Valerie O'Loughlin PhD FAAA

Black in Anatomy Week save the date announcement: October 13-18, 2025 for all who love anatomy! Celebrate 5 years with us! Join us! (blackinanatomy.org) #BlackinAnatWeek #BlackinAnat

The 5th Annual #BlackInAnatomy Week is Oct 13–18, 2025! 🎉Join us for a week of celebration, connection, and education, including virtual events and our annual guided painting session!

Schedule coming soon at blackinanatomy.org and linktr.ee/blackinanatomy.
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Check out #BlackinAnatWeek sessions here! #anatomy #meded #highered

Our Just published article about #graduatepedagogy courses and the #teachingstatement at @iubloomington.bsky.social The Teaching Statement Assignment as a Process and a Product: Supporting Reflective Teachers in Graduate Pedagogy Courses www-tandfonline-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/doi/full/10....

A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out In a complaint, a former Justice Department lawyer said his former colleagues were being forced to choose between the president’s agenda and their ethical obligations as attorneys.

An explosive whistle-blower report claims that the Justice Department is asking government lawyers to lie to the courts, and that this has forced career officials to chose between upholding the Constitution and pledging loyalty to the president.

Listen to today's episode of "The Daily."

Once the MAGA GOP is seen as the party that protects rich, creepy, abusive, elite men at the expense of everyone else, they will be recognized for the villains they once claimed Ds to be. After all, a deep state cover-up of sexual predators who victimized children should be the final straw ..

What now? It is time…

Read @jenrubin.bsky.social great piece on what we all can do now, now that the MAGA bill has been passed into law. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

@iamse.bsky.social #IAMSE2025 preconference workshops were great! #meded #hpe #teaching

Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Trump and his crew are nuts It’s time to stop rationalizing the craziness

Subscribe to the @contrariannews.org to get objective info about the corrupt, authoritarian Trump regime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Indiana Budget Bill Contains Sweeping Higher Ed Changes When Republicans revealed the legislation last week, new provisions requiring faculty to post syllabi and face “productivity” reviews had appeared. The bill quickly passed.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty.... The State of Indiana is fighting its way to the bottom w this outrageous last minute addition to a *budget* bill to hamper faculty and alumni voices from being heard. Awful! #highered

International Student Lawsuits Result in Restored SEVIS Records Attorneys argue that the Department of Homeland Security shirked due process and exceeded its authority in targeting international students.

www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... Great news!!! keep fighting in #highered ! #resist!

A crowd of protesters holding cardboard signs. One says "RESIST IF NOT NOW WHEN?" Photo by Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Thousands of people rallied at hundreds of events across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, federal job cuts and other issues. nyti.ms/3EyqNkh

The Power Of Coalitions! The People's Involvement Fair was a major success!

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This is what happens when everyone knows gramps shouldn't be driving but no one wants to take away his keys.

It’s Republicans' Fault MAGA Republicans own the tariff and recession

Throw the Republicans OUT for giving their Power of the Purse to Trump, who is wrecking global economy and is sending us into a #recession open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

US faculty and anyone who cares about academic freedom:

I urge you to check out @wearehighered.bsky.social

* read through compelling letters signed by thousands of faculty

* learn about upcoming actions in which you can participate

* spread the word to encourage others to get involved, too !

Why Donald Trump Is Attacking Me—and You Publisher's Roundup, 9

Support independent journalism by subscribing to @contrariannews.org .. they use the monies to support litigation against the orange trolls illegal acts. Read more here open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell | Margaret Sullivan ‘I couldn’t be more sad and disgusted,’ says former top editor Martin Baron

every word of this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Oligarchy Thrives in Darkness A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Truth. Slimebag Bezos' heavy hand over the @washingtonpost.com opinions section this week is why I finally cancelled my subscription. Suck eggs, Bezos. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Inflation heated up in January, new data show Consumer prices rose by 3.0 percent annually last month, hotter than reported in December.

So...u voted for Trump bc u thought the price of eggs was too high. How's that working for u now? Inflation heated up in January, new data show

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives.

good for them: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Screw Google for capitulating to this childish nonsense.

Three Reminders for the Week Ahead No matter what diluted truth corporate and billionaire media are proposing, make no mistake: Musk and PINO (President in Name Only) Trump are hurting everyday Americans, and Republicans are complicit

First and foremost, Americans need to understand that acting president Elon Musk and President (or PINO, President In Name Only) Donald Trump have launched a full-blown attack on our Constitutional order.
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Three Reminders for the Week Ahead No matter what diluted truth corporate and billionaire media are proposing, make no mistake: Musk and PINO (President in Name Only) Trump are hurting everyday Americans, and Republicans are complicit

Republicans could stop this. Granted, Democratic lawmakers have been slow to sharpen their rhetoric (though over the last week they have become more vocal). Still, it is Republicans who are in power and it is they who must shoulder the blame.
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If you’re under the impression that there’s no resistance to Trump, it’s because corporate media aren’t showing you pictures like this.

The Resistance is Here What corporate media aren’t showing you.

What corporate media aren’t showing you.