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khowley.bsky.social
Veteran academic, sometime columnist, part-time broadcaster
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#TFFW That Frankie Feeling When ... #DogSky #BTownSky

Had the distinct pleasure to work with and learn from two talented podcasters earlier this spring. Here's an interview with Bojan Furst and Michelle Dahlenburg via StoryCenter. #podcast #storytelling #community www.storycenter.org/storycenter-...

Zeteo's new documentary “Who Killed Shireen?” investigates the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, the journalist killed by an IDF soldier three years ago on May 11, 2022. The documentary reveals how the Biden administration failed to hold Israel accountable for her death. Watch: whokilledshireen.com.

A judge in Vermont has ordered Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk immediately released from ICE detention. Öztürk has been held in a notorious prison in Louisiana. She still faces the threat of deportation, apparently in retaliation for co-authoring a piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.

Refreshing to see judiciary stepping in and stepping up. Pity the highest court in the land (sic) continues to placate the tyrant.

Union leadership in the fight against ignorance and tyranny. #DefendHigherEd #DefendResearch #DefundDoge

The semester is wrapping up and I'm looking forward to a bit of travel, some down time, and publication of my first collection of short stories, flash and micro fiction titled "Men Without Dogs." #skywriting

Afterimages schedule for May, including newsletter, dropping soon.

A corporate-led attack on free speech in Texas is making odd bedfellows and tearing the state’s GOP apart. www.levernews.com/the-texas-si...

Wim Wenders on what's taken for granted ... and what's at stake.

Good kitty!

Our union family continues to grow! Nurses and nurse case managers at Legacy Clinics voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social.

This is what resistance sounds like ... #RadioFreeAmerica

How is it that I don't know this flick??! On my watchlist! Thanks @midcenturycinema.bsky.social

Semester’s end is so close, I can taste it. Like that third martini with cute tiny olives. The Third Annual "Loose Ends & Sweet Jams" edition of Music For End Times features Ida Cox, NRBQ, John Lennon, Bull Moose Jackson, Steve Earle, and much, much more! constituentnotes.wordpress.com/podcast/

Woke colonists.

In a keynote address for the 25th annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum, @rweingarten.bsky.social outlines pathways to agency and opportunity for all—education, good jobs & the labor movement—and the ways that AFT members are making a difference: aft.org/ae/spring2025/weingarten

MUSIC FOR END TIMES FINALE 05.06.25 The Third Annual "Loose Ends & Sweet Jams" edition of the program. ICYMI: Israel Breaks Records in Killing Journalists #mfg: Music dedicated to and inspired by my friend geoff Tuesday 4-5PM @WGRE "Your Sound Alternative"

Fond memories of Buzzi and her crew at Laugh-In, my introduction to the value and importance of political humor.

Canada, we’re with you! TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA! #auspol

With apologies to Ronald Reagan, Mitch McConnell was "making America great again" before it was a thing. #AcademicSky #ClassWarfare #DefendEducation #DefendResearch #MedicareForAll #TrumpRecession

It's late, but let's get #PressFreedomDay trending. www.un.org/en/observanc...

"Due" your damn job IU. #DueProcess #AcademicFreedom #iubloomington

The grift goes on ...

At May Day Atlanta, AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram says that we expect schools to be funded and teachers to get the support they need. "If you can't do that, you need to walk yourself out of office!" #MayDayStrong

“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”

It’s been a minute since I featured the late John Prine on Music For End Times. This week I track through the second of his duets recordings, “For Better or Worse.” With guest appearances from Bjork, Duke Ellington, John Mayall, and Nirvana. constituentnotes.wordpress.com/podcast/

Puss & Bodegas!

Amen!

Pritzker: This is what leadership of a truly oppositional party sounds like.

Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists. But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.

Happy voting day, Canada. Please remain the sensible one in this North American duplex we share.

MUSIC FOR END TIMES 04.29.25 Featured Recording: "For Better or Worse" by John Prine (2016) ICYMI: Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on Palestine #mfg: Music dedicated to and inspired by my friend geoff Tuesday 4-5PM @WGRE "Your Sound Alternative"

the task force www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

A recent group statement showed that U.S. academic leaders, at first reluctant to oppose President Trump’s moves to control higher education, are beginning to unite.

Portland city leadership pressures PSU to protect and defend students' free speech ... and gets results. #AcademicSky #UnionStrong #FreeSpeech

If your vote threatens someone's right to exist, then yeah I judge you based on your vote.

Say this for the tyrant: He's as anti-woke as it gets. Meanwhile, Genocide Joe sleeps like a baby.

It's hard to take serious appeals to "American values and the nation's religious and moral underpinnings" from Democratic "leaders" who continue to fund, and provide cover for, Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank. abc7ny.com/post/us-poli...

All day Ella Fitzgerald @WKCR #swing #songbook #vocal #blues www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/e...

This week’s edition of Music For End Times features Marcia Ball’s Peace, Love & Barbecue (2008). Guest appearances by Dr. John, The Ramones, Funkadelic, Louis Prima, Skeeter Davis with NRBQ, and Charles Mingus. constituentnotes.wordpress.com/podcast/

Tomorrow celebrate Earth Day with Charles Mingus ... www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/c...

I hereby nominate Corporal Klinger to replace Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary.

TOMORROW! Stand Up for Higher Education! Join an action in your area! @actioninhighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social

Conservatives gone woke! Too little, too late.

Democratic and Republican administrations have long abused national security to achieve political aims that have little to do with defending the nation. The tyrant ups the ante by making a mockery of national security while using it to subvert free speech and the rule of law.

A group of Youngstown State University faculty members are trying to stop a massive Ohio higher education law by taking it to the voters. They are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot buff.ly/xXAmJvz