Veena Dubal
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Precarity
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister ❤️
Personal Account, Views My Own
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister ❤️
Personal Account, Views My Own
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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The Trump White House is bringing the logic of Gaza to the Caribbean: the use of disproportionate, high-tech violence to murder defenseless civilians with impunity, justified by the broadest imaginable definition of “self-defense.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree
The president’s unprecedented and lawless attacks supposedly target drug cartels, but serve a far more troubling political agenda.
www.thenation.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Trump White House is bringing the logic of Gaza to the Caribbean: the use of disproportionate, high-tech violence to murder defenseless civilians with impunity, justified by the broadest imaginable definition of “self-defense.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
11yo: I am so thankful for everything! Except the things I don’t like.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
11yo: I am so thankful for everything! Except the things I don’t like.
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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This piece brought me to tears. I still believe in this, and it is getting so much harder. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This piece brought me to tears. I still believe in this, and it is getting so much harder. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
I am so grateful to all of those people who spend their lives struggling for a better world for all of us.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am so grateful to all of those people who spend their lives struggling for a better world for all of us.
““It’s insane to have them rip our family apart,” Mr. Paul said. “Whoever is directing this has completely lost touch with their mission to the country.””
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
““It’s insane to have them rip our family apart,” Mr. Paul said. “Whoever is directing this has completely lost touch with their mission to the country.””
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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The Justice Department's settlement against RealPage doesn't take a dime of its profits from rental price-fixing, nor does it take away the data used to collude, which can still train the company's AI models. The restrictions imposed were things RealPage agreed to voluntarily a year ago.
Not good!
Not good!
The Wrist-Slappers Strike Again - The American Prospect
A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents.
prospect.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Justice Department's settlement against RealPage doesn't take a dime of its profits from rental price-fixing, nor does it take away the data used to collude, which can still train the company's AI models. The restrictions imposed were things RealPage agreed to voluntarily a year ago.
Not good!
Not good!
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“When people question why the university or president didn’t defend themselves, well because the University counsel was handpicked by our state Attorney General who’s doing the bidding for the Department of Justice.”
— Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Governor-elect
— Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Governor-elect
Spanberger hints at University governing changes to come - Cville Right Now
Appearing on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger called a UVA agreement with the feds "a weakened pact", and promised changes are coming in the way the Commonw...
cvillerightnow.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“When people question why the university or president didn’t defend themselves, well because the University counsel was handpicked by our state Attorney General who’s doing the bidding for the Department of Justice.”
— Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Governor-elect
— Abigail Spanberger, Virginia Governor-elect
Me: we are going to a park.
6yo: is it a national park or a swing park?
6yo: is it a national park or a swing park?
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Me: we are going to a park.
6yo: is it a national park or a swing park?
6yo: is it a national park or a swing park?
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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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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
“By turning childhood into a thing that can be measured, adults have..impose[d] their greatest fears of failure onto the youngest…Each child who strays from our standards becomes a potential medical mystery to be solved, w\more tests to take, more metrics to assess.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“By turning childhood into a thing that can be measured, adults have..impose[d] their greatest fears of failure onto the youngest…Each child who strays from our standards becomes a potential medical mystery to be solved, w\more tests to take, more metrics to assess.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
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6yo was sitting in my lap during the duration of lunch. I gave him a hug, and he said, “Mom don’t touch me!” Hahahah okay dude.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
6yo was sitting in my lap during the duration of lunch. I gave him a hug, and he said, “Mom don’t touch me!” Hahahah okay dude.
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The unity of students, faculty & staff powered our legal victories against the Trump admin!
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The unity of students, faculty & staff powered our legal victories against the Trump admin!
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
Administrators & elected officials are not the ones filing the lawsuits against the Trump admin when our universities are under attack. Rather, faculty, students & staff are the ones defending higher ed.
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#CADHE Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression – The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education
cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#CADHE Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
#CUNY #MADC @aaup.org @standhighered.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social @sunyufspresident.bsky.social
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I normally leave it to others to recommed movies, but Good Fortune is a sweet comedy about life, empathy and gig work. And even about organizing unions. @veenadubal.bsky.social is even thanked in the credits! youtu.be/SAMkXY2Ja80?...
Good Fortune (2025) Official Trailer #2 – Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Keanu Reeves
YouTube video by Lionsgate Movies
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I normally leave it to others to recommed movies, but Good Fortune is a sweet comedy about life, empathy and gig work. And even about organizing unions. @veenadubal.bsky.social is even thanked in the credits! youtu.be/SAMkXY2Ja80?...
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Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
What the Victory in AAUP v. Trump means for the UC System and Higher Education
YouTube video by TheAAUP
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
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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.
Maybe Zohran is the competent smart determined and undeterred son that Trump never had and always wanted to be
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Maybe Zohran is the competent smart determined and undeterred son that Trump never had and always wanted to be
An informant in a court watching signal group 😞
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
An informant in a court watching signal group 😞