The UM Athletic Director got $7.1 mil. to quit after allowing many scandals. UM-Flint's entire personnel budget is $74 Mil. A scummy AD got a buyout that's 10% of what my school pays to everybody. But he won! Athletics teaches character! Priorities! Amirite? www.mlive.com/wolverines/f...

Around once a semester find my self opening my wallet and Buying lunch for or giving a student money because they say they are hungry.

Chris Newfield@cnewf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gallup-Lumina poll on college confirms that Americans are upset about the personal politics of professors--that is, 11% are concerned. Three-quarters are upset about lack of affordability. Colleges should ignore the Twitter / Atlantic debates and lower costs while heading to debt-free for all

I've written a short piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social with Matthew Brown, Leader of Preston City Council & main architect of the 'Preston Model' of @communitywealth.bsky.social, on what Andy Burnham needs to do if he's serious about changing the British economy. renewal.org.uk/blog/if-burn...

If Andy Burnham is serious about changing the British economy, Community Wealth Building is the way to do it

This week, Renewal are publishing a series of reflections on the direction that Andy Burnham's new government could or should take. In this piece, Preston City Council Leader Matthew Brown and politic...

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Are all the lefty Ernst Bloch, William Morris fans gonna geek out with me and dress up to see the new Wat Tyler, John Ball Peasant Revolt movie? Wat Tyler cosplay--hells yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkr...

THE UPRISING - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters September 11

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@bookstorememoir.bsky.social you know I thought I knew, but after this I'm also confused about Pittsburgh. Please explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNEA...

charlie is confused about pittsburgh

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Hey @a2elnel.bsky.social can you believe that YIMBY Democrats in Cal are funded by billionaire tech bros? Wouldn't it be horrible if such a thing happened in a small midwestern city with a large Uni? prospect.org/2026/06/12/n...

New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement - The American Prospect

The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.

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As an alum, I wrote this to the NS President. "Another similarity exists between my experience at the New School and my current experience at UM-Flint—the experience of sacrifice. I know many students, including myself, sacrificed quite a bit to come to the New School. 1/

The New School AAUP@newschoolaaup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The New School chapter of the American Association of University Professors condemned what it described as “a major gutting of our full-time faculty body”… saying that no explanation had been provided for why certain jobs were cut. www.chronicle.com/article/its-...

So this is the example of the "useful Marx Chatbot" from the NYT story about AI at Cal State. How does the bot saying "capitalism has found new ways to hide things" differ from what a good prof would say? How does this prove at all that AI is worth it, and not just a way to replace faculty?

I give to this group every month. You should too.

Standing Together@standing-together.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As those of us who celebrate Passover get ready for the Seder, where families recount the Exodus from captivity in Egypt to freedom in the holy land, we’re struck by the irony of this tragedy moment. Right now, many of us on this land feel a different kind of restriction. (1/4)

I'm going to post this alot--free concert, dance party, ritual of healing, urban gathering, sunset ceremony in Flint, MI withe the LEGENDARY Mama Sol. You gotta register--link in poster.

I didn't think this was real when I heard it, but I guess some developers want to turn Belle Isle in Detroit into some gated community for rich people. Listen to the two white guys talk about what's best for Detroit to gullible local media. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Pg...

Developer wants to turn Belle Isle into community -- here’s what to know

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My cats are cool, but I know deep down they'd cross a picket line. Dogs on the other hand know what solidarity is all about.

The PITT of academia needs to set at a school like mine, where the vast majority of students actually attend. Unionizing efforts by faculty, evil consultants, students who can't come to class because they can't get off work, classrooms with dripping cracks in the ceiling. . . ..

Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What might THE PITT for higher education look like? Two new shows are definitely *not* interested in finding out! I wrote about ROOSTER and VLADIMIR and the problem of college caricature for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2081...

I'm teaching a class with a dance professor which culminates in a free public performance in Flint. Anybody who wants to a) see a free performance by Flint hip hop legend Mama Sol and a number of other dancers/artists; b) watch an old dude and his students dance, should register and attend.

You bet Nancy has an ambivalent relationship to Habermas-at various times she told me to add more, and completely cut, his work from my dissertation.

