ProfKakie
@profkakie.bsky.social
Professor of Multimedia. Practitioner of multiple media. WRFL alum. LPFM enthusiast. Kentucky-Penn State-Clemson (NOT for football) ("Khaki" like the fabric.)
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Kentucky professor’s lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s definition of antisemitism kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/k...
Kentucky professor’s lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s definition of antisemitism • Kentucky Lantern
A University of Kentucky law professor challenges a widespread controversial definition of antisemitism as he seeks reinstatement to teach.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Kentucky professor’s lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s definition of antisemitism kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/k...
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Lord Reith would not be pleased
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lord Reith would not be pleased
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Lots of people we know and love on this list! Congratulations to PRWR Professors Jeannie Vanasco & Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and TU Reading Series author Karen Russell for appearing on this list of NPR's 2025 Books We Love:
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Lots of people we know and love on this list! Congratulations to PRWR Professors Jeannie Vanasco & Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and TU Reading Series author Karen Russell for appearing on this list of NPR's 2025 Books We Love:
"a simple request for an interview often triggers a bureaucratic maze designed to protect the university’s image rather than inform its students." nutgrafnews.substack.com/p/how-admin-... This has gotten worse than ever.
How admin stonewalling forces student journalists to work around
‘We just aren’t able to publish because we physically can’t get the information’
nutgrafnews.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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"a simple request for an interview often triggers a bureaucratic maze designed to protect the university’s image rather than inform its students." nutgrafnews.substack.com/p/how-admin-... This has gotten worse than ever.
How admin stonewalling forces student journalists to work around
‘We just aren’t able to publish because we physically can’t get the information’
nutgrafnews.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"a simple request for an interview often triggers a bureaucratic maze designed to protect the university’s image rather than inform its students." nutgrafnews.substack.com/p/how-admin-... This has gotten worse than ever.
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Didn't know this bit until @alroth.bsky.social's post: "Journals like AMA JoE operate a year or more in advance, so multiple authors & editors of upcoming issues for 2026-2027 were left in the lurch by this unexpected announcement. . .some of which have already undergone extensive editorial review"
A wide-ranging set of developments this week: private judges, the shuttering of the AMA Journal of Ethics, pronatalist gene-editing debates, and Jaworski’s new plasma brief.
Full analysis: kimberlydkrawiec.substack.com/p/taboo-and-...
Full analysis: kimberlydkrawiec.substack.com/p/taboo-and-...
Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 11/25)
Thoughts on taboo trades, repugnant markets, and academia this week
kimberlydkrawiec.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Didn't know this bit until @alroth.bsky.social's post: "Journals like AMA JoE operate a year or more in advance, so multiple authors & editors of upcoming issues for 2026-2027 were left in the lurch by this unexpected announcement. . .some of which have already undergone extensive editorial review"
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I remember exactly where I was standing when US failed to sign the Kyoto agreement…which would have made all the difference and then some.
More than 80 countries, including Colombia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, demanded a “roadmap” for phasing out of fossil fuels, but the final agreement failed to endorse one. buff.ly/dKUMPG3
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I remember exactly where I was standing when US failed to sign the Kyoto agreement…which would have made all the difference and then some.
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2003 cover of the Jimmy Cliff song “Vietnam” by New Order. Bob Dylan once called the tune the best protest song ever written. This version from the V/A compilation War Child: Hope. #RIPJimmyCliff m.youtube.com/watch?v=bv4b...
New Order - Vietnam [High Quality]
YouTube video by BenniRoR
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
2003 cover of the Jimmy Cliff song “Vietnam” by New Order. Bob Dylan once called the tune the best protest song ever written. This version from the V/A compilation War Child: Hope. #RIPJimmyCliff m.youtube.com/watch?v=bv4b...
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Martin Scorsese during the filming of Mean Streets (1973).
Photo © Unknown Photographer/ Taplin-Pe/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
#MartinScorsese #Meanstreets #NewHollywood #1970s #1970scinema #1970sfilm #photography
Photo © Unknown Photographer/ Taplin-Pe/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
#MartinScorsese #Meanstreets #NewHollywood #1970s #1970scinema #1970sfilm #photography
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Martin Scorsese during the filming of Mean Streets (1973).
