big ups to our colleagues from UPTE for showing us how to fight… now it’s time for UC to bargain in good faith with AFSCME whos been fighting for affordability and a fair contract they deserve

Tell UCOP and the Regents Not to Negotiate! Sign the action now: cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-an... @uc-faculty.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social

insane shit

People are not taking the proposal of significant cuts to Chicago Public Library quietly. This is DEEPLY unpopular, and it needs to be fixed in the budget. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...

For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone. @cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us. www.cft.org/resolution/e...

These guys really are accelerationists hell-bent on burning the whole thing down.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I've seen enough: the gerontocracy is dead. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...

Hell yes let’s gooooooo @ucaft.bsky.social

Here’s a writeup about the hearing from earlier today. Please note the statement from the University of California, notably not a plaintiff in this suit. It’s laughable. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

“The fact of this case shows that the federal government is using the threat of legal and financial sanctions in order to coerce the University of California and to commandeer the University of California in imposing its own ideological and political agenda,” www.courthousenews.com/uc-faculty-s...

This was a fun conversation, and I want to reiterate that I love Nick from @publicknowledge.bsky.social's sweater! And also, I want to reiterate that libraries and librarians have many valid reasons for concern about AI, but unless we want to abandon a century of policy work, copyright ain't one.

New from me today. TL;DR.. No! But, read the piece to learn why! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/03/c...

More than 60 California professors say they are suppressing their own work due to Trump's looming threats over UC. The chill is affecting students 7 medical patients alike. "The purpose is censorship," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & UC Irvine professor. @veenadubal.bsky.social

Judge on faculty's "overwhelming evidence": "It shows that the administration publicly announced a campaign to purge woke and left viewpoints from our country's leading universities." ... "Universities are then told, if you want the funding restored, then agree to change what you teach." Case:

So many of us at UC are overwhelmed by terrible decisions we had no part of. We're trying to work as our budgets are decimated, our students are threatened, and our values are imperiled. The very best thing we can do for ourselves right now is to come together. cucfa.solidarity.tech/fight-for-th...

“The report underscore[s] how the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which passed in response to years of nonviolent civil disobedience against racial injustice—is being cynically used to squash political dissent and speech that advocates for the human rights of Palestinians.” www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...

so what you're saying is the centrist brunchlord substack punditry's claims that Dems have to shift further right to win is complete bullshit

State Supreme Court deals defeat to UC over policy barring undocumented students from campus jobs

I just want @attackerman.bsky.social to get to write so many more of these until “blistering review of the life of a socially accepted genocidaire” is a genre of obit www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I don’t know why, but I continue to be surprised at the level of vitriolic racism dished out by this sitting Senator. Disgusting.

On the one hand, that malign hobgoblin Dick Cheney is dead, one of the last direct links to the Nixon White House in all its slime and odium. On the other, the people defending his policies -- unlimited torture and warrantless eavesdropping, casual warlike activities in the MENA -- are Democrats now

They made... an AI tool... to make AI... which is already built on actual writing... seem less like slop... JUST DO THE WRITING YOURSELF TO BEGIN WITH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

“The University of Southern California has issued layoff notices to more than 900 employees since July amid a fiscal crisis that has battered morale and strained resources.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

“The 27-page document is a master class in gaslighting. It purports to support free speech and civil rights while demanding the university squelch free speech and civil rights.”

The cruelty is the point

Judge Rita F. Lin will hear arguments re: motion for prelimiary injunction in the AAUP v. Trump case on Nov 6, 2025, 10am, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Phillip Burton Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco. apps.cand.uscourts.gov/CEO/cfd.aspx...

Many powerful snippets in unions’ reply RE: support of motion for preliminary injunction in AAUP v. Trump: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"The advent of large language models have made this type of content relatively easy to churn out on demand, and the majority of the review articles we receive are little more than annotated bibliographies, with no substantial discussion of open research issues."

Calling all UC-AFT lecturers: Join the November 14 Fall Bargaining Summit on Zoom. We’ll be discussing our contract pillars and building collective power as we move toward bargaining. RSVP now! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Following the successful faculty association lawsuit, the UC admininstration was forced to release Trump’s extortionist demands of UCLA. Now is the time to tell President Milliken and the UC Regents to refuse any concessions. Sign it: actionnetwork.org/letters/hold... @uc-faculty.bsky.social

CNN: Mamdani, are you going to vote for him? CHUCK SCHUMER: We're continuing to talk. CNN: The vote is on Tuesday; what are you gonna do? CHUCK SCHUMER: [walks away]

“We are not in an armed conflict with these cartels. And so this is just murder,” Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told The Intercept.

They don’t even know who they’re killing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

In principle, open access means that anyone, anywhere, can read and reuse scholarly work. In practice, many works labeled as “open” are constrained by restrictions that limit how they can be used. These constraints dilute the value of openness and conflict with its foundational definitions.

So, @uofcalifornia.bsky.social's fancy new $175+ million hotel is sure to help address the staffing issues hindering our research, delaying care to our patients, and enhancing the academic environment of our students, right? 😑

The faculty at UCLA, itself currently under austerity measures due to a nebulous and unresolved budget crisis, have just received a message that "ChatGPU Edu" is now available to faculty and staff "for purchase at a specially negotiated price." Do I work at a university?

The University of California is beginning an austerity campaign. The university has not filed a single lawsuit in its defense. The victories are all in cases brought by its unions and faculty associations. This is what they've been working on while we won back 100s of millions of dollars for them.

Today, we rallied at the Residence Inn by Marriott Berkeley to call out UC’s $175.8 million hotel splurge. UPTE members and allies showed up to say: fund people, not luxury hotels. That’s not public service—that’s a broken priority list. UC must reset its priorities. #UC #UnionStrong

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Waymo: we'll create traffic and kill your cat sfstandard.com/2025/10/28/w...

The Trump administration has demanded, among other things, that UCLA not enroll “foreign students likely to engage in anti-Western, anti-American, or antisemitic disruptions or harassment.”

You may be aware that UC Berkeley disclosed personal information to the federal government on specious grounds regarding individual faculty members' supposed political activities and positions. The likelihood that other campuses did likewise is high. This is a public statement demanding more.

🎉 Today the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program announces the new 2025-2026 OACIP Journals! Libraries, consortia, academic departments, research centers, museums and funding agencies can support any of the #DiamondOA journals seeking funding. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/cu5I50XgjY7

We’re presenting at the “Research, AI and Rights” webinar on Nov 14. Join for a discussion of the impacts of the ever-changing AI legal landscape on the work of researchers and the institutions that support them. RSVP at www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...

Another strong post from UC's Academic Senate, this time on the personally identifiable information of students, staff, and faculty that UC is (or might be) turning over to the Trump administration.

Absolute shithole country. capolicylab.org/news/analysi...