Derek Silva

“Nobody knows why the US attacked Iran” - said absolutely fuckin’ nobody with even the most rudimentary understanding of imperialism

imagine how stupid you have to be to say nobody knows why the US has started a war with Iran smh

“Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East.”

It’s not possible to produce satire that matches Canada’s PM @mark-carney.bsky.social’s abdication of all moral authority here.

Israel literally started it!

Welcome to kindergarten

Nobody prepares a first-time parent for receiving an email with a subject like this

For sure. And academic freedom has been destroyed for years too

Academic freedom simply doesn’t exist if tenure decisions are influenced by *financial concerns.*

Dozens exit faculty meeting, cite frustrations over tenure postponement - The Muhlenberg Weekly After an unusual start to the Feb. 13 faculty meeting, with the President’s remarks moved to the end of the agenda, roughly 30 minutes into the meeting, Associate Professor of Psychology Connie Wofle ...

Solidarity with Muehlenberg College colleagues.

MC’s Board postponed tenure decisions to “get more info” ab finances. YIKES.

MC’s said a $10mil operating budget deficit “must be eliminated” ASAP thru faculty, staff cuts. Same $ my school said 🤔

muhlenbergweekly.com/news/dozens-...

We can't lament enough how sinister the attack on higher ed across this nation is especially worrying for the fact that the devastation will not be felt until decades from now, when it's too late. That and the complete dismissal of 'soft skills' is exactly why were in this mess to begin with.

All this neolib talk of provinces gaining “competitive advantages” and having “skilled workforces” while they just bulldoze the higher ed that would make those happen.

Gutting higher ed is simply a war on all workers and should be resisted as such.

Proposed higher education cuts will subordinate New Brunswick As Susan Holt’s Liberal Government announces devastating cuts to the province's post-secondary education sector, universities and colleges across the region

"Holt has claimed to reverse course on the STU-UNB merger plans and Mount Allison privatization scheme, but that may be little more than sleight of hand to distract from the real target: a classic neoliberal transfer of wealth from the public sector to the private."

NEW piece on NB Holt debacle.

I def think that is the appropriate framing and for sure our futures from education to healthcare are being not only vandalized, but likely subject to full on arson

Take it from a true expert on higher education malpractice 👇🏻

Derek’s words - “civic vandalism” resonate across all the austerity budgets coming down hard on our futures, right now.

Cannibalizing tomorrow to pad today's ledger is sheer civic vandalism. The NB gov.’s proposed slaughter of higher ed betrays an entire generation.

@nkalamb.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social map out the grisly anatomy of this disaster & flawlessly dissect the political malpractice at play.

Cannibalizing tomorrow to pad today's ledger is sheer civic vandalism. The NB gov.’s proposed slaughter of higher ed betrays an entire generation.

@nkalamb.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social map out the grisly anatomy of this disaster & flawlessly dissect the political malpractice at play.

Higher education on the chopping block in New Brunswick New Brunswick’s universities are under threat. The province’s Liberal government is eyeing a 10 percent budget cut while freezing tuition, putting thriving institutions like Mount Allison and UNB at r...

The Liberal government of NB is proposing to sabotage our thriving higher ed sector.

It's hard to tell if this is incompetence, malice, or neoliberal disaster capitalism.

Regardless, it's not too late to turn back.

@kristiallain.bsky.social and I explain for @canadiandimension.bsky.social.

The story of what happened this week in Mexico explained in less than one minute.

You’re welcome.

Quite simply, FSU is not a real university.

On “academic freedom” in the fascist state of Florida.

political science lmfao

“We must humanize the anti-human” is one helluva take

The Department of Sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo campus) invites applications for a Tenure-Track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek applicants with expertise in the Sociology of Work and Professions, with the ability to teach sociological theory. The position will begin July 1, 2026, subject to budgetary approval. Anticipated Salary Range: $90K to $110K. Actual salary to be commensurate with experience.

Very good sociology job just posted: work and social theory at Wilfrid Laurier.

universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

Just your casual chatGPT austerity exercise

If faculty unions want broad support from other workers, there must be a shift in thinking amongst them to consider the ways they use their own resources and skills to contribute to the labour movement in tangible ways, rather than remaining on the sidelines watching.

Coming from a manufacturing union family to a higher ed union I’ve seen how quickly may faculty will turn their back on those workers and completely forget about their struggle, as if it is disconnected from their own.

I have a lot of thoughts about the efficacy of higher ed unions working with the broader labour movement. It’s absolutely vital to do so now more than ever.

The problem is faculty have (mostly) turned their nose up at these opportunities and continue to view themselves not as “workers.”

Governments everywhere are realizing they can gut funding to higher education and the base won’t bat an eye.

Faculty associations, faculty and staff unions, student and lobby groups need to coordinate and respond in meaningful ways if we want this trend to stop.

Migration and Racial Capitalism

Vital new convo with the amazing @harshawalia.bsky.social on the connections between migration, racial capitalism, and the role of sports mega events in normalizing surveillance and militarization.

open.spotify.com/episode/1p6J... @harbingermedia.bsky.social

Lmfao the Harvard of Canada is just as anti-human as the Harvard of the US

Higher education and “academic freedom” are a joke.

Increasingly, neither exist.