Andrea McCrary (she/her)

I had higher hopes for this summer.

Wishing that the immediate experience of a heat wave would help folks connect the dots, but I know the AI hype is too distracting for many people.

The inability to connect dots will be our undoing.

NYT headline: How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost Here's the inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation.

This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.

The pain and suffering that will result from this ruling is hard to imagine. Wondering when we'll hit bottom.

Watching higher ed willingly contribute to the death of expertise is sad and infuriating. Imagine spending two decades requiring assessment of every program and office only to embrace new AI toys that are only supported by hype--where's the data about achieving learning outcomes with these products?

I moved to a credit union and love it.

Friends. Followers. People of Bluesky.

Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never

And just like that, the whole world respects a person's chosen name. Interesting.

I mean, the threats of missing out. It's the panic about MOOCs all over again.

Small hopeful step.

So much trauma in this country.

Sad to be missing this year. Hope you have a great conference.

I received 73 emails (so far) today on my work account. Some were easy deletes, many were not. I haven't dealt with all of them, but I also taught 2 classes, had meetings with 7 students, graded 29 quizzes and read 2 rough drafts. No wonder when I tried to write, I struggled.

Unsustainable.

Collectivity will be part of our survival, if we can envision it.

You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere. People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—but what they fear he will do next.

MOTHER JONES: You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... @motherjones.com #photojournalism #journalism #photography #handsoff2025

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

Doublespeak: 2025 Edition

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Boss move. Put it on the record. And yes, absurd that this still happens.

HAPPENING NOW: A giant LGBTQ Pride flag has been unfurled on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol in protest of the flag bill banning “non-sanctioned flags from classrooms and government buildings.” #utpol

What is wrong with Senate Democrats? There is a five-alarm Article I constitutional crisis. No votes. No attending joint session Trump speeches. No normal operations at all until all the illegal stealing of Congress’ authority stops. Why is this so hard?

The number of people making excuses for him here is fascinating.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

This work starts now.

Truly, primary every single Democrat who supports the MAGA agenda. Incomprehensible. Also ask them why they hate dogs.

Live updates: Trump seeks to reshape American institutions with a barrage of executive orders Follow live updates on Donald Trump's first full day back at the White House, as his executive orders are attempting to rescind the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and firing presid...

TV audience for Trump’s 2nd inauguration is smallest since 2013
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Interesting data here.

🧵On the Broligarchs' Hostile Takeover of the US Government

And why this is the logical endpoint of 40+ years of marinating American minds in the anti-democratic dogma of "everything should be run like a business."

We're citizens, not customers; firms exist to produce profits, not public goods.1/x