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Fred Plamondon

@fredplamondon.bsky.social

Professeur, département de management (ESG-UQAM) "Nummati illegitimi non carborundum"

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Fred Plamondon@fredplamondon.bsky.social · last yr.

We write from our small campus in southern New Jersey, Stockton University, a mid-size public university. We are receiving the same message [as other institutions]: if not outright appeasement, do not make waves. Keep your heads down. Stay the course" = stay silent. lithub.com/silence-is-c...

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism

We write this in the wake of the illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Badar Khan Suri, Alireza Doroudi, and other foreign students and teaching faculty at American universities. We wi…

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Fred Plamondon@fredplamondon.bsky.social · last yr.

La bullshit pour militariser le langage et restreindre la pensée. Utiliser la langue pour restreindre le vocabulaire disponible et rendre impossible de penser la resistance. Détruire le sens et le remplacer par le signal. #novlangue www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

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Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · last yr.

The State Department has said they have revoked visas of more than 300 students. They have been terrorizing hundreds and aim to terrorize hundreds, if not thousands more.

Fred Plamondon@fredplamondon.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ C'est juste moi où bien Yves Gingras crée une équivalence entre l'assaut anti-scientifique aux USA et l'Énoncé de politique des trois conseils (EPTC-2022) en matière d'EDI? @ledevoir.com Selon lui, il s'agit de deux pratiques inversées d'une même idéologie. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...?

La nouvelle politique scientifique américaine

On ne devrait pas avoir besoin d’invoquer l’épouvantail Trump pour justifier d’investir dans nos universités.

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump). • Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges. • Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side. • A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush. • The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
Fred Plamondon@fredplamondon.bsky.social · last yr.

Un entretien avec John Bolton, dans lequel il reprend le même argument qu'il présentait dans @theatlantic.com le 11 mars dernier. Trump est un sollipciste inculte: il est l'expert de sa propre réalité décousue, qu'il impose selon l'humeur du moment. On a donc tort de chercher à le rationaliser.

CJAD 800 Montreal@cjad800.bsky.social · last yr.

Donald Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton joined Aaron Rand to discuss the U.S. President's threats of annexation and approach to tariffs. Listen:

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 2y ago

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
Fred Plamondon@fredplamondon.bsky.social · last yr.

Tant qu'à vivre une fin de régime, j'aurais voulu qu'elle soit provoquée par quelque chose d'excitant : une apocalypse de zombie ou des extra-terrestres... mais non, à l'ère des réseaux sociaux, c'est la bêtise qui pose le plus grand risque selon ce chroniqueur. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...

Opinion | Democracy Dies in Dumbness

Until Donald Trump, no president has been so ignorant of the lessons of history, so incompetent in implementing his own ideas.

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Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · last yr.

My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

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