*After spring break* Four-year old: I don't want to go to school. Me: Same, girlie. Same.

4.5 year old: You are a professor, Mommy, just like Professor Inkling in Octonauts. Professor Inkling:

I am literally on hour 4 of dealing with *just* emails 😭😭

**Speaking with non-Americans living outside of the US** Them: Are you guys OK??? Me:

Nonstop consuming all of the analyses of these VF photos. AI could never!! #resist

Trump’s approval is sliding fast, and it’s completely self-inflicted. Tariffs, deportations, and the One Big Ugly Bill are already backfiring. Tomorrow, Jay Kuo breaks down why recovery before the midterms looks unlikely. And yesterday, Todd Beeton examined the psychology driving MAGA’s politics.

Not many left on the shelves this year

HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."

It is 2025. Why are people doing video calls in public spaces without headphones??? I would be mortified. The entitlement, ugh.

The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy. Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality. John Roberts > Roger Taney. Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.

Dystopian timeline we are in.

I spoke to a full professor about my job offer negotiations. They were shocked that I negotiated at all and wasn't just grateful for the opportunity.

~Reunited and it feels so good 😍 @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app

Immigration enforcement is usually thought of as a federal issue, but ICE's work is intertwined with state law in a number of ways. @aliciabannon.bsky.social examines recent state litigation WI, NY, and CA that will shape the relationship between ICE and the states & localities in which it operates.

Most people in the U.S. immigration court system lack legal representation Yet research shows that legal advice improves due process, fair outcomes and courtroom efficiency Our issue brief outlines ways for NGOs & others to expand access to representation 🔗 Read: bit.ly/immig-courts

I understand the financial need to graduate in 4 years...but I see so many students who take 5-6 classes, work multiple jobs (to afford said classes), and have familial responsibilities. Of course its going to be difficult to manage the time and the work.

this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...

Democrats Dominate First Major Elections of Trump’s Second Term

Zohran Mamdani has made history—New York City has elected its first Muslim, socialist mayor. @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social reflects on what this moment means for working-class New Yorkers, for Muslims, and for the city itself.

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?" She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

Citing ChatGPT during a wedding speech makes my skin crawl. Yikes, don't waste your precious speech times with that BS.

Kristi Noem is flat-out lying when she claims no U.S. citizen has been arrested in her violent crackdown. Do a web search on “immigration citizen arrested” and you’ll see. Here’s one of the many documented reports we found.

Autumn in New York 🎶 #NewYorkCity #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸

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Can't tell if this dread and anxiety are from politics, the exhaustion of US parenting, middle-of-the-semester scaries, missing promised writing deadlines, or from trying to keep my sanity through this all 🫠

My non-white friends' conversations this weekend. Talking about how terrifying it is to be seen as a "fuuhreignnerrr" in 2025.

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for @nymag.com --> nymag.com/intelligence...

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

4-year-old: Mommy, why is a house called 'a house'? Me: That is a great question. I am not sure! #toddlerquestions

Kicking off our @migrationpolicy.bsky.social conference State of Play panel, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum, emphasizes that "In the absence of immigration, the US would look a lot like Japan” He also notes that our success will be dictated by our immigration policies

Randomly remembering how a grad school classmate would loudly eat their meal in class *and* put their feet up on their seat in class (while everyone was sitting in a circle). Another classmate had one earphone in their ear during class and watching a TV show on their laptop.

Grading my students' video posts. One of my students had a tuxedo cat just hanging out on his shoulder like a parrot. I jokingly told him that he'd get extra points because of the cat. At the end of the video, the student made a point and the cat gave him a dubious look 😂

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Went to the doctor yesterday and the physician used AI to record and transcribe my visit. AI definitely lessens the burnout of healthcare workers...but AI corporations having access to my audio AND medical information literally makes my skin crawl.

Jane Goodall also got a kick out of being impersonated on RuPaul's Drag Race snatch game! Did an Earth Day chat with Nymphia Wind who portrayed her www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdra...

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Summary and full opinion here www.aaup.org/aaup-v-rubio...

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Happy Filipino American History Month! 🇵🇭🇺🇸😍

The man arrested for Charlie Kirk’s murder is a White 22 year old named Tyler Robinson. This is how prominent MAGA pundit Dinesh D’Souza is reacting - blaming professors.

New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's. If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too. It's just a question of political will.

This is class solidarity. In case you’re at all confused.

Getting so many freaking emails about external links on Blackboard not working on a left click. Found out the right clicks (and opening a new tab/window) work. UGHH. I despise classroom tech "upgrades" because they often have these random bugs 😡

Post cats, not takes

Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08

Charlie Kirk's assassination reminds me of Ninoy Aquino's assassination. Even if we fundamentally disagreed on our values and beliefs, political violence is never the answer.

The US is far and away the top destination for Filipino migrants globally A rich & complicated history explains the migration—and how it is changing