Trump just revoked the ability for foreign students to enroll at Harvard. Every foreign student, which is in the thousands, enrolled for next year at Harvard will not be able to continue studying if this isn't challenged in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Any university that thinks this won't be their fate eventually is detached from reality. We work together or we fail apart.

JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."

🧪 since race =/= biology & race = social construct, it's time to (re-)read @bioanth.org statement on race & racism, by Rebecca Ackermann, @sathreya.bsky.social, Deborah Bolnick, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social @tinalasisi.bsky.social, Sang-Hee Lee, @thehoodbiologist.bsky.social @robingnelson.bsky.social

I wrote something for @thenation.com about Alabama PHd student Alireza Doroudi's abduction at the behest of Marco Rubio. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Elon Musk is flooding a Wisconsin Supreme Court election with millions of dollars. “The level of corruption at play here, the level of money at play here, really is a warning sign for what's happening to our democracy," says @ariberman.bsky.social of @motherjones.com.

This is one of the best statements in the legislature in a very, very long time. It has the added benefit of being 100% accurate. Well worth your time. Thanks, David.

Danielle Smith claims flying to Florida to pose with Ben Shapiro is “going into the lion’s den”. The truth is, it’s a trip to a Republican safe space, a far-right fundraiser & more about pumping the Premier’s ego than promoting Alberta. Albertans shouldn’t be on the hook to pay for it. #ableg

It means looking beyond public persuasion (appealing to Americans directly through billboards or Fox News appearances). It also means looking at non-tariff threats that impact the president and his entourage directly.

For all of these reasons (and more), countries like Canada are recalibrating their US foreign policy. This will require sharp minds and both intergovernmental and international coordination.

Britain & Germany are issuing travel advisories to the United States… But Smith is traveling to the US on the taxpayers dime to hang out with architects of the policies that have prompted international warnings that the US isn’t as safe as it used to be. www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

IDF purposely, permanently, damaging surgeons' hands; threatening to murder family members, to force a false 'confession'. This kind of torture & state-based terrorism characterized the Argentinian "Dirty War" 73-84, now in Gaza '24-25. 🇵🇸 #Genocide #WarCrimes www.democracynow.org/2025/3/13/un...

We will not stand idly by: Free Mahmoud Khalil! Jewish Voice for Peace demands the Trump administration release Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention. The detention of Mahmoud is further proof that we are on the brink of a full takeover by a repressive, authoritarian regime.

The UN estimates more than 1,000 health-care workers have been killed in Palestinian territories since October 7 2023.

2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.

Thanks to @bradvivian.bsky.social for this history of "institutional neutrality," which shows that many of the same conservative think tanks now cheering on anti-CRT and DEI bans drove the push to silence universities on charged questions. www.chronicle.com/article/inst...

This is astounding. It shows Albertans paid double - sometimes triple! - for surgeries at private surgical facilities connected to friends of the UCP than through AHS. And the Premier’s staff & Health Minister allegedly pressured & then fired the CEO of AHS when she asked questions about them.

Many key organizations like Bissell are struggling with funding cuts and an explosion of need for their services. Any donation you can make would truly mean the world. Thank you to Jen, Sarah, and all those who serve community with so much heart and care. ♥️ secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...

Lagrange confirmed that for months, she knew about serious allegations about contracting irregularities as raised by the AHS CEO. She says she did not tell the premier because she didn't have all the facts.

I watched the UCP press conference several times this afternoon (so you wouldn't have to). Here are my takeaways (but you should watch it for yourself).🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjZ...

.Education Department Cancels Another $350M in Contracts, Grants The cancellations came after anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo posted on social media about the programs. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/40UwX5u

Share far & wide! Trump's team "has made major changes to the federal government that have disrupted research & research institutions in the United States & beyond. If you would like to share your experiences with @nature.com, please fill out this form:" www.nature.com/articles/d41... #academicsky

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

I'm excited to announce that my book "Abiding Whiteness: An Ethnography of White racial identity and racism in Alberta, Canada" with Oxford Uni Press @oxfordunipress.bsky.social is now available: www.vitalsource.com/en-ca/produc...

#CFP #Callforpapers #anthropology

We've got 5 days before paper abstracts are due for the Finnish Anthropological Society's Conference in June 2025 - Check out our and others' call for papers: blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconferenc...

@jennlong3.bsky.social and I have a panel at the next Finnish Anthropological Society’s conference titled: Imagining Resettlement: Disillusionment and the Paradox of Comparison. The call for papers closes on 15th January 2025. blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconferenc...

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