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Brent Schrader

@brentschrader.bsky.social

Husband, father of two, higher education and governance nerd, cycling enthusiast, and Green Bay Packers fan.

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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .
07.11.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That honey is so good. We toured the apiary over the summer and I think we might start keeping bees this spring.

29.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

24.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4565    πŸ” 1439    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 52
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Trump and White House Busted Using Red State Footage to Show β€˜Chaos’ in Chicago The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.

Can’t say I’ve seen too many palm trees here in Illinois.

Maybe in the President’s home state of Florida though.

19.10.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4560    πŸ” 1430    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 46

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

30.09.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3813    πŸ” 1166    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 39

Wow. Talk about a gigantic serving of humble pie to Green Bay. Awful performance today.

21.09.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exactly this

18.09.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 36847    πŸ” 10659    πŸ’¬ 737    πŸ“Œ 327
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a man says that 's a hard pass while wearing a sweater ALT: a man says that 's a hard pass while wearing a sweater
17.09.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Lake Wobegon effect. It seems several times a year you can find a madlibs-style headline:

β€œ[Leaders] say [challenge du jour] is deeply worrisome for higher ed, but not at their own campus”

12.09.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the green bay packers are playing the bears and the score is 20-19 ALT: the green bay packers are playing the bears and the score is 20-19
12.09.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s extra fun when it’s two kids and they team up for the third shift.

08.09.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a football player wearing a helmet holding a helmet . ALT: a close up of a football player wearing a helmet holding a helmet .
07.09.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another example of civil society censoring itself, creating a simulacrum of normality when things are not normal

06.09.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2341    πŸ” 706    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 14

I wonder how much of it is operating off of caricatures versus risk tolerance calibrated against the truest embodiments of each. Sometimes, those who fit the description are disproportionately vocal or influential.

06.09.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is holding another man in his arms with the words eagleeeee written on the bottom ALT: a man is holding another man in his arms with the words eagleeeee written on the bottom

This is conflicting. Going to stay cautiously optimistic.

05.09.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gavin Newsom is not imitating Trump. He is mocking him.

He is holding up a mirror to what Trump does and how blind his supporters are to reality.

From the 3 hour North Korean style cabinet meetings to all caps nonsense tweets. It’s all worthy of mockery.

30.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1690    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 20

I’ll recommend one of my all time favorites: Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha. Every time I reread I take something new from it.

27.08.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy first day of classes to all who celebrate in higher ed. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of students without headphones in or staring down at their phones, and one first-year student even stopped me for directions.

A refreshing breath of optimism on campus.

26.08.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a black sweater is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom right ALT: a man in a black sweater is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom right
26.08.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally able to squeeze in a little writing-related work. I'm scheduling interviews for a column on layoffs/involuntary separations in higher ed.

I've got several staff lined up. Wondering if any research faculty, postdocs, or full-time faculty who've been separated would be up for chatting.

22.08.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Calvinball.

22.08.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents are expected tonight and tomorrow. Please:Β 
βœ”οΈ Stay indoors if you canΒ 
βœ”οΈ Avoid beaches and dunesΒ 
βœ”οΈ Sign up for alerts at de.gov/densΒ 
Let’s keep Delaware safe together.

21.08.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this, might have to give it a go.

19.08.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We didn’t cross paths during undergrad but when he came to deliver the commencement address, it was pretty special. My hands have never felt smaller than right after giving him a handshake.

19.08.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before you have the reflexive American reaction of β€œhaha, the president has no power over this, it’s A Distraction”, consider that the goal here is not to change anything, but rather to prepare the terrain to declare any election loss as having been rigged.

18.08.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 457    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 40
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a man with glasses and a bow tie says " and then brent did something " ALT: a man with glasses and a bow tie says " and then brent did something "
15.08.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words this is fine written on the bottom ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words this is fine written on the bottom
15.08.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I use Office Lens, part of the M365 suite to scan receipts to my work account and reconcile through concur when I get back. In a past life I used Genius Scan for the same thing, but all receipts stored on my phone.

15.08.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBS: β€œ.. A government source familiar with the investigation says the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice inspector general are all in possession of a copy of the video that does not cut ..”

@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

29.07.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 989    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 35

Aaron Rodgers

28.07.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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