Matt Salomone
@matthematics.com
Associate dean, Bartlett College of Science & Math, Bridgewater State University. Mathematics enjoyer. Views mine. ¹Best known for other work. 📍 Plymouth, MA
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Who is supporting these settlements? It’s generally not faculty or even long-time university administrators, it’s university boards and interim administrators who they’ve installed after admins with more of a fighting instinct have been forced out. There’s a playbook here.
@mbkplus.bsky.social and I will have more thoughts on the podcast, but it's no coincidence that the two most draconian settlements were signed by *interim* university presidents.
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Who is supporting these settlements? It’s generally not faculty or even long-time university administrators, it’s university boards and interim administrators who they’ve installed after admins with more of a fighting instinct have been forced out. There’s a playbook here.
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THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. as @heidikitrosser.bsky.social has noted, the northwestern faculty had just voted overwhelmingly against exactly this kind of capitulation.
BTW, any story about a possible Northwestern capitulation should include this detail (screenshot is from the oped linked below)
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. as @heidikitrosser.bsky.social has noted, the northwestern faculty had just voted overwhelmingly against exactly this kind of capitulation.
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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
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it would be neat if pritzker would put some teeth into his words and enforce his state's law protecting youth trans healthcare
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
it would be neat if pritzker would put some teeth into his words and enforce his state's law protecting youth trans healthcare
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As a Northwestern alum, I can say that the university’s true motto has always been “the path of least resistance”
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As a Northwestern alum, I can say that the university’s true motto has always been “the path of least resistance”
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
Erasing Bienen's face from the pic I took with him at my commencement #NoYouNU
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Erasing Bienen's face from the pic I took with him at my commencement #NoYouNU
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You will be visited by three spirits
The spirits:
The spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
The spirits:
The spirits:
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
Sonic & Kirby (1997)
Part 218 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sonic & Kirby (1997)
Today especially, remember: eating and drinking do not commute
Dawg 🤣🤣🤣
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Today especially, remember: eating and drinking do not commute
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I refuse to accept the existence of ANOTHER Tolkien-inspired evil org. Whatever interrupts this mess should be named Bombadil
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I refuse to accept the existence of ANOTHER Tolkien-inspired evil org. Whatever interrupts this mess should be named Bombadil
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
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Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
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Describe your favorite course as though NY Mag just found it.
*Algebraic Geometry.* From radical ideals to blowing up schemes, this course is a prime example of how college campuses are training grounds for America-hating students.
*Algebraic Geometry.* From radical ideals to blowing up schemes, this course is a prime example of how college campuses are training grounds for America-hating students.
Describe your favorite course as though NY Mag just found it.
*Modern Algebra.* How modern can it be when it stops around 1910? Students learn useless things like how to build an unsolvable quintic polynomial, all while writing papers about it in this very unserious liberal arts "math" class.
*Modern Algebra.* How modern can it be when it stops around 1910? Students learn useless things like how to build an unsolvable quintic polynomial, all while writing papers about it in this very unserious liberal arts "math" class.
ruin your thanksgiving by reading new york magazine's take on mathematics
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Describe your favorite course as though NY Mag just found it.
*Algebraic Geometry.* From radical ideals to blowing up schemes, this course is a prime example of how college campuses are training grounds for America-hating students.
*Algebraic Geometry.* From radical ideals to blowing up schemes, this course is a prime example of how college campuses are training grounds for America-hating students.
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
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Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
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Among white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their voting decision is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Among white people, the correlation between racial resentment and their voting decision is much, much stronger than between educational attainment and political alignment.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
In fact, if you control for racial resentment, education polarization basically disappears.
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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A hot dog is an open-faced dumpling
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A hot dog is an open-faced dumpling
White Evangelicals, 1995: Truth is objective and pure and our job is to lay hold of it
White Evangelicals, 2025: This seven-fingered simulacrum of our martyred content creator is singing only what is real and true
White Evangelicals, 2025: This seven-fingered simulacrum of our martyred content creator is singing only what is real and true
teaser for the turning point usa alt superbowl halftime just dropped 👀
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
White Evangelicals, 1995: Truth is objective and pure and our job is to lay hold of it
White Evangelicals, 2025: This seven-fingered simulacrum of our martyred content creator is singing only what is real and true
White Evangelicals, 2025: This seven-fingered simulacrum of our martyred content creator is singing only what is real and true
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
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rewatched the Pee-Wee Christmas special today, and now i'm wondering how my six-year-old brain processed these varying flavors of raw sexuality
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
rewatched the Pee-Wee Christmas special today, and now i'm wondering how my six-year-old brain processed these varying flavors of raw sexuality
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