The only reason public trust has declined is that the far right authoritarian party has spent decades attacking universities in bad faith. It’s been going on in WI for the entire 20 years I’ve been here. Nothing we’ve done has caused it or can stop it. <We> can’t solve this problem for others.

There’s no possibility of “restoring public trust” until the far right authoritarian party stops lying constantly about us & the media stops stenographizing those lies in article after article about what happens on our campuses. This isn’t a problem <we> can solve ourselves bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Wow man fuck this dude

Stop doing food ads like this.

some people you can recruit, other people you have to simply defeat. politics makes more sense when you accept this

Eyewitness video from the scene of today's ICE shooting in California appears to (you guessed it) contradict officials' claims that the man "weaponized" his vehicle. The car is reversing and the agents appear to be well clear of it.

I have encountered and engaged with many Trump supporters, hearing them patiently out each time: and every single one of them, whether beneath a veneer of politeness or not, exhibited a fundamental spite and meanness about their fellow human beings that I found horrifying.

The Ferguson activists whose faces became known were killed by the police

The White House Correspondents Association is planning to "honor" Trump at its dinner three weeks from now. No way. It was egregious before. Now it's obscene.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

the levels of elite impunity we are seeing now and the levels of war crimes we are seeing now are two aspects of the same path of historical development. right now they see war as our problem (and their investment opportunity). it is world historically important that we make war their problem again

wow wow wow

I will not stay silent while our President threatens to commit war crimes in our name. There comes a time when basic humanity transcends partisan politics. To my Republican colleagues: Now is the time to stand up and speak out.

Law professor Roger Fisher, 1981: "My suggestion was quite simple... If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being." books.google.com/books?id=ygo...

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anyone attending the white house correspondents dinner is a fucking traitor

Note: While Trump continues to promise to commit war crimes AFTER his deadline tomorrow, Israel is committing war crimes.

This is a *terrific* piece which drives home two key points: People with special needs often have special skills, so hiring them isn't some noble sacrifice you're making but a savvy investment. Accommodations for people with special needs almost always wind up benefiting everyone else too.

"Israel’s Latest Genocide Is Against the Shias of Lebanon. Why Is the World Silent?" Lebanon’s Christians are being told by the Israeli military to get rid of any displaced Shias hiding in their homes or villages. Haven’t we seen this story before, and don’t we all know how it ends? My latest:

Flock "removed a line assuring customers that the company does not own and will not sell customer data". Just to note, I'm no more a "customer" of flock than I am a "customer" of the FBI.

Flock "removed a line assuring customers that the company does not own and will not sell customer data". Just to note, I'm no more a "customer" of flock than I am a "customer" of the FBI.

It is quite objectively a news story that the most prestigious media outlet in the world is deleting the president’s statements to conceal his insanity in a war crime threat, and other news outlets can report that story very easily in a way that could both inform their audience and peel off readers

Treating Trump as compos mentis is a choice being made by his Congressional party and administration, and therefore more reluctantly by other Nato governments too. But this appears to be clear a declaration of intent/ threat to commit war crimes by the leader of the United States of America.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's address to the Israel's Chief of Staff and the Police Chief on Meet the Press: "Jews are committing murder, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity in the West Bank. Save the country from disaster. You will end up in The Hague."

Double hater? No, my hate is the same. It is the parties that are double hating on my money

discourse on this site every other week

OMG I’ve wanted to articulate this but there it is.

I mean, fair, that's pretty accurate description of Bluesky.

This & the cancellation of Title VI/FLAS funding for foreign language & area studies pose existential threats to the social sciences at every R1 university in the country. And it's been ~total 🦗🦗 from our university presidents/chancellors & a total lack of public collective action.

Well well well who didn’t think of this when declaring no quarter? Fucking waste of oxygen

This would be absolutely devastating. Public and private funders have already cut humanities, social science, and arts funding to the bone. These decisions can only be interpreted as indifference or active malice towards our disciplines.

Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.

This is so fucking infuriating. At this point it’s just pillage and burn.

what cheese will do to a man

No matter how much I hate this administration, it still isn't enough.

We are stronger than death and higher than the gallows - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Literally been saying this for a while now. We are besieged by wealthy people who rather buy a democracy than live in one.

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.

I watched all but the first seconds of that. Honestly any press person on truth serum would have to say that’s a speech he shouldn’t have given. It was terrible. A bunch of incoherent nonsense. They’ve decided to leave Iran in control of the strait. Iran war, not nearly as long as ww2. lol. Fail.

Bro just let it happen you can go now you're on TV you're safe just let go

Literally one of the defining studies of American bureaucracy is The Forest Ranger. Illustrates what motivation and strong organizational culture can produce. m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51a...

The Forest Service has been an extraordinary public organization. The Trump administration is trying to dismantle it. open.substack.com/pub/morethan...

I’ll just say that I think voting to abrogate birthright citizenship wouldn’t just be a miscarriage of justice and an act of violence against the Constitution, it would also be an impeachable offense.

This is body shaming and I will not stand for it.

I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.