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Signal - free and very secure

I'm reposting with @hebagowayed.bsky.social's correct handle. We're going to be writing here regularly every Friday, and more often as events dictate.

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

The biggest Nazi concentration camp wasn't in Germany itself. Trump and Bukele aren't special and new, they're shitty and old.

FACULTY - if you want your campus leaders to defend higher education, you can organize a letter on your campus to urge them to do so. We are coordinating (and have templates and tools) at bit.ly/CampusLetters2025. We'll release all the letters as part of the @aaup.bsky.social day of action April 17.

Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)

“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…

Agree. And your article is good. Our scientific and social scientific understandings evolve, as they should! And the terms we use are a form of power - to designate and define.

Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)

If you’re interested in moving your lab to beautiful Montreal Canada, this program offers chairholders funding of up to 1M$ a year for 8 years. See link for details.
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Good morning bluesky. If you care about defending higher education and diversity and science and Democracy, you might want to sign our letter at bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd.

We wrote it to capture what we think are consensus values in/about higher ed.

Our new website to links to all the others.

Thank you

AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.

Text: The new vice provost, appointed by Columbia, will review curriculum, nontenure faculty hiring and leadership "to ensure the educational offerings are comprehensive and balanced."

We need a name for this person. The vice provost for authoritarian compliance?

Opinion | The Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Who Wants to Dismantle the Department of Education Christopher Rufo’s mission to make universities feel “existential terror.”

Chris Rufo’s interview in the NYTimes is even worse. At the end. He sounds almost giddy when he describes crushing American higher ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/o...

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...

This open letter (currently gathering signatures) is an opportunity to affirm the value (and values) of higher education and to stand up against attacks on the people, programs, and institutions that are part of higher education's essential work.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

I’m getting “access denied”. I’m (an American) in Canada so maybe that’s why?

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

Something on respect for academic freedom and defense of science, evidence, and free inquiry could get a lot of broad support across faculties.

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MapQuest letting people rename the Gulf of Mexico on their maps is the kind of pettiness we didn’t know we needed in 2025

MapQuest and Firefox coming out of Gen X retirement to lead the charge against fascism is the most unexpected yet peak 2025 energy.

MySpace, your move.

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

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Don’t let them get in your head. 💙

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Very shameless plug, but for thinking about the next 4 years on campus, this might be helpful - article by me, @alexhanna.bsky.social et al on patterns in campus protest and uni/police responses in the 2010s. Could pair nicely with Zeynep’s op-ed journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...