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i love him omfg

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

It's as important right now to affirm the positive as it is to sanction the negative. If someone or a group or an organization refuse to comply, let them know you appreciate them.

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Like the saying goes: "Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone will join if they're lucky enough to live that long"

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

I really really want this to work; a pancreatic cancer vaccine would be so world-changing. Coverage from @scifri.bsky.social www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 4 days ago • 577 comments

Maybe hating on dick bosses is the great unifier, the thing that brings all Americans together.

submitted 3 days ago • 314 comments

It’s not just Texas. Measles vax rates are down in NYC as well. Most recent data: Just 81% of kids here got their first MMR dose by 24 months (down from 94% pre-pandemic) NYC Health Dept is urging all parents to make sure their kids are vax’d Learn more: on.nyc.gov/measles

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments

on twitter i made a thread of weird-to-amazing shit i saw in a famous medical school’s library. i’m thinking about recreating it

submitted 100 days ago • 19 comments

sitting next to a woman in her 70’s who worked with Fauci on AIDS research woman: I never order tequila because when I order tequila the only two things I think are “every man wants me, and every man wants me naked right now” me: ok but what if I ordered tequila woman: listen

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

This is 100% correct — I have heard the Silicon Valley money guys admit as much out loud, about all of these fools.

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

submitted 5 days ago • 34 comments

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

submitted 5 days ago • 798 comments

I'm working on my dissertation today & reviewing a curriculum that I helped to design & then taught this summer on AI in education, surveillance, & social media. I thought I'd share this lesson on exploring AI & student monitoring software, online proctoring, & weapons detection. 🧵 edushare.ing/3s

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Happy Black History Month

submitted 6 days ago • 533 comments

Hundreds of artists rebuked the National Endowment for the Arts in an open letter after the agency imposed new requirements for grant applicants not to operate DEI programs or use federal funds to “promote gender ideology.”

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

I gave two presentations at my son’s high school yesterday about the flora & fauna in the Sonoran Desert. Here are a few images I shared;

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments

I have all my devices set to two different languages - my system is English (British) and Siri is English (Australian). I didn’t know it at the time but this mismatch has stopped Apple AI working in all my devices and I could not be happier with this accidental win.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

not getting on another plane unless they bring DEI all the way back. the captain has to open with a land AND air acknowledgement. every attendant gets an ASL interpreter. allowable emotional support animals now includes Blåhaj

submitted 9 days ago • 31 comments

Was talking to my students today about Hope as a practice and we began sharing our favorite sayings and poems about hope. I was able to introduce them to Pauli Murray and my favorite poem about hope. Thought I'd share here too.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

What Gavin started two years ago as an informal community made up of a handful of concerned community college presidents has grown into a network of roughly 500 college administrators and higher ed association leaders

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We have dozens of examples of researched and documented direct financial aid or basic income benefiting EVERYONE. In many contexts globally and nationally! Not having it is an absolute choice at this point, and a deliberately harmful one.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

A woman who’s originally from Venezuela was stopped in Tucson for driving 25 in a 40 zone. Border Patrol arrived, handcuffed her in front of her children. All three were detained, interrogated, threatened with transfer to Guantanamo. Then, they were deported to Mexico azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

my mom’s dog ollie has been sleeping in this rocking chair since he was born and he’s so confused why he no longer fits

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Reminder to all: If you are a higher education instructor using flipped instruction in some form, and would like to be interviewed about what you are doing, please take 5-6 minutes to fill out this form: docs.google.com/form... You're super-invited if you are in the humanities or social sciences!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

lol a dog rescue here in town named three adoptable puppies deny defend and depose

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

Friends - I'm giving a talk this week, emphasizing what a difference teachers make in the world. I wondered: what's a moment where a higher-ed educator made a radical, positive difference in your life? Were you an undergrad? a graduate student? Faculty? Staff? Share the good moments!

submitted 10 days ago • 19 comments

Righteously angry crocheting here for all LGBTQI+ people. I see you. You matter. You belong. I wish I could make you each a heavy blankie to feel my hug around your shoulders. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🤍🤎🖤🩶🧶

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.” Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

submitted 11 days ago • 2189 comments

Every now and again, I look around to see if I can find some interesting variations of crops I'm interested in. I recently came across this photo with a mix of ayacotes (runner beans), including some with a distinct red color I hadn't seen before.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

I’ve heard some stories recently of people complying with fascists’ demands after they were threatened. As a violence researcher (and someone who has received a good deal of threats), everyone should know that complying will not save you. It only teaches the threatener that threats work.

submitted 11 days ago • 21 comments

It's worth remembering that in many places the voucher can go towards homeschool. It's a stick (no available schools, because defunding) and carrot (small bribe) approach to forcing women to stay home with kids full time

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

This is Charlie. He has literal heart-eyes. 14/10 would be an honor to pet (IG: charlie.the.dalmatian)

submitted 12 days ago • 73 comments

Happy Valentine's Day, especially to anyone who might identify with one of the letters in LGBTQ, particularly the day after someone Trumpy stripped the letter T and then the letter Q from the National Park Service website for Stonewall in New York City.

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

This is not a drill. A free and virtual Intro to #MutualAid workshop with THE Dean Spade!!! www.eventbrite.com/cc/mutual-ai...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

submitted 15 days ago • 382 comments

We knew this was coming. I abandoned grant plans that I’d spent all summer prototyping because I couldn’t justify the work that was necessary to apply when we’d just get a desk reject. What really kills me is the effect this has on amazing early career researchers out there. +

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

I don’t have a fancy lesson I delivered about the #SuperBowlHalftimeShow Before I showed it, I instructed my students to write down three words and document when they noticed them: •imagery •symbolism •message We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +

submitted 16 days ago • 38 comments

A federal judge in New Mexico granted a preemptive restraining order to block the US government from sending three Venezuelan men detained in the state from being sent to a military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba reut.rs/3CxuNkh

submitted 17 days ago • 24 comments

USAID friends are asking this video be shared on social media at 5:30pm eastern, as En Mk has spent $40M on a Super Bowl ad to trash USAID, which accounts for 1% of the federal budget. Please spread the word. youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

Universities, salivating at the thought of crushing labor and critical thinking: yes precious

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments