Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

Jim's account implies that members of the Board of Visitors/Youngkin Administration effectively colluded w/ DOJ (including 2 UVA alums) to oust him after DOJ brought its investigation. Is it possible DOJ *initiated* its investigation w/ this goal--perhaps in consultation w/ those same parties?

we fucking won y’all not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social

Volume of deployment doesn't equate to invested use by those folks. Millions of people speak English, that doesn't make it a superior language. Deleting history from context benefits only those who get to write it.

People used to throw rocks at you until you died for this kind of stuff

Montclair State University has with no reasonable justification replaced all departments in the humanities and social sciences with four non-disciplinary units, seemingly randomly chosen by uni executive leadership with no regard for faculty input or governance. Terrible & portentous

Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.

Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle. Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger. Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.

My annual tag in for Duo Boots. Boots for everyone! duoboots.com/en-us?srslti...

If you didn’t know, Naturalizer is the move.

Drivers around the Great Lakes region beware! In the weeks following “fall back,” collisions between wildlife and vehicles rises by 16%. www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/road...

Portland Book Festival: In ‘Written in the Waters,’ Tara Roberts weaves a story of shipwrecks and self-discovery www.orartswatch.org/portland-boo...

Men: Women want a man who is 6', has a 6 pack, and makes 6 figures Women: I want a man who will listen, make plans, and ideally carry snacks for when I have forgotten to eat and am about to be hangry.

“Black Homecoming” at the Filson Historical Society (KY) captures different definitions of family in Black communities through photo collections and donated artifacts. www.lpm.org/news/2025-11...

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays. Listen in ⬇️

On this day in 1898, a mob of as many as 1,000 white people waged a violent campaign to suppress African American voting in Phoenix, South Carolina, that left at least nine Black people dead. No one was ever held accountable.

"Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, has publicly made the case that AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. 'The robots are people too,' he told me." bitch no they not

This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

I'm incredibly moved by this piece by @lmansley.bsky.social in AHA's Perspectives on History. I've watched Laura's professional track over the years and I've been proud to be a small part of her journey. Please read and share widely! I also think it's an important piece to share with grad students.

Men will literally destroy the planet to build an AI to create weird images of girls to tell them that they're loved instead of going to therapy.

Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!

INTO MY VEINSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! “But bitch, what if I’m actually the sun? What if the weapons formed against me are Icarus with the wax wings?” !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not an AQ, but editing a volume and folks have GONE. Folks I know! Just stopped responding. And I have no idea if they coming back.

UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

OMG how did I miss this. LAST DAY people!

Richest nation in human history

Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last. https://bit.ly/4hM6xuF

Read this... Really... Read it and then repost.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... This is so wild.

www.salon.com/2025/11/06/l... Layoffs hit highest point in over two decades: report

We have universal free school breakfast and lunch in Minnesota. Parents may imagine the school lunches from when we were kids—sloppy joes, rectangular pizza—but we’ve come a long way. Below are some examples of Minneapolis Public School meals. ALL kids should have access to food like this.

the big debs ebooks are each two bucks right now too

Again, the conflict between the “Hitler wing” and the center of the GOP is like the fights between the Klan and the White Citizens Council. The councils mostly agreed on substance, they just wanted to distance themselves from the tactics of the Klan’s vulgar commoners.

An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said.

This means the analytical Arundhati Roy's e-book can be purchased in this sale for only $2! 👀| www.haymarketbooks.org/books/611-ca...

NINETY TWO PERCENT of Starbucks union members just voted to authorize a strike, kicking off on 13 November unless they (finally) get a fair contract: www.cbsnews.com/news/starbuc... #labor #1u

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BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance. Follow AP for live updates.

TURN THE VOLUME UP!

Congratulations to all the democrats I’ve never even heard of!!!!

there's a few more days of the @dukepress.bsky.social fall sale left! my book and so many wonderful others are 50% off till 11/9❣️ www.dukeupress.edu/the-politics...

I have to say living here is so odd after living in NH. In NH there was voting *every year* and folks were excited it felt like because term limits are short and ppl have to prove they are doing something. But I am excited about 2026 elections in KY. I pray we learn something from NY and VA today

"The archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America — a denomination founded by conservatives who left the Episcopal Church over its approval of an openly gay bishop — is taking a leave of absence following allegations that he committed sexual misconduct" www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com

Damn, Teen Vogue has low key been some of the best political reporting of the last 8 years.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Can’t even explain my excitement at witnessing Dr. Davarian Baldwin doing his thing at the University of Kentucky. It’s been 10 years almost since the last time I learned from him as a semi-finalist for the Ann Plato Postdoctoral Fellowship. So so so so dope