It was never about tents.

UCONN is so afraid of amplified sound (free speech) they forced a US Senator to shout at a crowd of 250+ people #adminsofragile

UConn! protect academic freedom as a contractual right. #adminsofragile

Hey UConn, protect academic freedom now! @aaup.org #adminsofragile

UCONN is so scared of free speech they denied grad workers request to use an acoustic guitar at an outdoor event. #adminsofragile

Academic Freedom is Free Speech on campus @aaup.org

Despite many people there throwing around the term ‘fascism’ to mean a whole bunch of different things, there was one (1) panel (mine) at ASA on antifascism. I’m wondering why this disconnect?

I don’t drink the stuff anyway, but if you do, don’t. Dont cross the line, literally or figuratively.

It would be my pleasure. Get in touch anytime.

Josh! I love that you are behind this! It’s the carwash I go to! Lived two blocks from there for 14 years! Just an absolute fucking disgrace!

Thanks for the fascinating thread, Andrés! As far as I’ve been able to tell, the Cuban government began publicly celebrating its anti-franquista volunteers from the 1930s (as examples of “glorious internationalism“) around 1976-77. I don’t think the timing was a coincidence.

I really really really don’t like what AI usage is doing to the word ‘hallucinate.’

Nor do I, but if you’re looking for a horseshoe, my first question is how are you defining “far left?” Upper-middle-class women with graduate degrees are rarely* anarchists in my experience, and “hippie,” whatever it means, definitely does not equal far left—or left at all!

* though sometimes!

My point was that a set of beliefs/behaviors which have been very hip amongst certain elite sets for a good long while now (EBF, anti-formula, Euro formula only, etc.) are about to be forced on everyone in the United States by the U.S. government. It’s like the reverse of elite capture. That‘s all.

Oh wow yeah no. Wasn’t disputing your thread in any way. Obviously I was unclear.

Is there a term equivalent to “elite capture” for when the graduate degrees class bestows nonsense on the masses?

Formula hysteria is *old news* amongst a certain set. Exclusive breastfeeding, European imports, even homemade…

Elite leakage?

42 MILLION people going hungry on 11/1 should absolutely trigger an unprecedentedly massive outpouring of direct aid and charity, but I fear reinforcing the malevolent claim that this is the private sector’s job and its alone.

Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.

I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible.

“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”

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#Arreglado

That magic moment in the mornings when you put your kids on the school bus, wave goodbye, take a nice deep breath, and…turn off Huntr/x on your phone

Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong

It was our students who took turns holding signs and remaining visible to management through a sliver of window for over 3 hours. They stood watch outside the room until the very end. One shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.”

Just because you mentioned Gen Alpha kids and avocados, I’m gonna tell this story. My older kid was 4 and we were trick-or-treating. Some too cool hipster was over it and offered his fruit bowl instead of candy. My kid gleefully grabbed his only avocado and made off with it. Perfectly ripe, too.

It‘s on that banner behind him. These aren’t just any white folks; these are organized labor white folks. Not always, of course, but often that can reeeally make a profound difference. Solidarity is a powerful lesson.

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

@mark-bray.bsky.social lleva semanas siendo señalado por los principales propagandistas de la extrema derecha estadounidense y recibiendo amenazas de muerte. Han publicado su dirección y se ha visto obligado a abandonar el país junto a su familia.
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I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

Diagonally shot selfie of a woman dressed in a white and blue striped dress smiling slightly

First teaching day of the semester!

(12 y.o. made me take the pic diagonally—then she complained I “didn’t smile”)

Periodic reminder that if someone is hateful and mentally ill, it is not their mental illness that makes them hateful. And calling hateful people “insane” and “psychotic” because they are hateful is ignorant behavior on your part.

Green highway sign reads: Cuba village limits elev 6905. Surrounding ground is dry scrub. Subway sandwich ad billboard in the background

I went to Cuba yesterday.