Don’t run universities like a business run it as a public good

$3.35 (CA minimum wage at the time) selling concessions at a movie theater circa 1987.

Infinite 8@eternal.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

Hey how make much did you make an hr on your first job and what was the job? I made $5.25 at Hollister in 2008

As millions protest at No Kings this weekend, the Trump regime is violently cracking down on people exercising our 1A rights. As a human rights lawyer, I share 13 things you can do to better protect yourself and your community from Trump's goons. No paywall. Please share.

13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting At No Kings

Read and share as communities across the United States rise up against the Trump regime and for a more just future

qasimrashid.com

Coming up this morning at 10a.m. PT!

OER Commons@oercommons.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy Open Education Week! Join us on March 3 at 10am PT / 1pm ET to discover OER used around the world, ways to collaborate with other OER practitioners, and how to use Open Author to remix, create, and publish OER #OEWeek26 #openeducation #oer

This is actually insane

Hilary Davidson@fourredshoes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

After the Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services last year, they are now accepting applications for grants, but only if the projects align with Trump’s vision for America.

Under Trump, Concerns Grow Over Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums

Some fear that accepting grants from a little-known federal agency would open institutions up to scrutiny and control.

buff.ly

Our librarians have curated a collection of resources to help students of all ages and levels learn about important people and topics that relate to the Black experience, past and present, in North America and around the world #BlackHistoryMonth #OER

The Images & Styles OER Accessibility Professional Learning Series start next week! Join us & @cast-udl.bsky.social to learn how #OER can incorporate #accessibility best practices for adding and describing images, and utilizing styles in resource design. Register here: www.iskme.org/event/profes...

We're excited to offer 3 new professional learning opportunities to support our community with making #OER more accessible. The Introduction to #Accessibility for OER Sessions on 2/3 www.iskme.org/event/introd... & OER Accessibility for Images & Styles Series on 2/11 www.iskme.org/event/profes...

Introduction to Accessibility for OER | ISKME

by Mindy | Jan 13, 2026

iskme.org

Between the brassica, the foxiness in wine, and now this - my internet experience tonight is way better than usual.

Josie Duffy Rice@jduffyrice.bsky.social · 10mo ago

so no one was going to tell me that mountain lions and cougars are the same animal? as are pumas? and panthers?????????

A Tale of Two Governors: Confronting versus Dick-Wagging www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/a...

A Tale of Two Governors: Confronting versus Dick-Wagging - emptywheel

Far too many late adherents to Gavin Newsom's trolling believe it works solely because he confronts Trump. How he's confronting Trump matters. Newsom is eschewing mere recital of facts and instead pre...

emptywheel.net

My favorite quote from this piece "You’re not a contradiction in terms when you’re the one writing the terms. It’s a lesson I wish younger people — sorted into boxes not only by social pressure, but by panopticon data miners — understood through experiences beyond life as prey."

Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New article! On "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the plutocrat class ripping America apart: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-friend-...

Elizabeth Warren went to CNBC today and destroyed Donald Trump on the economy. Trump is trying to bury this appearance with a tantrum on his failing media site. Make sure this goes viral instead. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

Senator Elizabeth Warren: Firing of BLS commissioner is 'dangerous'

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss her reaction President Trump's firing of BSL chief, whether Congress is able to take action, and much more.

cnbc.com

This is so good.

Zeteo@zeteo.com · last yr.

"We don't need socialism. We need public-private partnerships." After Zohran Mamdani's historic primary victory in New York, establishment Democrats are already copying his signature videos. Zeteo produced our own (fake) centrist Democrat featuring Zeteo senior producer @heycappello.bsky.social.

📣Call for chapters! Jako Olivier & I are co-editing a volume on #Localization and #OER in #HigherEducation to be published in 2026 by the Commonwealth of Learning. If you work in this area, we would love to receive a proposal from you by 15 August. Details of the call: jako.nom.za/oercall.pdf

My town 😍

sam@samveep.bsky.social · last yr.

Don’t forget the small towns too! Boulder Creek, CA showing up for #NoKings today. These mountain folk don’t want any dictators or kings!

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Seriously is everyone else having a panic attack right now?

NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1. More here:

EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere.

State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...

everylibrary.org

How Rappler Is Building Its Own Communities to Counter AI and Big Tech gijn.org/stories/rapp... #ReclaimOurRights #HoldTheLine

How Rappler Is Building Its Own Communities to Counter AI and Big Tech

Nobel Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa on her site's new Communities venture and making bold moves in countering Big Tech.

gijn.org

Keep up with Project 2025 being implemented in real time, and share every example with everyone you know. Eventually people will start to realize this is real and it's happening.

Stacey💙 🌊 🪷@yecats47.bsky.social · last yr.

This is an excellent tracker… and might be a great way to engage ppl with evidence of how far they have gone. If you want to share www.project2025.observer

This thread has great insights into how humor and “just joking” serve to create in- and out-groups. Also, doesn’t everyone know that Trump has no sense of humor? It’s always about socializing his ideas.

Jason P. Steed@profsteed.bsky.social · last yr.

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

Please consider sharing.

"I just want to be clear about what's going on here." - @warren.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...

Hey @kbcz.bsky.social thanks for the follow! Happy to be hosting my show on kbcz.org right now! Check out Indie Mindy's Messy Middle :)

Inside of you are twelve angry men

Jay Broussard@brouski.bsky.social · 2y ago

Inside of you are FOUR LIGHTS

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

theguardian.com

please tell me this is just the "red mirage" ugh.

Y'all, look what NYT did in their story on Trump's spectacular Truth Social propaganda!! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...