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Cultural freedom. Artistic expression. Independent creators defending democracy.
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#FallofFreedom
Nov 21-22 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
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Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against âAuthoritarian Forcesâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/arts/artists-trump-protests-fall-freedom.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.DW9c.SbfU8Hbed4yX&smid=bs-share
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"Downtown L.A. landmarks are lighting up with massive portraits of Angelenos â including Edward James Olmos and George Takei â protesting recent immigration raids. The public art campaign asks the public: 'Am I next?'"
laist.com/brief/news/l...
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Protest art in downtown
New public art campaign condemns ICE raids
https://laist.com/brief/news/los-angeles-activities/downtown-l-a-am-i-next-ice-art-edward-james-olmos-george-takei
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VANCOUVER: For the 9th edition of this Univerisity of British Columbia festival, ARTIVISM invites audiences to embrace the monster within, reclaiming monstrosity as a site of solidarity and resistance.
www.arts.ubc.ca/events/event...
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UBC
https://www.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/?eventTag=artivism
about 6 hours ago
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Artists and arts institutions will participate in Fall of Freedom, a nationwide call to creative action Nov. 21-22, intended to resist threats to free expression and due process due to governmental pressure, interference, and repression. Even in Texas, y'all!
glasstire.com/2025/11/09/n...
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Texas Artists & Venues to Participate in âFall of Freedomâ Event | Glasstire
Texas venues in Dallas, Houston, and Austin to participate in the nationwide âFall of Freedomâ creative protest event November 21-22.
https://glasstire.com/2025/11/09/nationwide-fall-of-freedom-event-to-include-texas-artists-arts-institutions/
about 6 hours ago
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Based on the testimonies of nearly 500 artists and arts workers, "Afraid to Speak Freely" reveals an epidemic of self-censorship across the sector. People are watching what they say. Many fear professional exile for stepping outside the new ideological orthodoxy. MORE:
www.freedominthearts.com
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BRUSSELS: "Established in a former bank in 2021, RESET also oversees the visual arts platform RESET Atelier, the music creation hub RESET Studios and Abrupt Festival." European cultural institutions are beginning to tumble under political policies.
ra.co/news/83959
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Brussels' RESET to close this month after public funding slashed · News â RA
In a Friday statement, organisers confirmed that an 80 percent cut in public funding has left the venue 'no longer financially viable.'
https://ra.co/news/83959
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"These works proved that art can challenge prejudice, demand recognition, and tell essential truths that statistics or politics alone cannot."
www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-r...
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The Harlem Renaissance: How a Neighborhoodâs Revolution Changed American Culture Forever
By HWM In the 1920s, Harlem was not just a neighborhood in Manhattanâit was the electric center of a cultural and artistic revolution that altered
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-harlem-renaissance-how-a-neighborhoods-revolution-changed-american-culture-forever/
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"Works such as Free Expression by Condé + Beveridge frankly express apprehension regarding free trade and visualize its potential impact on the art community, revealing concerns about American cultural imperialism."
thewalrus.ca/the-wild-pro...
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The Wild Protest Art That Free Trade Inspired | The Walrus
Police crotches at a Quebec summit, nations on disposable plates: how artists fought NAFTA culture
https://thewalrus.ca/the-wild-protest-art-that-free-trade-inspired/
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In The Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen warns what happens when empathy grows cold. This reflection for creators explores how artists can use imagination as warmthârefusing to walk by indifferently while others strike small flames of hope.
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The Little Match Girl and the Fire We Refuse to Share
What would it mean to create with the warmth we withhold?
https://open.substack.com/pub/abbetuck/p/the-little-match-girl-and-the-fire?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=51hh1i
3 days ago
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Artists and other creators: Remember the story of The Little Match Girl? Read it in a new light later today. Subscribe to Abbetuck's free Substack feed:
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LOS ANGELES: Getty Center presents "How to Be a Guerrilla Girl," Nov. 18, 2025âApr. 12, 2026. The exhibition offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look into the inner workings of the feminist art collective.
heysocal.com/2025/11/03/g...
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Getty 'How to Be a Guerrilla Girl' exhibit opens Nov. 18
Coinciding with the Guerrilla Girlsâ 40th anniversary, "How to Be a Guerrilla Girl," on view Nov. 18 through April 12, 2026, offers a rare...
https://heysocal.com/2025/11/03/getty-how-to-be-a-guerrilla-girl-exhibit-opens-nov-18/
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"If the history of protest art and art as protest tells us anything, itâs that art can be created anywhere and belongs everywhere."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/11/cons...
