Amy W. Ando

This week of adulting was truly a bit much. The universe could dial it back a bit, thanks

This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.”

Breaking! Court rules for unions and academic associations in AAUP vs. Rubio, affirming that non-citizens have first amendment rights. This case was brought by
@knightcolumbia.org

Incentivizing EV adoption improves the health of our babies.

This administration decided all VA and social security payments must now be handled by electronic banking.

The person who made that choice should be forced to go to every senior citizen’s house and get them signed up for and actually able to use e-banking services.

😡😡😡 so angry

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

The exhausting thing about teaching about stereotypes and bias is you are reminded of it everywhere

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Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued.

Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.

Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.

1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.

Hugs to you all - sorry for losing her

Truth.

A hand holds a copy of a yellow book titled “The Double Tax: How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Ageyman

My copy of The Double Tax arrived by @itsafronomics.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to read it

Is there another measure of food security that doesn’t rely on the federal government - a proxy we can use until the USDA survey returns?

Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data

The Weakness and Incompetence of American Authoritarianism And why it needs to be continually highlighted.

I wrote long today. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

This is absolutely insane.

The last weed I pulled in the garden this season covered me with tiny burs.

This feels like a metaphor.

Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

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Yay!!!

Did not watch the Emmys, but: the Pitt is one of the best shows we’ve watched in years, Tramell Tillman was fabulous in Severance, and we started watching The Studio last night and were honestly in tears of laughter

Of course!

One wild cub spells hope for jaguars.

Conservationists have confirmed the birth of a wild jaguar cub in Argentina’s Gran Chaco where the species was once locally extinct. Decades of habitat protection are helping the big cats' reintroduction to this dry forest region.

https://f.mtr.cool/pooajgivyp

First one cosmos?

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

That is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever heard.

Good ideas

Re-redistricting could displace 3.5 million Ohioans...and backfire on partisans.

An Electoral Innovation Lab report: samwang.substack.com/p/ohios-mid-...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

So much winning. So much healthiness.