Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. The only thing we/you <know> is that the US military, at Trump &/or Hegseth's orders, just murdered more civilians on the high seas. We don't know it was "a suspected drug smuggling boat" & we have absolutely zero reason to believe anything they say anymore.

Every time I look at this dipshit, I get angry all over again that Ohio gave him a $450 million tax break to build a murder robot factory

Men would rather rant delusionally about the antichrist than go to therapy (or reduce their emissions)

This is also true for the food delivery robots all over campus btw

“For Arendt, the stateless person isn’t outside the law, but trapped inside a system where law functions as an instrument of domination rather than protection. This was not, in her view, a uniquely Nazi pathology, but a structural danger of modern nation-states that tie human worth to legal status.”

At the event, some faculty members were upset about how Stephanie Arado, a U violin professor, was treated after she wore a black tunic with “The Evil Must End Now” on the front and “ICE Out” on the back...Then U police officers told Arado that she had to leave Northrop

ICE surge news: Minneapolis Public Schools has extended *optional* distance learning until April 6.

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

“The full impact of the executive order will take decades to realize, since already-tenured faculty are not affected by the new policy. But its scope is significant: Oklahoma’s regional and community colleges employed more than 900 tenured professors in 2024, according to federal data.“

Harvard is the richest university in the country, but it's only offering an additional 5 cents in wages to the workers who allow it to stay open. Stand with Harvard custodians as they continue fighting for a fair contract. All ally signatures welcome!

there are going to be like ten people in the world who find this as funny as I do but I just found out our new legally mandated conservative center on campus is hosting the founder of the Platypus Society (who now bills himself as "the last Marxist") next week

yesterday elon musk made an outspoken racist and antisemite a millionaire

richard epstein is maybe the best example of a law prof who passes himself off as a public intellectual but who doesn't even know anything about the area he teaches. i've heard from more than one nyu law alum that he routinely forgets whether he is teaching contracts or torts in the middle of class.

In 1956, Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd sued the NAACP, accusing it of operating without a permit, engaging in illegal lobbying, and financing lawsuits (barratry) to challenge segregation. A temporary injunction kept the NAACP from operating until 1961.

They have made clear that it was never just about illegal immigration: they hate all immigrants.

beyond parody

Super helpful for litigation, thanks

Forget becoming the Joker, I’m going to become Valerie Solanas

Not sure what’s more surprising - that it’s been 15 years or that this brush with indie rock history only got 4 likes at the time

New statement from @osuaaup.bsky.social on DHS violence as a threat to university values: “These are impossible conditions in which to work, to learn, to teach, to exercise academic freedom. Our community deserves better.”

Again, not once has the media asked “Can we afford ICE?” the way they obsessed about affordability with Biden’s student loan debt relief or Obama’s health care plan. And the media surely isn’t going to ask “Can we afford this?” about this crazy military spending increase 🤔🤷‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/mcop...

After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at VW Chattanooga have won a tentative agreement that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more. 🔗 uaw.org/uaw-reaches-...

Come for the speculation about what Framber Valdez signing means for Tarik Skubal, stay for the great rundown of groups in Springfield, Ohio that can use your donations to help support the Haitian community under attack there

Well, I'd like to see ol Leon Botstein wriggle his way out of THIS jam! *Botstein wriggles his way out of the jam easily* Ah! Well. Nevertheless,,

just destroying the planet for the love of the game, at this point

See Ben's thread. The sense that one could imagine having under a normal government—that enforcement will be in the spirit of genuine accessibility and disability justice—is now replaced by the nagging feeling that this will just be a weapon with which to attack universities at their discretion

Worth reiterating that Trump *isn't even trying* to replace New START with another agreement. The Russian offer to stay under its limits for a year isn't perfect (no transparency measures), but Trump could respond with a counter-proposal or use the time to pursue negotiations. He's doing neither.

I regret I had but one Washington Post subscription to cancel.

I’m disappointed that ProPublica management has forced its workers into this position. We are asking for basic job protections, AI guardrails to protect our great journalism and journalists, and to make sure our wages can keep up with inflation. Support us by following @propublicaguild.org

Is the city even doing anything to fine landlords who won’t clear the sidewalks in front of their buildings? The streets around campus are a mess and when you look at where the sidewalks are worst, it is invariably in front of student apartments owned by landlords with multiple buildings in the area

Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Is the city even doing anything to fine landlords who won’t clear the sidewalks in from if their buildings? The streets around campus are a mess and when you look at where the sidewalks are worst, it is invariably in front of student apartments owned by landlords with multiple buildings in the area.

New statement from @osuaaup.bsky.social on DHS violence as a threat to university values: “These are impossible conditions in which to work, to learn, to teach, to exercise academic freedom. Our community deserves better.”

Just so we’re clear: the GOP wants so badly for you to believe their promise that vouchers won’t take state funding from your public school… …that they want to take even more funding from your public school when it sues because of lost funding in the first place www.cleveland.com/open/2026/02...

What does it mean to be hot for revolution—to feel a desire to transform the world in your belly and your bones? Here's my latest, on how erotic desire feeds political agency. I draw on AIDS activism, disability justice & other movements against sexual oppression. philpapers.org/archive/WARH...

It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.

to be fair, "small provincial city of about 1 million people" also describes Columbus, Ohio

Imagine the things that Stokely Carmichael would have posted about Dr. King

Morale is low in the regime. Keep pushing.

Good framing from local news here

Dying at the fact that Prashad posted this on LinkedIn for some reason

A driver killed a pedestrian last night in Columbus (the fourth pedestrian death this year) The article mentions they were walking along the street but no analysis on why (likely because the city's laissez-faire snow removal policy leaves sidewalks uncleared and forces pedestrians into the street)

"...he called...one of Philadelphia’s most well-known immigration lawyers. She was willing to offer advice, she told him, but first needed to see the subpoena. 'They didn’t send me the subpoena,' Jon explained. 'How do you challenge a subpoena you don’t have a copy of?' she asked."

The things this guy thinks to be exculpatory are themselves profoundly damning of his entire intellectual enterprise & standing as a morally reasoning person. It’s amazing to read stuff like this: a dispatch from another academic world that is, darkly, also the one my friends & I must live in too

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

Yes, Trump’s accusations re: Harvard’s president are worth flagging Whether you like him or not, Garber was provost for over a decade - he was the natural choice for interim when Gay was forced out He’s a consummate administrator To imply he has the job solely b/c of his religion is…noteworthy

Once again the Crusader Against Antisemitism proves himself the biggest antisemite of all.

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting. Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.