Mark Magoon

Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...

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“This is not a political choice, this is a moral imperative.”

#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone

NO KINGS in Chicago · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18t...

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This Saturday (10/18) we peacefully take to the streets in protest--lest we lose that right--to stand up for our community, for Democracy, to shout: HANDS OFF CHICAGO!

12pm, NOON, Grant Park.

#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist

Indigenous Peoples' Day!

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ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren't Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules Agents have been concealing their identities by wearing masks and hats without badges or name tags. Advocates say the ruling is a step toward accountability.

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Hundreds Could Be Freed From ICE Custody After Warrantless Arrest Ruling Immigration attorneys said they have already identified more than 200 arrests that potentially violate the consent decree. However, they said those 200 arrests are likely "just the tip of the iceberg....

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Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.

The brutality of this regime is on full display.

All applicants must submit an online application through: jobs.uic.edu

The University of Illinois Chicago is hiring an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Department of English).

To apply, submit an online application including cover letter, CV, letters of recommendation and a 20-page writing sample by November 1, 2025.

poemswhileyouwait "Spider Season" by Kathleen Rooney -- Chicago Botanic Garden, 8.23.25

"Spider Season"
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Chicago Botanic Garden!
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What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer’s 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to the pop star’s dramatic reinventions.

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From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

"The sestina is the Bobby Knight of poetic forms: a tight sweater shoving words into predetermined zones." -- Terrance Hayes

Teaching the sestina next week!

#PoetryMatters #UICENGL #sestina

Thursday’s are for workshop. #PoetryMatters

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The--now deleted--2024 study previously appeared on the Department of Justice’s website. The current administration removed it after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

Find a full PDF below.

#FACTS

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According to our own Department of Justice:

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism."

From The Economist.

Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.

Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.

No need for the Presidential Medal of Freedom—a needless political shrug that would do no tangible good. Instead, honor Kirk by naming an assault weapons ban after him—let his name start the nation towards gun control and saftey for all Americans from senseless violence. #EndGunViolence

Guns don't know—or care—about politics. It’s time for Americans, Democrat and Republican, to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence because we do know better—and we should care. #GunControlNow

“People with nice suits and horrible souls.”

Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago is expected to last more than a month. blockclubchi.co/4mNx24I

Keep members of our great city--and your community--safe from oppression, friends!

(Spanish copy here.)

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Relevant--now more than ever--Chicago's “Know your rights” resource guide, complete with 24-hour ICE support hotline, the number for an immigration attorney, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Right’s safety plan.

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My dude.