Rob Wisc

Job posting! OU Sociology is looking to hire a TT Assistant Professor or an accelerated TT or tenured Associate Professor, teaching criminology, criminal justice, & race/ethnicity courses. OU is OK's flagship R1, PhD program, 2-2 load with TA help. Please share!

Details: apply.interfolio.com/174925

just got the honor of meeting with the great Howard Winant who mentioned this David Graeber essay on the threat "giant puppets" pose the police, along the same lines theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…”

I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

Such optimism!

Today (Tues Oct 7) 14 #ncpol municipalities have elections, with polls open 6:30 am to 7:30pm:
Durham
Louisburg
Rocky Mt
Fayetteville
Erwin
Henderson
Roxboro
Asheboro
Greensboro
Jamestown
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Dobbins Heights
Hickory

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day Joseph Cox Joseph Cox · Oct 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

Yes, the government is spying on you. Yes, it is openly, brazenly violating our rights. Are you gonna do something about it, or are you just gonna roll over and let them swallow us into their new digital police state?

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remembering when Obama ordered the extrajudicial murder via drone strike of an American citizen & his 16yo American citizen son in Yemen. the imperial boomerang has & will continue to swing back & the exceptionalism that has us crowing that we are too civilized for all that will not protect anyone.

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

The Conservative War on Education That Failed A full century ago, the most effective school-ban campaign in American history set the pattern: noise, fury, rancor, and fear, but not much change in what schools actually teach.

We actually know a lot about what happens when conservatives embargo ideas at public universities.

In the 1920s, they called it "evolution," but conservatives really targeted a broad range of ideas, including modern science but also ideas about racial equality.

What happened back then? A 🧵

DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn. More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.

Some 200 teachers who took jobs with DCPS under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures.

Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:

I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up.

At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT?

WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.

This is happening tonight! I'm basically going to do an ask me anything about your particularly budget situation, as well as provide some resources to do your own analysis.

Consider the added cruelty of Medicaid work requirements (to be implemented in all US states starting in January 2027; previously implemented in AR & GA, resulting in coverage losses)-- on top of the possibility of having your wages garnished for bills that should have been paid by Medicaid.

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

Great news! We must keep pressuring UNC System admin - they will keep looking for ways to bend the knee to Trump.

Chicago people

- make your voice heard.

A Grim New Report Shows How Pregnant People Have Been Policed Post-Roe New research documents the myriad ways pregnancy outcomes have been criminalized in the post-Roe legal environment.

In the two years following Dobbs, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social recorded more than 400 cases of pregnancy criminalization. How to do we hold people's fear of being criminally punished for abortion alongside the data? My story:

UNC prof faces suspension as Trump 'antifa' order puts John Brown Gun Clubs in spotlight Following President Donald Trump’s designation of “antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization, the president issued a memorandum that highlighted the assassination of Charlie Kirk as an example of r...

NEW: President Trump's recent counterterrorism memorandum naming antifascism as the unifying element behind rising political violence puts the leftist John Brown Gun Clubs squarely in the administration's crosshairs.

A UNC prof is the first casualty. #NSPM-7

www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

How to organize a retail union Retail workers often face some of the worst trends in employment, but they're uniquely positioned to put pressure on their bosses to get what they deserve.

How to organize a retail union

Retail workers often face some of the worst trends in employment, but they're uniquely positioned to put pressure on their bosses to get what they deserve.

Read about the attack on academic freedom in Louisiana in a September 2025 article by Kimberly Terrell, Ph.D. higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/l...

A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.

We will be holding a CaRNiVAL of UnLEaRnING to launch my new book in Durham on November 2, 2-5 p.m. Come for the whack-a-mole, stay for the community building towards radical change! Other events to be announced soon! More information here: www.lewispants.com

It’s a test case

PSA: Our department of Curriculum & Instruction is hiring for an open-rank position in secondary literacy! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

Gift link: essential and sadly brave writing for dark times from Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Join the rally and sign the petition today!

Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm
UNC South Building
200 E Cameron Ave

Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you are on UNC campus, join an anti-racist rally to support Professor Dixon today at 12:30pm at UNC South Building! More details in image below from the Instagram of Triangle Radical Events.

Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Heartened to see colleagues across North Carolina standing up against UNC compliance with rightwing attacks on antifascism!

Image of statement reposted with alt text.

Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.

Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”

New: landlords are demanding potential tenants hand over employer login credentials so a tool can verify their income. We were sent screenshot of the tool, Argyle, downloading much more data than necessary to approve the renter. "Opt-out means no housing" www.404media.co/landlords-de...