Photo © Unknown Photographer/ Taplin-Pe/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
#MartinScorsese #Meanstreets #NewHollywood #1970s #1970scinema #1970sfilm #photography
Photo © Unknown Photographer/ Taplin-Pe/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
#MartinScorsese #Meanstreets #NewHollywood #1970s #1970scinema #1970sfilm #photography
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“This is a basic human right, the ability for you to stop and drink water and be in the shade.," said Ana Gonzalez, organizing and advocacy director at the Texas AFL-CIO. "It’s just insane to me that this is a debate.” A sobering story from @psskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate News
Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.
insideclimatenews.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“This is a basic human right, the ability for you to stop and drink water and be in the shade.," said Ana Gonzalez, organizing and advocacy director at the Texas AFL-CIO. "It’s just insane to me that this is a debate.” A sobering story from @psskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings.
If brands truly followed their values and judged Meta the way they've judged X in the past, they’d probably consider just closing their Instagram accounts.
buff.ly/01yWMx7
If brands truly followed their values and judged Meta the way they've judged X in the past, they’d probably consider just closing their Instagram accounts.
buff.ly/01yWMx7
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings.
If brands truly followed their values and judged Meta the way they've judged X in the past, they’d probably consider just closing their Instagram accounts.
buff.ly/01yWMx7
If brands truly followed their values and judged Meta the way they've judged X in the past, they’d probably consider just closing their Instagram accounts.
buff.ly/01yWMx7
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“That is both an absurd policy and one that violates the First Amendment." FREE LINK.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...
Fayette schools seeks to prohibit dissenting board members from talking to media
“That is both an absurd policy and one that violates the First Amendment,” lawyer Michael Abate said.
www.kentucky.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“That is both an absurd policy and one that violates the First Amendment." FREE LINK.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...
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May the discourse be with you.
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
May the discourse be with you.
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Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy is about how uniquely American cultural media changed as a result of federal influences on Hollywood in the 40s/50s.
I fought for Open Access because media & propaganda literacy are essential right now.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
I fought for Open Access because media & propaganda literacy are essential right now.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
My new & first book, Selling Out Santa, is Open Access!
If you like what you read and can, please consider buying a copy for you and maybe one for a history/film lover at Christmas (it's 40% off)!
It'll likely be my only income in over 2 years once royalties pay next July, so please consider it!
If you like what you read and can, please consider buying a copy for you and maybe one for a history/film lover at Christmas (it's 40% off)!
It'll likely be my only income in over 2 years once royalties pay next July, so please consider it!
Selling Out Santa
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34 th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy is about how uniquely American cultural media changed as a result of federal influences on Hollywood in the 40s/50s.
I fought for Open Access because media & propaganda literacy are essential right now.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
I fought for Open Access because media & propaganda literacy are essential right now.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Looking at you, "People for Portland."
ACAB includes Chambers of Commerce.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Looking at you, "People for Portland."
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The annual fee for Microsoft Office is going up 30% bc the tech bros need more money.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The annual fee for Microsoft Office is going up 30% bc the tech bros need more money.
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By two weeks?
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
By two weeks?
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Yet something more to thank AI for.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yet something more to thank AI for.
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“As ChatGPT surged in popularity, longtime safety experts burned out and started leaving.” A fascinating long read in the New York Times about the problematic growth of an AI chatbot
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“As ChatGPT surged in popularity, longtime safety experts burned out and started leaving.” A fascinating long read in the New York Times about the problematic growth of an AI chatbot
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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The push to punish an NJ school board member for Facebook posts is foolish newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/24/t... Agree with this.
The push to punish an NJ school board member for Facebook posts is foolish • New Jersey Monitor
A Salem County school board member is the target of an ethics complaint for asking her Facebook followers about tax hikes.
newjerseymonitor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The push to punish an NJ school board member for Facebook posts is foolish newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/24/t... Agree with this.
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AP executive editor Julie Pace says they're fighting "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences.We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
Hey, good morning. President Trump is concerned about the FCC's ownership cap review, RFK Jr. is on the cover of The Atlantic, and Google's Gemini 3 model is the talk of the tech industry. Let's get to it...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
AP executive editor Julie Pace says they're fighting "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences.We strongly believe this case could have much wider implications" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e... This Is some bullshit and the free press is telling you about it.
Fayette schools seeks to prohibit dissenting board members from talking to media
“That is both an absurd policy and one that violates the First Amendment,” lawyer Michael Abate said.
www.kentucky.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
www.kentucky.com/news/local/e... This Is some bullshit and the free press is telling you about it.