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as part of its agreement with trump, northwestern agreed to "terminate" the Deering Meadow Agreement that ended the encampments & promised to address student demands.
but you won't find on the university's website. it's been memory-holed as far as i can tell: www.northwestern.edu/leadership-n...
but you won't find on the university's website. it's been memory-holed as far as i can tell: www.northwestern.edu/leadership-n...
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
as part of its agreement with trump, northwestern agreed to "terminate" the Deering Meadow Agreement that ended the encampments & promised to address student demands.
but you won't find on the university's website. it's been memory-holed as far as i can tell: www.northwestern.edu/leadership-n...
but you won't find on the university's website. it's been memory-holed as far as i can tell: www.northwestern.edu/leadership-n...
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
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This campaign has conducted the best GOTV effort I’ve ever been targeted by and I’m very excited to vote for Aftyn Behn tomorrow
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This campaign has conducted the best GOTV effort I’ve ever been targeted by and I’m very excited to vote for Aftyn Behn tomorrow
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i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
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mf dressed like one of Charlie in the Chocolate Factory's grandparents
Junior is melting down tonight about the special election tomorrow in TN, which should be a cakewalk for Republicans. But it isn’t, thanks to his dad’s unpopularity.
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
mf dressed like one of Charlie in the Chocolate Factory's grandparents
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She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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the way that large segments of higher ed have suspended basic critical thinking to participate in this hype-machine is certainly among the top-5 dystopic aspects of our current time
Speaking as someone who was a subprime mortgage major in 2007-2008, this sounds like a good career opportunity.
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
College Students Flock to a New Major: A.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the way that large segments of higher ed have suspended basic critical thinking to participate in this hype-machine is certainly among the top-5 dystopic aspects of our current time
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they're literally just LARPing as the federal government i hate them all so much
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
they're literally just LARPing as the federal government i hate them all so much
I get so enraged about bigotry disguised as academic work that I sometimes forget the whole vile point is a bad faith campaign to destroy trans people. OU admin saw the hate in action and jumped right to help ensure trans people can't safely teach in universities.
The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I get so enraged about bigotry disguised as academic work that I sometimes forget the whole vile point is a bad faith campaign to destroy trans people. OU admin saw the hate in action and jumped right to help ensure trans people can't safely teach in universities.
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The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
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she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
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Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
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And the weakness of university administrators has every bit as much to do with this as the specific ideological hobbyhorses of the GOP, which is why it is a problem not only in the US but wherever universities are run as businesses by wannabe CEOs.
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
And the weakness of university administrators has every bit as much to do with this as the specific ideological hobbyhorses of the GOP, which is why it is a problem not only in the US but wherever universities are run as businesses by wannabe CEOs.
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Academic freedom isn't the chance or momentary absence of specific political directives on what or how to teach academic subjects, any more than rule of law is everybody choosing to behave. It's the principle that such directives can't be issued and won't be acted upon by academic administrators.
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Academic freedom isn't the chance or momentary absence of specific political directives on what or how to teach academic subjects, any more than rule of law is everybody choosing to behave. It's the principle that such directives can't be issued and won't be acted upon by academic administrators.
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Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
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ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
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ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICE is horrific...and also an extension of how policing has always worked, not a radical break from it.
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“Wanna talk about candidates who put their💰where their mouth is? @aftynbehn.bsky.social does not fuck around.” #TN7
@rachelwells1.bsky.social on Behn being dragged out of the state leg over ex-speaker Casada’s support for Rep. Byrd, who apologized to 1 of 3 women who said he sexually abused them.
@rachelwells1.bsky.social on Behn being dragged out of the state leg over ex-speaker Casada’s support for Rep. Byrd, who apologized to 1 of 3 women who said he sexually abused them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Wanna talk about candidates who put their💰where their mouth is? @aftynbehn.bsky.social does not fuck around.” #TN7
@rachelwells1.bsky.social on Behn being dragged out of the state leg over ex-speaker Casada’s support for Rep. Byrd, who apologized to 1 of 3 women who said he sexually abused them.
@rachelwells1.bsky.social on Behn being dragged out of the state leg over ex-speaker Casada’s support for Rep. Byrd, who apologized to 1 of 3 women who said he sexually abused them.
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FLASHBACK: BYRD’S WORDS
Tennesseans read Rep. David Byrd’s own words aloud - from his apology for abusing young girls.
Republican legislators did nothing.
He was re-elected.
This what @aftynbehn.bsky.social was protesting.
This is what they’re attacking her for. #TN7
Tennesseans read Rep. David Byrd’s own words aloud - from his apology for abusing young girls.
Republican legislators did nothing.
He was re-elected.
This what @aftynbehn.bsky.social was protesting.
This is what they’re attacking her for. #TN7
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
FLASHBACK: BYRD’S WORDS
Tennesseans read Rep. David Byrd’s own words aloud - from his apology for abusing young girls.
Republican legislators did nothing.
He was re-elected.
This what @aftynbehn.bsky.social was protesting.
This is what they’re attacking her for. #TN7
Tennesseans read Rep. David Byrd’s own words aloud - from his apology for abusing young girls.
Republican legislators did nothing.
He was re-elected.
This what @aftynbehn.bsky.social was protesting.
This is what they’re attacking her for. #TN7
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If you've made it to the end of this thread, my only request is that you share it with others. So many people suffered because of this denialism, and it frankly burns me up that this dark legacy has been made to disappear without a fuss.
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers
A platinum-selling alt-rock group may be endangering their fans by promoting a dangerous myth.
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2023 at 10:29 PM
If you've made it to the end of this thread, my only request is that you share it with others. So many people suffered because of this denialism, and it frankly burns me up that this dark legacy has been made to disappear without a fuss.
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
www.motherjones.com/politics/200...
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Christine died in 2008 from AIDS defining illness.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
September 16, 2023 at 10:19 PM
Christine died in 2008 from AIDS defining illness.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
The Foo Fighters deleted all references to AWWAA and Maggiore in 2007, and have not, to my knowledge, ever spoken of their role in shaping disastrous policy based on ignorance and science denialism.
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Christine set up meetings with South African President Thabo Mbeki, where she lobbied to block antivirals from being allowed into the country.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
September 16, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Christine set up meetings with South African President Thabo Mbeki, where she lobbied to block antivirals from being allowed into the country.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
The resulting policy move by Mbeki resulted in millions of additional infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
OU is participating in attacking a trans instructor and grad student for doing their job.
OU is in the wrong if it is treating this situation differently than it would any other grade appeal. Does OU usually suspend instructors at the outset of a grade appeal? Does it usually make statements to the media about the actions they've taken against the instructor?
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
OU is participating in attacking a trans instructor and grad student for doing their job.
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Does OU want to demonstrate to students that they can get special treatment as long as they can trigger (here, right-wing) outrage? Because...there are some foreseeable consequences there, none of them good for OU.
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Does OU want to demonstrate to students that they can get special treatment as long as they can trigger (here, right-wing) outrage? Because...there are some foreseeable consequences there, none of them good for OU.