Tiffany Jones

US academic leaders unite against Trump's higher education policies Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence.

Kudos to President Morales from my campus (one of the only CSU presidents) for signing on to this!

Great Y Circus ‘Fantasy’ kicks off 83rd season, May 2 Dragons, goblins, and trapeze artists take center stage as the Great Y Circus returns with Fantasy and a cast of nearly 300.

Opening Show is May 2nd. Don't miss it!

Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficki...

WTH? Who wants massive ants? And who would pay for them? People are stupid - and the environmental damage alone makes this even more infuriating.

Come join us tomorrow at noon!

Crashed in a race in Hemet.

My husband is an elementary teacher being admitted to hospital for a punctured lung. He’s worried about his sub plans 🙄. Teaching is an underappreciated profession. #teachers

Wait, six bankruptcies!

Who would have ever thought that the person who has had four bankruptcies could tank the US in just four months?

African workers are taking on Meta and the world should pay attention A landmark case could see Meta forced to take responsibility for workers’ rights abuses not just in Kenya but globally.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

WATCH LIVE: Sen Cory Booker speaks through the night on Senate floor in protest of Trump | Fox News Video The New Jersey Democrat has been speaking since 7pm EST on Monday.

He's still going! And not reading the phone book - all coherent, important points. His staff that helped him on this are awesome. www.foxnews.com/video/637086...

Senator Cory Booker is still on the Senate floor for his filibuster.

13 hours and counting!

“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”

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Wait is Cory Booker still speaking???

The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties

Great article about the importance of disability rights.

I'm not a treasure hunter, but those of you who are, Gold & Greed is worth watching on Netflix 😉

An apartheid-era song Elon Musk has decried as anti-white is headline news again in South Africa An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and has now been decried by Elon Musk and others as promoting the killing of whites is back in the headlines ...

I think I should suggest to Elon and his friends to take my History of Apartheid course this summer to understand history and history. 🙄. At the very least, he should watch the film Amanda! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony. Just showed parts of it to my students on Thursday, then this cropped up.

Trump officials target dozens of colleges for antisemitism - even those cleared by probes When Muhlenberg College learned in January 2024 - as pro-Palestinian protests were sweeping campuses across the United States - that it was under investigation for discriminating against Jewish students, the small liberal arts institution in Pennsylvania took action.

It’s just BS

Cal State San Bernardino draws federal scrutiny for programs US Education Department is investigating dozens of colleges for programs its says may be discriminatory. The programs target disadvantaged students.

Thanks Ahlam for representing!

Still sitting with the depths of the show Adolescence. So many levels of emotion.

Happy Human Rights Day (March 21)

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Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer The Trump administration suspended $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas.

Just a way to attack education and keep everyone distracted from the power and tax cuts to billionaires:

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

Hyundai’s ICCU Problem: Here’s What We Know Forums and subreddits are full of angry messages from EV owners who were stranded because their ICCU went bust. But how bad is it?

I’m still waiting 4 weeks on for my ICCU to be fixed on my Hyundai Ionic 5 with less than 18,000 miles. Hyundai/Kia/Genesis is not admitting the extent of the problems with their EV cars. I loved the car but having to do the lemon law buyback program now. I’m so frustrated with this.

The message is clear, they want to defund anyone with knowledge or potential to hold them accountable, and just want full power to keep exploiting the masses.

So no support for education, research, libraries, museums, science, environment, arts, national parks, farmers, elderly, labor class, disabled, disenfranchised, or poor any more. But lots of money for billionaires and businesses that destroy the environment and our social fabric.

We need a new free speech movement.

And universities should sue the Trump regime for abridging the First Amendment rights of their institutions and their students.

Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-need-a-new-free-speech-movement

45 Schools Under Federal Investigation Over a Small Diversity Project The Ph.D. Project works with universities to increase the racial diversity of professors in business schools. Schools like Yale and Ohio State were named in the investigation.

CSUSB is one of them - over a small project promoting more diversity and different role models in the PhD pool for business faculty. WTF?!

Woman reunited with cat presumed lost in Palisades Fire It appears the tall tale that all cats have nine lives may be true for a California Maine coon named Aggie.

This makes me so happy