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@umich just turned down a request for an ASL interpreter -- for a meeting to discuss how awful our disability management outfit is. For the grimly amusing files.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@umich just turned down a request for an ASL interpreter -- for a meeting to discuss how awful our disability management outfit is. For the grimly amusing files.
wait for the reveal
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
wait for the reveal
“this talented but undisciplined writer”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“this talented but undisciplined writer”
little pops of color on a gray day 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
little pops of color on a gray day 🪶
good piece on the destruction of Indiana U, a previously great public university
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
Anatomy of a Fall: The Case of Indiana University (Guest Post)
Indiana University on November 3, 2025 by Johannes Türk Chair of Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana Universit...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
good piece on the destruction of Indiana U, a previously great public university
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anat...
the sun about to rise over Lake Erie
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
the sun about to rise over Lake Erie
facebook now lets you change the date of your posts. brace for a deluge of people who saw it coming, at a time of their choosing
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
facebook now lets you change the date of your posts. brace for a deluge of people who saw it coming, at a time of their choosing
At hotel rooms, on the bed, with brown liquor bottles being passed around and the guys commenting on your visible pregnancy.
I miss the brown liquor norm.
I miss the brown liquor norm.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
At hotel rooms, on the bed, with brown liquor bottles being passed around and the guys commenting on your visible pregnancy.
I miss the brown liquor norm.
I miss the brown liquor norm.
Seated Trotsky is taller than seated Silky
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Seated Trotsky is taller than seated Silky
James Ryan sets the record straight after Youngkin and Rachel Sheridan (board of visitors) lied about the circumstances of his resignation. Pretty amazing document.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
James Ryan sets the record straight after Youngkin and Rachel Sheridan (board of visitors) lied about the circumstances of his resignation. Pretty amazing document.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
this would wipe out entire universities’ eligibility for funding
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this would wipe out entire universities’ eligibility for funding
Synagogue in Frankfurt manhandled Jason Stanley off the podium for thought crimes against Israel.
www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Faschismus-Experte Jason Stanley aus Synagoge in Frankfurt geworfen: Zum Schweigen gebracht
Nach kritischen Äußerungen zu Israel und Diskursklima wurde Jason Stanley am 9. November von der jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt ausgeschlossen.
www.fr.de
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Synagogue in Frankfurt manhandled Jason Stanley off the podium for thought crimes against Israel.
www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Universities allow DHS to surveil football games along with campus protests. This is a (sadly a bit badly written) story about a hugely important topic. Faculty governance must request information on these collaborations on their campus.
www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...
www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...
DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Universities allow DHS to surveil football games along with campus protests. This is a (sadly a bit badly written) story about a hugely important topic. Faculty governance must request information on these collaborations on their campus.
www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...
www.404media.co/dhs-is-deplo...
I spoke with a grad student today who cannot leave the US. Her I-20 is good for five years, but her visa only for two. If she leaves, she needs a new visa. She has to apply in person, and it takes three months at a minimum. And a new visa would be for three months only, single entry. So: Impossible.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I spoke with a grad student today who cannot leave the US. Her I-20 is good for five years, but her visa only for two. If she leaves, she needs a new visa. She has to apply in person, and it takes three months at a minimum. And a new visa would be for three months only, single entry. So: Impossible.
Reposted by Silky
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
This is astounding. The @michigandaily.bsky.social upstages every single legacy outlet in the country when it comes to exposing the underbelly of higher education. Just tremendous work.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
From the Daily: The University's values on trial
specials.michigandaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is astounding. The @michigandaily.bsky.social upstages every single legacy outlet in the country when it comes to exposing the underbelly of higher education. Just tremendous work.
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
specials.michigandaily.com/2025/opinion...
she walks on beauty
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
she walks on beauty
How did I get to close to Medicare age to learn the secret of the most succulent and most crunchy-skin chicken? I'm kinda mad nobody ever told me. I've been on the quest for the perfect roast chicken for three decades.
(it's a buttermilk brine)
(it's a buttermilk brine)
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
How did I get to close to Medicare age to learn the secret of the most succulent and most crunchy-skin chicken? I'm kinda mad nobody ever told me. I've been on the quest for the perfect roast chicken for three decades.
(it's a buttermilk brine)
(it's a buttermilk brine)
Chuffed to share that my @umich.edu faculty senate resolution asking for a proper AI strategy passed with 86% of the vote. Tremendous participation -- 46% of the faculty!
(the high number of abstentions is due to the fact that a whole bunch of people came solely to liberate us from CTP).
(the high number of abstentions is due to the fact that a whole bunch of people came solely to liberate us from CTP).
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Chuffed to share that my @umich.edu faculty senate resolution asking for a proper AI strategy passed with 86% of the vote. Tremendous participation -- 46% of the faculty!
(the high number of abstentions is due to the fact that a whole bunch of people came solely to liberate us from CTP).
(the high number of abstentions is due to the fact that a whole bunch of people came solely to liberate us from CTP).
I keep telling people that the people pushing AI into our brains are the worst people on earth, but engineers tell me it's really useful to cut down on routine tasks, and that Grok sometimes tells Musk things he doesn't want to hear, so can I please shut up
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I keep telling people that the people pushing AI into our brains are the worst people on earth, but engineers tell me it's really useful to cut down on routine tasks, and that Grok sometimes tells Musk things he doesn't want to hear, so can I please shut up
OpenAI does not care if you live or die and occasionally champions the latter.
Universities must cut all ties to this dangerous corporation
Universities must cut all ties to this dangerous corporation
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
OpenAI does not care if you live or die and occasionally champions the latter.
Universities must cut all ties to this dangerous corporation
Universities must cut all ties to this dangerous corporation