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Considering History: Protest Art and Art as Protest in American History | The Saturday Evening Post
Art has been integral to the foundational American story of protest.
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/11/considering-history-protest-art-and-art-as-protest-in-american-history/
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LOS ANGELES: Beyond the Streets presents "Shepard Fairey: Out of Print," a landmark exhibition devoted to the artistâs lifelong dialogue with printmaking. Nov. 15, 2026-Jan. 11, 2026. Obey ... and go.
stupiddope.com/2025/11/shep...
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âFaith represents patience, focus, and long-term vision. Fear represents shortcuts, panic, and distraction. The difference between the two decides whether an artist burns bright or builds forever.â
vocal.media/beat/beyond-...
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Beyond the Numbers: Why Real Independence Starts with Structure
Why Real Independence Starts with Structure
https://vocal.media/beat/beyond-the-numbers-why-real-independence-starts-with-structure
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When the world grows dark, the artistâs task is the same as Ravenâs: to find the light, free it from its keepers, and scatter it so others can see. In this Substack post about creative defiance, discover what artists and other creators can learn from the trickster who liberated the sun:
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Raven Steals the Light
What Do Artists Do When the World Grows Dark?
https://substack.com/@abbetuck/note/p-177909090?r=51hh1i
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"RosalĂa Torres-Weiner, who identifies as an âartivist,â travels to various locations in North Carolina with a mobile exhibition that spreads cultural heritage and expression."
english.elpais.com/culture/2025...
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Day of the Dead on wheels: How a van is sharing the tradition with migrant communities through art
Mexican RosalĂa Torres-Weiner, who identifies as an âartivist,â travels to various locations in North Carolina with a mobile exhibition that spreads cultural heritage and expression
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-31/day-of-the-dead-on-wheels-how-a-van-is-sharing-the-tradition-with-migrant-communities-through-art.html#
8 days ago
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La Lloronaâs haunting legend reveals what every artist knows: the pain of destroying our own creations. This DĂa de los Muertos, honor the work youâve drowned, forgive yourself, and create again. MORE âŹïž
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La Llorona and the Art We Killed
Weâve all drowned something we made. This DĂa de los Muertos, remember the work you silenced, and then make something that lives.
https://abbetuck.com/la-llorona/
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@xrglobal.bsky.social
is a global, non-violent movement that often uses arts activism (like "die-ins') to raise awareness about climate and ecological emergencies. Abbetuck supports deploying all disciplines of the arts for creative resistance and social change.
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"A protest-band clarinetist, got arrested, spent two nights in jail, and is now facing a felony charge for assaulting a federal officer might seem absurd if it werenât so serious â and so emblematic of the ways in which the Trump administration is seeking to criminalize dissent." Music has power.
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Why Are the Feds Criminalizing a Clarinetist?
This mom got roughed up at a protest â and has since been charged with assault
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/why-are-the-feds-criminalizing-a
9 days ago
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In 2016, an Indianapolis Jiffy Lube location fell victim to graffiti. Instead of continuously covering it up, the company had a better idea. It got in touch with the Indianapolis Arts Council and identified artists who wanted to have their work displayed for all to see.
fox59.com/indiana-news...
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Jiffy Lube gives Indy artists a platform with mural project
INDIANAPOLIS â A national chain of auto shops is giving its locations a piece of local flair. It started as a way to cover up graffiti and has turned into an award-winning initiative. When dâŠ
https://fox59.com/indiana-news/jiffy-lube-gives-indy-artists-a-platform-with-mural-project/amp/
9 days ago
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Some of our friends in southern Arizona may be especially interested in this upcoming event blending arts activism and wildlife conservation, scheduled for November 15.
10 days ago
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King Midas got everything he wanted ... and lost everything that mattered. Here's a modern parable for
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This is beautiful.
www.orartswatch.org/what-we-hold...
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âWhat We Hold & Leave Behindâ: Personal artifacts inspire a collaboration of poetry and photographs âą Oregon ArtsWatch
Poet Willa Schneberg and photographer Jim Lommasson enlisted 20 senior poets for the project, a Cover to Cover event combining a reading and slide show.
https://www.orartswatch.org/what-we-hold-leave-behind-personal-artifacts-inspire-a-collaboration-of-poetry-and-photographs/
11 days ago
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"Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK governmentâs crackdown on the right to protest." This is
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www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/monumen...
