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Marc Cryin in the dark @marcc.bsky.social · 1d

Huntsville No Kings

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Marc Cryin in the dark @marcc.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, this is Huntsville No Kings!

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Mark Criley @markcriley.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings in Bloomington IL.

No Kings rally in Bloomington, Illinois. Great sign held above the crowd: “My cat could run the country better!”

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Mark Criley @markcriley.bsky.social · 1d

The Cookie Monster in question. Sign says: “C is for . . . Let’s C the Epstein Files.”

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AAUP @aaup.org · 11d

Join the AAUP and other allied organizations across the nation on October 18 for a day of peaceful and impactful protest as we come together to make clear: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people!

#NoKings #AAUP #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #DefendHigherEd #Education

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 13d

As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is not just about academic freedom. It also is, and has always been, about labor protection.
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

The Real History of Tenure

If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

time.com

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 13d

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
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16d

If Yale were a person, it's $41.4B endowment would make it only the 23rd richest America. It's less than a tenth of Elon Musk's wealth, less than a sixth of Larry Ellison's.

So how come it's fine to put a wealth tax on Yale, but unworkable and economically destructive if applied to them? 🤔

Yale to Trim Budgets as Higher Endowment Tax Tops $300 Million

Yale University is cutting costs and offering retirement incentives as it prepares for higher US taxes on its endowment income and reduced federal funding.

www.bloomberg.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16d

Chris Rufo's disastrous takeover of New College in Florida shows what universities would become if they sign the Trump regime's extortionary "compact."

New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 16d

"To the presidents and trustees of those nine universities: This decision will define you. You can be remembered as leaders who defended higher education’s independence against attack, or as those who surrendered it. There is no middle ground. Choose independence." www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s ‘Compact’ Is a Trap

Choose independence. Refuse to sign.

www.chronicle.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 16d

It’s one social media, Michael. How much could it take to monitor it, 30 people?

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Michael Kinyon @profkinyon.bsky.social · 16d

the capsaicin of nonassociativity

Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social · 16d

The saltiness of analysis, the sweetness of algebra, the umami of algebraic geometry, the bitterness of contradictions, the sourness of dead ends …

Roger Mansuy @roger-mansuy.bsky.social · 16d

I'd be curious to taste mathematics.

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BillNCville @billncville.bsky.social · 16d

Trying to reclaim what remains of our democracy. Flip VA 🔵. #VoteEarly

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Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 17d

What if nothing is a distraction IT’S ALL JUST BAD.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 16d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 16d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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AAUP @aaup.org · 16d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Loyalty Pledge for Colleges and Universities.

Now is the time to unite in defense of democracy and higher education!

Read full statement below 👇

@aft.org
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Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social · 16d

Our statement @aacu.org: "In renewing the call for constructive engagement, AAC&U also strongly opposes any alternative that would erode or eviscerate essential freedoms and promote instability."

American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) @aacu.org · 16d

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

blockclubchicago.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 16d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 16d

✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿

When we fight, WE WIN!

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 16d

UNC Chapel Hill has reinstated Prof. Dwayne Dixon.
Rather than conduct a threat assessment of a faculty member based on spurious accusations, UNC should conduct an assessment of its own administration's threat to First Amendment rights and academic freedom. @aaup.org
www.wral.com/news/local/u...

UNC professor reinstated after investigation into alleged ties with politically motivated group

UNC-Chapel Hill has reinstated a professor who was linked to groups believed to call for politically motivated violence. An investigation found that Dwayne Dixon posed no threat to the campus communit...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 19d

Big news coming out today on a decision in AAUP v Rubio, our lawsuit challenging the Trump admin’s policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting non-citizens, students & faculty who engage in pro-Palestinian activism!

Check out our recent podcast on the case w/ attorney Ramya Krishnan & Todd Wolfson.

AAUP v. Rubio: The AAUP Takes the Trump Administration to Court - AAUP Presents

In this episode we discuss case AAUP v. Rubio, the lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting non-citizens, students and faculty who participate ...

www.buzzsprout.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 19d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 27d

The ACLU of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit against a state university president, alleging he unconstitutionally fired an employee over her private social media post.

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#academicfreedom
#academicsky
#freespeech

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AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 18

Since returning to office, Trump admin has aggressively cut live-saving federal science programs, medical research, and grants.

Today, the AAUP & AFT launched a new campaign to halt these cuts and to support the bipartisan commitment to funding scientific research that saves lives!

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