Shailen Mishra 🇵🇸 🍉

MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:

Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"

Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.

Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765

www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...

Never though this will give this admin a pause on their nefarious game plan.

'Israel violating the ceasefire every day since it began is Hamas [in the future]'

Taking propagandistic gaslighting to its absolute limits in the 21st century.

How Genocide Happened

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

Drop Site Urges the Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants, Including Drop Site Journalist Alex Colston All of us at Drop Site News are deeply disturbed by the reports of inhumane and abusive treatment of nonviolent activists and journalists detained by the Israeli military while on board the Global Sum...

Last week, our former fact-checker and colleague Alex Colston was detained by the Israeli military while reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla. We join @dropsitenews.com in calling for the release of Alex and all Flotilla participants.

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers is said to be “on the verge of bankruptcy” after publishing the book. An MP has claimed in parliament that Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Meta’s precursor, Facebook, after her decision to speak out about her time at the company. Continue reading...

Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

Nut shot

I got tossed around, agents ripped my press credentials off, and shot me in the nuts if you are wondering how it’s going.

After a rest we are back.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

These firings, with zero due process, are violations of widely accepted principles of academic freedom & are completely unacceptable. College & university administrators MUST NOT exploit these shocking events to censor protected speech & concentrate their own power.

www.wsmv.com/2025/09/12/t...

I'm honestly terrified of what the right will use this as justification for. They're itching to engage in violence against their enemies and this will give them the excuse to do so. This is why political violence is never acceptable. It just descends into uncontrollable chaos and more violence.

What have we done for life to abandon us this way
What sin did we commit to deserve such misery
This was once my home my memories my victories
When will we wake from this nightmare
I need you beside me for I feel powerless against everything
This link is our only hope 😕

chuffed.org/project/sharif

I look forward to reading this work, especially the entries “Adjunct” “Academic Freedom” and “Ranking”

Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront The ruler of a dying empire inflicts mindless militarism on Venezuela and Chicago.

From Venezuela to Chicago, Trump is reviving the imperialist tradition of "splendid little wars" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Pam Bailey and Zeina Azzam present "We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth" in collaboration with Writers in Baltimore Schools 'Light streams out of this collection - it etches the angles and curves of Palestinian humanity' - Ta-Nehisi Coates

As the genocide in Palestine continues, it's important to hear from the youth about their conditions, their humanity, and their dreams. They are not numbers; Free Palestine.

redemmas.org/events/pam-b...

Check out the MASSIVE crowd in DC marching to the White House to protest the federal takeover of the city!

#FreeDC!

Neat tool from @forensicarchi.bsky.social for live tracking the #Gaza #flotilla. 22 ships currently sailing flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

Journal cover Image that gives information/details about the special issue.

The JWL Special Issue, Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy and the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature, co-edited by @somishmash.bsky.social & myself, is out! A heartfelt thanks to my co-editor, the JWL staff, & our wonderful contributors.

brill.com/view/journal...

How Israel Is Funding Settler Violence To Overrun Palestinian Villages in the West Bank Jewish residents of agricultural outposts are using force to accelerate the decades-long process of annexing the occupied territory

NEW: Jewish settlers backed by government funding in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are attacking Bedouin villages with impunity, terrorizing residents into abandoning their land, reports Jessica Buxbaum for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...

Stethoscope Story #8 This is "Stethoscope Story #8" by Albino Squirrel Channel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.

But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...

The Courage and Death of Anas al-Sharif The Palestinian journalist’s life was devoted to truth and dignity, and his death lays bare Israel’s impunity in Gaza

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

“Want to Die”: Med Student in Gaza Sends Desperate Messages to Doctor Denied Entry Israel’s military says it has established a foothold on the outskirts of Gaza City and is calling up an additional 60,000 reservists ahead of a full-scale invasion of Gaza’s largest urban area. This f...

Dr. Mimi Syed, an American emergency physician, speaks out after Israel barred her entry into Gaza for a medical mission: "The little bit of relief that us foreign doctors can provide, that has also been revoked and taken away from them. And it’s nothing but cruelty."

In the end, we’re going to have to make some choices about what R1 universities are: institutions of higher learning, pure inquiry, and broad-based research or money machines that blow in the wind with donors and the latest trends. Only one path is viable long term, in my opinion.