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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 9h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26d

Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecord essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 19h

This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland.

My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 8h

ASKS in LA

1) Join our campaign and write a letter to the Presidents of the UL System and SLU in support of Dr. Emami.

2) Donate to Professor Ken Levy's GoFundMe.

3) Let us know if you hear of any incidents where academic freedom is under attack in Louisiana.
www.la-cac.org/threats-to-a...

THREATS TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM | Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship

Louisiana has recently seen an alarming increase in both direct and indirect censorship of university professors and students. Protecting academic freedom is central to protecting democracy. Find out ...

www.la-cac.org

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 1d

The Common Core failed, secondary & higher-ed embraced its own demise, and proponents of “classical” (read, “conservative”) education are ready with their own ideas of what learning. Anne E. Clarks asks: What, now, is to be done?

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe a silly question but when did "project" become the normative term for describing a (baggy?) sociohistorical process initiated and advanced by distinct actors with distinct goals (ie national project, racial project, settler colonial project, and so on)?

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

This confused "kids these days" lament that offers very little empirical support for a set of remarkable bold assertions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

www.nytimes.com

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Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴) @travisclau.bsky.social · 2d

"We created a committee..."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴) @travisclau.bsky.social · 2d

Lighting incense in his memory.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday we received word that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) within Dept of Ed (DoEd) was gutted--right now we believe there is no one or nearly no one left. But what does it mean? 1/11

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 2d

It's obvious but unsaid that the first 9 schools chosen for the Compact for "Academic Excellence" in Higher Ed were selected so that the federal government can watch how this faustian proposal will play out in different scenarios: public, private, ivy, red/blue state, various endowment sizes.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2d

Most diagnoses of “academia” (and many subfields) are actually just English PhDs yelling at each other about stuff in English departments

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 3d

Measles definitely caused immune amnesia, wiping out any immunity you may have developed to any other virus.

Kristin @kehf.bsky.social · 3d

Measles is also thought to be an immune system eraser, so getting sick with measles can leave a person vulnerable to all the diseases they had immunity from before getting sick & are at higher risk of death even if they survive the measles. So mask up & check your vaccination status.

Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 3d

Outbreaks in South Carolina and Minneapolis. please get vaccinated. if you were vaccinated as a kid, get your titers done to make sure you're still immune.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 3d

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 4d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 3d

We are open for submissions for our annual poetry broadside contest! Submit up to three poems for a chance to win $200 and 20 copies of your letterpress-printed broadside! www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09...

Sundress Publications Broadside Contest open for submissions. Deadline November 30, 2025

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Aug 28

Call for Papers!

"Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the Arts"-a special issue of Poetics, coedited with @jticona.bsky.social + Angèle Christin

www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pla...

Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the Arts

Call for Papers Technology and Inequality in Culture, Media, and the ArtsA Special Issue of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts

www.ias.edu

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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 3d

There are no safeguards against pseudoscience. AI is not capable of detecting emotions, therefore this BS should just be banned.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 3d

The increasing use of AI to surveil people’s emotions endangers not only privacy but also personal autonomy—the bedrock of democracy, writes Oznur Uguz. Newly emerging AI laws fail to provide adequate safeguards, she says.

How AI-Powered Emotional Surveillance Can Threaten Personal Autonomy and Democracy | TechPolicy.Press

If we do not regulate emotional AI surveillance now, we might soon have to fake how we feel to protect our privacy, writes Oznur Uguz.

buff.ly

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 3d

One of the under-observed parts of the last several years is the switch where wealthy donors claims directive authority over university policy. So they think Trump’s efforts of undermine academic freedom promote their own control. It’s a symptom of oligarchy, and how oligarchy gives way to Tyranny.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 9d

The Times' coverage of Rowan's role has been remarkable. It is sad to me that after forcing his alma mater, Penn, to oust a really good president for incredibly poor reasons, Rowan's megalomanical next thought was "maybe the federal government should do this everywhere" and they're actually trying.

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 4d

Hey hey hey!

We're accepting chapbook submissions during the entire month of October.

Submissions are always FEE-FREE so polish up those manuscripts and send them in!

www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....

a woman is singing into a microphone with the words let 's go written below her

Alt: Tori Amos singing into a microphone with the words let 's go written below her

media.tenor.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3d

Thats still thirteen million and more people who think Trump's and RFK Jr's claims that Tylenol causes autism are definitely true.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Some good news: Most people don't trust Trump and RFK Jr.'s claims about autism.
Just four percent of respondents told a KFF poll they believed the claim was definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Only 4% of Americans think Trump claims about Tylenol and autism ‘definitely true’

Americans are largely divided on partisan lines on whether they trust the Trump administration’s health claims on autism and vaccines

www.independent.co.uk

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Katie Lee @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social · 3d

“I promise, from the bottom of my heart, you don’t need AI to write an email for you. You don’t need AI to make a grocery list for you... And guess what? Ironically using AI to illustrate how ugly and stupid AI is is actually no different from using it in earnest.”

ANTIGRAVITY Magazine @antigravitymag.bsky.social · 4d

I must take a moment to make a plea to the general public to please, for the love of fucking God, stop using AI, writes Senior Editor Marisa Clogher. antigravitymagazine.com/column/lette...

LETTER FROM AN EDITOR - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

Two years ago, Senior Editor Holly Devon reflected on AG internal discussions surrounding the encroachment of AI, but remained steadfast in her assurance that those who lend their hand to this magazin...

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 5d

WaPo is now targeting disabled veterans (they've previously targeted non-veteran disabled folks)

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake blindness or paralysis to get as much as $1 million.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Claire Phillips @clairephillips.bsky.social · 3d

N+1 is looking for a managing editor. Who's got the time? The talent? Healthcare is a definite plus!!

www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

n+1 Seeks Managing Editor

n+1 is seeking a full-time Managing Editor to work in our Brooklyn office. Compensation will range from $58,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance. n+1 is a print magazine of literatu...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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