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Bringing Universities to Heel: How Cuts to NIH Funding Impacts Temple When the federal funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health were first announced in February, Swati Nagar, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at Temple University, felt it as “a gut punch…

Earlier this week, @tufacultyherald.bsky.social published my article on the NIH funding cuts. My research revealed that the Heritage Foundation pushes the false claim that NIH money funds DEI programs. I hope you’ll give it a read!

He’s a moron and the two morons behind him are morons and his pathetic laugh is a moron is a moron is a moron and so on

You should watch it again with me. Maybe in like North Dakota or something?

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We Must Defend Our Educational Mission The mission of the Temple University faculty is to educate working people. Our 1888 charter declares: “The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is the Support of an Educational Institution i…

Finbarr McCarthy of the Beasley School of Law contributed an opinion piece urging colleagues to stand together: tufacultyherald.org/2025/03/01/w...

A Better World Ben Wildsmith The events in Washington on Friday night weren’t pretty. Everyone on the planet saw the world order trashed on live TV as a new reality came crashing through our screens and into our liv...

The perspective from Wales/UK brings different issues to light. The proximity to Russia and their newly changed laws allowing them to attack rather than only responding to an invasion of their territory

Kinda gross. When I’m attracted to someone I’m not interested in seeing them in bathroom. Then and now. Just sayin’

How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.

Bro’s cringe runs deep

None of these mfers have led a war to save their country ever. And baby Vance scolding Zelensky for not saying thank you? Vance must really think his experience in Ohio, at Yale, and in Sillyconartist Valley carries more weight than overseeing the salvation of an entire nation. Privileged pos

University of Minnesota must not muzzle its scholars Yet that’s what a resolution being considered by the Board of Regents would do.

If this is the route universities take, that’s gonna spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Located where?

@wired.com You should get the Wired Politics Lab podcast cooking again. It was good stuff

@tufacultyherald.bsky.social wants to join The White House press pool! Higher ed institutions have concerns: access to education and support for NIH funded research to name just two. Come on, invite them! It wouldn’t be fun, but it’d be worth it!

White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump In announcing plans to hand-select the reporters who can ask the president questions at many events, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.

The equivalent of saying I don’t like you because you judge me. I need friends who can support me all the time and I’m a big baby

President Trump’s Attack on Brutalist Architecture in Washington Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.

Trumplican fantasies include tearing down fully functional buildings in favor of rebuilding in the Classical style. Kennedy thought architects should dictate the style, not the government. How many more ways can Rs violate their own principle of small government?

i wrote an essay about Jim Cory, much-beloved & deeply missed, for the Poetry Foundation’s Remembrances series: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/165...

Math is hard

If someone put this in a novel, they’d say it’s too clever

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

Oh joe, over here — me and @profgalloway.com reek with authenticity. Also Happy Valentines Day for all who love love.

He should just admit he likes to wear eyeliner. Sometimes I do too. It’s better than telling a whole continent what to do. Stop playing big tough guy. It’s like he missed his turn being bully on the playground or something

Hegseth wants HARD power…okay, I guess you gotta get hard somewhere, but keep it to yourself, bro. The battlefield isn’t really the place for that.

One of the most memorable details for me in high school history classes was the system of checks and balances that exists in US gov’t. That was NY state education in the ‘90s. This alternative reality/facts bs is so off the f’ing wall!

If you’re so inclined and have an interest in higher ed issues, check out The Faculty Herald, where I am the editor. Putting together a piece now on the loss of NIH funding at Temple. bsky.app/profile/tufa...

Glad @propublica.org is reporting on this

Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work. Everything is content.

I like video games & play them. I get what Cottom says about Musk’s nods to gamer culture & how his gamer methods resonate with his followers. But for the average adult, I’d bet the gamer explanation doesn’t shed much light. Seems more likely to instill the idea that video games are bad

I love The Bear, but when Carmy’s going in for a taste I gotta be ready

A lot of anxieties & pet peeves come from our parents. One of mine? Teeth scraping on silverware while someone’s eating. EVERY TV show these days is filled with teeth scrapers. What’s the deal? I know they’re eating! Fork goes into mouth. When it comes out, food is gone. I have eyes, jeez

Character Limit by Kate Conger, Ryan Mac: 9780593656136 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews “Riveting . . . Character Limit offers a telling lesson in the cost of getting everything you want.” —The Washington Post “You...

In my reading & teaching on Silicon Valley bullshit over the years, I’ve spent more time on Google, AI, & Mark Zucky — this book’s well done w/ sharp insight into Musk’s attitudes/behaviors