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“Important reminder: talking about race isn’t radical: it’s responsible, academic, & necessary!”

#BlackHistoryMonth

“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve

“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”

How convenient for ICE

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

I will never forget saying that Rittenhouse’s valorization was a sign that white men had been deputized in precisely this way. I believe it got me almost banned on Twitter. Anyway.

Some of the reason I just cannot these days is I feel like I already did.

So a lot of these people were really radicalized during BLM. I think they are trying to create a do-over. This is very much a first person player game for them. Yes there’s some electoral interference shaping up & creating slave labor but more than a little bit of a BLM redo.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Exactly what we expected

The whole “only x percent of college professors are republicans” being treated as evidence of the supposed lack of ideological diversity at universities is so misleading. Most programs have quite a bit of epistemological, methodological & content diversity. Partisanship is irrelevant to most fields.

It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.

Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.

Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?

Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:

www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...

i think a lot about how the new school was formed in response to nazi tyranny and now faces pressures to become an academic mill

"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."

Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Ding ding ding

Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs US coins showcase American identity and public memory through their designs. The America 250 coins just unveiled reflect the nation’s divided politics and history.

More whitewashing of American history: "Most notably, the Black Abolition, Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights quarters were replaced with quarters that instead commemorate the Mayflower Compact, Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address." theconversation.com/trump-admini...

This is why I say that the p*lice are defunding YOU

One more time, here’s today’s #ScholarSunday thread. Please share to get all this great work to all the folks, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

The Sanctity of Literacy Reading is a magical, communal experience

“Reading became a means to a standardized (and fundable) end, not the magical mana that makes us more fully human.”

When you read something on Monday and realize it’s going to be the best thing you read all week.

adrianneibauer.substack.com/p/the-sancti...

I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.

That Time article on how K12 education is "failing" boys bugged me.

- why is it framed around 'competition' with other boys vs competing with girls? Yes, gender segregation begins early, but why is the focus on competition, rather than developing academic & soft skills?

The National Guard should never have been deployed to DC. They are being used to carry out an entirely political agenda that has no grounding in reality and now two members have been severely wounded. President Trump is ultimately responsible for creating this situation. This blood is on his hands.

Zohran Mamdani is calling for city-owned grocery stores. NYC already has them. The idea has broad support from progressives, while some critics warn against “radical socialism.” But New York already has city-owned grocery stores.

I think it can happen pretty quickly building off of existing programs. gothamist.com/news/zohran-...

People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.

Alcohol is legal in every state

Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.

Bingo

YouTube video by The New Republic Trump vs. History II: How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are

I really enjoyed this conversation hosted by @dblight.bsky.social about the current state of the historical profession and its role/responsibility in light of the Trump administration's attack on public history and history education. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUA...

Millions of CHC Patients to Lose Coverage When Tax Credits Expire CHCs serve community residents regardless of ability to pay; loss of revenue from private insurance and Medicaid will put a strain on CHCs’ finances and capacity.

"CHCs play an important role in helping patients get health insurance coverage through both the ACA marketplaces & Medicaid. The coverage expansions have fueled health center growth: between 2013 & 2024, CHC capacity grew by 50%, from 21 million people served in 2013 to more than 32 million by 2024"