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WHAT PROFESSORS CAN SAY Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms amid statewide debates over academic freedom.

Let me fix that for you:

Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.

Just got my copy in yesterday so excited to dig into it! @collincornell.bsky.social

omgosh! thanks for getting hold of that—and for sharing, @lydiasomanglee.bsky.social !!

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

i so enjoyed reading this piece by cambria kaltwasser for reformed journal—highly recommend

Religious sisters announce land return to Wisconsin Native American tribe The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration announced the transfer of land back to the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe on its website.

“The bargain sale represents ‘the first known return of Catholic-owned land to a tribal nation as an act of repair for colonization and residential boarding schools,’ the sisters said.”

The shutdown put incredible strain on so many families and dedicated civil servants, but at least it was all for fucking nothing.

I genuinely can't get over them taking this course after watching Tuesday's results. They hate winning

so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

we 👏 celebrate 👏 the endowing of theology chairs

“Asbury Theological Seminary has received a $15 million gift from The Paul S. and Jean R. Amos Family Foundation to establish a new Ph.D. program in Theology with a focus on Wesley Studies”

I wonder if some day people are going to start literacy communes, intentional communities for people who still get their culture and information from long-form works created by human beings instead of AI slop

when things like this break through I always wonder what order-of-magnitude-worse thing the masthead knows about that makes them feel comfortable publishing it

Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.

Listen in ⬇️

Annette Yoshiko Reed '91: Rediscovered Stories - Phillips Exeter Academy Annette Yoshiko Reed ’91 examines cultural and religious forgetting.

A piece about me in my high school alum bulletin :) exeter.edu/annette-yosh...

secured through missiological barter, too (writing to the author and proposing that we exchange copies of one another’s books)

photo of a book cover: charles fensham’s mission as penance, essays on the theology of mission from a canadian context

don’t mind if i do

quite a thread

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

i cant share this bc it will confirm too many american priors

there has gotta be some non public information behind the tune switch on AI from “infinite productivity is right around the corner” to “you fuckers are in this boat too whether you like it or not, better psychologically prepare to open your taxpayer wallets”

cannot emphasize enough that the level of coordinated messaging in the last 72 hours more or less guarantees this as a fact. the only margin for hyperbole is the level of panic itself.

why do americans think they’re the only country—

YouTube video by St John's College, Winnipeg MB Carmen Lansdowne Book Talk, November 5 2025

Carmen Lansdowne’s lecture from yesterday: youtu.be/HyqdsOcFqFk?...

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

thanks for that correction—must be our own internal-only definition has changed for scholarshipping wnd advising purposes, or something

or schools have changed their definition of what full time even is (so that fewer courses per semester/term = fte)

wonder how this correlates w other recession indicators lol