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@akalhan.bsky.social thanks for coining #kavanaughstop 🍺

What a lovely view. I remember it well 😊

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WE WON!!!

The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.

Read the order here:

This is amazing ✊

can attest to the truth of this.

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣

This is a must-watch. 🔥

When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.

'McCarthyism’ in the UK: why academics fear shaming for leftwing views A rightwing US website whose citing of lecturers for perceived liberal bias has led to death threats now has a British arm

For anyone looking for a source on TPUSA’s contribution to threats of violence.

“Academics in the US have faced threats of death, rape and harm to their children after being singled out by ‘Professor Watchlist.’”

I know many, many higher ed faculty members who had this experience.

A Leader of UNC’s Civic Life School Is Fired, Adding to Turmoil The school, created by trustees and state lawmakers to provide space for conservative thought, is riven with infighting and plagued by leadership turnover.

Who could have guessed that a new school set up by conservative trustees, to teach conservative ideas, without actual faculty governance would result in a total disaster? 🍿🍿 <smallest fiddle emoji> www.chronicle.com/article/a-le...

This is the final week of the Southern AAUP Conferences’ Faculty in the South Survey. If you teach at a college or university in the South, please take a few moments to fill out this survey.

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How do you have the authority to deploy the national guard today, but you blamed Nancy Pelosi for them not being there on January 6th.

The abolishment of the Department of Education & the continued reckless defunding of public education is a clear path to setting America back in technology, innovation, & competitiveness. Congress can & must stand up for the American people & stop the destruction of our federal education system.

That is not data. Those are anecdotes, the exact opposite of data.

Rep. Stansbury: America has no kings YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury

Brilliant. Must watch. This is what we need from our elected leaders.

youtu.be/cMsH7h8d_QQ

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

"Liberal arts colleges & universities are a gem in the US, envied by people around the world. Their strength lies in challenging society’s strengths & weaknesses, & asking how to make the world more just with more freedom for everyone. Those are the true aims of higher education."

#DefendHigherEd

Highly recommend this excellent thread! Great real world example as opposed to hype. (tbh all the current AI bs is reminding me of the MOOC hysteria…remember MOOCs? I don’t expect AI to go away, but this is an excellent dose of reality)

What part of academic freedom means you had better only ask questions and reach conclusions that will be approved by dear leader? ffs

(Answer: no one knows.)

Brilliant.

“indulgence income”
love it.

same

Opinion | Opinion Today: Larry David Imagines a Private Dinner With Hitler (Gift Article) In a guest essay, the comedian warns that we should see people for who they really are.

Larry David’s piece was perfection. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Now, how is this guy Deputy Opinion Editor? He COMPLETELY missed the point 🤷‍♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN! APRIL 17 MARCH FROM WASHINGTON SQUARE 3PM RALLY AT FOLEY SQUARE 4PM

We will be livestreaming the Right to Learn Rally and March in NYC today from the AAUP Facebook page beginning at 3 PM ET.

facebook.com/AAUPNational/

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Close to 200 campuses are holding events today! You can find one near you or join an online workshop or teach-in: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events @actioninhighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social #DayofActionforHigherEd

10/10, Fourth Circuit. No notes.

#Handsoff Boston.

We warmed up at the bandstand, then marched to City Hall. Great speakers, great energy, inspiring!

🙏🏼 organizers, @edmarkey.bsky.social, @ayannapressley.bsky.social, etc.

We are just getting started…