Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ. It's a surreal--and troubling--read. drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

Larry Sommers has a lot to answer for

Just feed the whole world into AI for inappropriate content at this point.

The Clinton vs Trump comparison is amusing

If anyone makes an AI bot out of me after I die then I am going to haunt them in real life.

The @zeteo.com searchable dataset of Epstein documents is the best I've seen— by far. You can filter by date range, person, organization, and location. Amazing public service. Check out @micahflee.com and @premthakker.bsky.social 's article (below) and explore the data via the link in the article

>The White House posted a blog on its website earlier this week announcing “NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks.” The announcement was based entirely on a report from food delivery app DoorDash titled “State of Local Commerce,” You_are_not_serious_people.gif

Yanking a priest out of the crowd to throw him to the ground and arrest him.

It was less than a decade ago when we held our failed vote. How the times have changed.

Love good chart of Results vs Time

>A professor who showed a graphic labeling the “Make America Great Again” slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster “intellectual diversity.”

But what are they doing?

I don't understand how my 8:30 social movements class (which historically only gets about 20 students in it) has 25 students in it but my afternoon class for data analytics students only has 9 and might not fill.

over the last 20ish years there have been 3 campaigns at penn state. each moved the ball further downfield than the previous, and i'm very proud to have been a part of it the organizers were very brave to take on psu again and this is a staggering victory. congratulations

For those who don't know, I spent a lot of my grad school career helping (and eventually failing) to form a union at Penn State. We got a vote, but we lost. I'm so happy and excited for the grad workers there now. They deserve a union.

I bet MPSA and APSA could get more early bird registration if they let early bird's select one day where their panels would NOT be. This would be a logistical nightmare though.

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Excited for SCOTUS to rule that California can't redistrict but Texas has to redistrict for some reason.

*DOJ SUES TO BLOCK CALIFORNIA'S NEW US HOUSE MAP: AP

UNIONIZED STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AS OF THIS MORNING @sbworkersunited.org Don't cross the picket line

Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General

>Google is hosting a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officials.

Does anyone out there have strong feelings _and_ cites about the use of clustered standard errors when also using random effects?

Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.

Does anyone out there have strong feelings _and_ cites about the use of clustered standard errors when also using random effects?

While @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS! Starbucks baristas are striking for a fair contract — and we’re standing with them. Show the billionaires that our solidarity is stronger than their greed. #NoContractNoCoffee

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are officially on strike on Red Cup Day at corporate stores across the country! All 15 million members of America’s unions stand in solidarity with them in their fight for a fair contract with fair wages and better scheduling.

Baristas are saying it plain: #NoContractNoCoffee SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting. Sign the pledge: www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge

Mugs down!

One of @kickstarterunited.org's founding organizers Clarissa Redwine did a podcast series about how they pulled off unionizing a tech company, if you want to organize yours. kickstarterunited.org/oral-history/ The best time to unionize your job is when times are good. The second best time is now.

The pundit-ification of politicians.

This season of The Witcher feels very off-kilter.

Residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp staged a rally east of Tulkarem on Wed. demanding to return to their homes after more than ten months of forced displacement, Palestinian Information Center reported. Dozens, including women and children, protested near an Israeli... Credit: @palinfoen (X)

Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.

Others have said something like this but I will add: I didn't actually think there would be that much of a smoking gun in all these files, figured it was going to be a big nothing. I no longer believe that.

AZ Representative Adelita Grijalva has signed the Epstein discharge petition, the last of 218 votes needed to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House. Meanwhile, 100,000s of federal workers wait for a House vote approving a Continuing Resolution to restart government operations.

If you are thinking "it isn't fair that they have a 4 day work week and I don't" you are right! Fix that problem by forming a union and bargaining for what you need.

WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!

It is ironic (or maybe not) that the reaction to this impunity was a driver of Trump's appeal.

Science is not actually about arguing.

Rockstar fired 40 employees in order to kill a union drive. Watch interviews with those they fired. youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...

Trump has written to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, urging him to “fully pardon Netanyahu.”

Stay classy Larry

BREAKING: Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the underage girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reut.rs/4hZV3nw

Epstein's email address was [email protected]?

A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.

The American dream is lying about your product until you can afford to build it. www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLu...

What is an album you are enjoying currently?

"[Weiss] wants to get rid of standards" is such a quote.

Folks, I'm teaching Political Behavior and Public Opinion in the Spring and I am looking for 5-6 new(ish) books that would be appropriate for upper level undergrads. Books on race/gender particularly welcome, as are self recommendations. Suggestions?