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Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.

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DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week. That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports. Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt

submitted 8 hours ago • 18 comments

You just know he’s thinking of doing something very ill-advised…

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

verena was one of the last pandemic prevention-focused programs in the US, and trump is cutting the funding in half.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Depressing chart of the day...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

I joined a First Amendment casebook, and was interested to see the AI clause in the contract. (In summary: no uploading proprietary info to an AI app, and any AI use must be disclosed.)

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Also, as I understand it, US colleges overall are trying to stem enrollment decline due to the "demographic cliff." www.npr.org/2025/01/08/n...

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We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work. 🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25 💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month  🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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I know it shouldn't surprise me at this point, but I'm still gobsmacked by the alacrity of tech companies seeking to hollow out labor, institutions, and people as quickly and cheerfully as possible. They are trying to snuff out any lingering trace of humanity in the system.

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This article is, as they say, a rich text

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

Happening all over. RIFed friend at the FDA will do food-tracking for a blockchain grocery industry thing instead. RTOed rocket scientist neighbor might go to Raytheon instead of moving his family away to the middle of nowhere. Most, of course, will not have these backup plans available.

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I did not realize this was a real article, and I really encourage clicking through

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

It really is, but now I'm imagining K&E in union-organizing mode, like, coming up with a rating between 1-4 that reflects how likely all the other big firms are to agree to capitulate to Trump...

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It looks like the @nytimes.com has changed the headline on that column on international students to something far worse & indefensible. This is grossly irresponsible at a time when international students & higher ed are under such attack.

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Spouse suggested that these otters resembled a faculty meeting, but I wonder if the otters are acting with a greater sense of shared purpose?

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Excited to be the guest on the latest episode of Pod Save America! I talk about our labor history, the plague of individualism on social movements and activists today, and then I read Jared Polis out of the Democratic Party for vetoing Colorado's right to work repeal!! crooked.com/podcast/crim...

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The real issue is that states have largely de-funded their public universities. But yes, let's continue focusing on the Ivies (which have <70k total undergrads across 8 schools).

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So close to getting it: Elon says the government is an overgrown DMV, implying incompetence. But everywhere I’ve lived, the DMV has done a perfectly good job, aside from all the waiting. Solution: more DMV clerks/offices.

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The reason why this article is so bad is that the only argument it marshals against international students is a fallacy. There isn’t a fixed set of slots for people to compete for, given by nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

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I knew bituminous coal was a thing bc labor lawyer, but I has no idea bitumen looked like this…

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A - Always B - Be C - Cloning Joe Biden

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You just know he reposted it bc he likes the picture of himself…

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The Menace!!!

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Considered sending this to a not-very-online friend, then contemplated how unhinged I’d sound explaining the backstory…

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Always an informative read.

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Everyone needs someone in their life who will say to their face "no, nobody will think that's funny or winsome."

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Hello! 🌱

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I had not seen this WSJ article from earlier this week. The 1st Amendment violation admitted in the last paragraph of this passage would be too obvious to use on a law school exam. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

submitted 2 days ago • 39 comments

Extremely grim story in so many ways...

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I’m not saying this story is false but I am saying it is totally in the interest of the Trump White House to have a story out there suggesting that some universities are looking to acquiesce.

submitted 2 days ago • 89 comments

I was talking recently to a partner at a law firm that refused to deal—and won an injunction against Trump's unconstitutional attacks—who said this year is going to be the most difficult year to get a summer associate spot at this firm...ever. Law students are banging down the door to join.

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