Some good news to end the day

“Multiple UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and student groups organized collective actions speaking out against the compact, including a SUNRISE UNC protest shortly before the Faculty Council meeting and a petition from the Coalition for Carolina that has amassed over 1,750 signatures.” Organize.

UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration. www.wunc.org/education/20...

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

On the one hand, no one's "caved" yet, as far as I can see? On the other hand, I just called my senators and told them I'll hold them responsible for any deal that doesn't fix the health insurance mess and address impoundment, whether they vote for it themselves or not

I’m a federal employee who was furloughed and just missed my second full paycheck. I have two young kids, so it’s tough. It’s hard but DAMN worth it. Hold the line. Capitulating now puts all that folks have sacrificed to this point in the trash bin. @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov

"It’s not that those things don’t matter: they absolutely goddamn do, and will keep on mattering... It’s just that they never mattered much to the Times and they are, to appearances, mattering less and less by the day. I should remember that, and so should you."

Anyway, if you are wondering what Andre 3000 is referring to when he gives Jack White a shout out in the video, this was it. Its a great little mantra about having a vision, starting small, and then staying true to it when other people start to buy into that vision.

Well, you're in your little room And you're working on something good But if it's really good You're gonna need a bigger room And when you're in the bigger room You might not know what to do You might have to think of how you got started Sitting in your little room - The White Stripes

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

We’ve lived at our new house for a bit over a year and today I learned that I’ve been driving by our local food pantry every day and didn’t know it. Ask me how I knew today.

Kid: Dad!?! The (no longer maintained) software that school wants me to use it throwing a "Code C" error on the video we took in class (on a brand new iPhone). Can you help? Me: I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career (in scientific software)

Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

All the times I've asked for help have one thing in common: every time, I wished I'd asked earlier

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.

Do people have any recommendations for small/mini keyboards to use with a laptop? My laptop works besides the keyboard itself, and I don’t want to replace the laptop until after my thesis.

More than 60 California professors say they are suppressing their own work due to Trump's looming threats over UC. The chill is affecting students 7 medical patients alike. "The purpose is censorship," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & UC Irvine professor. @veenadubal.bsky.social

Common Crawl is how all of Big AI laundered the lack of consent in scraping up content across the web.

Local. Elections. Matter. In my city we have a vote today to push back against overreach by the state into local governance. There are just over 75,000 eligible voters. Gainesville folks - take time today to tell the state to stay out of local governance. Vote Yes for Local Public Utilities.

No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Again, perfect world here but I’d mandate two text blasts on a local or state win for every campaign fundraising text sent.

It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars: 1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…

It's been a long, long, LONG wait, but the Portrait in Cells scarf - based on this artwork - is back in stock in two weights of silk, yayyyyy! #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund. Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

Any meeting that involves the phrase "unholy chimera" is a good meeting in my book

It’s finally cooling off here and it’s been a long week, so definitely time for a pot of @sagenatural.bsky.social’s Miracle Max’s Chocolate Elixir

I've been fortunate enough to work with hugely talented folks on H-1B visas at my university. This will only harm Florida universities by preventing them from hiring the best people for the job. www.alligator.org/article/2025...

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10 New Insights in Climate Science report is out now just ahead of #cop30

"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com

"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover

Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…

When publishing a paper about an R package, how do you ensure the source code is permanently stored? CRAN or GitHub does not grant long-term persistence. Is issuing a DOI via linking GitHub with Zenodo a good idea for R packages? Or are there better ways? Maybe @ropensci.org knows.

I remember being amazed watching snakes do this at the mouth of Carlsbad Caverns when I was in high school.

"It's past time to recognize that university administrators aren't going to lead the way out of this, [setting] the stage for leadership... from faculty, staff, & students, [where] most if not all progress in higher ed over the past 100 yrs has occurred." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #AcademicSky

As a Libro.fm acolyte, it is my duty to inform you that audio that's purchased from your favorite indie bookseller sounds better and is also more emotionally fulfilling than the same audio purchased from a megacorp that's assisting the authoritarian federal regime.

I'm getting about 3 emails a day right now from my university all "reminding" me to do the exact same thing. This is not uncommon. And they wonder why folks don't keep up with their email.

The best time to build strong academic unions was a while ago. The second best time is now.

When the classroom microphone system fails and you have to go old school

Updated with a statement by Pres. Garimella, U of Arizona is now a clear *No* president.arizona.edu/news/update-... "As a result, the university has not agreed to the terms outlined in the draft proposal but instead submitted a Statement of Principles to the [Dept. of Ed.]"