Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

NYU-MCC is hiring! Asst. Prof in the area of “Media and Global Cities.” Please help us get the word out. apply.interfolio.com/174886

Fuck yeah Letterman

Mamdani surges past Cuomo in final Emerson poll, pulling nearly even in the first round and winning final round 52/48. Crucially, the poll shows Mamdani with a 41/31 lead among those who have already cast their ballots.

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

NYC: if you can get to Federal Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall subway stops, come support Brad Lander, the latest Dem politician to be manhandled/detained by ICE for no legal reason. Zohran Mamdani is there in support of his fellow mayoral candidate. NYT's darling Cuomo nowhere in sight.

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I've been stranded at Newark for three days. But at least I know that Harvard is going to have start hiring more conservative professors.

After adding today's new polls, Trump's approval rating has hit a new low of 43.6%, down from 49.4% on day one of his term. His new record-low net rating of -9.4 is now lower than his rating at this point in his first term. Worst-ever approval for a POTUS 100 days in. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

This is why the student loan bubble is about to burst. I feel bad for this woman—but she freaking nails it. 🔥

Highly recommend this interview with Christopher Eisgruber, President of Princeton University, on why academic freedom at our higher ed institutions should concern all Americans. #AcademicSky #MomSky

For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol. So they held their very own! 57 of them came out! Aged 67-104! They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them! They had s sign making day before the event! They sent this video to me to share.🥰

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

NYS Ed Dept. won’t sign Trump admin anti-DEI certification — risking federal funds

What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.

how it feels lately doing my little tasks & confronting my minor responsibilities

(AP) — Democrat James Andrew Malone won a special election for a state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning Pennsylvania suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a territory that a Democrat hasn’t represented in the chamber for 136 years. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/penn...

Voting is a fundamental right and sacred responsibility of every American. Yet, once again Donald Trump is ignoring the rule of law and circumventing Congress.

Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat

Big turnout for other "empty chair" town hall, this time for the two AWOL Ohio senators in Columbus www.facebook.com/christinapao...

“But you know what none of them voted for? To dismantle the Postal Service!” — NALC President Brian Renfroe HANDS OFF USPS! We will #FightLikeHell to defend our jobs and the universal service all Americans rely on!

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Important note about this breakthrough: Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing. Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Jonathan Sterne, an extraordinary scholar whose groundbreaking work transformed the fields of sound studies, media theory, and the cultural study of technology.

The crowds that AOC & Bernie Sanders are getting are MASSIVE. Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands. #FightOligarchy (🎥: Bastian Brauns)

Here's a more fulsome post from the Press. So sad. Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...

Jonathan was the very best of all of us—brilliant, creative, full of joy, and exceptionally generous. Always kind and working to lift everyone up. He leaves behind a vast and loving community and a model for a life truly well-lived. 💔

The following extraordinary statement was published today in the New York Review of Books. The statement's signatories include virtually every leading First Amendment scholar in the country, conservative and liberal.

Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points. She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine. “Deport Elon, Deport Elon!” Watch to the end…

Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy. "Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

Thousands out in NYC today to demand that DOGE… STOP THE CUTS!

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!

Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.

In light of the fact that some U.S. universities are pausing admissions to their PhD programs, the Media Studies PhD Program in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University (London, Ontario) is welcoming late applications from American applicants. www.fims.uwo.ca/programs/gra...

This "immediate cancellation" violates the law. If the Admin thinks Columbia has violated Title VI by being deliberately indifferent to antisemitic harassment, it has to give Columbia a chance for a hearing first, make findings on the record, & wait 30 days. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

Kinda pathetic how easy it is to do this and how little the Dems are doing it

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025

Oh my god y’all. Everybody please watch Curt Menefee absolutely put Eric Adams in a blender and not stop till the man came out as soup.

New York Attorney General Letitia James notified health care providers in a letter Monday that they could run afoul of state anti-discrimination laws for refusing gender-affirming care to patients.

A couple of thoughts about strategy and trans healthcare in blue states. I think it is important to target the hospitals. 1/4