Incredible. The newly-published DNC autopsy of 2024 is 192 pages. *Zero* mentions of the words "Israel," "Palestine," or "Gaza." (DNC Chair Ken Martin concedes the autopsy does not meet his standards, nor would it meet yours).

"Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic." 🎁 article

THIS WEDNESDAY: join @dairinstitute.bsky.social as we launch the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a resource for workers fighting AI at work. We provide strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of this tech through case studies, primers, and a resource library. www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-...

Solo show, opening next week!

When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news

Spread the word: "The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library."

Jeff Bezos paid $0.00 in income taxes in 2007 and 2011, years when his net worth was $4 billion and $18 billion respectively. Otherwise, he pays an income tax rate of about 1%. More people should know this! www.propublica.org/article/the-...

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

TIL that rail workers on Long Island on average make more money than I do, a tenured Ivy League professor. Solidarity with LIRR and Teamsters and please can we reverse the Yeshiva decision so I can join a union?

The Social Science Research Council’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Goroff, a leading figure in social science, philanthropy, and science policy, as its 16th president. Read more: www.ssrc.org/announcement...

Every day of Trump 2.0 I think “it can’t get more outrageous than this,” and I am wrong. This slush fund thing is so fucking rancid and unacceptable and I hate the feeling and reality that no politician is going to stop it, or call in Batman or something. This is not a country.

"Only about 12 percent of trustees at American colleges & universities have professional experience in higher education. If it seems odd to imagine 88% of the directors at, say, investment banks having no particular expertise in investment banking, that is the situation in the field of higher ed."

Save the Data: LGBTQ+ Data Rescue Hackathon on Thurs May 28 from 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET.

TIL that rail workers on Long Island on average make more money than I do, a tenured Ivy League professor. Solidarity with LIRR and Teamsters and please can we reverse the Yeshiva decision so I can join a union?

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

This is reinforcing my belief that "Jewish organizations would truly be lucky if Mamdani were the leading pro-Palestine politician in the United States, and going after him the way they have is not just morally wrong, but strategically misguided in a way that will endanger Jews for years to come."

A civic grammar for AI rights - By Alondra Nelson | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

💯 this conversation between @baratunde.com & @alondra.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

I created a word to encapsulate our current reality: Plukleptokakistocracy. It’s the perfect, toxic cocktail of: Plutocracy (Rule by wealth) Kleptocracy (Rule by thieves) Kakistocracy (Rule by the worst people) I have to post this every now and then because, unfortunately, it just keeps applying.

What I find so weird about the whole discourse is that I, a college professor, spend most of my time explaining complex ideas to 18-year-old novices. There’s a lot to mock academics for, but most of us couldn’t do our jobs at all if we didn’t know how to communicate with non-experts

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Today I found a store selling a “limited edition” fragrance. When I asked if I would be able to buy it again, salesperson was shocked. “Oh yes. ‘Limited edition’ only means we make small batches because most people won’t like it.” 👑

Lucky me to have met David several times as a child. May he rest in power.

Solidarity with the union! Remember: the point is to disrupt. If you’re late or inconvenienced, blame the owner, not the worker seeking dignified work.

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

🥕 This Groundhog has been stealing a Farmer's crops for years and eats them right in front of his camera @depressionlesss

What does Iran's internet blackout feel like at our university? Closer than you might think. I write about it for the Tyee: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Next week on the Music Book Podcast, @carynrose.bsky.social tells us why it’s critical that a woman would write about Patti Smith, just as she’s done in “Why Patti Smith Matters” and her new chapbook “Three Chords and Blessed Noise: A Tour Chronicle.”

I’m going to lean into my rational doomerism and predict we are entering the three month period in which terminal damage is done to US higher ed.

We @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk have a one year assistant professor in public policy post for next academic year www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Cool, so NSF is now going to be used to essentially launder money to tech bros because universities are just too cumbersome and disciplinary oversight and regulations and accountability are all just too stifling for innovation. $1.5B for “X-Labs.”

If you're anywhere near Cambridge on May 29th, come see Jamelle Bouie, Martha Jones, Heather Thompson & other starry speakers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets are *free* but nearly gone so hit the link below asap www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/story/the-un...

Ive really come to love the relative quiet of the morning, before Americans enter the chat.

My latest free newsletter is about one of The New York Times's specialties: publishing the opinions of wealthy elites as if they are news.

This is the stupid future we probably deserve for our sins

Idk but it seems like a booze cruise to me

I live in the land and time of inebriated deer.

BREAKING: Despite four votes of No Confidence, the President & Board of Portland State University have proceeded to balance the budget on the backs of students, faculty, & staff & announce the deepest cuts in the history of the university. @psuaaup.bsky.social 👇

I don't want to read any more opinions about "how instructors should respond to AI" that don't engage at all with our working conditions: heavy teaching loads, large class sizes, adjunctification, etc.

I wish I didn’t know as much about the end of Reconstruction as I do. If you understood what is being unleashed now, how it will touch every aspect of our civic life, and how difficult it will be to undo it, you wouldn’t be able to think about anything else.

I’ll save them the time and admit right now that I’m guilty of thought crimes.

One sector - Higher Education - is currently shedding tens of thousands of uniquely-skilled jobs in cities all over the UK. And the government - the LABOUR party - doesn't appear to be remotely interested.

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

COOKED.

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

A Blackburnian Warbler by Central Park's Turtle Pond. 💛

Breathtaking image of Jupiter captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft