MIT has chosen to do the right thing. OMG, what a relief.
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Or how it feels to edit one!

Five ways of thinking about why faculty should stand together this Labor Day: 1. Higher Ed Alone Can’t Save Democracy. We need a united front—from higher ed, K–12, federal workers, health care staff, immigrants, and beyond. 2. Resistance Must Go Beyond the Courts. While AAUP is suing the Trump administration, we must also be “in the streets, fighting back, offering a different vision.” Labor Day actions help us begin putting that vision in motion. 3. Building Strong Coalitions: AAUP helped launch Labor for Higher Ed, uniting unions across the sector. AFT and MayDayStrong actions help to build power beyond our campuses and bargaining tables. 4. Visibility Fuels Growth: AAUP has gained thousands of new members in 2025 alone and added 40+ chapters. Labor Day actions are a chance to energize new members and strengthen our presence. 5. A Platform for Bold Demands: Mass action help us push a real vision: free public higher ed, research funding, an end to student debt and adjunctification, and educational opportunity outreach programs like TRIO.

BOSTON LABOR DAY MARCH 9:30-11:30 - start at Statehouse and walk to City Hall. Be there!

How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…

📣 In this short essay, I describe how actions of the current administration constitute ➡️ state terrorism ⬅️ and outline how US universities (and professors and students and staff) can survive state terrorism, as people before us have survived.

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Nobel Peace Prize for Francesca Albanese and the doctors of Gaza Netanyahu just nominated Trump for the Nobel peace prize. Let’s show that the world thinks - Francesca and Gaza doctors deserve it instead!

Please consider signing a nomination for Francesca Abanese and the doctors of Gaza for the Nobel Peace Prize.

“Finally, a simple alternative to Kleenex.” Laura Cunningham, Systems Analyst

Study Finds Tiny Nose Robots Can Be Used To Clean Sinuses
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Melissa Hortman's #philosophy degree was from #BostonUniversity, which is also my alma mater. An exemplary life of applied philosophical principles cut short.
#philsky #womeninphilosophy

Melissa Hortman had received a degree in #philosophy from BU. My heart goes out especially to her children

Congratulations Isaac! You are a bright light in this world.

Sorry you got a worthless feel good degree in an unrigorous field like electrical engineering that left you with zero marketable skills, should have majored in Classical Literature and you'd have a lucrative job doing DEI instead

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Defend Our Public Postal Service The public service mission of the Postal Service has made it one of our nation’s most trusted institutions. However, this essential service is under threat if we do not act now. The American peop...

Have you written your members of Congress yet? We're asking them to sign on the House Resolution 70 and Senate Resolution 147. Send a message! #USMailNotForSale #HandsOff actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...

Also, I'd say my account is a practice first account, not a structural account.

The SEP entry on Ideology by Will Roberts connects some of them.

Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.

New Federal Law Mandates Women Talk With Baby Voice WASHINGTON—In a decisive victory for longtime champions of the cause, congressional leaders announced Wednesday the passage of a new federal law mandating that all women talk with a baby voice. “Under the terms of this legislation, every American female over the age of 18 is now required to speak with short, simple words in a […]

New Federal Law Mandates Women Talk With Baby Voice
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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.