"Minnesota is under occupation by federal agents from ICE and CBP" -- agents who are murdering adults, beating teenagers, disappearing families & small children. Please support the brave people of MN as they protect one another from the occupation. Opportunities to give: www.standwithminnesota.com

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Theater Latté Da is accepting applications through October 15 for its NEXT Generation Commission. This $20,000 commission supports the creation and development of a new musical theatre project by a creative team that includes women artists and/or artists of color. www.latteda.org/next-generat...

We have to keep saying it: There is "nothing* that Texas college faculty are prohibited by law from teaching. Do not believe politicians who demand restrictions they never passed. Do not obey unconstitutional college policy. Do not self-censor. Do not comply.

act.aflcio.org/letters/tell... Please sign this petition in support of free speech for professors and K-12 teachers

Op Ed by President of the AAUP chapter at UT Austin. Let teachers teach, let students learn. #AcademicFreedom #DefendHigherEd

🔔Our open letter to academic leaders in TX: “As pressures mount on TX public institutions of higher education, we write on behalf of faculty across the state to remind you of your obligations to protect academic freedom and due process.” 1/3

From Eric Garcia (Washington bureau chief for The Independent and the author of "We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation"). See 🧵 for more important quotes from the conversation and link.

NEW: Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX has told faculty that they can't discuss trans people in curriculum. When I asked the justification for the policy, they referenced Texas state law - but Texas law doesn't forbid discussions of trans people in higher ed. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

The University Democrats at UT-Austin, a longstanding student group, has been told that no guests, candidates, or speakers can speak at their meetings unless the administration approves them. Submitted speakers' lists have been ignored or summarily denied. Please HMU if you know a good 1A attorney

do you remember the twenty-first night of september? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

the sandwich crimes unit contemplates the incident www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

We'll need to see more "emergency media" classes in the next few years — both practical wrkshps (perhaps offered thru public libraries?*) and historical / political-econ analyses. This article could be a great addition. * I've 🤔 organizing a Metro library wrkshp combining the critical + practical

People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives. Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

If you'd like to pause your morning and have a little joyful cry... 🥹👇

you’ll want to read this “The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is joining forces with the two federally recognized tribes in Florida in the fight against Ron DeSantis and Florida’s rapid efforts to build a migrant detention center set to house 5,000 beds”

Thinking about the Cave of Hands, some of the art dating back to 7,300BC, where 25% of the hand prints are thought to be that of children. Imagining those people gently holding their child up to the cave walls, and using their tiny little hands as a stencil. Art = love = the human soul

"Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against [DHS], [ICE], the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Miami-Dade County regarding a reckless plan for a massive detention center in the heart of the Everglades..." I just donated; maybe you will, too?

So if I had one piece of advice for 3 year olds it would be: Be less mercurial

PLEASE READ and SHARE from the CHILDREN'S Hospital Association: “Your child—regardless of their insurance status—could see the services they rely on reduced or eliminated... The bill amounts to fewer doctors and nurses to see your child, longer wait times, and sicker children."

the single image every genuinely freedom-loving american has been waiting for

What’s the worst detail in this story? The mother forced to use unclean water to make formula for her baby? The child w/cancer now facing relapse symptoms? The 16-year-old trying to be strong for her 2 younger siblings and mom, all trapped in the camp together? This is America. Don’t look away.

Awful: Trump just threatened to send troops into other cities. The conundrum is this: Faced with a president whose bad faith/willingness to invent fake pretexts for abusing his powers is limitless, the system is crashing, pushing us toward the abyss. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/1970...

BookWoman is an Austin treasure. Perhaps you'll support them and find your next read at ebookwoman.com !

Hey y’all, I’ve been thinking about how fast things changed for all Latiné people in LA. And what I’ve personally done to protect myself and my family. I thought it might be helpful for some of you so thought I’d share. 🧵

KEEP GOING. USE THAT MOMENTUM. What's your next move??

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

“We all collectively have to object to this madness,” said Huerta after his violent arrest for witnessing an ICE raid.

The leopards They are eating each other yes YES The leopards are HUNGRY

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

okay this is an emergency assistance thread for anyone who got this National Endowment for the Arts email today some of you can still get your money and I’m going to tell you how article to come later this weekend but here is the Cliffs Notes version:

Did the NEA just terminate a grant already awarded to you or your organization? Please consider logging your grant at this link to help arts orgs & advocates measure the dimensions of the loss of funding to our fields, and organize responses: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... And please share!

It’s (always) a good day to recognize student movements and to recognize the costs they’ve paid to stand against violence, genocide, segregation and apartheid.

Kent State/Jackson State. These memories haunted us when UT Austin called hundreds of riot police on peaceful protestors on April 25 & 29, 2024. All university administrators should be required to study these massacres as examples of what can happen when student protests are met with deadly force. ☮️

Classics professor Deborah Beck weighs in on the disastrous Senate Bill 37 www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

⭐️Texas: Please join us in testifying against SB 37 on Tuesday! We have lots of support to help you craft testimony. SB 37 endangers academic freedom in the core curriculum, the role of faculty in hiring, governance, & grievances, & the autonomy of our campuses. NOW is the time to speak out! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Do you have an outstanding grant with the NEA? I'm sharing this from a source I trust. TL;DR: today is likely the last day for NEA grantees to receive funds / get reimbursed. Close out your grants NOW. Read for more: (1/...)

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will: MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR. The measles surge in the southwest is now the SINGLE LARGEST OUTBREAK since 2000 and the United States is now at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

“Deputies are stopping Hispanic drivers for minor, unprovable traffic violations like veering left of center, then handing them over to Border Patrol agents who are sometimes already at the scene.” www.syracuse.com/news/2025/04...

No one should be above the law, most especially the President. Ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return isn't just cruel; it's unconstitutional. They're saying the quiet part aloud — if they get away with it now, they'll do it to anyone.

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.” That is dangerously false. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

"Decide today that you will recognize the ways in which we have been groomed in this country to de-humanize those who are incarcerated." - Sherrilyn Ifill

It’s a great time to join @AAUP. #StrongerTogether

Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important: He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.

Susan Kaye Quinn: "I started out talking about gardens—how our reflex in this capitalistic hellscape and time of uncertainty is to turn to “self sufficiency” or some fantasy of being independent of the chaos in the world. This is understandable but the exact opposite of what we need to do:" (1/2)