posters create good vibes
Good vibes create weak men
Weak men create even better vibes
Strong posters create good vibes
Good vibes create weak men
Weak men create even better vibes
Y’know how the vibes are immaculate right now, and so you’re constantly refreshing the timeline?
Bluesky didn’t cause that. It channeled it.
Good times make good platforms. Bluesky, as a platform, has been saddled with trying to scale amidst bad times.
Bluesky didn’t cause that. It channeled it.
Good times make good platforms. Bluesky, as a platform, has been saddled with trying to scale amidst bad times.
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And @donmoyn.bsky.social is a strong poster!! Hazzah for keeping the timeline fresh…even in the hard time! ❤️
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Chaser: Washington DC
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Chaser: Washington DC
Went to vote this morning. Caught myself humming Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" as I left the polling place...ug... 🫣
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Went to vote this morning. Caught myself humming Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" as I left the polling place...ug... 🫣
Just listened to the "Posting Through It" episode featuring
@whstancil.bsky.social and, I must say, I'm a fan. Grounded conversations with @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social about how to be a good person online. And also fascists suck.
www.patreon.com/posts/050-ho...
@whstancil.bsky.social and, I must say, I'm a fan. Grounded conversations with @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social about how to be a good person online. And also fascists suck.
www.patreon.com/posts/050-ho...
050: How Will Stancil Became a Meme feat. Will Stancil | Posting Through It
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November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just listened to the "Posting Through It" episode featuring
@whstancil.bsky.social and, I must say, I'm a fan. Grounded conversations with @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social about how to be a good person online. And also fascists suck.
www.patreon.com/posts/050-ho...
@whstancil.bsky.social and, I must say, I'm a fan. Grounded conversations with @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social about how to be a good person online. And also fascists suck.
www.patreon.com/posts/050-ho...
Dude, BlueSky has a "Saved" function!
How did I not see this before.
Endless bookmarks here I come!!
How did I not see this before.
Endless bookmarks here I come!!
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dude, BlueSky has a "Saved" function!
How did I not see this before.
Endless bookmarks here I come!!
How did I not see this before.
Endless bookmarks here I come!!
Ralph Wilson, Aaron Suppel and I have a piece out at Journal of Academic Freedom looking at the 70+ publicly available Charles Koch Foundation contracts with academic institutions (including useful tables breaking down the contracts). Check out whether your school is on there!
Isaac Kamola, Aaron Supple, and Ralph Wilson, “From Direct to Diffuse Donor Influence: Charles Koch Foundation Funding in Higher Education, 1990–2024” 1/4
@isaackamola.bsky.social
www.aaup.org/JAF16/direct...
@isaackamola.bsky.social
www.aaup.org/JAF16/direct...
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ralph Wilson, Aaron Suppel and I have a piece out at Journal of Academic Freedom looking at the 70+ publicly available Charles Koch Foundation contracts with academic institutions (including useful tables breaking down the contracts). Check out whether your school is on there!
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Hope you made the first of our series this past Monday: our panelists inspired us with their brilliance and their courage. Register now for the next in the series and please share!
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hope you made the first of our series this past Monday: our panelists inspired us with their brilliance and their courage. Register now for the next in the series and please share!
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This is *such* a good podcast - always aharp and fascinating – and this episode is particularly great.
Really enjoyed chatting with @llassabe.bsky.social about how the manufactured college free speech crisis paved the way for the assault on universities today: americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...
Beware of FIRE (and institutional neutrality) with Mary Anne Franks - American Campus Podcast
On the rightwing origins of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.References and suggested readings:Mary Anne Franks. 2024. Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment. Bold ...
americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is *such* a good podcast - always aharp and fascinating – and this episode is particularly great.