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Jewish mother to 3 amazing GenZ adults Proud graduate of Mount Holyoke College Accidental Hoosier she/her/hers

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OPINION: Mid-decade redistricting has concerning implications for U.S. political health The Republican and Democratic parties are becoming increasingly polarized.
14.11.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloomington crowd joins 2,200 national rallies opposing Trump policies As many as 2,000 people or more gathered on Saturday afternoon on the grounds of the historic Monroe County courthouse in downtown Bloomington for a β€œPower to the People” rally. It was one of more tha...
21.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Demonstrators at IU homecoming parade chant support for student newspaper: β€˜Free press! Free press! We support the I-D-S!’ Indiana University’s homecoming parade followed its usual route Friday evening, heading south along Woodlawn Avenue. As parade entries rounded the corner onto 7th Street, they could see and hear about...
21.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Editor’s Notebook: Standing with the Indiana Daily Student by sharing the load Yesterday, the Indiana Daily Student broke the news that the student media director had been fired. What can The B Square do to help? We have set up guidelines that can allow outlets like the IDS to u...
21.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds Gather in Bloomington for β€˜No Kings’ Protest Against Trump Administration - WFHB By Ella Cummings One of the largest demonstrations against the Trump administration unfolded on Satu
20.10.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloomington demonstrators join national β€˜No Kings’ protests Bloomington citizens gathered at Courthouse Square, demanding an end to β€œchaos, corruption, and cruelty.”
20.10.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jewish Studies director replacement β€˜unprecedented,’ students and faculty say Dean Rick Van Kooten later held a nomination process one faculty member called β€œsymbolic.”
20.10.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU has now fully cut IDS print. What more is there to say? The decision came hours after IU terminated Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

16.10.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Filmmakers say free speech β€˜worth fighting for’ in documentary critiquing IU admin β€œFreedoms Under Assault” debuted at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Sunday.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

16.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
15.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of US women charged with pregnancy-related crimes since fall of Roe Study finds prosecutors targeting low-income women mainly in US south – and figure likely to be an undercount
30.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Buttigieg reflects on career, current political climate at IU event The Speaking of Excellence series highlighted LGBTQ+ excellence in a conversation with Pete Buttigieg.
20.09.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Why keep it secret?’: IU refuses to release review of Whitten plagiarism allegations Experts said there’s no legal mandate to prevent IU from releasing the review.
19.09.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New IU policy allows for mandatory relocation of professors The policy was passed at the June Board of Trustees meeting.
10.09.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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IU ranked third-worst college in country for free speech in report The university fell 12 spots in the ranking.

Better than only Colombia and Barnard.
Lowest bar.

10.09.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloomington, IU communities express grievances with Trump and IU admin during Labor Day protests Two different groups took to downtown Bloomington for Labor Day rallies Monday.
03.09.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abdulkader Sinno: Why I left IU, Indiana and the United States Selfish politicians, irresponsible trustees and unethical administrators are destroying a once great university.

Whitten is a big problem.

02.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LETTER: IU's double standard on plagiarism Indiana University's independent student newspaper.

Wayne Winston is a professor emeritus of operations and decision technologies at the Kelley School of Business. He is married to Vivian Winston, who served on the IU Board of Trustees until June 2 when Indiana Gov. Mike Braun removed her and two other elected trustees from the board.

29.08.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Temple Institute Announces: All Texas Red Heifers Disqualified Just as the chok of the red heifer is considered to be a great test of our faith in and fidelity to God's word, we must also maintain the faith and trust that a suitable red heifer will be found when ...

Baruch Hashem.
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27.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas hasn't received FEMA aid yet. The callous disregard from officials is shocking. I hope Texans remember this in 2026. Ultimately, it seems the priority is enriching the wealthy using funds collected from struggling individuals.

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Over 400 Indiana higher education degrees eliminated, suspended 249 programs from IU campuses will be impacted, with 116 from IUB.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

17.07.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gov. Braun reviews state government programs for DEI initiatives Indiana University's independent student newspaper.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

17.07.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA farmworker labor strike is coming”

06.07.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7579    πŸ” 2463    πŸ’¬ 426    πŸ“Œ 261

If you're pissed off at the NYT, here's your chance to put my money where your mouth is.

This long weekend, I will donate $0.50 to @thecity.nyc for each of:
- every new Bluesky follower I get
- every new Bluesky follower THEY get
- everyone who reposts this post

04.07.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 16

I used to recommend IU for my friends children to consider, but I won't be doing that anymore. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

06.07.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Students voted to fund the IDS. IU still won’t. Indiana University's independent student newspaper.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

16.06.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds gather in front of Monroe County Courthouse for β€œNo Kings” protest
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

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Very cool poster! But I came here hoping to find out more about the administrative law case, lol. Would you mind suggesting what terms I should search?

11.06.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet new IU Trustee James Bopp Jr. James Bopp Jr. was appointed to the board on June 2. 

Debra Cassens Weiss had this to say about Bopp:
The...lawyer... tells Politico...the pregnant 10-year-old...should not have terminated her pregnancy. β€œ...as heartwrenching as those circumstances are, we don’t think we should devalue the life of the baby because of the sins of the father.”

10.06.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

TLDR: tech workers also need unions

28.04.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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