This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
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Happy to answer any questions about how we do it at Eastern New Mexico University
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
mourning the passing of the great writer and activist Alice Wong. not enough words can be said for all she did and fought for a better world - one that dignifies and respects disabled people.
At least 200 out to say No Kings in small town, rural, red eastern New Mexico.
Happy mail delivery! New article out discussing consent in drunk performance.
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advisory to academic workers from @aaup.org
@uam-umd.bsky.social
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New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
Grateful to have received the faculty research travel award from the American Theatre and Drama Society today!
Not my daughter crashing someone else’s photo so she could pet a dog with @debhaalandnm.bsky.social today - can’t wait to see her elected governor next year (Deb, not my daughter…or the dog)
Thoughts and prayers for the Texan man making small talk with me who, after discovering I was Jewish, tried to bond over how much he loves Netanyahu
With deep sorrow, we share that Sins Invalid’s Co-Founder & Director, Patty Berne, joined the ancestors on May 29, 2025.
Patty’s brilliance, love, and vision shaped how we move, care, resist, and imagine. We honor her by continuing the work she led.
🖤 #PattyBerne #SinsInvalid
Review #3 of Disability Works is out in Theatre Annual!
Grateful to Clara Kundin for taking on this labor.
My pleasure! Hope I did it justice :)
Happy surprise in the mail! Disability Works by @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social was a fascinating read.
*please repost or forward* Here’s a sheet where arts orgs can record information about their NEA grant termination. Annie Dorsen is collecting this info as a first step towards coordinating a response docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This has been the best part of moving to NM. In nyc I paid $20k for a year of daycare.
New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
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As ASTR VP for Publication, I invite scholars in theatre, dance, & performance studies, who have received grants from the NEH to email me (DM for info) to share stories about your grants, outcomes of those projects, & the impacts that your NEH supported research has made on your communities,
That’s cool! I’m not saying grades are a perfect solution because I don’t know that they encourage learning in any way. Just saying that not using them isn’t a blanket solution for all students.
I think that’s true in a lot of situations but ungrading isn’t always great for students who aren’t highly motivated and privileged. If I didn’t do grades half my students wouldn’t show up because their priorities are elsewhere - making money, passing another class, life, etc.
Now that I live in a tiny, rural, red city, I’m finding so much joy and energy from the small local protests. Today we spoke out to save the USPS from privatization, and I was surprised by how many cars honked in solidarity. Definitely feeling less isolated.
Something I haven't seen covered extensively with regards to the Department of Education is the fact that the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) funds early intervention services, along with Medicaid. EI is usually free, or very low cost for families.
You are throwing away our only leverage. They are already shutting down the government. If the tables were turned they would have no problem shutting down the government to force negotiation.
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
