Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

Re-upping this in light of today’s bonkers WH autism presser: “Anti-science” is the policy space where rich people’s grift and ideological opposition to expertise itself overlap.

what is the function of the modern [secular] university

where’s the polymarket rapture line cowards

If you really look at the climate crisis with any sobriety, it becomes painfully obvious that any meaningful response will the a complete remaking of the global order, replacing inequity with a commitment to justice. That’s why we are where we are with fascism.

/4 So there’s a doctrine that the government can violate your First Amendment rights by coercing a private actor to punish or censor your speech. Certain people are now dishonestly pretending they’ve forgotten it. But they were mad about it just last year!

A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver. 16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The rampant violations of academic freedom and intrusions on extramural speech are escalating rapidly. Faculty members have the right to speak or write as citizens, free from institutional censorship or discipline. Expression of opinion as a citizen does not constitute grounds for dismissal.

You hear it all the time: "Follow the money." Following the money isn't just about understanding why things are happening and who is benefiting. It can also help us understand systems of power—and find leverage points within them.

Watch what happens next: the media and the GOP will go out of their way to excuse Gutfield and protect him from what are clearly the violent consequences of his speech. This is to make sure that critical speech about Kirk’s legacy is accentuated as specially off limits.

I mean, where in the Constitution does it ever say we have a right to "peaceable assembly" or free association?

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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Free speech on campus* *Supplies may be limited. Terms and conditions apply. If you are already using the 19th amendment, consult a lawyer before using freedom of speech on campus. freedom of speech on campus may involve side effects, including police brutality, and credit or diploma withholding.

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

Academic freedom is a complex issue. This isn’t that. This is a super simple free speech issue where the government is punishing someone for expressing their views.

A world where we are allowed to want white supremacy, but not allowed to want to end white supremacy is a very specific type of world.

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish. The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.

Must be noted that Kirk was both following and leading an even more rightward surge. He went from indifference to faith to militant Christianity, from praising MLK to damning him, from disengagement from LGBTQ+ politics to endorsing Leviticus’s call for execution.

It’s weird how these summaries leave out the context about trans people specifically being blamed for mass shootings

“Even as Wessel was lying seriously wounded in hospital, Goebbels was already releasing reports asserting that those who had carried out the attack were ‘degenerate communist subhumans.’”

The MAGA political coalition is that seamless dovetail between 1) ideologues and zealots who want to reign in scientific knowledge (about climate, vaccines, etc.) and 2) billionaires who know that they can capture most of every dollar cut from federal spending. #kleptotheocracy

Guess how many articles about this topic have been written in 2025, since Trump started demanding political retribution against universities who taught the wrong thing or allowed students to protest the wrong thing

Can anyone think of an incident where a single instance of “ideologically off limits” teaching resulted in the dismissal of a right leaning professor as well as the removal of their chair and dean?

It means we need to do a better job teaching people that they are people, and also that we need to do a better job teaching AI that it is not people.

Go Eagles!

A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

He is giving permission to violent people. This is an incitement to violence against women. He cannot be allowed to pretend like he supports "law and order." Trump is a sociopath and must be stopped.

AI is a prefect tool to take the forms of terminally online Christianity that prevail in the US and repackage those desires as the authentic content of religion. I mean why historicize when you can reinvent?

“People who make it harder to vaccinate against childhood diseases are anti-children.” “People who refuse to investigate and prosecute pedophiles are anti-children.” “Trump is anti-children.” Why is this so hard for Dem leadership?

This statement is outrageous. The U.S. State Department swearing loyalty to one religion violates the First Amendment. Government cannot privilege Christianity without erasing pluralism and democracy itself. This is state religion in defiance of the Constitution.

What is the meaning of success when the system you're succeeding within is collapsing

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 1) US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by trump to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education on the challenges facing Religious Studies programs is worth reading. 1/4 www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

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spitting fire: "He’s just one of a menagerie of wealthy and unqualified administration lackeys who’ve committed their lives to workshopping God. But also President Trump." 🔥🔥

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education on the challenges facing Religious Studies programs is worth reading. 1/4 www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

***Job Opportunity*** Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities, Sewanee: University of the South 22/ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69058/s...

Sharing info about this upcoming event, which was put together by a PhD candidate at ASU: www.azipl.org/event/season...

It’s vital to understand what is happening in this state and how it’s trying to reshape the whole system.

Bangladesh is a hotbed of climate adaptation, from river-based floating infrastructure and climate-resistant seed varieties to green garment factories. On @pbsnews.org tonight, our report with @pulitzercenter.org on how the climate change vulnerable nation is staying afloat.

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants * www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Everyone who has ever used the phrase “come in the right way” when describing their opinions about immigration policy can fuck off to the sun. In the high quality schools we will build from the ashes of the old world, I will work to make sure your grandkids learn about how this was your fault.

We could have cool stuff like this. Instead we have men in masks breaking car windows and stopping people from fighting fires.

We should build with sustainable, non-toxic materials. We should should have universal healthcare. We should rapidly transition away from fossil fuels to mitigate climate change. The general awfulness of the present moment doesn't change the moral calculus. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Macy once wrote, "It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells. Anxieties and doubts can be healthy and creative...because they permit new and original approaches to reality."