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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.

This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.

Sign the Petition Keep the Classical Languages Major at the University of Iowa

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

Rep. Patronis claims Trump's strikes on Iran are part of "an effort of global peace taking place under his leadership"

The Miller Nazi faction gets to do ICE kystallnacht, Heritage segment gets to do austerity and federal government gutting and the war hawks get to bomb all the things. The glue holding it all together is the corruption.

Feeble Criticism of War With Iran Echoes the Lead-Up to War With Iraq We need to take a firm stand against this reckless and pointless war, not fixate on whether or not it was done the "right way."

This piece by @joestieb.bsky.social is outstanding. www.liberalcurrents.com/feeble-criti...

Ahh, look who didn’t get invited to the Secret Curtains in Florida war room.

Thoughts and prayers for those of us currently teaching Intro. to American Government and Politics and US Immigration Politics.

Always better to direct your online ire at people with power

It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse

I'm breaking my no posting during Lent to report that my Girl Scout Brownie kiddo is 138 cookies away from her sales goal of 900. Tomorrow is the last set of booth sales, and she's doing two 3 hour shifts at the booth to try to hit her goal. 🤞 digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/clara8...

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men Despite repeated calls for the university to revoke his tenure, the economist held onto his teaching and academic appointments until he chose to retire.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers will retire with the title “president emeritus” after scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — a soft landing that, one economist argues, underscores academia’s tolerance of powerful, sexist men.

theconversation.com/former-harva...

I guess Operation Epic Fury is better branding than Operation Please Stop Talking About Epstein or Operation Maybe This Will Help Me in the Midterms or Operation We'll Work Out the Details Later.

Confused Trump Says the Civil War and Reconstruction Were the Same Thing: ‘A Fancy Way of Saying the Civil War’ President Donald Trump botched 19th-century U.S. history on Friday, telling a crowd of supporters that the Civil War and Reconstruction were the same thing.

I don’t know how much less surprised I could be that Trump isn’t familiar with Reconstruction.

There literally hasn’t been a faculty lounge in which faculty congregate for anything except meetings in my department since, I dunno, the 90s? Maybe the 80s?

Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700 This course will provide an introduction to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. It will explore questions of palaeography, diplomatic, and processes of tra…

Do you want to improve your knowledge of medieval manuscripts from England? Book now for this summer school course, in person, in London, 8-12 June. 👇☀️📚 #medievalsky please repost!

palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Holy shit — they actually did it.

Trump Declared Victory in Minneapolis. But What Did He Accomplish?

“The images got to be, you know, more than the market would bear,” says Lindsey Graham. “That doesn’t mean we’ve abandoned mass deportations,” he added.

The MARKET. This is a game to them.

we can't have ethnic studies but we can have new, bold centers of patriotic and civic education. we can't have tenure lines, but we can have atriums. this is innovation.

Great thread.

FWIW not a single student ever found out my party affiliation until one party decided it didn't necessarily believe in democracy anymore.

This you @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @abcnewsbot.bsky.social?

Why Biden-era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns | PNAS The Biden Administration enacted the largest federal policy framework to incentivize clean energy and decarbonization in U.S. history. We examine w...

Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).

Infant mortality increased following the Nazi expulsion of Jewish doctors, according to Helge Liebert and Beatrice Mäder in a new REStat paper!

Consumption's back on the menu, boys!

The problem is, it’s likely that Columbia admin and board were just fine with this happening. Which highlights the inner rot that is a plague to many universities. Not all, but too many.

Breaking News: Immigration agents arrested a Columbia University student after misrepresenting themselves to access a building, the school said. nyti.ms/4u2Z0xw

Why Team Trump Talking About ‘Lethalitymaxxing’ Should Alarm You Trendy internet slang meets eugenics, the manosphere, and neo-Nazis.

Must-read by @ilyseh.bsky.social on "lethalitymaxxing" and the throughline to ever more radical thinking on eugenics and masculinity

“Preventing childhood illness through scientifically and historically proven methodologies is boring and rote. Keeping kids alive is ready for disruption!”