if the president of the American Federation of Teachers—a union which represents not just primary and secondary school teachers, but also many college professors—cannot meaningfully distinguish between AI ed tech sales pitches and responsible pedagogy, she has no business representing educators.

TikTok is removing clips of the leaked 60 Minutes segment. The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.

Steph highlights? STEPH HIGHLIGHTS 📽️

James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

The one who came on the Mayflower was the first one to die, almost immediately after they landed. The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.

My PhD in US history was enriched immeasurably by the area studies centers at UNC. “The centers are a real core element of the institutional structure of the University. It's like saying, ‘Look, I can't afford to have two hands, so I'm gonna have to cut one off.’”

The author of that piece wrote a response to me that was *also* full of factual errors. TFP never issued a correction. Recently wrote about a PirateWires writer's many factual errors. Also no correction. The heterodox types who bitch about arrogance in legacy media just never, ever admit mistakes.

Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

I keep thinking about that Compact article because I am so frustrated by its baseline premise, which is 'you should be able to get the job you want in the field you want' - a thing that all the groups being accused of succeeding unfairly (women, scholars of color etc) have known FOREVER is a fantasy

Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public. When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.

UPDATE: Faith leaders were arrested by federal police outside San Francisco's immigration courthouse. They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests. It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.

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With 7 months left to go in the fiscal year, the City of LA has already spent $90 MILLION or 48% of it's annual liability budget. At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.

just going to reiterate this. if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

chinga la migra

Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.

Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.

“In the absence of any evidence that Kao was grading his students in a biased manner or otherwise pressuring them to agree with him, Zimmerman said, the suspension “seems really draconian.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/p...

shithole country

1000 neighbors, mothers, workers, cousins, students, business owners, and fellow Angelenos snatched and removed. May those responsible for this never see peace.

🗣️CALLING ALL ALLIES! (yes, you!) We're hosting a national Stop Buying Starbucks Day of Action next Monday, 12/15 and are asking YOU to host a simple leafletting event at a non-union Starbucks store near you! 🪧 Learn more here: forms.gle/QqCPKsmXD3ws...

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

“Maybe the way to think about how to engage with enemies and friends alike is not in terms of drawing lines on the basis of some judgment of the balance of good versus evil present in a given case, but instead in terms of the direction in which our engagement moves us.” Lorna Finlayson:

chinga la migra

Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”

Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵

Good morning to fuckers in our neighborhood kidnapping our neighbors! Can you see the city skyline? No? You’re wondering if Minneapolis burned down again overnight? Oh no, sweetie. That’s ice crystals in the air . It looks like it will get to around -8F without windchill! Please enjoy your stay!

The Cold Moon rising over the Port of Long Beach. Is it a super moon? It is in my heart ❤️

Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“

pat spencer pumps me up

NEW: The official USCIS guidance on this pause is out. Until further notice from the USCIS Director, all immigration benefits (including citizenship) are indefinitely suspended for nationals of 19 countries, as are all affirmative asylum applications from nationals of any country.

I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...

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Yahoo! Congrats to our @uptecwa.bsky.social colleagues! And thank you for showing all UC workers how to fight and win!

A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees. I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵

We’re leading a coalition of 17 AGs in support of journalists and protesters challenging DHS’s dangerous use of force during the Los Angeles protests this past summer.   We will continue to oppose threats to free, safe speech wherever and whenever they arise.