Dan Futrell

If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?

Peaceful protest against ICE in downtown Los Angeles.

“In this paper, we argue that status threat arises because white Americans tend to perceive racial minorities as competing outgroups, not as fellow Americans… We find little indication that a shared American identity could reduce racial (and, in exploratory analyses, partisan) conflict in America.”

Marco Rubio announces sweeping reorganisation of US state department Secretary of state says shakeup of department will close a number of overseas missions and reduce staff

Rubio announces reorganization of State Dept, will eliminate anything that promotes democracy and human rights, which Rubio considers "radical." search.app/ipTPHvenBpYc...

What I see in these attacks – removing books, limiting speech and deporting op ed writers, attempting to sanction universities and law firms – is that books, speech, education and law are POWERFUL.

They are a threat to authoritarianism.

Keep writing. Keep speaking. Keep learning. Keep defending.

For a Passover miracle, I am begging reporters to stop repeating the lie that the far right’s purges and efforts to dismantle higher education are rooted in any genuine concern with fighting antisemitism.

Every single university president should be asked, in public, why they are not speaking out this way to support all the students currently detained without due process, and all those terrified that they will be next, on every campus in this country. Yes, including Columbia's acting president.

Connecting the Dots What's behind the Trump world's obsession with education?

The attack on education is an attack on women.

Read more from @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social who connects the dots here.

educationwars.substack.com/p/connecting...

So is this the end of Elon’s Make-a-Wish time as POTUS? Will shareholders force him to do his day job again?

Seems like running a car company (and a rocket destruction company) should maybe be bigger than a side hustle.

#elonmusk #tesla

Columbia University’s $14.7B endowment grew by 8.4% last year. That’s 1.24B new dollars of passive income, or 3x the $400M the fed just took back.

Use your damn resources and fight! That pile in the bank can’t protect your students if you leave it there.

South African car salesman tells U.S. Senator, American astronaut and U.S. Navy captain: "You are a traitor"

Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education? Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.

My latest in @thenation.com:

"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Look at this traitor just openly working for Russia

resist.wtf

Important story by my friend and fellow Tillman Scholar @erinedwards22.bsky.social

At least we are using our greatest strength in a democracy to stop these tragedies: thoughts and prayers. 🤦‍♂️😞

Polymath University

Traditional college is broken – for students, and for employers.

We're building a better model.

@polymathu.org is interdisciplinary, apprenticeship based, and debt-free.

#highered polymathu.org

"An unexpected result of feminism has been to reveal the ways in which education is failing boys." - @RichardvReeves for @TheAtlantic.

“At the end of the day [crypto and blockchain technology] has to be really boring. When’s the last time you got excited about a utility?” – Mark Daly of @ZeroHashX at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar

“I think blockchain has the potential to be the underlying technology for so much and we won’t even know it.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Jo Unruh, and founder of @NiftyLitMag, on the future of blockchain at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” – 2018 Tillman Scholar Alex Pruden on the nascent crypto / blockchain industry, at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#tillmanscholar #plts22

“I’ve heard ‘No’ a lot in my life and all it’s told me is that I asked the wrong person.” 2018 Tillman Scholar Natasha Ryan at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls22 #tillmanscholar

“COVID didn’t exacerbate inequality as much as it exposed it.” 2020 Tillman Scholar @darismcinnis on the state of education today at the Pat Tillman Leadership Summit.

#ptls2022 #tillmanscholar

Applications to be a 2022 Tillman Scholar are open February 1-28! Learn more about the @pattillmanfnd's #Tillman cholars Program, including how to apply: Learn more:

So excited to be able to safely welcome our guests, scholars, investors, and our broader community to #TillmanHonors 2021 in 1 hour where we’ll be honoring #TillmanScholars’ efforts in Afghanistan, and Fawzia Koofi, the first female Deputy Speaker of Afghan Parliament.

“Tillman Scholars just get shit done.” 2012 Tillman Scholar @KateHoit on the #DigitalDunkirk effort among #TillmanScholars to evacuate and resettle Afghan allies. #TillmanHonors

“This is the spirit of America. The spirit of America lies in its lion-hearted people.” – 2021 Tillman Scholar Junaid Lughmani @theyankee33, discussing the effort among Tillman Scholars to evacuate & resettle Afghan allies dubbed Digital Dunkirk. #tillmanscholars #digitaldunkirk