it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Huh. Weird. Can’t imagine why people don’t want to be teachers in North Carolina. /s

Also, calling a teacher shortage “rising demand” is WILD. (That’s on the report, not @publicedworks.bsky.social.)

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

I used to live in Bloomington-Normal, just north of that district. She. Is. The. Worst. (And I’m currently in NC where I am represented by many of The Worst).

an inspiration for us all. she got out.

Pam bondi ignoring Epstein survivors

may this define her for the rest of her life.

she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.

girl, bye.

I’ve only been at this editor gig for a few months, but it’ll never cease to amaze me how much money people will pay me to basically put shit in alphabetical order.

Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.

📌So the failing, orange, old man who last week called mail-in voting “cheating” and “corrupt as hell” ... voted by mail Tuesday.

justice alito talmbout it "seriously undermines" voter confidence when a "big stash" of mail ballots arrives and changes the "apparent outcome"

sir do you mean when all the votes are counted? bc it sounds like you're just describing when all the votes are counted

I really, really need academic organizations to think more critically about travel (conferences, talks, and meetings) during the Trump administration. Sadly, most are not.

If I get VCU, High Point, AND Santa Clara in my bracket, I am going to be INSUFFERABLE.

#NCAAMensBasketball

Have you ever applied to an NSF grant? Then do this.

NC justices need pressure on school funding. We know who should provide it. | Opinion Unless some force is applied, the Leandro case will continue to suffer from inertia. | Opinion

I think it’s pretty clear why the NC Supreme Court has been sitting on its Leandro decision for more than two years

#ncpol

Luttig: Every single time Donald Trump opens his mouth or takes an action, the American people are forced to go into court and litigate. That’s the tragic place America finds itself in today.

It is only the Supreme Court that is standing in the way of the American people saving their country.

Get in the habit of bringing up accessibility at meetings, in check-ins, and in demos. Bring up things you've done to address accessibility. Likewise, don't be afraid to ask, "Have we tested this on a keyboard?" or "What's the experience like on a screen reader?"

We are all numb to it, but it is remarkable how little noise 95% of Democrats are making about this war. All we hear is fears that they could put troops on the ground and that they don't have a clear plan. It's all future tense about how things could go wrong, not opposing the war as it exists now.

#NotTheOnion

Critical thinking is under serious threat from large language models/AI. Uni administrators are too prone to accept tech hype! (plus it can be wrong, steals IP, has devasting environment/energy impacts). @jessicacalarco.com made a great one-pager I share with students (plus effective model of comms)

Can These Tactical Drones Stop A School Shooter In Seconds? YouTube video by Inside Edition

How about just having stricter gun laws?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYK...

I’m currently at an airport and seeing her face on the DHS announcements screens is a lot funnier now.

Teacher attrition ticks up and vacancies tick down, but not by much Teacher attrition and vacancies at North Carolina schools held steady in the 2024-25 school year. But this year’s State of the Teaching Profession report highlights the continued challenges of retaini...

WFAE: Teacher attrition and vacancies at North Carolina schools held steady in the 2024-25 school year. But this year’s State of the Teaching Profession report highlights the continued challenges of retaining early-career teachers.

www.wunc.org/2026-03-04/t...

Yeah, not a great sign that they're just going to be experimenting on trans inmates like this and it's not a big story.

Stills from video of David Lynch. Looking at the camera, he says, “Good morning, everyone. It’s…” He then looks out of a nearby window, squinting, and says, “It’s an absolute shitshow out there, today.”

Who better than David Lynch?

We bombed Iran?! | I need to pay that bill | Kansas antitrans ID law!! | Don’t forget Hugo noms | do we still have Venezuela’s president? | *an email re: book promotion* | I can’t pay this bill | cutting funds to MN?? | I need to check on my friends | timeline fights about doomerism | taxes | REPEAT

Maybe, but there are real problems here — first, slagging an entire generation’s cognitive ability is shitty. And the evidence for that loss is… lower standardized test scores. Which to me is not a metric for “cognitive ability.” YMMV.

Trump acknowledges that Democrats would be better off packing the court.

YES THEY WOULD. IF DEMS WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME ABOIT THIS, I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES

if anyone is tempted to briefly hand it to John Roberts remember that he is about to finish his life’s work of destroying the Voting Rights Act and save yourself the trouble

It’s just so exhausting. I’m fucking exhausted.

THIS. Thank you, Professor McMillan Cottom (with a heavy sigh and a smh).

Alums, time to organize LOUDLY on behalf of your educators.

And alums with any access to donor cash— all the more so.