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A powerful and important statement by MIT faculty! #resist #Academia #AcademicChatter

Restore school libraries to aid reading freedom It’s Banned Book Week, and New York City is not immune from ever-increasing attempts to curtail freedom of speech and ban books. Recognizing this threat, in June the Legislature passed The Freedom …

In June, the NYC Legislature passed The Freedom to Read Act, a bill to protect school libraries and librarians from book bans.

Such legislation draws a critical line in the sand in an era of Project 2025, Moms for Liberty, and censorship.

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Dr. Jane always said that each animal matters – not only for the role they play to support life, but for their intrinsic value.

"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves," she said.

Photos: Kristin Mosher / Rob Sassor / Stacey Lorraine / Susana Name / Sylvie Le

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Americans aren't buying Trump's shutdown blame game Early polls show that most blame Trump and Republicans—and for good reason.

Trump keeps trying to pin the government shutdown on the Democrats. Americans are not buying it.

A new poll from the Washington Post found that nearly half of Americans blame the shutdown on the president and Republicans in Congress.

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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“The University of Texas system is honored that our flagship — the University of Texas at Austin — has been named as one of only nine institutions in the U.S. selected by the Trump administration for potential funding advantages under its new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” Kevin P. Eltife, the chairman of the University of Texas Board of Regents, said in a statement on Thursday. “We enthusiastically look forward to engaging with university officials and reviewing the compact immediately.”

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A tale of two states and Trump's shakedown of higher ed:

TEXAS: Oh goody, yes, we love to strip away academic freedoms to serve Trump's wishes.

CALIFORNIA: Eat shit. Any university who signs the letter will lose state funding.

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
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YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Where We Are With the Government Shutdown | Sen. Bernie Sanders

I'm asking YOU:

What will a doubling of health care premiums mean for your family?

What it will mean if you're one of the 15 million being thrown off their health care?

Please comment below or submit a story here: tinyurl.com/3rbdfdmz

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Iowa Ideas 2025 | The Gazette Iowa Ideas 2025: The Gazette hosts expert panelists in Health Care, Agriculture, Education, Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, and more

📢 Attention Iowa! Federal funding changes are creating hurdles for research at Iowa colleges and universities. Join UCS’s Jen Jones + local experts to discuss who’s impacted and what’s at stake. Oct 2 at 10.40am CT. RSVP today!

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/

Photo of RFK Jr with text reading “Rep. Stevens (D-MI) will introduce articles of impeachment for RFK Jr.” along with a quote “Enough is enough”

We can’t wait to see Rep. Stevens’ articles of impeachment for the HHS Secretary. The President is not the only official whose egregious acts warrant impeachment and removal. The well being of the American people depends on this man being far away from health science.

Resistance takes many forms! Consider attending this great @defendresearch.bsky.social event. Big thanks to SJSU for elevating this fight against #Censorship.

The #ImpactProject has added a powerful new map demonstrating the local harm to public health inflicted by Trump's #censorship and dismantling of research and other public infrastructure. #DefendResearch #Action #Resist theimpactproject.org/public-healt...

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down. The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

Government #censorship continues! More CDC websites have been removed, eliminating public access to information essential for health & safety. Take a public stand--sign the Declaration and share it with your community! (www.defendresearch.org)! insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Another important dialogue about resisting government #censorship and how we can work together to #DefendResearch! Thank you @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social for continuing to highlight this critical issue and creating space for these conversations! #Academia #ScholComm

One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.

When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?

Home Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Join over 4500+ signatories and share with your networks....

Government censorship started on January 20th! We should definitely be taking action--here are some strategies! defendresearch.org

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.

When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.

I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

An easy way to start standing up for #FreeSpeech and #IntellectualFreedom is by signing the Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Government #Censorship. Sign as an individual. Talk to your organization about signing as an organizational entity. It's important to take #action! #ScholCom #Academia

A woman wearing a white lab coat and glasses stands near several file boxes marked "Public Comment" with various environmental organizations' logos on them.

Yesterday, UCS staff joined Members of Congress and climate, public health, and clean vehicles advocates at the Capitol to hand deliver a letter signed by over 1,000 scientists objecting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s outrageous proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding.🧵

U.S. government #censorship is in high gear and expanding, and private companies are colluding. Pushing back is essential--join us in this! Sign the Declaration, write letters, make phone calls, and most importantly, talk to people you know about why this matters to you. defendresearch.org

Science Must Go On: How Courageous Scientists Are Meeting the Moment Scientists are stepping up to provide their expertise outside of federal structures that no longer support them.

Today, a group of technical experts will meet to develop independent, science-based advice to strengthen the US Census Bureau. UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social explains why this meeting is key to informing decisionmakers & pushing back against disinformation in the public sphere.

He’s not wrong. Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch against US govt censorship at defendresearch.org @defendresearch.bsky.social

This is why they’re deleting studies