Jeffers Lennox
@jefferslennox.bsky.social
Historian at Wesleyan || co-president of Wesleyan-AAUP || working on a book about Indigenous Reconstruction || Homelands & Empires || North of America
Also music, bikes, and fighting the good fight. 🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/jefferslennox
Also music, bikes, and fighting the good fight. 🇨🇦
https://linktr.ee/jefferslennox
It is not hard to pronounce that name. Just attempting it is great and you're probably pretty close. Why shouldn't we have Indigenous names? They've been around for millennia.
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It is not hard to pronounce that name. Just attempting it is great and you're probably pretty close. Why shouldn't we have Indigenous names? They've been around for millennia.
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We get there when we have the power to take money from rich people to pay for teaching and research. We get partway there at the state level, going back to postwar taxation levels for millionaires like MA. But ultimately we must force the federal question.
Join @aaup.org or watch our schools die.
Join @aaup.org or watch our schools die.
Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We get there when we have the power to take money from rich people to pay for teaching and research. We get partway there at the state level, going back to postwar taxation levels for millionaires like MA. But ultimately we must force the federal question.
Join @aaup.org or watch our schools die.
Join @aaup.org or watch our schools die.
Some universities will now charge you crazy tuition and train you how to be really good at entering prompts.
The CSU system is paying OpenAI $15 million for ChatGPT access for people on its campuses. What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. laist.com/news/educati...
Inside Cal State's big $17 million bet on ChatGPT for all
Critics say the cash-strapped system misspent millions of dollars getting upgraded accounts for all students. CSU leaders insist they're needed to meet a changing economy.
laist.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Some universities will now charge you crazy tuition and train you how to be really good at entering prompts.
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Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
@aaup.org
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Boom! We getting in the political game.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
Because if we don't fight in the political arena for the best interests of universities—which includes their students, faculty, & communities!—then these politicians will keep trying to take over our universities & dictate what we teach & research.
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You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Nuremberg 2028.
Pete Hegseth is a bloodthirsty war criminal, and proud of it.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Nuremberg 2028.
Last night. The Beths. Toronto. Miss this place.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Last night. The Beths. Toronto. Miss this place.
More good news. More good news. More good...
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
More good news. More good news. More good...
Build power for when you need it.
"Although they have not hit Wesleyan yet, they will come for us. And we want to make sure that everyone on campus is prepared to resist what those attacks look like.” #DefendHigherEd @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org
AAUP Rallies Students, Faculty, and Community Members Against Trump Attacks on Academia – The Wesleyan Argus
wesleyanargus.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Build power for when you need it.
Excited to be with comrades tomorrow for this. Higher Ed for the Common Good! @aaup.org
Tomorrow! Wesleyan-AAUP hosts a "One Campus" rally to celebrate Wesleyan faculty, staff, and students who refuse to live in fear. Academic Freedom! Freedom of Speech! Solidarity across campus!
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Excited to be with comrades tomorrow for this. Higher Ed for the Common Good! @aaup.org
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Zohran wins! Full statement here: www.dsausa.org/statements/z...
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Zohran wins! Full statement here: www.dsausa.org/statements/z...
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This image aptly captures this feeling of the walls closing in, a shrinking of freedoms in the academy over 10 years.
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This image aptly captures this feeling of the walls closing in, a shrinking of freedoms in the academy over 10 years.
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
We can’t let these ideologues win. If you’re not a member of the @aaup.org, we need you to join now and take up the fight for #academicfreedom.
academic-freedom-index.net
Let Kardinal Offishall pitch hit for Drake and LA doesn't stand a chance.
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Let Kardinal Offishall pitch hit for Drake and LA doesn't stand a chance.
Go Jays. World Series here we go. I'm 12 (and 13) again. Time travel is real.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Go Jays. World Series here we go. I'm 12 (and 13) again. Time travel is real.
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
"This is righteous warfare, and it’s a great service to God to rid the earth of such a wicked seed" (charges at an inflatable T-Rex)
AG Bondi: "We're gonna get to the funding of antifa, we're gonna get to the root of antifa, and we're gonna find and charge all of those people who are causing this chaos in Portland and all these other cities across our country."
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"This is righteous warfare, and it’s a great service to God to rid the earth of such a wicked seed" (charges at an inflatable T-Rex)
We need viewpoint diversity on campus.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We need viewpoint diversity on campus.
A Blue Jays / Dodgers world series will finally put this beef to rest.
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A Blue Jays / Dodgers world series will finally put this beef to rest.
If only there was money for universal healthcare...
BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has finalized a plan to give $20 billion to Argentina.
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If only there was money for universal healthcare...
Look who showed up to celebrate this morning. Tdot in CT. Go Jays.
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Look who showed up to celebrate this morning. Tdot in CT. Go Jays.
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Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
actionnetwork.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED!
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold.
Please click below, sign, & share.
#DefendHigherEd
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Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.
The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.
The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.
Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back
Saugeen First Nation is celebrating having a beach returned to it after a surveying error from the 1850s excluded it from the reserve.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.
The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.
The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
ino.to
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2