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IU Bloomington Asked Faculty Taking Buyouts to Sign NDAs The agreements, which have raised academic freedom advocates’ eyebrows, said that those wanting a voluntary retirement payout can’t criticize the university or any of its employees.

IU Bloomington to faculty: You can take the buy out but first you have to promise to never say anything bad about us.

14.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations The move β€” along with the CDC’s explanation β€” is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.

The move was β€œnot normal at all,” one agency staff member said.

By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

30.03.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10557    πŸ” 5324    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 396
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The attempt to destroy Columbia (opinion) The Trump administration has the symbolic fight it wants, Brian Rosenberg writes.

". . . it is not, in any real sense, about Columbia. Neither is it about antisemitism or free speech. It is not even at its root about education." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

10.03.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s tariffs face long odds in bid to bring factories home Trump’s tariff-first strategy could end a long stagnation in U.S. manufacturing. But Trump is battling powerful long-term forces.

President Donald Trump says there is an easy way for manufacturers to avoid his blizzard of tariffs: Move back to the United States.

But in trying to repatriate manufacturing, Trump is battling powerful long-term forces.

09.03.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 11
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

02.03.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20050    πŸ” 5287    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 202

So much for longitudinal data.

24.02.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AHA–OAH Statement on Executive Order β€œEnding Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling” The American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order β€œEnding Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.”

So glad to see the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians repudiate the Executive Order on history education in K-12 schooling. Worth a read!

07.02.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

05.02.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7839    πŸ” 3843    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 89

Forty years ago, the U of M fought mandatory draft registration in federal court, arguing that it should not be a prerequisite for receiving financial aid. That level of courage seems conspicuously absent now. They are going to be hearing from another alum.

03.02.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can work with it though. πŸ˜†

03.02.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go β€” ProPublica The federal webpage for an observatory named for the late astronomer Vera Rubin was edited to omit any recognition of the fact that science remains a male-dominated field or that the observatory was w...
01.02.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Audit: Why did CSCU head get $21k to move to CT, but lives in NY? Terrence Cheng, chancellor of Connecticut’s largest public college system, spent a year evaluating a move but still lives in New York, auditors say.

Auditors question why CSCU head received $21k to move to CT, but still lives in NY

www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

31.01.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis Websites offer only error messages on Thursday after president demands agriculture department shutter sites On Thursday, the Trump administration ordered the US agriculture department to remove its websites documenting or referencing the climate crisis.…

Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis

31.01.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 431    πŸ” 302    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 59

I am nonbinary. The gender that no longer officially exists in the United States. I was offered the chance to change my gender designation to "X" on my passport and driver's license in 2023. I decided not to and here's why.

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