FYI at our most recent bargaining session UConn *still* had no response to our paid leave proposal. April 7 —> Nov 18 = 32 wks. If our proposal were a baby it would be the size of a papaya 🥭

I don’t drink the stuff anyway, but if you do, don’t. Dont cross the line, literally or figuratively.

it’s always going to be a great day when you’re teaching #DrBynum in the AfAm survey #iykyk @amantiquarian.bsky.social @rarebookschool.bsky.social @jcblibrary.bsky.social

👁️👁️ “Hird said while some faculty have six months of medical leave available to them, it does not include healthy post-partum mothers, fathers, non-birthing mothers & adoptive parents that are not experiencing a qualifying medical condition.” dailycampus.com/2025/11/10/u... #nutmegsky

Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE? Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social drive.google.com/drive/folder...

CSU-AAUP co-hosted a press conference with other American Association of University Professors chapters from across the state to demand that CT leaders reject the Trump administration's higher education "compact" and protect our freedoms.

Higher ed workers say: Condemn the Compact! Here is CSU-AAUP, AFT Local 6745 member A. Fiona Pearson, professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University, calling for us to unite in the face of these attacks on higher ed! @aftct.bsky.social

Connecticut state senator and professor at Quinnipiac University, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, calls for the rejection of Trump's loyalty oath compact! Reject the compact and defend the democratic right for higher ed workers to dissent! @aftct.bsky.social

Vice Chancellor of Pizza Bagels is safe in his job while entire academic programs are axed and frontline student services are farmed out to tech companies

Tomorrow! Wesleyan-AAUP hosts a "One Campus" rally to celebrate Wesleyan faculty, staff, and students who refuse to live in fear. Academic Freedom! Freedom of Speech! Solidarity across campus!

All the time. ALL the time.

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

Our awful transphobic bully of a mayor lost his seat last night, so he's completely off the town council. Plus, a sneaky-ass attempt to change our charter to force yearly budget referendums FAILED. Dems didn't just win in Enfield, they won by a LOT.

Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.

Ernie Clement Max Muncy Mookie Betts Say what you like about the teams but these are some absolutely classic baseball player names

Stand UP. FIGHT back 🔥 “We don’t need a cookie cutter budget approach that drains funds from UConn… to [pay] consultants who shop their same ideas from one university to the next…Heck, [it’s] much cheaper to just buy a copy of the report from their last client!” ctmirror.org/2025/10/30/u...

Stand UP. FIGHT back 🔥 “We don’t need a cookie cutter budget approach that drains funds from UConn… to [pay] consultants who shop their same ideas from one university to the next…Heck, [it’s] much cheaper to just buy a copy of the report from their last client!” ctmirror.org/2025/10/30/u...

#nutmegsky FYI all of this is organized through an existing mutual aid network in Hartford—no scams!

If you’ve been feeling disconnected or overwhelmed by the world, I have something simple & grounding for you to do right now. Send some rent money to 3 immigrant families in Hartford facing street homelessness. Rent is due and there are *no* family shelter beds available in CT.

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

Fuck ChatGPT. Fuck Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and the rest of the techno-fascist psychopathic billionaire lot. Fuck their white supremacist, authoritarian, and AI-slop dystopian vision of the world. People and planet over profit.

#nutmegsky FYI all of this is organized through an existing mutual aid network in Hartford—no scams!

If you’ve been feeling disconnected or overwhelmed by the world, I have something simple & grounding for you to do right now. Send some rent money to 3 immigrant families in Hartford facing street homelessness. Rent is due and there are *no* family shelter beds available in CT.

We know our tactics are working when we see PR panic like this: ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/s...

When Anthonhy Burns was kidnapped in Boston in 1854 under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act, thousands of ordinary white and Black Bostonians responded with outrage like this and stormed the jail in an unsuccessful attempt to free him.

HOW CAN ANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PAY FOR THIS???

Reader, there is no amount of “record-setting” that can refute the facts - UConn faculty have ZERO days guaranteed paid family leave.

Reader, there is no amount of “record-setting” that can refute the facts - UConn faculty have ZERO days guaranteed paid family leave.

We know our tactics are working when we see PR panic like this: ctmirror.org/2025/10/24/s...

You were blonde woman, thick head of hair, maybe late 40s or early 50s at RDU TSA checkpoint this morning. Traveling with your parents. Handling the luggage, their spatial awareness & strangers’. Got them to the lounge. Just want to say, I know an eldest/only daughter GOAT when I see one 🫡

That U.S. academics didn't collectively develop strong labor consciousness is really going to bite them in the ass as universities bend the knee to this administration. Politely worded letters to presidents and trustees are not going to count for much of anything.

Our UConn students kept watch over negotiations for more than 3 hours on Monday. When asked why it mattered to be there one shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.” @aaup.org #nutmegsky #academicsky #edusky

Our UConn students kept watch over negotiations for more than 3 hours on Monday. When asked why it mattered to be there one shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.” @aaup.org #nutmegsky #academicsky #edusky

Proud of my union @uconnaaup.bsky.social hittin’ the boss where it hurts … in the press. www.courant.com/2025/10/23/u...

It was our students who took turns holding signs and remaining visible to management through a sliver of window for over 3 hours. They stood watch outside the room until the very end. One shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.”

Proud of my union @uconnaaup.bsky.social hittin’ the boss where it hurts … in the press. www.courant.com/2025/10/23/u...

Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong

“We consider these protections essential given the ongoing climate of threats to academic freedom” #AcademicFreedom @uconnaaup.bsky.social

Breaking from me: WashU will continue to engage with the White House on "potentially consequential conversations" for #HigherEd but will not endorse the Trump administration's compact. #AcademicSky

YES!

This is how UConn’s handles family leave: “every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.” A striking contrast with all the emails about the University’s devotion to “creating efficiencies”