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Benjamin Balthaser@blbalthaser.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is one of the worst stories regarding public higher education in a terrible year of stories on public higher ed: in addition to banning students from even writing about gender, Texas Tech is combing syllabi & course content w AI to ban courses

A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.Politics aside, Mr. Creighton has said an A.I. fueled wave will forever reshape higher education in the years ahead. He said he wanted the campus to be well positioned to take advantage of that paradigm shift by focusing on degrees that employers want and eliminating low-enrollment programs. He touts a partnership with Nvidia to invest in A.I. infrastructure.Memos in December and April outlined the closures of programs centered on sexual orientation or gender identity, required the recognition of only two sexes and outlawed student dissertations on gender identity. The administration also created a portal in which professors must submit their course materials for review. The strictest prohibition at Texas Tech is on classes in the core curriculum, which are a menu of lower-level courses that students must select from in order to graduate. Mr. Creighton has banned any course in the core that includes material related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Sonja Stojanovic, a French studies professor, worried about her core course, called Holocaust in Literature. Because it mentions that gay and bisexual men were also targets of the Nazis, university leadership suggested that the course become an upper-level course. "Now the Holocaust becomes an elective," she said.
Citations Needed@citationspod.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In Ep 234, "TikTok, Gen Z's Move to Social Media and Elite Panic Over Unsanctioned News," we examine our political class' TikTok neurosis, how Gaza fueled its sell to US and Israeli military contractors, and the long history of elite panics around unsanctioned information flows. with Omar Zahzah.

Ep 234: TikTok, Gen Z's Move to Social Media and Elite Panic Over Unsanctioned News

In this News Brief, we examine our political class' TikTok neurosis, how Gaza fueled its sell to US and Israeli military contractors, and the long history of elite panics around unsanctioned informat

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Maura Finkelstein@mauraf.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I had the great privilege of spending time with “Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle” by @omarzahzah.bsky.social - this is essential reading for us all. themarkaz.org/terms-of-ser...

Terms of Servitude and the Threats of Digital Settler Colonialism

Omar Zahzah demonstrates how Big Tech and social media platforms threaten our freedoms and are the purveyors of violent interests.

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Nolan Higdon@nolanhigdon.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 New episode of The Disinfo Detox is live 🚨 Nolan Higdon talks with writer & activist Omar Zahzah about his new book Terms of Servitude—exposing how Big Tech suppresses Palestine discourse and acts as a political arm of settler colonialism. 🎧 Full episode link in the description.

Kumars Salehi@kumars.bsky.social · 10mo ago

ep 254 of DYA: writer and organizer @omarzahzah.bsky.social joins guest host @norabf.bsky.social and me to unpack his groundbreaking new book on the tech industry’s digital settler-colonialism and how Palestinians have successfully changed the narrative in spite of it

Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 254 – Terms of Servitude

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and first-time guest Omar Zahzah to discuss Omar’s new book, Terms of Servitude: Zi...

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Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · last yr.

The Instagram account of a well known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian was deleted after Meta's Public Policy Director for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora viewed one of his stories. This is just one example of the anti-Palestinian bias across Big Tech. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/meta...

Meta’s banning of two anti-Zionist comedians from Instagram is the latest example of Big Tech’s deep anti-Palestinian bias

The Instagram account of a well known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian was deleted after Meta’s Public Policy Director for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora viewed one of his stories. This is just one…

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Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · last yr.

The Instagram account of a well known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian was deleted after Meta's Public Policy Director for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora viewed one of his stories. This is just one example of the anti-Palestinian bias across Big Tech. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/meta... #Palestine #Israel

Meta’s banning of two anti-Zionist comedians from Instagram is the latest example of Big Tech’s deep anti-Palestinian bias

The Instagram account of a well known anti-Zionist Jewish comedian was deleted after Meta’s Public Policy Director for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora viewed one of his stories. This is just one example...

mondoweiss.net