This is powerful footage because of what it depicts, but also because of the way the arrest interrupts our expectations of the on-the-street interview; which makes the arrest more shocking both for its brazenness and the way it impacts the viewer.

And, just to state the wildly obvious, if a foreign country killed 80 Americans to capture somebody they suspected of a crime, we would consider it an act of war. Crying "America First" does not make what you did morally acceptable.

This is right, of course. And, imagine if a suspected criminal was sitting in a US city - we would never think it acceptable to kill 80 people to capture that suspected criminal. This only works if you think Venezuelan lives do not deserve the same respect as American lives.

The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.

In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

If you are among the faculty, staff, or students are UVA who are as incensed about this as I am, come join the UCWVA so and be part of the organized effort to build worker power and push back against this takeover. We can win this fight, but only if we stand united www.cbs19news.com/news/report-...

Absolutely embarrassing for everyone involved at UVA. Just, on the most basic level, does he not have friends?

Here’s the thing: Any internal candidate who wanted to serve well would have asked to delay. Why burden yourself with that baggage? Darden students — put revealed preference to work: what did you just learn about this leader?

Just learned that the newly-named president of UVA is currently chairing the search for the university’s next provost. Now that he has accepted the presidency, will he continue to chair the search committee for the provost?

The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester. A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:

do you remember 13 years ago today? remember thinking surely this would be the last straw, that something would change? i remember weeping at my desk thinking about the wrapped presents waiting under so many christmas trees for six year olds who would never come home.

Wait. As a faculty member I'm part of the elite now?? Ha! Ha! Bow down before m-- What? Oh, we're part of the "cultural elite." What's the difference? It doesn't come with any of the money and power? Ah, well. Nevermind. Still nice, I guess.

Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it. I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.

Education profs #3: AI is a planet- and brain-killer we desperately are hoping a financial bubble pops on before the earth boils and our students' minds melt into pre-neanderthal goop

Faculty Senate of #UVA has voted to call for the resignation of Rector and Vice-Rector @abigailspanberger.com

"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn" Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?

I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.

The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer

remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago

If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately. He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go. Literally resign tonight.

Almost completely, every single problem with higher education that folks think is mainly about something else is <primarily> about the massive decline in state public funding since the 1980s. Yes, including everyone's obsession with getting their kid into the "right" college:

“The destruction of U.S.A.I.D. [caused] public man-made death. And the cruelty and lethality will only grow as the Administration expands its rollback of public-health advances to the homeland.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Zohran has now gotten more votes, in New York City alone, than 49 members of the U.S. Senate did when they get elected; It's likely that, when the final tally is complete, he'll have gotten more votes than half of all Senators currently in office. *This* is what power and purpose looks like.

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

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

I want this printed on a thousand tshirts

You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!

There are more of us than there are of them.

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani. The president and his allies came after him. Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute. He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters. His politics can win anywhere.

this is objectively hilarious

this is genuinely wild

I had to move from NYC soon after Adams was elected I was more frustrated and upset about a mayoral election than I'd ever been. I miss NYC every day, but especially tonight when the city finally gets the amazing mayor it deserves. I know the parties tonight will be wild. CONGRATS NYC, you did it!

Congratulations Abigail Spanberger. I can't wait to work alongside my union siblings to force her to go back on her campaign promise of not repealing right to work.

Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas (a Democrat who is the chamber's president pro tempore) just tweeted this:

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

I think one of the greatest and consequential failures of 21st century education systems globally has been the collective refusal to understand that reading books, watching films and learning to appreciate art are necessary for ALL fields, but especially STEM, and especially tech.

We cannot be a meaningfully representative democracy until we replace the Senate & single-member districts as currently structured with actually representative & democratic institutions

HELLO me + @mcforelle.bsky.social + @carolinejack.bsky.social are co-editing a collected volume on TECH/MONEY! do you want yell about technology but also about finance and business models and stuff? do you have sooo many receipts? we want your proposals! find the CFP here: oddletters.com/tech-money/

Smash your Ring doorbell to pieces first thing today if you haven’t already.

Diversity is at the heart of union power 💪🏼

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Courage is contagious!

Earlier today, nearly 1000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members showed up to say HELL NO to this compact, and see what we accomplished! When we fight, we win!!

UVA has rejected the compact!