Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD

A statement by Jewish Studies faculty at UVa a link to the non-paywalled version): archive.is/tVJb5?fbclid...

These fuckers … we don’t have to let them into our institutions. We just don’t.

"Captain Thomas Lee in Irish dress", 1594.
Painting by Marcus Gerards de Jonge (1561–1636).

Erm... I mean... yeah but... no, no, that's fine, I mean... erm... probably best to say nothing.

Trump firing the people who collect data on the economy does not “echo an authoritarian playbook” or “concern economists that it may undermine confidence in data” it is authoritarian move and it does undermine any confidence anyone should have in any data coming from the Trump Regime. Full Stop.

Texas House Democrats break quorum, bolt state after GOP congressional redistricting map passes committee | Houston Public Media The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps.

Democrats leaving the state effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps (via Houston Public Media).

Of the first eight faculty members appointed to live and teach in the Academical Village, three were professors in the humanities, and the humanities have played a central role at the University over the past two hundred years. But there are no humanities professors on the 28-member search committee for UVA's tenth president.

"There are no humanities professors on the 28-member search committee for UVA's tenth president."

www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Commentary: Our universities must stop weaponizing antisemitism We therefore join scholars of antisemitism across the world in urging our colleagues to reject the weaponization of this highly charged term in order to suppress disfavored speech. And we stand in sol...

richmond.com/opinion/colu...

I'm so tired of hearing that we need to "teach our students how to use AI" when the thing they most need to use it is a critical-thinking skill set that can only be acquired by NOT using it. I'm tired of hearing that it's inevitable. I'm tired.

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

Mostly small stations in rural areas that are news deserts; residents rely on them for local news, emergency warnings (radio works even when cell service doesn't). Mostly in Alaska or serving tribal communities. There are stations in CO, WV, NM, and AZ. One station lost 97% of its budget.

I know there’s a lot going on at once but Jesus it’s wild how this administration is just going from one campus to another doing massive shakedowns like the mob thugs that they are

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For $5/month or $60/yr you get access to PBS Passport and the entire Masterpiece library plus Great Performances, etc. Defunded but not defeated. www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

Views at James Monroe's Highland

AP The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies. Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @GeauxGabrielle Hi! Epidemiologist here! Don't do this. In the 80s and 90s this was done by Depts. of Health during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. "Somehow" the lists they created found their way into the hands of cops, landlords, & job sites to deny people human rights. It's partly WHY the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act exists

Happy sleeping pigs at the county fair

AGENDAI. OPEN SESSION (The Rector)A. IntroductionB. Discussion of Interim President Search Process (Rector, Mr. Kosky, Ms. Lindqvist)C. 10th President Search Committee and Search Process and Timeline (Rector, Vice Rector) D. Motion to go into Closed SessionII. CLOSED SESSION • Consultation with legal counsel and receipt of legal advice about specific legal and regulatory matters including federal investigations and potential and actual litigation; and discussion and consideration of potential candidates for employment and assignment, specifically candidates for interim president and secretary to the Board of Visitors. The relevant exemptions are Sections 2.2‐3711 A (1), (7), and (8) of the Code of Virginia.III. OPEN SESSION (The Rector)A. Certification of Closed SessionB. Election of Secretary to the Board of VisitorsC. Resolution Regarding Appointment of Interim President ProcessD. Adjournment

For anyone curious about such things, here's the agenda and meeting packet for Monday's special meeting of the UVA Board of Visitors
bov.virginia.edu/meetings/aug...

We’re 8 months in to Trump’s term, and the official administration position is that all good things are because of Trump and all bad things are because of Biden and Obama.

This shit would embarrass Orwell.

Jadzia

When you destroy 33 out of 35 hospitals – the intent is transparent, and the debate is over. When you systematically erase entire neighborhoods, villages and cities – the doubts as to your intentions have come to an end. When you kill dozens of people every day waiting in line for food – the method has been proven beyond any doubt. When you use starvation as a weapon – no question marks exist any longer. Nothing is missing any longer to understand that what is happening in Gaza is not the collateral damage of an ugly war – it is the objective. The mass starvation, destruction and death are the goal, and from here the path to the conclusion is short: genocide.

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When you destroy 33 out of 35 hospitals – the intent is transparent, and the debate is over. ...

...what is happening in Gaza is not the collateral damage of an ugly war – it is the objective.

This.

Evaluations by students have never produced actionable items for teaching improvement and they were never meant to. They provide post hoc justifications for personnel decisions (whether positive or negative) and encourage students to think of education as a transactional activity.

Oh no.

Worth remembering that before the extremist take over of our government the consensus was the biggest terror threat to the US came from domestic right wing extremists. So this is, um, worrisome.

AAP calls for end to nonmedical vaccine exemptions for school attendance

"exempting children for nonmedical reasons from immunizations is problematic for medical, public health, and ethical reasons and creates unnecessary risk to both individuals and communities."

www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Keep up the pressure!

Federal workers are now allowed to persuade coworkers that the coworker's religious beliefs are incorrect (or that rejecting superstition is correct)...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

The texture is definitely grainy/lumpy, even a little chewy at times, but it tastes good and sweet—kind of like Indian ras malai. It was an experiment since I needed to use up a bunch of burrata before it went bad. Ricotta has a better texture if you're going for a cheese based ice cream, though.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

This is actually a significant & frightening step in the fascist flex.

If you support someone targeted by Trump the DOJ will turn its investigatory muscle against you.

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Homemade blackberry ice cream, homemade burrata ice cream, and homemade salted caramel sauce