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Why are there prison bars around the statues of Gandhi, Mandela and Fawcett in Parliament Square? - Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK governmentâs crackdown on the right to protest. What happened A t...
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/monuments-protest/
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"The One Lawndale Arts and Activism Incubator (OLAAI) empowers Black and Brown youth in Chicagoâs Lawndale neighborhood by blending art, activism and racial healing..."
www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/10/29/l...
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Where art meets action: The One Lawndale Arts and Activism Incubator - Austin Weekly News
The One Lawndale Arts and Activism Incubator (OLAAI) empowers Black and Brown youth in Chicagoâs Lawndale neighborhood
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/10/29/lawndale-arts-and-activism-incubator/
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Can art represent the heart both scientifically and emotionally?
www.su.ac.za/en/faculties...
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HeartWorks: Fine arts and biomedical students reconsider the human heart
The âHeartWorks: Science Meets Artâ exhibition was held in September at the Medical Morphology Learning Centre at SU's Tygerberg Campus. The exhibition, which was organised by the Centre for Cardio-me...
https://www.su.ac.za/en/faculties/medicine/news/heartworks-fine-arts-and-biomedical-students-reconsider-human-heart
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Proving once again that there is no accounting for taste.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
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White House fires commission charged with advising the president on design as Trump pushes construction projects | CNN Politics
The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on âmatters of des...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/politics/trump-fine-arts-commission-firings
12 days ago
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AMSTERDAM, NL: "Works include pieces smuggled from Russia and Ukraine, highlighting the risks artists face under surveillance, exile and war."
p.dw.com/p/4zMAa
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Amsterdam exhibit highlights Russian protest artists â DW â 08/22/2025
The largest exhibition of protest art by Russian artists is now on show in Amsterdam. "Artists Against the Kremlin" raises a voice against the Russian government's propaganda and repression, which is ...
https://p.dw.com/p/4zMAa
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Federal funding for nonprofit literary arts programs has been in dire straits. Now, seven deep-pocketed philanthropic foundations are coming together to help fill in the gaps.
literaryartsfund.org/grants/
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Grants | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund offers two grant opportunities for U.S.-based literary arts nonprofits: general operating and innovation project grants.
https://literaryartsfund.org/grants/
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Elder artists and creators: You donât owe anyone your exhaustion, even in these tyrannical times. Wisdom now lies in knowing when enough is enough.
open.substack.com/pub/abbetuck...
#ancientwisdom
#artisticresistance
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13 days ago
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"Corporate giving to theatres, long in decline due to shifts in attention toward social and political causes, has plummeted in recent years. Meanwhile the Trump administration and its enablers in Congress seem intent on decimating federal funding of the arts."
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"Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." The
@consilium.europa.eu
is doing what the Trump administration wouldn't know how to do ... if it wanted to. We wonder how The Council of Europe feels about the degredation of freedoms in the USA. The Council has our respect.
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Strengthening Dialogue between Law Enforcement and Journalists to Combat Impunity for Crimes against Freedom of Expression
Lviv, Ukraine 21-22 October 2025
https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/council-of-europe-supports-strategic-dialogue-on-democracy-and-media-freedom-at-the-donbas-media-forum-2025-4
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This is lovely to see.
www.rferl.org/a/russian-em...
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How Russian Embassies Have Been Trolled Since The 2022 Ukraine Invasion
Amid years of political failure and military deadlock, protesters around the world have used art, and in some cases vandalism outside Russian embassies to make their feelings known about the Kremlinâs invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-embassies-trolled-art-vandalism-protest-ukraine-invasion/33572258.html
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This could come in handy. SaĂșl Baeza ArgĂŒello, PhD, a researcher in The Netherlands, "explores how identity prostheses (designed tools that reshape how we present ourselves) can be used to resist and rethink algorithmic surveillance."
www.tue.nl/en/news-and-...
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Performing Surveillance
SaĂșl Baeza ArgĂŒello investigates how identity prostheses can help individuals resist algorithmic profiling and rethink their role in digital surveillance systems.
https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/27-10-2025-performing-surveillance
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Are you an "elder" in the creative activist universe? Are you on Substack? Join us there and receive more of this message tomorrow.
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I Already Carried Her Across the River
Ancient wisdom for artists and other creators who have already done the hard work and wonder if itâs time to let go.
https://open.substack.com/pub/abbetuck/p/i-already-carried-her-across-the?r=51hh1i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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âAll Hallow's Eve,â JosĂ© Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, Aguascalientes, Mexico 1852-died Mexico City, Mexico 1913, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jack Lord.
