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These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

This week: De-install your doorbell surveillance camera Cancel your ChatGPT account Have a cookie for doing such a good job

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Wondering how many people we could feed, house, or provide healthcare to for the same $

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "maybe we should create a system to prevent this from happening again"

Substack is making bank from white nationalist content. Email [email protected] to tell them to change their content policy. Then let your favorite substack authors know you're canceling your subscription to their newsletter but that you'd be glad to venmo them the $ instead.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

You can’t reform this. Throw the whole department away.

“They’re talking about our neighbors.” Best friend’s boss just agreed to close the office tomorrow (Jan 30) for the general strike. It happened because someone spoke up. That simple. 1/3

Keep going. Speak up. Help however you can. Strike however you can. Immigrants are our neighbors. The people who are standing up for them are our neighbors. 2/3

It is a sprint and a marathon and a relay race. All of the above. Just ask the people who have been doing the work for decades because it is all part of a larger, longer struggle. It’s scary sometimes, but it’s less scary when we stand together. 💜 3/3

Hey, shoutout and solidarity to all the people who really need to work today, but are choosing to participate in this General Strike. Shoutout and solidarity to all the people who want to participate, but are unable to. We are all doing our best. Maybe it will happen today.

this is really good organizing between both unions and community groups working together and it's probably one of the best templates we have--build on local actions like this first, to get around the many obstacles of launching a general strike, so that we can work towards a national strike action.

This is happening.

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink. Two Americas.

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers. Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.

Pay attention. Here’s “the Godfather of Artificial Intelligence,” Geoffrey Hinton, accepting the 2024 Nobel Prize. Hinton co-developed the 1980s backpropagation algorithm, which laid the foundation for A.I. Hinton left Google in 2023, so he could speak freely about the risks A.I. poses to humanity:

20 Jul 25 -- 19th does great roundup of the detes on how trans people can (for now at least) get passports with teh correct gender while a fed court order forces the State Department to process new applications properly. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD. Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?

If you want to get your passport with your correct gender on it, the window is open. But act quickly!

For people with darker skin injured at protests, and the lawyers representing them:

It's not enough for our lawmakers to be heartbroken by current events and to condemn what is happening. They need to uphold our constitution, which is being trampled into oblivion and which they were elected to defend.

It's happening faster than we thought, but nothing we're seeing is a surprise. They laid it all out for us. They gave us the playbook and we're just watching it unfold. Here's the tracker:

This was so powerful for me:

Sign the open letter in support of equity in Portland arts funding (and see which local orgs have joined PACE thus far): www.portlandartsandculture.org/sign

From @oregoncontemporary.bsky.social’s Instagram account (alt text transcribed): #PDXart #JoinPACE #SupportArtists #ArtsAdvocacy #SupportTheArts

Two days left to comment. Takes mere seconds. Saves lives. If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past. Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD. Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.

If you're a Portland resident, I highly encourage you to check out what each of the new council members are filing budget amendments for. It's very telling to see what programs they want to cut and what they want to grow. In related news: it's a very uncertain time for the arts.

Authoritarian regimes always censor artists first because art is the voice of the people. It is far too powerful for them to stand up against, so they try to silence it instead. Information and resources for Oregon-based artists and orgs: www.orartswatch.org/nea-funding-...

Also a good day to remember that arts workers are workers. When I see museums post things like this, I also want to know what the labor conditions are for their staff—ticket-takers, guards, and cleaners specifically.

I’m working on this quilt I’m going to call The First Hundred Days - it has 47 swears in it, and it’s a real circus of fucks.

ART IS NOT HERE TO MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE, YOU ARE THINKING OF A DUVET.

"Speaking of kids with autism, Kennedy said 'these are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date.'" We have a Secretary of HHS who fundamentally misunderstands a condition he is trying to "cure."

The Sobey art prize long list was announced yesterday and it’s impossible for me to start just how much removing the age limit has made for more interesting and exciting nominations. It’s almost as if mid-career and senior artists have worthwhile and underrated practices.

Shoutout to all my fellow artists who embrace their weird and use it to make stuff. I love you.

London 🇬🇧👀

MUSIC NEWS: Billy Joel to release sequel to “we didn’t start the fire” containing only the events of the last week. /s

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The entire ethos of Bluesky 💙

This. All day long.

I testified at the Arts and Economy city committee meeting today, the first with the new Portland administration! We are fighting for equity in arts funding and it’s worth sharing. Portlandartsandculture.org for more info. 2/4

Postcards from my happy place

Having to buy high vis workwear in children's sizes because it's more likely that an 11-year old boy will need it than a grown ass woman apparently

In times like this, artists are always on the front lines of resistance. Keep making. Never stop. Art will always prevail.