Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

"your Ai girlfriends are neither girls nor friends, discuss."

Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities. Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers. Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees. Support local independent coffee shops:

Good news from the EU!

This is worth watching.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Electric bills are up 11% this year, and shutoffs are spiking across the country. At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW

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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.

To recap: •Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually •Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses •The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45% 1/2

Seconded! This is an important clip.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

By the by, I learned this recently, lest anyone be tempted by @jackschlossberg.bsky.social’s candidacy.

Don’t cross the picket line!

Fellowship opportunity for early career academics who can't work in the US anymore, do share: jobs.zeit.de/jobs/early-c...

The US is technically the wealthiest country in the world yet we’re constantly told we can’t afford things practically all of the developed world takes for granted across the entire political spectrum.

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.

A thing about AI in higher ed right now is that half of us are scrambling to deal with the implosion of our information environment that broke reading/writing/source verification, while the other half is trying to achieve a massive institutional buy-in of the very thing that's causing the implosion

If nothing else, the vote results from yesterday suggest that, no matter what is happening in Congress or the White House, the people know they still have the power to affect change at the local level.

Here’s a fun fact: More than 1000 people have signed up at runforwhat.net to run for office since last night. 😈😈😈

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

This is fascinating!

CDC Figures It Easier To Start Tracking People Without Measles

It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.

The courts had to step in and tell Donald Trump to feed the people. Let that sink in. He was perfectly fine letting millions of Americans go hungry—in the middle of a shutdown that Republicans created. Do what the judge said, Donald. Release the funds and stop playing with folks’ livelihoods.

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME: The official Massachusetts SNAP website now warns that Trump is “choosing not to issue November SNAP benefits that help you and many families put food on the table.” It also warns of cuts due to “Congressional Republicans and President Trump” in the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Arizona High Schools To Now Teach Spanish Entirely In English

Entertain for a moment, if you will, the idea that the outcome of students gaining “AI literacy” would be their rejection of it. Not its use. The article linked below does everything Dr. Noble says it does. Highly recommended!

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Scrolling through the Major Events Timeline at the bottom of Trump’s attempt to justify his destruction of the East Wing. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

This brilliant little article gets at what I’ve seen but haven’t yet read: Chicago locals, regardless of status, are apprehensive about venturing out to restaurants and food stalls targeted by ICE. The result is a whole sector in economic and social crisis. www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...

Great job everybody. We bullied & ostracized people who used ChatGpt so they’re using it less. Looks like our work here is done.

'This is designed to say to the American public and the world: I can do whatever I want.' @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social reminds listeners that Trump said demolition for the new White House ballroom wouldn't be required...but part of the East Wing is being torn down anyway.

WATCH: “Donald Trump wants to be a king. That is the best explanation for everything he has been doing in recent days. Just look at what he is doing to the White House,” says Chris Hayes.

Very thoughtful op ed.

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This observation (and thread) had me going “yup, yup, yup.” Much is described and explained

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970 The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23 They constantly let America down

Here’s why I think the blow up costumes work: The fascist rhetoric is that the protests are “I hate America” rallies filled with “terrorists” that will “cheer for chaos instead of country” and impossible to hide images of joy and togetherness and generally being silly decimates their propaganda.

What Tressie says below is essentially the point of my @insidehighered.com column today. We know what students need (and want) and it has nothing to do with the pivot to AI. In fact, it's more like the opposite. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

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It’s pronounced cyclist.

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.