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An entire US agency was abolished this weekend without congressional authorization.

submitted 25 days ago • 60 comments

Me: Oh no that trolley is going to run us over! Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂

submitted 35 days ago • 70 comments

Some things never change. For instance, UK universities decimating education, restructuring and running unis like businesses. Same story 10 years ago when I was part of UK academia. Join @ucu.org.uk.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

“If the BBC or John Lewis was cutting 5,000 or 6,000 jobs, we’d hear all about it but what we’re seeing in universities isn’t being noticed//…//.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Eye bleach

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

why does this look like the behind the scenes of the trolley problem

submitted 28 days ago • 16 comments

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

submitted 28 days ago • 245 comments

Maybe stop voting to confirm his nominees

submitted 30 days ago • 109 comments

@liasciortino.bsky.social Hi Lia! Lovely to see you here. We worked together in Bangkok a few years ago with Rebecca. Hope you are well!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent post

submitted 32 days ago • 2080 comments

More pro-life actions unfolding

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.

submitted 34 days ago • 41 comments

"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."

submitted 35 days ago • 93 comments

I am seeing cancellation of similar initiatives at other higher ed institutions as well.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

cool how Judith Butler said the gender critical movement is ideologically incapable of offering resistance to the coming fascism and got pilloried for using big words, and now official GC organisations are releasing statements of support for Trump's first acts as returning president

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

submitted 36 days ago • 33 comments

Sunday’s Zoom with @hcrichardson.bsky.social was full of wisdom on how to navigate 2025—focus on what you can control, find your people, and never stop learning. So, what’s your game plan to make it through the year?

submitted 36 days ago • 22 comments

I want to see how universities are responding to this.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science. Call Congress, 202-224-3121.

submitted 36 days ago • 38 comments

Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.

submitted 36 days ago • 74 comments

A lot of public universities will not survive the Trump administration—or, in Canada, the coming Poilievre government, which has promised to do much the same thing.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Today’s #photo. Your literal moment of #zen. #photography #Buddha #calm #serene #peaceful

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

It’s going to be great to see all those Asian Americans who have been silent on genocide become very vocal about citizenship and belonging (to a nation that endorsed genocide).

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Hats off to all who have dedicated themselves to exposing the facts of that dreadful day. Your work has mattered, still matters, & will matter. Don’t despair.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve done the same. Her work is a must read.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

The cruelty is the point.

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

submitted 38 days ago • 140 comments

Moment de rêve.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible piece, and captures how we must rise to this moment, and lean into the storm. "Dr. King warned us not to fear the tension of the times. Instead Dr. King explained that those of us pressing for change do not create tension, they simply “bring tension to the surface.” " #rise #resist #mlk

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

submitted 44 days ago • 379 comments

Pasadena Humane has seen an influx of over 300 animals due to the fires. People lined up down the block to drop off beloved pets they could not take with them when they fled their homes. Some animals arrived with burns and injuries and are being treated. Donations and fosters are needed NOW.

submitted 50 days ago • 40 comments

This is absolutely true! And even when they see it up close (friends/family, etc), they don’t fully understand the complexity of the process.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

A must read.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

A Boston colleague (not on Bluesky) asked me to post this ad for a 2-year postdoc at Tufts on the Mellon Foundation-funded project University Ecologies and the Question of the Commons. Please forward widely! humanities.tufts.edu/postdoctoral...

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Congratulations to TM Krishna on the Sangita Kalanidhi and for being the required persistent irritant in the Karnatik music world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpy...

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Israel arrests the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, along with dozens of other staff. Israel called him a suspected Hamas operative “while providing no evidence” (AP) #Gaza #Israel #stillhappening apnews.com/article/isra...

submitted 61 days ago • 9 comments

This is such a heartwarming news story.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

This is quite impressive!

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

“Its closing leaves the State Department without a dedicated office for tracking and countering disinformation from US rivals for the first time in eight years. A measure to extend funding for the center was stripped out of the final version of the bipartisan federal spending bill.”

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

This is beautiful

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

I’d be cool with seeing Icarus’ story play out in real life.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

A Mughal artist's view of one of the Jesuits who was at the court of Akbar (r. 1556-1605) and then his som Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). The most famous of these priests was Jerome Xavier, grand-nephew of St Francis Xavier. Walters Art Museum

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

This is a huge loss! RIP. Thank you for your music.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election. A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen. This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.

submitted 76 days ago • 178 comments