American universities have lost the plot

WHAT THE HELL Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Re-upping this piece on news that Vought is firing federal employees: *Vought lying that shutdowns compel layoffs, never have before. *Layoffs are a choice, the shutdown is an excuse. *Comes on top of existing RIFs, will make restoring govt services harder post-shutdown. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Why universities must flatly reject Trump’s ultimatum wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/2025/10/...

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

I know you're pretty much all experiencing this too, but I was working through a check list of stuff I need to promote (in this Banned Books Week of 2025) & just thrown for a minute at the dissonance of needing to keep the gears moving during this whole series of crises we're living through..

⭕️ Breaking: American veteran Greg Stoker has been released from Israeli prison today after being illegally detained from aboard the Gaza flotilla last week. In a video update he shared after landing in Slovakia, he says many GSF detainees still imprisoned have begun a hunger strike to protest...

Not surprising, still overwhelming & disappointing lapublicpress.org/2025/09/usc-...

Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons? This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.

This message really resonates today. It's time for imagination, belief, will, and spirit to make the world better. youtu.be/LMtwsilMLtc

Selling donated bodies to the military, signaling to this fascist administration that it's willing to be complicit ... @usc.edu might be doing the whole "education" thing wrong. All Angelenos will suffer, not just the excellent faculty, staff, and students at USC. thehill.com/homenews/edu...

WTF category. In this case, my university, USC, provides cadavers to the US Navy to train IDF medical personnel. The cadavers are unclaimed bodies: people for whom no one was willing or able to pay for burials. What an afterlife after a difficult life--to have your body used without your consent.

If you just start one small action, others WILL follow you. Just pick something. Take a small bite. You can't take on the whole problem yourself, but there are others who will take other pieces too. Just start something. We need you.

For folks in the back, this means YOU! We need you! Start something!

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

Discuss.

“It’s been engineered, [the famine in Gaza is] absolutely preventable...” Unicef Spokesperson James Elder joined @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the ‘man-made’ famine in Gaza and how humanitarian efforts are exceedingly difficult with Israel’s constant bombardment. 🔗 zeteo.com/p/unicef-gaz...

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege. The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

The way that white male podcasters/public figures—and not only/mostly talking about Ezra— are clearly panicking about their own personal safety in wake of Kirk is so indicative of how proportionally less violence they fear/face every day their whole lives. And obvs others face more than I. Still.

The Rising Threat of Antisemitism Investigations - LPE Project lpeproject.org/blog/the-ris...

It is important to see this sort of straight talking, precisely because of the executive order last week that conflated criticism of the government with terrorism.

Last I visited, the plethora of natural wine bars, nauseatingly carefree brunch spots, and yoga-in-the-park groups seemed doing pretty well despite the wartime stresses. A resilient town.

Boycotts work! Imagine what a national strike would do to take this regime!!!!

A disaster that Starmer insists on ignoring the mountain of empirical evidence from across "Western" democracies that adopting rightwing positions and frameworks only ever helps the Right win legitimacy and votes. An utter disaster that so many Democrats in the U.S. insist on doing Starmerism.

Assata taught me that “Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.” May her spirit fly free!🤲🏾

BREAKING: Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur, 78, Dies in Cuba After Decades in Exile

As Trump Vows War on Left, Ken Klippenstein Reveals Kirk & ICE Shooters Were Disengaged with Politics https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/ken_klippenstein_dallas_ice

john a. powell on the importance of the moment. Institutions and their leaders are failing - we all must make more decisions that speak to the reality of the authoritarian regime. Boycott. Speak up. Do the things you dream of. Love and solidarity is all. belonging.berkeley.edu/fighting-for...

Measurement without testing. What if a student's clicks in a game could show you how they think? New research breaks down how to make this a valid reality. Great read for #EducationResearch folks. cresst.org/publication/...

If you don’t want to be called a Nazi don’t do Nazi shit.

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

I told my therapist yesterday that my midlife crisis is manifesting as me becoming a cunty, stoner philosophy gay.

I would call this “consciousness of guilt” in an eventual domestic trial or international war crimes tribunal.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

.... and the ideological commitments of their leaders We need progressive commentators to acknowledge openly, without hesitation, that THESE CEOs AGREE WITH THE NAZIS

We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time. Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.

What if a test could actually help you learn, not just judge what you know? Our new blog post breaks down a free handbook that's shifting the paradigm. #Education cresst.org/its-time-for...

Very much this: Everyone has their blind spots, but you should be suspicious that a great deal of the moral panic around campuses were driven by and marketed to people who are off campus, and seem mostly foreign and unrepresentative to the people who spend their lives on campus.

Labor unions doing the work the UC should be doing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This surreal year is taking on new levels of wtaf dailybruin.com/2025/09/15/u...

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

“Most Jews are against genocide, and we were taught to be against genocide, and we were taught, as well, that 'never again' is a slogan that should apply to all people.”

Also, the Supreme Court decision in 1935 was unanimous, with liberals and conservatives agreeing that the president did not have this power. It's been on the books for ninety years, but John Roberts of course doesn't give a damn.

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.