@kathi88fitz.bsky.social
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It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
We know the students don’t read the syllabuses. So who will? Right-wing activists looking for excuses to hound profs.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
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Mandatory syllabus publication is like voter ID laws in that its stated goal is an obvious pretext for causing a bunch of externalities that Republicans want but don't want to say they want.
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mandatory syllabus publication is like voter ID laws in that its stated goal is an obvious pretext for causing a bunch of externalities that Republicans want but don't want to say they want.
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To be clear, a standard part of job applications are providing sample syllabi - often a whole portfolio of them - because *your syllabi* are part of the value proposition of hiring *you* and not *someone else.*
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
To be clear, a standard part of job applications are providing sample syllabi - often a whole portfolio of them - because *your syllabi* are part of the value proposition of hiring *you* and not *someone else.*
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
Now the university wants to steal your materials, then sack and replace you.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
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Cold-blooded mass murder by the United States government...
The US military conducted strikes against two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 5 people, according to US Southern Command.
At least 104 people have now been killed in similar US strikes, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week. https://cnn.it/48X0HCI
At least 104 people have now been killed in similar US strikes, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week. https://cnn.it/48X0HCI
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cold-blooded mass murder by the United States government...
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Plenty of others will correct all the details of his firehose of lies, but what struck me about this speech is that it is not what a person who is strong or who is “winning” does. This is how you act when the wheels are coming loose. This is “Jets turning to Tyrod Taylor” level desperation.
The president screamed at Americans to like him tonight in a White House address filled with lies.
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...
w/ @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...
Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation
Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Plenty of others will correct all the details of his firehose of lies, but what struck me about this speech is that it is not what a person who is strong or who is “winning” does. This is how you act when the wheels are coming loose. This is “Jets turning to Tyrod Taylor” level desperation.
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“It’s the beating heart of our field,” Kim Cobb, a climate scientist and the director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, wrote.. “Generations of scientists have trained there"
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“It’s the beating heart of our field,” Kim Cobb, a climate scientist and the director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, wrote.. “Generations of scientists have trained there"
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Yes @kimcobb.bsky.social, this is so self-defeating.
Stop the madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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“Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.”
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
Christine Choy, Documentarian of Asian American Life, Dies at 76
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“Her film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” earned an Oscar nomination in 1988 and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance.”
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
The film is powerful. Highly recommend it.
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Your regular reminder that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed Anita Hill while he was the chair of the EEOC in the 1980s, a position he was given by Reagan as a way to basically troll the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that created the EEOC. www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1...
Anita Hill Started A Conversation About Sexual Harassment. She's Not Done Yet
Hill doesn't regret testifying against Clarence Thomas during his 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing: "There is victory in being able to come forward and state what has happened to you."
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Your regular reminder that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed Anita Hill while he was the chair of the EEOC in the 1980s, a position he was given by Reagan as a way to basically troll the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that created the EEOC. www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1...
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"Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million."
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
America First, at America’s first public university.
UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
www.dailytarheel.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million."
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
Bill Belichick's annual salary is $10 million.
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All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Exactly. And this has been true of much of the Republican Party for some time.
This is a fault line I wrote about for @liberalcurrents.com.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Exactly. And this has been true of much of the Republican Party for some time.
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Trump is dozing off in meetings. He’s wandering during ceremonies. His rants are more unhinged, his temper shorter, and he’s suddenly getting MRIs the White House can’t explain. Something is wrong — and they’re hiding it
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Alarming Signs of a President in Decline
Trump is showing confusion, fatigue, erratic behavior, and unexplained medical tests — and the White House won’t level with the public about what’s happening.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump is dozing off in meetings. He’s wandering during ceremonies. His rants are more unhinged, his temper shorter, and he’s suddenly getting MRIs the White House can’t explain. Something is wrong — and they’re hiding it
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Trump, a pedophile, wants to put trans women with men... in jails. More abuse from an abusive man / shitty fucking leader. PEDOPHILES have no place in government. REMOVE HIM.
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump, a pedophile, wants to put trans women with men... in jails. More abuse from an abusive man / shitty fucking leader. PEDOPHILES have no place in government. REMOVE HIM.
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This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.
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She’s getting absolutely SMOKED. Good.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
She’s getting absolutely SMOKED. Good.