Caroline Levine

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Reorg 101: The Past and Future of the Race to the Bottom As the reorganization of the University’s Division of the Arts & Humanities commences, Clifford Ando warns that the fate of the humanities is up for grabs.

Very very smart analysis of what's happening at U of Chicago.

I do think the comprehensives and commuter colleges in blue states (and maybe some red ones) may survive better because they don't depend on federal money and are still somewhat affordable. Most worried about the big ten and other research publics.

The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s j...

I couldn't possibly love this more. Thanks, Anna Kornbluh!

Scooby I am as white as a hotel towel, and the closest thing to Mexican I am was a single all inclusive resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma abd was promptly pulled over by ICE in San Antonio. I'm happy to waste their time 1d RookaTX This is the way Scooby • RookaTX Their big question was like, "why the sticker" I told them it was on the truck when I bought it-and they suggested I remove it. Obnoxious creatures. 1d

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

Trump is shockingly dumb about (electric) power It's not too soon to start working the politics of people's power bills

Trump (and his entire administration) is shockingly dumb about (electric) power

@billmckibben.bsky.social

billmckibben.substack.com/p/trump-is-s...

On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.

It sounds so interesting. I wonder what I argued in it?

Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

"At its heart the Trump Administration is violently divisive, isolationist, and segregationist, and solidarity is our first duty and most profound rejection of that agenda."

for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

Letter to Trustees (public).docx April 17, 2025 Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on American universities threaten bedrock principles of a democratic society, including rights of free expression, asso...

Cornell letter with 500 signatories is up!

1. Condemn the attacks on higher education, even if your own institution has not yet been singled out. 2. Legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands from the federal government. 3. Work with other universities to mount a coordinated opposition of administrators, faculty, and alumni to combat these anti-democratic attacks.

Harvard University - link to sign - 840 signatures so far Stanford University - link to sign 1096 signatures so far Yale University - link to sign - 970 signatures so far Cornell University - link to sign - 505 signatures so far Boston University - link to sign - 502 signatures so far Northwestern University - link to sign - 329 signatures so far Emory - link to sign - 276 signatures so far Tufts - link to sign - 179 signatures so far Brandeis - link to sign - 110 signatures so far Suffolk University - link to sign - 91 signatures so far UW Madison - link to sign - 84 signatures so far University of North Carolina - link to sign - 70 signatures so far Washington University in Saint Louis - link to sign - 33 signatures so far SUNY Albany - link to sign - just started collecting

PROFESSORS ARE INSISTING THEIR CAMPUSES STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

Today, we are releasing letters - most organized in under a week - with over 5000 signatures calling on campus leadership to stand up to Trump & fight for our values & our students.

bit.ly/CampusLettersTally

TIAA-Divest! members at #HandsOff this weekend across the country. The same systems that criminalize protest and target communities are driving environmental destruction. Our fights are connected—across campuses, borders, and movements. Where did you support from?

We Are Higher Ed

Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org

I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes

Wellesley’s administration is forcing students to pay for their own mistakes The college has willingly decided to threaten students with losing their financial aid or visa status if they do not attend scab lectures or replace their current lectures with completely unrelated co...

I know higher ed has a lot going on right now, but can I alert you to what Wellesley College is doing to students as a result of their non-tenured faculty strike?

thewellesleynews.com/21038/opinio...

Another reason it is cowardly to simply obey and let them take over your newsroom or university is that if you don’t they often will be like “well fuck, that was our main idea”

Let’s be clear:

If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.

That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.

There's nothing I agree with more passionately than this ^

Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.

Unbearable

Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

1/ He wasn’t kidding when he told people 2024 was the last election they’d ever have to vote in if he won www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

good morning

Exclusive | Columbia’s President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings The school leadership is warned of risk of funding cuts in Trump talks.

Admins are trying too hard to keep inside and outside messages separate. It's not like the inside pain is secret and it's never going to stay that way. Just be open about the fact that the campuses are in pain and that the external message will be one that works. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Call your rep, call your senators. No matter the party.

WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism.

Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.

Two search result headlines from energy CEO that warn of "power crisis" if trump delays renewables and that renewables are "cheaper and faster" than methane (natural gas).

Reality of the economics of power generation is tough to ignore. The media and politicians are doing a great job of trying but reality is pretty relentless.

The Sudzha gas pipeline, a key route for gas from Russia into Europe, was just attacked. Pretty major sabotage, akin to the Nordstream attack