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"If the city has become hostile, then the runner becomes its antidote. Running, in this context, stops being just physical training â it becomes an act of nonviolent protest... "Itâs not about breaking rules â itâs about creative resistance." Welcome to the resistance, runners!
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Hostile Architecture in Cities: How Urban Design Discourages Movement (and How We Can Take Space Back)
Hostile architecture: discover how unfriendly benches, spikes, and urban design limit your freedom to move â and how runners can reclaim public space through creative movement and urban resistance
https://runlovers.it/en/2025/hostile-architecture-limits-movement-runner/
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Donât meet power on its terms. You donât need to be bigger or louder. You need to be sharper, stranger, more inventive. Ancient wisdom on creativity as the weapon that breaks power's monopoly:
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Creativity has always promised liberation, but history reminds us that imagination can just as easily be weaponized. From propagandaâs golden age to todayâs algorithmic persuasion, beauty has often served power more than truth. Learn more in Abbetuck's next e-newsletter. Subscribe now (it's free):
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Art is rising. So is resistance.
Subscribe to the only e-newsletter covering all the arts through the lens of activism, advocacy, and creative defiance. No fluff. No ads. Free at https://abbetuck.com/subscribe/
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The survival of American culture will be up to individual artists and independent artist organizations. This won't be the first time in the history of humans.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Column | Trumpâs pressure on museums wonât stop at the Smithsonian
The administration began with cultural institutions that rely on federal dollars. But itâs bigger than that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/10/25/trump-pressure-campaign-museums/
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This essay from Abbetuck is written for artists, writers and thinkers who sense that old stories carry durable knowledge that modern culture often forgets.
open.substack.com/pub/abbetuck...
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How Anansi Stole the Stories
Ancient wisdom on creativity as the weapon that breaks powerâs monopoly
https://open.substack.com/pub/abbetuck/p/how-anansi-stole-the-stories?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=51hh1i
16 days ago
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Narcissists need oxygen. Let's give our energy to altruists, instead. The arts can do that.
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"What America is experiencing now is the feature presentation, a systematic, full-frontal assault on our nationâs cultural and intellectual life." We wonder how French president Emmanuel Macron feels about the cultural and intellectual life of France. He has our respect.
time.com/7327987/trum...
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Trumpâs Campaign to Defund the Artsâand Rewrite History
"The campaign to defund the arts, capture our museums, and rewrite our history is a prelude to silencing dissent."
https://time.com/7327987/trump-defund-arts-rewrite-history/
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We recently spoke with the CEO of an architecture firm. He has resigned himself to the idea that AI will soon replace the need for architects. How tragic.
www.archdaily.com/1035178/how-...
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How Will BIM 2.0, AI Assistance, and Integrated Workflows Shape the Architectâs Design Experience?
Discover how Archicad 29, AI and integrated tools are transforming architectural design, enhancing creativity and collaboration in the digital landscape.
https://www.archdaily.com/1035178/how-will-bim-ai-assistance-and-integrated-workflows-shape-the-architects-design-experience
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Since 2023, Texas officials have often restricted or criticized liberal-leaning forms of expression. Fire calls the recent changes in Texas an overcorrection. We wonder how Kentucky Governor
@andybeshearky.bsky.social
feels about higher ed and free speech. He has our respect.
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Texas campuses feel Republicansâ political overhaul
Some students and professors say recent changes and scandals chill speech at universities. Others argue that conservative opinions can now be shared more freely.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/23/texas-republicans-higher-ed-college-political-overhaul/
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"The Trump administrationâs proposed compact with colleges would violate academic freedom and freedom of expression in three broad areas." We wonder how Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney feels about universities. He has our respect.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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How the Compact Curtails Academic Freedom (opinion)
The Trump administrationâs proposed compact with colleges would violate academic freedom and freedom of expression in three broad areas.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/10/23/how-compact-curtails-academic-freedom-opinion
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"The leader of a $183 billion AI company found himself reassuring the current administration that his companyâs AI chatbot wouldnât spread 'ideological bias.'" We wonder how Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo feels about AI. She has our respect.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Trumpâs war on âwoke AIâ will stifle innovation â and free speech
The White House's âanti-wokeâ AI agenda and a patchwork of state laws threaten to undermine the openness that made U.S.-based AI companies global leaders.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-woke-ai-anthropic-ceo-free-speech-rcna239199
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