This is also a case of systems setting people up to fail. Public university systems often standardize course numbers/names/descriptions, to simplify transfer credits. But the approved descriptions end up being incredibly generic, because otherwise campuses/faculty fight about what to include. 1/

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This is the first example I've seen of a university trying to mobilize constituents to stand up against Trump threats. There's been a lot of "wHaT eLsE CaN AdMiNiStRaToRs Do?" in The Discourse when this is exactly the thing they haven't been doing. Good for UCLA for trying. Others should follow.

I will die on this hill

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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.

The people responsible for this should be fired directly into the sun www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight

This is going to be a great event, particularly for early career folks. Everyone is welcome!

I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests. But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵

Thank god for term limits, and please let this sleaze-ball disappear forever. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

This is so grim.

I wrote a short blog post about the tragedy currently unfolding in the evaluation industry. Trump is destroying vital research capacity and decades of instructional knowledge for pocket change. 1/x rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-irr...

Most people are not political scientists using formal definitions. So I am curious when is the moment that people tell themselves "oh, I live under an authoritarian government now." Because what else is this? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

This is a great article and highlights many things I admire about Austin: she is generous in spirit, has a true commitment to the collective, and is really fucking smart. www.theguardian.com/sport/commen...

Remember that “move fast and break things” is the motto of a sector of businesses with a 90% failure rate. The US Government cannot afford a 90% failure rate.

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

There are already impacts on all of us since Trump closed USAID. This soy research lab is just one of many bad consequences for America.

New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.” If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home. Every resident of Illinois should know their rights. I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.

I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.

“Advocates” say? Or the data SHOWS? If it’s the data, just say that. Like, physicists don’t SAY the earth is round. Physicists just share the data SHOWING the earth is round. Enough of this “one side says” stuff if one side has the actual data.

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barred from interstate fucking travel. anyone with a uterus is a second class citizen in potentia

Chase Strangio is a hero exposing themselves to RW violence by making forceful pro-trans arguments before the Supreme Court. The Pullman Porters organized a cadre of bodyguards to protect Thurgood Marshall when he was dismantling segregation law. I hope someone does the same for Chase.

I’m so skeptical I wrote a whole book about it! Evidence is often not nearly as solid as promised and the “hierarchy of evidence” (with RCTs at the top) limits our understanding of important levers for change. www.sup.org/books/mismea...

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Reedie: that's a demitasse

I WISH 29% of Americans were bisexual

And here's why you should just give money. 1. The food bank knows what they need and can buy it. 2. Money can be used any time; if they don't need it right now, they can use it when donations are low. 3. Food banks tend to have deals with suppliers, which translates to more goods for their money.

More and more mainstream Jewish groups are demanding that the US stop sending weapons to Israel:

There’s a reason so many academics are dismissive of the Trump/Musk/Vivek types and it’s that we’re all very aware of the Overconfident Bro Who Hasn’t Done the Reading But Still Wants to Lead the Discussion

In which my long-ago friend the Catholic integralist administrative law specialist runs into the problem that the Lawful Evil perspective he has embraced blinds him to the joy his current Chaotic Evil friends will take in arbitrariness, bloodshed, and fear.

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Just to clarify, a President cannot set up a real Department. This requires an Act of Congress. He can set up an office, or commission, but this will not be a real Department, and should not reported as such. But with Schedule F, they could fire a lot of career civil servants.

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