my copy was just delivered yesterday!

album of the day - Townes Van Zandt Live at the Old Quarter, Houston Texas

the Texas GOP primaries are outright open bigotry

This infographic is part of Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom. Learn more at the link below👇

album of the day - Echo from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our members at @uam-umd.bsky.social are fighting to secure collective bargaining rights for Maryland's non-tenure track faculty. Unions in higher ed are showing us how to defend democracy and to make higher ed a common good for all. Follow their page for updates on their campaign 🔥

#BTHOcensorship open.substack.com/pu...

"The chapter grew from just over 40 members at the beginning of last year to 122 by April 2025. By February, the group had amassed 312 members, drawing faculty from across Harvard’s schools — tenured professors, non-tenure-track instructors, researchers, and a small number of graduate students."

album of the day - Toxicity from System of a Down

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is bad and stupid and terrible but its important to remember that this is not just a Trump administration goal but the goal of the conservative movement writ large (1/4)

The People Who Believed that "Pro Worker Republicans" Were a Real Thing Were Massive Suckers, vol. 967: www.ft.com/content/19f8...

#LetUsTeach open.substack.com/pu...

the Free Press is all over the major issues of the day

BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.

Just a quick note that if you did the ol' seal clap when the police roughed up student protesters on campuses across the US, you don't get to now be horrified by the entirely predictable downstream outcome. archive.ph/MZJVG

bad news, its consolidate to eliminate I'm afraid

JFC

Hey, me too! For me just don't asl about 2035

New from Nansi Guevara: "We know where the checkpoints are. We warn one another when the Border Patrol is nearby. In public space, we adjust our bodies and behavior, attempting to go unnoticed, offering smiles of compliance as a way to disarm."

Alberta separatists step up efforts to leave Canada after meeting with Trump officials reut.rs/4adidob

nothing concerning about this!

album of the day - Metamodern Sound in Country Music from Sturgill Simpson

The way you prepare for AI is by increasing taxes on the rich. As a bonus it also works even if AI is a flop.

We’re kicking off primary election season with our “Labor of Love” block walks this Saturday! Love is an action — not just a feeling! Join us to take action for our pro-worker candidates in Austin, Port Arthur, or Grand Prairie. SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/txaflcio/?da...

The Guadalupe River flooded catastrophically in 1998. This was before the fracking boom put hundreds of massive oil tanks in its floodplains in the Eagle Ford Shale. Now, locals worry a repeat could trigger an environmental disaster.

Inbox: Union workers with ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and the Austin American-Statesman picketing downtown today:

cool

album of the day - St. Vincent

USA: “We can no longer forgo the option to strike”: An interview with Minnesota General Strike organizers springmag.ca/we-can-no-lo...

nothing alarming about this!

c.org/jHtVsq8kSm Signatures needed! Petition in support of Women’s and Gender Studies at TexasA&M University.

“AAUP-AFT, a union of faculty members which advocates for faculty rights, academic freedom, and shared governance, reports membership doubling statewide on 100 campuses in the last year.” 👏👏👏 2026/01/27/texas-no-rest-in-the-ivory-tower/

@aaup.org , @aft.org and others are sponsoring a mass call on Sunday about strategies to pressure our schools to stop investing in partners that fund ICE and the DHS. Join the call this Sunday at 7 PM. Register using the link: www.mobilize.us/aft/event/89...

“To the extent that anti-ICE activism remains largely nonviolent, it may improve human rights over time, while also holding civil war dynamics in check,” @charlicarpenter.bsky.social writes.

They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn. Erasure. Just like the Nazis. gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...

these guys are just fucking pathetic

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

The Texas GOP primaries are just open bigotry. It is horrifying to see and I have the lowest possible opinion of these people and even I am shocked

Again, these state policies were sparked and fueled by the idea that the taboo against racism was *so* strong it represented an existential and chilling threat to free inquiry.

I have never seen this on an academic job advertisement.

neat

The Texas GOP primaries for both Senate and Attorney General are just unbelievably bigoted . There are no dog whistles anymore the mask is completely off www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/t...

album of the day - And the War Came from Shakey Graves

PEN America will be visiting Texas A&M—a timely opportunity to engage one of the nation’s leading defenders of the First Amendment. The visit opens space for meaningful dialogue on academic freedom, free speech, and the university’s role in a democratic society.