Crazy cat lady

The PSC, @higheredlabor.bsky.social & @aaup.org hosted a forum on "Combatting Contingency in a Time of Political Repression" last week.

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.

You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Holy shit!

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Oh, she will miss it - in a good way you fucking creep.

Is there a dark side to gratitude? Feeling thankful is increasingly touted as a cure-all, but sometimes there are reasons not to be grateful

Is there a dark side to gratitude?

The cruelty of this is so so wrong

This is nearly at 47k signatures, by the way. Join us.

Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom

Our November 7 day of action to defend higher education has taken the country by storm! ✊

“There is only one way forward in saving higher education and democracy writ large and that is students, faculty, staff united...We have to become a new political force.”

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Holy shit!

Voting like their lives depend on the outcomes. Because they do!!

And maybe fire @schumer.senate.gov who can’t seem to vote for a winning Dem. and is a bit confused about who we are.

Tell billionaire Marc Rowan Hands off Higher Ed! Friday Nov 7 at 11am, Apollo Global Management, 9 West 57th st

Join us this Friday! NYC says Hands Off Higher Ed

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide. The report warns that Trump administration policies risk driving US inequality to new heights, but points out that both Republican and Democratic administrations have exacerbated the US’s growing wealth gap. Continue reading...

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history! With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

#NoKings over 600 were doing the Epstein twist in Olean,NY today.

"KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS You don’t need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don’t need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you’re not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you’re free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don’t sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status."

If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.

This!

Absolutely no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. It’s time for her to answer our questions.

Robert Reich Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh

Didn’t quite thread that needle. I hear she is running for reelection?

My full statement on Ghislaine Maxwell appeal:

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

And cats

This is incredibly important for the future of democracy and higher education

‘Someone must know this guy’: four-year wedding crasher mystery solved Bride finally tracks down awkward-looking stranger she and husband noticed only when looking through photos A baffled bride has solved the mystery of the awkward-looking stranger who crashed her wedding four years ago. Michelle Wylie and her husband, John, registered the presence of their unidentifiable guest only as they looked through photographs of their wedding in the days after the happy occasion. Continue reading...

‘Someone must know this guy’: four-year wedding crasher mystery solved

Was the witness a potted plant?

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

Girl…

I had a picture of Kissinger on a slide introducing realist theory to my introduction to int’l studies class today. Not one of the 29 students in class could name him. A couple got Woodrow Wilson.