If anyone is looking for a Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair ticket tonight, hit me up.

Just a reminder that we will have Fall 2026 Admissions Virtual Open Houses: Wednesday, October 14th @ 7PM EST Wednesday, November 4th @ 7PM EST Click here to register: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/xZ1JMveTeM 2/2

Get rid of Boards. They are un-democratic, uninformed, and lack any relevant expertise. Just rich assholes who want good seats at the game.

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 5d ago

University board of trustees should have duty of care and duty of loyalty to operate on behalf of the entire community and at universities, that has typically included a shared governance structure and academic freedom.

In this recent Soapbox, Beryl Satter explores the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act and its recent scholarly treatment. She calls on scholars to carefully avoid reproducing misogynist tropes, especially when writing the history of feminism. Link Below.

Crime - Hot Wire My Heart [USA, Punk](1976) Later covered by Sonic Youth https://redd.it/caezs5 https://youtu.be/pLeslavEByQ

Crime - Hot Wire My Heart [USA, Punk](1976) Later covered by Sonic Youth

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We need your help! Please promote, read, and sign - as we work for better conditions for non-tenure track faculty at The Ohio State University! @osuaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org @aft.org

AAUP-Ohio State@osuaaup.bsky.social · 2w ago

On Friday we opened up the Labor Day weekend by launching our campaign for equity in faculty working conditions - with a focus on Non-Tenure-Track faculty.

Just 29 people control $4.1 trillion. That's more wealth than the entire GDP of every country on Earth except the top three. In the hands of a single bus full of people. Tell me again we can't afford living wages for everyone one more time.

"Rutgers has more than doubled what it spent on football in Schiano’s first season to $76 million, a number that’s bigger than even what Tennessee and Texas spend." www.nj.com/rutgersfootb...

How Rutgers AD Keli Zinn handles Greg Schiano’s future will define her legacy | Politi

Rutgers athletic director Keli Zinn may soon face the difficult process of replacing a longtime football coach — perhaps even during the season.

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📣 Brand new zine published to celebrate Labor Day: "Don’t Cross the Picket Line : Strike Solidarity for Beginners." Free to print or read online at violetbfox.info/dontcross/. This 24-page zine was created for anyone who's *not* part of a union and doesn't know much about unions or strikes.

If you are employed as a teacher, researcher, graduate student, or in a related professional appointment at a college or university, you can support this work (and protect your own job) by joining the AAUP: www.aaup.org/join-aaup

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2w ago

“The rule is likely to face a legal challenge from the American Association of University Professors, one senior official said. The A.A.U.P., which advocates academic freedom, tenure protections and shared campus governance, led a successful lawsuit against the Trump administration last year”

“You can’t be lecturing us about democracy and refuse to even take meetings with faculty." – Yale AAUP President Daniel HoSang @aaupyale.org www.courant.com/2026/09/02/w...

Why some Yale students, faculty and alumni are condemning its Board of Trustees, others

A large crowd of blue-shirted students, faculty and alumni gathered at Yale University’s Cross Campus to protest.

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Just a reminder that applications are open for our graduate program for Fall 2027 start! See our website for more details on how to apply, virtual admissions open house, and application requirements. sasn.rutgers.edu/admissions-a...

"The university is not just in crisis. The university is the crisis." Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho.bsky.social) argues that Jason Arday's death lays bare a broken academic system built on unequal power, gatekeeping, and the grinding machinery of institutional recognition.

The university is the crisis

The crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ...

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Congratulations to the archivists who made this project happen. It's going to be a gold mine for researchers and students. www.cuny.edu/news/cuny-co...

CUNY Completes First-Ever Survey of Extensive Archival Collections Across 26 Campuses – The City University of New York

The City University of New York today announced that it completed the first full-scale survey of its extensive archival collections. Overseen by the CUNY Office of Library Services, the Cultivating Ar...

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Shoes - Will You Spin For Me [US, New Wave/Power Pop, definitely sounds like it would be playing during the club scene in an early 80s erotic thriller] (1984) https://redd.it/ikydo4 https://youtu.be/tfIw-LdZWZc

Shoes - Will You Spin For Me [US, New Wave/Power Pop, definitely sounds like it would be playing during the club scene in an early 80s erotic thriller] (1984)

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Later this month, we’ll mark one year since we first sat down at the bargaining table with management. We’d like to share an update on how things are going (1/4):

Fellow union members, please #BoycottStarbucks 💪

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 3w ago

The Chicago Teachers Union voted unanimously to BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. Teachers know how it feels to be unsupported, and when working people stand together, we raise ALL of us up. Thank you to the CTU for listening to union baristas, as well as everyone who is pledging to boycott Starbucks!

Horse shit

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3w ago

Opinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

The Jars - Electric Third Rail [Berkeley, CA, USA ; New Wave / Art Rock] (1980) "East Bay Psycho-Pop" is a pretty accurate description. https://redd.it/14tbnuz https://youtu.be/WU71u5iPO1w

The Jars - Electric Third Rail [Berkeley, CA, USA ; New Wave / Art Rock] (1980) "East Bay Psycho-Pop" is a pretty accurate description.

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Count Floyd - Reggae Christmas Eve In Transylvania [US, Novelty Reggae] (1982) https://redd.it/rnlit3 https://youtu.be/E_q8ufM1YsU

Count Floyd - Reggae Christmas Eve In Transylvania [US, Novelty Reggae] (1982)

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My friend’s child has started a petition to get her high school in TN to address the severe mold issue, which is affecting the health of the students. BlueSky: do your thing and help this kid get her school’s attention by flooding the petition with signatures: shorturl.at/zW0hq

Applications are open for our MA - General Track, MA - Public Humanities, and the PhD: rutgers.my.site.com/ApplicantPor... Check out our website for more info on submitting an application: sasn.rutgers.edu/admissions-a...

Almost two years ago I set up #blackademics as part of #blacksky so that faculty of African descent had a place to be in community with one another. As the academic years begins I want to renew my call for us to be in conversation here, to use the space @rude1.blacksky.team has provided. 1/

im a small government conservative and i want the presidents secret police force to have lightning gloves

People are going hungry, and these fuckers have shock gloves.

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social · last mo.

The devices are known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments.

How much dumber can they get?

darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“read the article darth” they said “it will be fun” they said

Has anyone found a useful alternative to Canvas for an individual class? Did some digging and didn't see anything compelling or easy to access.

Faculty at these unis should be protesting all semester. Their leaders have utter contempt for them and the students.

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Four university presidents, "Andrew Martin at Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Crow at Arizona State University, Douglas Girod at the University of Kansas, & Ronald Daniels at the Johns Hopkins University" collaborated in the latest attack on higher ed. www.chronicle.com/liveblog/her...