The corrupt anti-democratic self-dealing of this group of anti-bike "activists" is disgusting. As a member of the SHCA and a biker I'm enraged. www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Sometimes finishing a book is the saddest feeling in the world.

"The problem with liberal education in today’s academy does not lie with our students. The real threat to liberal learning is from an administrative class that is content to offer students far less than their own humanity calls for — and deserves." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

Inspired by @jennifermmorton.bsky.social piece in the @nytimes.com, I wrote about Viewpoint Diversity and the one time I interviewed the psychiatrist who the Catholic Church hires to investigate reporting of demon possessions. open.substack.com/pub/hiphinat...

“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.

In this op-ed, I argue that hiring for viewpoint diversity undermines the openness to intellectual transformation we ought to cultivate in the University. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...

"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns." www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

Fantastic piece by Allison Pugh. aeon.co/essays/our-c...

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

Check out this month's fabulous Dialogues on Disability interview with the wonderful Vanessa Wills biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d... Image: photo of Vanessa, a Black woman who has short hair and is wearing a cowl-neck sweater and dangling earrings @jowolff.bsky.social

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

New at The Watch: A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

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UVA professor Siva Vaidhyanathan makes the case for sticking by America—and fighting for it. "My family chose this country in the late twentieth century, so to abandon it when it is most in need would betray my father’s dreams and hopes. We love this country deeply because we chose it."

White House acknowledges several top Trump officials plotted Yemen strikes in unclassified group chat that included Atlantic editor. The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.

They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues

"Universities are now under attack from the right; in the future, left-leaning politicians may demand that universities do their bidding. Under such circumstances, the safest appointments may be the blandest ones—and brilliant scholars, those whom the world most needs, are rarely bland."

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.

A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.

The government is demanding that a school discipline students as it wants, change the authority structure at the school, and end a department it doesn’t like. Remember that next time some person on the right tells you the GOP is the free speech party.

at some point if you're willing to admit that this salute mimicks another *recent* famous salute you might as well just say which historical salute both are mimicking. but apparently nobody wants to be the first to say "Nazi"

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

(1) wtf this should be stopped wtaf (2) if we fail to stop this insanity just watch who buys up these buildings

"After some people expressed their concerns & asked for clearer guidance from the mayor, Adams ordered them to stop complaining & to keep their heads down and refrain from criticizing President Donald Trump" @katiehonan.bsky.social Why a free press is essential. ⬇️ www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/10/e...

The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭 Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝 For more, see 🔽 ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...

Saw this, checked this, all true. And even worse: the FAA administrator had been unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2023, quit Inauguration Day because Elon Musk publicly said he should.

If your work has been affected by the (confusing, on again off again, but seemingly still being implemented in certain spheres) funding freeze, please share your story here: fedfreeze.org

Can’t believe we wasted so much brainspace on this negotiating ploy. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Today’s “we are living in an episode of Black Mirror” story: The firefighters battling huge blazes in California include hundreds of prisoners, “who may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our neighbors, city, and state decided not to make this part of Washington Ave safer.

One of the craziest things about orcas is that they absolutely have "culture." They even pass down different hunting techniques within pods.

By passing this bill to keep the bike lanes clear of stopped cars, Philly’s City Council affirms that cyclists are a vital part of the city’s transportation mix and deserve safe conditions. Now let’s enforce it. www.inquirer.com/transportati...

At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

NEW POST! "Flourishing in the Academy: Complicity and Compromise" By @jennifermmorton.bsky.social www.firstgenphilosophers.com/contribution... #firstgenphilosophers

Academic letters of recommendation: a guide for the perplexed (Bluesky edition).

Rita Murad was a 21-year-old college student when she was arrested over social media posts made immediately after the Oct. 7 attacks. “You know you’ve just ruined your life,” an officer told her.

This interview with Steve Pyke at Aesthetics for Birds is a real treat (though it's bittersweet seeing Delia Graff Fara at the end)

If I were a New York Times education reporter, I’d cover this, really looking at the consequences for students in New York City.

Accurate graph. #authors #books

Powerful front page of tomorrow's edition of The Daily Tar Heel, UNC's student newspaper. From text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday.