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Kate Sutherland

@katesutherland.bsky.social

Law prof, poet, collage artist. https://linktr.ee/poetryartmagic

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘Photos of politicians helped to create the imagined “personal” relations that still underpin our responses to our leaders: how do they look? How do they speak? Are they likeable, dynamic, convincing, trustworthy?’ Tom Crewe on the 19th-century ‘carte de visite’ craze: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Tom Crewe · The Face You Put On: Victorian Snapshots

We are so used to being photographed, at all times of day, in every stage and aspect of life, that it’s hard to...

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Harry Litman@harrylitman.bsky.social · last yr.

Superb interview w/ Princeton president Chris Eisgruber - a model of resistance that is thoughtful, clear-eyed, but adamant of ultimate lines to draw -- applies for all univ and law and media too. Really worth a listen. The University President Willing to Fight Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...

The University President Willing to Fight Trump

Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him)@mwyarbrough.bsky.social · last yr.

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"