The ability of bad actors to derail any classroom curriculum they don't like is getting out of hand in the United States. Why would a student get offended over a graphic that describes structures of white supremacy? Is this another case of 'hit dogs holler'? www.ipm.org/2025-11-07/i...

The best way to show that MAGA is not part of some dark authoritarian movement is to remove professors who suggest that it is

From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.

"Hiring professors with PhDs is meaningless if administrators are the ones deciding what gets taught,” he said. “Faculty will start asking not, ‘Is this accurate?’ but ‘Will this get me in trouble?’ That’s not education, it’s risk management.” #HigherEd

There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead: A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹 #FindsFriday Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...

The visceral relief I feel right now is indescribable We got married shortly after Obergefell, and are coming up on our ten year anniversary. @bogiperson.bsky.social

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I am glad to see SCOTUS denying Kim Davis's attempt to overturn marriage equality. These baseless attempts to invalidate marriage for same-sex couples are designed to intimidate our community and put families like mine in danger. We all deserve to be happy, and if we choose, to get married.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide. Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

The vast majority of homeowners with fire insurance never file a claim but we don't say fire insurance is a bad idea. Having the insurance *is* using the system. And I think that people actually understand this *because everyone needs health insurance*

Dick Durbin’s constituents are getting pepper-sprayed and beaten by ICE and he voted to take away the access to the healthcare they’ll need as a result of that violence.

Republicans complaining that government money is going to "private health insurance" is going to yeet me into orbit. Then let Americans opt-in to Medicare! Let people on a national health insurance plan! Oh not like that? You meant working people should shoulder the burden or go without? Got it.

"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"

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

“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument

Here's a partial list of suspected guilty parties. Call them if they're your senators, friends, right now. blacksky.community/profile/did:...

The number of doctoral students I personally know for a fact (and another group I suspect) are using Chat for their dissertations is so disgusting.

Wisconsin says no to Trump’s demands to unload SNAP benefits from Wisconsin EBT cards. Seriously people if your state released any SNAP to your EBT cards, use it now. This is starting to get ugly.

Is there anything else between now and next November that can act as a bellwether on the extent to which the electorate is coming out of its MAGA fever? I'm talking to bookish people about the prospect of a queer kids' book, and I'd like to point to other potential hopeful signs in the wake of 11/4.

"As parents, our sacred duty is to help our children grow into who they are — not who we wish they were. When LGBTQ+ kids are loved and supported, they thrive... They become the exact shade of awesome they were meant to be." ✍️ Kristy Trautmann, FISA Foundation, writing for @post-gazette.com #LGBTQ

Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.

✋I haven’t and won’t. Zero desire to use the water sucking, planet killing, thieving, plagiarism machine that gets things consistently wrong and has a tendency to convince people to kill themselves.

This is really interesting.

Woke up from a dream featuring this clickbait headline: “9 subtle hints to distinguish the dream world from the real world” I want to know the hints!

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going! Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists. We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?" "Rosalind Franklin's notes." "That's correct."

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US. ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point? If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?

UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Transphobia is an entire entertainment industry – they create and consume its content like football. Hatred as a lifestyle choice. Its better funded than your favorite hobby. They hate us recreationally. Hating us is what they do with their free time.

We don't share the same values, either personally or professionally, if you think AI bots belong in the library. 📚 www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

Today I stumbled upon a subreddit for Vancouver landlords and they are dooming big time over the ability of First Nations to enforce land claims, with all kinds of racist language and stereotypes. You’d think they’d be all about paying what’s owed, isn’t that what they tell their tenants to do?

"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position

This is incredibly important: we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats we must be relentless, we must not shut up

Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.

"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"

please retire the phrase "i wish i had time to be depressed" 1) nobody has time to be depressed 2) depression doesn't care if you're busy 3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe 4) it's a shitty thing to say

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a gross parliamentary overreach — article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social in the globe and mail; #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/91587b9...

Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.

"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?" "Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."

Albertans are you tired of your useless UPC MLA? Well, check the recall website, get involved, kick ass. Remember: some of them only won their seats by handfuls of votes. They wanted the recall ability so much (b/c of the evil socialists). Well, use it against them. 🤘 operationtotalrecall.ca

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

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?

The people Teen Vogue fired today are the exact people who made is such a relevant and important publication these past few years. I hope they band together and create a new outlet.

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

Pyrocractic. Like chiropractic, but with fire.