Excited to welcome @annakornbluh.bsky.social, Sianne Ngai, and @ryanrkerr.bsky.social to the CTRG annual conference!

“Fundamentally, this hiring push is part of a broader effort to diminish the authority and autonomy of the faculty. It would weaken a robust tradition of peer review and increase administrative control over University affairs.”

Read this op-ed from the @miamiherald.com on growing threats to academic freedom, including the sidelining of sociology in Florida’s universities www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...

#UFFFSU #HigherEd #FloridaNews #AcademicSky #FSU

President of @uff-fsu.bsky.social, Dr. Robin Goodman, speaking earlier this legislative session regarding HB1279. #academicfreedom #uffstrong #unionstrong

Chinook salmon found naturally hatching in Upper Klamath River for first time in a century The Klamath Tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath River tributary.

After big dams on the upper Klamath River in far northern CA were removed in 2024, Chinook (king) salmon migrated upstream for the first time in 100+ years--and now they have hatched.

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

God bless you @colsonwhitehead.com

"Do you realize how much water and power it’d take to replicate the average writer’s narcissism, self-loathing and despair? It’d drain the Indian Ocean. You could light up Times Square for a year. We can’t afford it."

Yum

There's a reason I highlighted Texas A&M in my column series on the Red Scares. Yet, they remain a member of the AAU in good standing.

Sharing with the text of the resignation letter in the alt

Why Manatees Need Humans to Slow Down and Pay Attention

#Florida manatees need human boaters to slow down & pay attention to their surroundings. More than 30 have been clobbered & killed so far this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u... via @nytimes.com

WE DID IT!

Our illegal union @uam-umd.bsky.social is a lot less illegal today. 12,000 contingent faculty in MD just won the right to collectively bargain. Life-changing win for teachers and students. Only happened bc thousands of people worked together to beat our bosses in the statehouse.

Florida's battle with sociology escalates, critics accuse retaliation Florida officials have spent years transforming higher education in the state, with a particular focus on sociology instruction.

"The changes to the textbook for an introductory sociology course removed about 400 pages from its prior version, including chapters on media and technology, global inequality, race, social stratification, gender and sexuality."
www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/s...

Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’ Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

“We’re reminding people that they can’t discipline you based on word of mouth. If they’re threatening to suspend or investigate someone, or issue a letter of caution, it has to be based on something."
- Dr. Robert Cassanello, UFF President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Federal Court Sides with Higher Education Union to Protect Faculty Arbitration Rights GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Today, a federal court ruled in favor of the University of Florida’s United Faculty of Florida chapter and its collective bargaining agreement by protecting the right to arbitration.

"This is not only a win for faculty & graduate assistants, but for our students who deserve to attend colleges & universities that are grounded in the right of faculty to teach w/out political interference & students to learn without fear."
- Dr. Casanello, UFF President
www.aft.org/press-releas...

After two days on strike, nearly 1,000 faculty at NYU won huge concessions from the university.

Everyone in the CFU-UAW union will now get a raise of at least $14,000.

The deal also includes 3.5% raises each year of the contract, better job security, and more.

The NYU Faculty Strike and the Politics of Workers’ Rights Just days ago, NYU faced an imminent faculty strike of nearly 1,000 non-tenure track faculty as questions about labor conditions and university governance

Rebecca Karl of NYU-AAUP breaks down the driving issues behind the Contract Faculty United Strike in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social.

"Restructuring higher education is hugely responsible for this situation...the pivot towards contract faculty away from tenure lines...It is reaping what it sowed."

It's almost like they don't really care about (all) the students

This is grim reading. Even if you dislike aspects of higher education, declines in academic freedom often accompany authoritarianism.

Echoes of Russia in Florida? This new Oscar winner sees them David Borenstein just got an Academy Award for his best documentary feature winner, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.” The Florida native carries a warning.

#Florida man won Oscar for documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," says he was inspired to make film by the way Gov. Ron DeSastrous is remaking higher ed in FL www.tampabay.com/life-culture... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

Prof Neil Buchanan explains how MAGA-inflected conservatives have created "civics centers" at once-great state universities to foster what they call intellectual diversity, by which they mean to replace a perceived liberal monoculture with what is undoubtedly a right-wing monoculture. 👇

This is an incredible resource and reference.

45 (!!!) examples of successfully bargained language, with every type of institution represented.

UF College Republicans forced to disband - The Independent Florida Alligator The disbandment comes after the statewide organization found some members of the university branch violated its rules and values, including by engaging in “a recent antisemitic gesture.” 

www.alligator.org/article/2026...

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figur...

My work is indebted to his. End of an era.

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

The GOP takes a university hostage in exclusive First They Came For My College trailer The GOP takes a university hostage in exclusive First They Came For My College trailer

New documentary depicts #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' right-wing takeover (and attempted ruination) of what had been a prestigious honors institution, New College. www.avclub.com/first-they-c... via @avclub.com

An Invitation: Know Your Governing Board POSTED ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION On behalf of the Coalition for Action in Higher Education (CAHE), we share with you a template titled Know Your Governing Board. Thi…

Boards of Trustees (usually unelected, not faculty), hold the power in universities. Find out what corporations your trustees also board, find out what their spouses own,+ you've found why universities enter into contracts for tech, security, R&D.

FIND OUT!

academeblog.org/2026/03/03/a...

Debate grows over Florida proposal to tighten rules for public employee unions Florida public employee unions are warning a bill moving through the Legislature would undermine unions. Supporters say it raises accountability.

Instead of solving the state's real problems, FL legislature attacks workers. Doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers... www.wusf.org/politics-iss...

#VoteNoOnSB1296

UFF members & supporters, this bill is being heard TODAY.

The Freedom Foundation & Governor do not want educators + other public employees to have a voice, a contract or their right to have a union.

Take to X – see our previous X posts, tag lawmakers and urge them to vote NO.

Bird flu a concern after 101 vultures found dead at Blue Spring Park Officials say preliminary lab tests came back tentatively positive for H5N1 bird flu.

#Florida wildlife officials say 101 dead and 17 sick vultures were discovered at Blue Spring State Park during January. Preliminary lab tests on a handful of the dead birds were positive for H5N1 avian influenza. mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...

Numerous faculty and AAUP chapters are rejecting the Commission for Public Higher Education, which threatens to introduce unprecedented state politician influence over universities!

Check out this thread of media coverage and AAUP members speaking out against the CPHE 🧵

Report warns loosening vaccine requirements could cost Florida $9B Economic stability tied closely to Florida’s longstanding vaccine safeguards

If leaders don’t care about kids’ health, maybe they’ll care about money. The report “estimates that weakening school-entry vaccine safeguards could reduce Florida’s gross domestic product by $9 billion, eliminate 64,644 jobs, and cut state & local tax revenues by nearly $1 billion over ten years.”