Samuel Moyn@samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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I'm teaching a class with a dance professor which culminates in a free public performance in Flint. Anybody who wants to a) see a free performance by Flint hip hop legend Mama Sol and a number of other dancers/artists; b) watch an old dude and his students dance, should register and attend.

Welcome to Detroit MC5

all cats are anarchists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLb...

Cat keeps crossing the U.S.-Canada border

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Once again, it's tempting to do the "enemy of my enemy thing" but . . .

Amy Spitalnick@amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 5mo ago

You may be inclined to amplify Joe Kent right now because of concerns over the Iran war. Don’t. He’s an extremist with deep ties to Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers who never should have been in this role in the first place (sadly one of many in this administration). 1/

The idea that Israel could force the US, the Trump admin, or the foreign policy establishment to do anything that it wasn't already inclined to do is, as Joel says, the "worst kind of conspiratorial antisemitism"

So many post about Habermas today. Part of my first book is a deep dive into his work. What I most remember about writing it is waiting in front of Bobst before it opened so I could get the good table on the 8th floor that looked down upon Washington Square. search.worldcat.org/title/813844...

John Dewey and the habits of ethical life : the aesthetics of political organizing in a liquid world | WorldCat.org

This book uses John Dewey to articulate discursive practices that would help citizens form better intellectual and moral relationships with a 'liquid' global political environment characterized by fle

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We deserve better and Standing Together deserves your support.

Standing Together@standing-together.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Once again, Iranians, Palestinians, Israelis, and people across the Middle East are experiencing immense uncertainty because of the actions of warmongers in power. While they do anything to protect themselves and hold onto their power, ordinary people pay the highest price. (1/4)

Star Trek is a very serious sci-fi show about exploring space and the human condition. Also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3vl...

Star Trek:TOS: Clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy

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Ergative Absolutive@ergative-abs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Star Trek is a very serious sci-fi show about exploring space and the human condition. Also Star Trek: 'Hey, remember when encountered actual Abraham Lincoln floating on a chair in space?'

I give to this group monthly. Read this and you can see why I think they are the best hope for peace and justice in Israel/Palestine.

Standing Together@standing-together.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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@bonniehonig.bsky.social A great thinker, person, and UM-Flint Grad passed away recently--William Connolly. I invited him to speak at school and we went to the Sit Down Strike Memorial and saw the brick with his dad's name on it. Here are some pictures.

Almost every elite either gained elite status or keeps it using networks-ethnic, private school, sports. There's nothing inherently jewish about it, like this article implies.

Ej Dickson@ejdickson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As someone who has (unfortunately) been elbow-deep in Epstein's emails, I can tell you: "Jewish in-group bonds" was not the "currency" Epstein used to facilitate his crimes. It was power, $$, and a deep-seated hatred of women. Any insinuation otherwise is weird. jewishcurrents.org/the-line-bet...

This is so sad. I invited Bill to come to UM-Flint to speak and surprisingly, he came. We drove all around Flint and he showed me where his old house used to be (sadly, like so much in Flint, it's now a vacant lot. His path from son of a sit down striker, to BA at UM-Flint, UM-Ann Arbor 1/

Elisabeth R. Anker@libankerdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I wanted to go on here to pass on that the brilliant political theorist and more importantly fabulous human being Bill Connolly passed away yesterday. This is such a loss, I'll have more to say later but for now my heart breaks.

I'm sure historians already know this but I was blown away how this article states that the Morrill Land Grant Act, which could only pass Congress after succession, "was essentially a "just and holy punishment from a vengeful nation" on the South. 1/ www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

What’s the Matter With Texas A&M?

Five presidents in five years. Firings of “woke” professors. Crackdowns on Plato. Inside state leaders’ efforts to remake a great university.

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My buddy Sean, an autoworker at GM,and long-time leader UAWD (Unite All Workers for Democracy-a reform caucus in the UAW) has been doing powerful international solidarity work for years is interviewed in this piece. Yous should read it! mexicosolidarityproject.org/archives/258/

I thought my daughter wanted to come to my class to watch me teach. I found out she had other intentions.