If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education. We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

"This is righteous warfare, and it’s a great service to God to rid the earth of such a wicked seed" (charges at an inflatable T-Rex)

We need viewpoint diversity on campus.

A Blue Jays / Dodgers world series will finally put this beef to rest.

If only there was money for universal healthcare...

Look who showed up to celebrate this morning. Tdot in CT. Go Jays.

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NO LOYALTY OATHS IN HIGHER ED! Trump's attacks on our universities are an attempt to consolidate power. This loyalty oath directly undermines our right to academic freedom & goes against every democratic principle our country should uphold. Please click below, sign, & share. #DefendHigherEd

Go Jays.

Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back. The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

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It would be nice to see privacy settings on Bluesky rolled out in response...

This case … squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us.” “The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally ‘yes, they do’. — Judge William G. Young #AAUPvRubio

Reminder: Join a union! Form a union! Organize to win.

"It can only good happen."

There’s nothing wrong with John Roberts that woundn’t be fixed by giving him dozens and dozens of new colleagues

A little more CCF in the NDP is a great way to start.

This has been happening forever. It's fine. Just be nice while you're travelling and it's all good!

Featuring Ian Gavigan of @higheredlabor.bsky.social on how the bipartisan neoliberalization of higher ed laid the groundwork for Trump’s all-out assault. Workers must unite on every campus, articulate an alternative vision for the university, and fight to win it.

Can I retire on this.

Swimming. Street parties. Prepping for a BBQ with friends. Fireworks later tonight. We've spent the day celebrating that the Tour de France starts tomorrow. 🚲🚲🚲

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrate and take action and call on @mark-carney.bsky.social to take immediate action to stop the harms for First Nations children and ensure Canada fully complies with legal orders on Jordan’s Principle

POV: You're in the 3rd most popular band in your mid-size city and you go on a national tour.

We don't miss factory work. We miss strong unions that made those jobs (and others!) bearable because at the end of the day you had a house, car, and your kids' education covered.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

OK I’m ready to admit my quote-posts should have been a thread. Here’s what you need to know: as of Monday afternoon 13 UConn students, including 6 undergrads have had their visas revoked. ctmirror.org/2025/04/14/v...

You know, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social told a group of us last weekend that the AAUP has the power to make a major difference over the next few years. EVERYONE JOIN. EVERYONE ORGANIZE. We can't lose if we don't quit. @aaup.bsky.social @ct-aaup.bsky.social

In 2008, PP skipped an apology to residential school survivors and instead said on Ottawa radio that Indigenous peoples need to learn the “values of hard work,” not receive financial compensation for their residential school experience. He is unfit for office. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

The only way forward, that I can see, requires both courage and collective action. If we’re not going to fight for our students and our scholarship, then what the hell are we doing anyway?

Here are some of the things that NEH support has enabled the AHA to do just in the last 5 years 🗃️:

This is exactly what all unis should be doing right now. Form collective mutual defence compacts, share resources, share expertise, and protect the people who embody the university's mission. Wealthy schools will have to shoulder more of the financial burden, but that's how it should be.

The aristocratic and hierarchical nature of US Higher Ed really points to what is wrong. Fund public schools. Create tenure-track jobs. Few people are "brilliant", but elite schools give faculty more time and resources. Everyone should have that.

I really don't care much what anyone thinks the exact right label is to describe where we are. This is outrageous and acutely dangerous. They are disappearing people in broad daylight for nothing but political speech. If this isn't a frontal assault on the rule of law and free democracy, what is?

BREAKING: We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence. Stay Tuned.

the us academic sector is genuinely never going to recover from the current assault on its every institution and the third rate bean counters who entrusted themselves with running the universities don't care at best because they read too many the atlantic think pieces about the oberlin cafeteria

This is great. Brain drain north!

Canadians are more practical than nostalgic. We'll turn on The Great One. We know Drake lost. We'll take our 1st Prime Minister's name off roads and buildings. We have serious flaws, but most of us want to make things better. We love Americans like family, but AMERICA doesn't get a pass.

Silicon Valley is coming for faculty governance. The vultures are circling the corpse of the neoliberal American university. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

From @thestar.com. For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography or demographics, this is the seventh largest city in the country.

This will be such a wasted opportunity for Canada. Ford govt in Ontario is starving higher Ed at exactly the moment he could invest and capitalize on what is happening in the US. Lots of us (ahem) would come home!

Launch. A. Labour. Party. You'd have 4 years to fight hard and win over these folks.

One thing Canadians can do right now is create/strengthen networks of solidarity across the US. Contact friends, family, co-workers, anyone you know. Make it clear: Canada is anti-Trump, not anti-American. We'll need support from American allies to defend against Trump's hostilities. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸

This really is the most important take. We are meant to help develop critical thinkers who will build a better world. The right wants us to pump out workers. This is the hill to die on.

This is what I don't get. Endowments are meant to protect the university's health into the future. That was true 100 or 200 years ago, and here we are: universities are being threatened. THIS is the time those stewards were planning for. SPEND THE MONEY to protect faculty, students, & staff.

Do this.

When someone asks "how's it going?"

Long live the history department.

Excellent critique of cynical and nonsensical university investment policies. wesleyanargus.com/2025/02/28/w...