BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

Catch @jailynz.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon @qgcon.bsky.social talking about joy and play as resistance, TTRPGs, pleasure activism, and how spite motivates us to keep doing cool shit. ❤️

University of Michigan School of Information has four faculty positions ranging from Presidential Postdoc to Full. They're all linked here. PPFP due Sep 26, the others Nov 1 or 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House

This is one of the ways that white supremacy weaponizes civility: by implying that certain people get to be served, and other kinds of people (you know what kinds) need to be grateful, without interrogating it.

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

Intro thread! 👋🏼 I’m Alexandra, an Assistant Professor in Art+Design and Computer Science. I research transformational game design and racial justice & identity using human-computer interaction methods. I get to work with incredible students and collaborators! Some recent projects include…

presenting this work at #usesec25 friday morning at 11am! please come by and say hello to an academic job market candidate (me 👩🏻‍🏫) official link to paper: www.usenix.org/system/files...

Crashed out and sought answers at the bookstore: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People About Race Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men The Selected Works of Audre Lorde The Origins of Totalitarianism

Are they able to diminish or nullify Gay Marriage rights? Yes.. here’s how - and what my wife Natalie and I did to prepare. youtu.be/hOhIHdmnBM0?...

Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et

Just finished @ijeomaoluo.bsky.social's latest, Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can, Too. Brilliant as always and also incredibly important reading for folks who want to make a difference but aren't sure where to start.

"Ideological Deportation": AAUP v. Rubio Trial Challenges Trump Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students

POWERFUL RALLY today in Boston at the conclusion of our first day of trial in our case against the Trump administration to end the practice of ideological deportations of students & faculty they disagree with. #DefendHigherEd

Reshare to scare the data bros and popularism acolytes

Do not split

This year's Summer Game Fest included the announcement of a brand new Wu-Tang Clan game from Brass Lion Entertainment: a cooperative action RPG called Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. #IGNSummerofGaming #SummerGameFest

Battle the forces of a corrupting entity called the Deceiver as you harness the mythical abilities of the Wu-Tang Clan! Check out the trailer below, and wishlist Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver on the Steam & Epic Game Store! Steam – bit.ly/ROTDSTEAM Epic Store - bit.ly/ROTDEPIC

I'll be speaking at this panel on "Academic Freedom & Research Ethics" this afternoon! In preparation I re-read Vannevar Bush's 1945 report, "Science, The Endless Frontier" - it's good reading, would highly recommend if you interact at all with the NSF! nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/Endl...

Excited to be presenting our latest work "Why Can’t Black Women Just Be? : Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monolith” at @TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th #HonorableMention dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

A reimagined Harvard home page that makes the case for universities. Research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, stroke, hearing loss, aging, autism, MS, sickle cell, diabetes, education and on and on. Powerful account of the way Harvard “touches countless lives” as it rejects Trump’s demands. www.harvard.edu

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

With the White House using OpenAi to make racist propaganda in studio ghibli art style there has never been apt scene in anime history:

Slowly making my way through Sunrise on the Reaping and Suzanne Collins really said we’re done with subtly. 😂😂❤️ Re: universities today, a mostly-spoiler-free-quote, “[district x] said no? They said they wanted to remain neutral so the careers don’t target them.” 🙃🙃

The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.

Scenes from the demonstration in support of Mahmoud Khalil today in Boston. Free Mahmoud Khalil! Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education. Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson: www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...

"Schools across America have a choice: defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Please read and consider signing the letter demanding the immediate release of Palestinan Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention centre 👇🏻 actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

Finally getting into my copy of “Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care” by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba over our spring break ❤️❤️ www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...

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Today is National Day of Remembrance for the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were put into internment/concentration camps by an Executive Order. This is a very real part of US history, and I can only hope that we never repeat it again, but it feels, more than before, a real possibility again.

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

DOGE wants to gut government agencies that protect you. If Elon Musk really wanted to rein in government waste, he'd close tax loopholes and end subsidies that benefit the ultra-wealthy and large corporations.

hello. in case you're still on the fence - this is actual fascism. it's not an indicator that the government is turning toward or at risk of fascism. it's actual fascism, right now, today, being enacted. this is an active coup. i suggest joining protests *today* as a show of force & resistance

Chappell Roan: "I would not be here without trans girls." #Grammys

Me giving updates all week about federal funding to my husband.

The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to has an official release date!! Mark your calendars for February 3rd! Wishlist it now (or try the severely outdated demo we've improved upon so much it's embarrassing heh): store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

Gauntlet at the Garden was one of the best live performances I’ve ever experienced. And what an incredible morale boost to walk around Manhattan full of nerds in D20 gear all weekend. 💜💜

Checked out the New York Transit Museum and found subway ads from the 1940s with some eerily similar vibes.

#pittsburgh #noplaceforhate

When I guest lectured in an undergrad Algorithms class I needed to explain why I was talking about ethics in such a theory-heavy class. I explained the mysterious work in #Severance and asked, don't you think it matters what your algorithm's used for? You don't sort numbers for the heck of it.

Educators who want to discuss propaganda should be putting these images side by side on a slide over the coming days.