Timothy Vollmer
@tvol.bsky.social
Library worker: @ucbscholcomm.bsky.social
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
Union member: @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social
When lightning strikes I’ll be on my bike.
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On Northwestern administrators’ cowardly and unnecessary capitulation to the Trump administration. Truly, truly shameful.
Northwestern told its alumni, misleadingly, of “hard red lines we refused to cross: We would not relinquish any control over whom we hire, whom we admit as students, what our faculty teach or how our faculty teach. I would not have signed this agreement without provisions ensuring that is the case."
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
On Northwestern administrators’ cowardly and unnecessary capitulation to the Trump administration. Truly, truly shameful.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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Depressing late Friday holiday news dump: Northwestern agrees to pay $75 million to the federal government.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
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 12:51 AM
Depressing late Friday holiday news dump: Northwestern agrees to pay $75 million to the federal government.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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What “conflict?” Do you mean to speak of the extortion letter sent to universities and the cowardly leadership in place? Why does something so egregiously a breech of protocol and likely illegal deserve to be treated as a “deal” to be resolved?
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What “conflict?” Do you mean to speak of the extortion letter sent to universities and the cowardly leadership in place? Why does something so egregiously a breech of protocol and likely illegal deserve to be treated as a “deal” to be resolved?
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
This is the worst version of a protection racket.
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TODAY: another big win for libraries - at least for now. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Copyright Register, not the President.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Supreme Court bars Trump from firing Library of Congress official for now | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked barred President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a ...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
TODAY: another big win for libraries - at least for now. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Copyright Register, not the President.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
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RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
In a Major Victory, Rhode Island Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Bid to Shutter the IMLS
In a November 21 summary judgment ruling, judge John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both ill...
www.wordsandmoney.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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UC-AFT stands with UC unions and faculty in demanding the dropping of legal and disciplinary charges against students this week. Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1WGmS... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
UC-AFT stands with UC unions and faculty in demanding the dropping of legal and disciplinary charges against students this week. Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1WGmS... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
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“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Given the findings from federal judges that Trump has flouted the legal safeguards against abrupt and arbitrary grant cancellations in favor of illicit bullying, the question facing universities trying to negotiate their way out is: What is there to negotiate?”
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
A shout out to all academic workers and students - from the UC to my comrade colleagues at The New School - fighting destruction of higher education against Trumpian fascism and craven administrators. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u... @theintercept.com
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
theintercept.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“The struggle to keep universities and colleges alive as sites of intellectual interrogation and learning have been fought by faculty, staff, and students […] school administrators have been complicit in the dismantling and undermining of the communities they are supposed to serve.”
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Four UCLA undergrads were arrested on Tuesday while exercising their right to support @afscme3299.bsky.social’s picketed strike. We demand all charges be dropped.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Four UCLA undergrads were arrested on Tuesday while exercising their right to support @afscme3299.bsky.social’s picketed strike. We demand all charges be dropped.
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30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
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Solidarity with 40,000 UAW workers across the University of California fighting for fair contracts! ✊ Here’s a scene from Berkeley’s rally today. @uaw4811.bsky.social @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social SSAP-UAW
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Solidarity with 40,000 UAW workers across the University of California fighting for fair contracts! ✊ Here’s a scene from Berkeley’s rally today. @uaw4811.bsky.social @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social SSAP-UAW
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
In-state college tuition for California’s undocumented students is illegal, Trump suit alleges
California universities offer in-state tuition to undocumented students who graduate from state high schools. Now, the Trump administration is suing CSU, UC and the state, calling the practice illegal...
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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📣TOMORROW @ 4PM 📣 UC Academic Student Employees and UAW-represented research and advising staff are rallying at every campus to demand a fair contract. Join us – our rights and our future are on the line.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
📣TOMORROW @ 4PM 📣 UC Academic Student Employees and UAW-represented research and advising staff are rallying at every campus to demand a fair contract. Join us – our rights and our future are on the line.
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U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social