Outstanding reportage on the structure of the operation, and finances, that rapidly globalized and connected far right movements from Brexit to MAGA.

Great writing about the continued enshitification of academia by tech-pilled admin: www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...

EXCLUSIVE: Google can’t bribe politicians — but it can use state “educational” gift loopholes to fly them to a private Chicago summit. Lawmakers who attended are now considering AI and data-center legislation that could reshape Google’s bottom line.

The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers, making it the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” #AcademicSky

The extreme, ideologically-driven, fast, furious, economically reckless decisions being made by New School president & provost are NOT the simple consequence of economic need. they're a malicious disaster and must be stopped... an assault on critical thought.

Absolutely insane. Holy shit.

Abolish the university

New podcast banger just dropped @jraden.bsky.social: americancampuspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...

This is interesting and speaks to Musk's general sloppiness but worth keeping in mind a transformer backdoor lets you throw the switch to the whole operation not change what it's doing. Which would be extremely costly for xAI and embarrassing for Musk but isn't equivalent to say, using Chinese chips

Please read this opening statement by Assata Shakur from her trial in New York in 1976. She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...

ICE has no home in Memphis.

1) 'Why I Resigned' from UVa Prez 100% worth reading www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... 2) Events were forced by NYT story w leaked info that he was under pressure to resign. UVa prez has 'no idea' where leaks came from (See below.) 3) FWIW same NYT team did leaked "Harvard will cave" stories

first the pope now this

Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...

State law in Alabama is pushing university professors to show their courses are compliant. www.al.com/news/2025/11...

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

What a welcome piece of good news

Proper journalism and facts (remember them?) about the far-right infiltration of the BBC. Byline Times is the only news source I "trust".

I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora

In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.

50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago

Something to read while we wait to see if SCOTUS upholds Trump’s mission to starve people

since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign

Sandwich man leaving court

just want to correct everyone: this is the WESTCHESTER KNICKS logo, not the NY Knicks. The G League affiliate, which is fitting.

LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

Rio de Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation unicornriot.ninja/2025/rio-de-...

NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

Nikola Jokic messes up Domantas Sabonis' hair with the laser assist to Gordon

"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry

I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.

The event occurred at a university. Ole Miss should lose its accreditation for hosting this.

JD Vance, Erika Kirk rally University of Mississippi crowd with call for conservative Christian revival Organizers estimated the crowd at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday for a Turning Point USA event featuring Vice President JD Vance and Erika Kirk, widow of the slain Charlie Kirk, at…

A Rutgers University report released Monday reveals that corporate investors are gobbling up about 25% of all residential units in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Philadelphia, raising concerns about increased evictions, higher rents, and reduced homeownership.

Fauxtomation strikes again

I know other media outlets around the country are running with "diseased monkeys with COVID, herpes and hepatitis are loose in Mississippi!" And yes, it makes great clickbait. Those posts have thousands of RTs. But it's just not accurate. Our factual report by @nickjudin.bsky.social:

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Someone's gonna write an amazing, comprehensive book about how GamerGate ruined the world one day and these tweets are gonna be in the foreword for it.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is. diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...

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A pro-MAGA website that urged supporters to fund a database unmasking Charlie Kirk critics took tens of thousands in crypto—then vanished, infuriating donors.

And Edward Glazer owner of the NFL Buccaneers

so glad to have this really thorough (and maddening) look at how “students will cheat” isn’t even close to the biggest problem universities have with AI, from @jraden.bsky.social

Former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes is suing Chancellor Glenn Boyce for firing her after she criticized Charlie Kirk. buff.ly/PikB3JN