This is fascinating because this is such a new field and somehow they are going to hire 100 tenure-track faculty in the next 5 years who specialize in it. And yet when asked to fill spots with faculty of color/women/marginalized groups, administrators often cry about how the pipelines don't exist.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.

Not over the fact that they called their shot, followed through, and people I'm supposed to believe are "objective" and "trustworthy" still joined in the fun of attacking a Black woman

Which is why people should be alarmed at political pressure to destroy these programs. African and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican and Latino/a Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies are under threat at UT Austin RIGHT NOW. www.statesman.com/news/educati...

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants. Appeasers.

the funny (not funny) thing is this is a fundamental bit of knowledge that black and brown folks in the US carry with them—often because we’re the ones against whom this is often ‘weaponized’

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. https://to.pbs.org/3LNSclq

Y'all remember when they said Mamdani tried to pretend to be Black to get into Columbia? And newspapers rushed to mention this without discussing the hack of applicants' data or the politically motivated reasons behind publicizing anything about his college app to a college that rejected him.

Y'all. The OLD FARMERS ALMANAC is 233 years old and still going. This is about another publication that was younger. While ideal to have more options, they aren't the same. The one you're probably thinking about is still here.

when life hands you lemons make caipirinha

Rejecting the premise here. "AI" is not coming for your job. Companies are dumping people because they are putting more money into AI investment, not because there is labor replacement via productivity. Even in the Amazon announcement, Jassy backed away from the framing that AI took those 14k jobs.

The headlines from Chicago today are vile: '"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

It’s obvious, but so many people need to hear it: polls tell us about the past, not the future. People can be led.

I’m going to basically spend all morning laughing like a maniac. I have BEEN saying! Rebuilding civic infrastructure is EVERYTHING.

thinking about We Love Minneapolis, the pac whose goal was to pump a bunch of money into the conventions to challenge progressives. how did it turn out? 2: lost by 27% 8: lost by 18% 10: lost by 21% 12: lost by 30% 5: dubious influence 7: great success, actually

Mamdani won my neighborhood by 57% A neighborhood that Cuomo won in the primary by 67% TALK TO US NICE OR GET OUT MY FACE!!

congratulations to cuomo's 13 (probably more) survivors on getting to watch this man get humiliated so thoroughly in front of the entire world yet again

BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance. Follow AP for live updates.

Mamdani has now gotten more votes than 1/4 of the members of the United States Senate did when they got elected. The political power being channeled here is immense.

Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.

Africana Studies has taken over NYC and I literally love to see it

BREAKING: Mississippi Democrats have now flipped two state Senate seats—putting them on the verge of breaking the Mississippi GOP's supermajority. Theresa Gillespie Isom has defeated Republican opponent Charlie Hoots, who she leads in the current vote tally by about 2-1.

This is on top of other Democratic gains in Bucks County. And huge Democratic gains across Pennsylvania, stunning really.

It’s ok to be inspired—even, or especially, when shit’s this crazy out there. Let me be clear: I’m not obsessed with optimism, nor do I think it always works out. But we should be wary of those who tell us to rid ourselves of hope. The opposite of hope for the enslaved is enslavement, after all.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is on @cnn.com congratulating Dems—without mentioning @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social until pressed. As a colleague said today, those opposing this president’s anti-democratic moves should also protest an “opposition” that refuses to be a real opposition party. I agree.

I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.

Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too

I can’t wait for the elected Democrats who opposed Mamdani to lose every single one of their seats.

This is an Obama 2004 DNC Convention speech-level seismic event of a speech by Zohran Mamdani. It's too bad he can't run for President, but this speech will be every bit as much of political earthquake that will be remembered.

Mamdani's speech ends and Steinway goes wild.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”

This victory speech from Zohran Mamdani is the most profound Dem speech of its kind since Obama at the DNC in 2004.

This is the thing. That speech was, on the surface, infectiously inspiring and upbeat, but just below the surface, savagely disrespectful. The realest New York energy.

holy shit.

Beating a guy in an election and quoting his dad in your victory speech is a FLEX.

I have not felt this way since 2008, and I was 16. I'm 33 now!!!

Mamdani wasn’t just addressing New York City - he was speaking to the country and perhaps even to the world. A wildly charismatic, historic speech.

"One of the many Black women Donald Trump has fired from a job" Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the man that you are.

HOLY SHIT MIRA AUNTIEEEE

This is the best political speech I've ever heard in my life

"We will leave mediocrity in the past." CHILE!!!!!

“Turn the volume up” is just insane contemporary speech work.

TURN THE VOLUME UP

Zohran's speechwriter is EATING!!!!