COME WORK at the ACLU! @aclu-norcal.bsky.social is hiring attorneys to work on tech and civil rights (my team) and the criminal legal/immigration system. These folks will work at the cutting edge of legal and policy efforts in California and beyond. Apply here: www.aclunorcal.org/jobs/staff-a...

Staff Attorney / Senior Staff Attorney - ACLU of Northern California

Develop and carry out litigation and policy advocacy to advance to protect and defend civil rights and civil liberties for all Californians.

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"What shape can world-making projects take in a “field” such as ours, which coalesces across and through hierarchies of labor, citizenship, health, gender, sexuality, race, mobility, discipline, age, and access? How might we envision community, care, and collaboration in a time of stoked division?"

Universal gasps +👏 for @disstudies.bsky.social's conference - for our field to push boundaries again - and again. #DisabilitySky

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Proposals that aim to bring new interlocutors into dialogue and foment new coalitional possibilities across academia, advocacy, activism and the arts, are especially encouraged. (13/)

Thrilling to see a future class of Society For @disstudies.bsky.social visionaries reflected here. In recruiting our candidate slate, we strove for the widest cross-section of our membership's work theorizing DisStudies globally. Members, your ballot closes on 11:59 EDT today, Mon. 7/13!

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you voted in the election for the new SDS Board of Directors? If you haven't yet, there's still time to cast your vote! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

Thrilling to see a future class of Society For @disstudies.bsky.social visionaries reflected here. In recruiting our candidate slate, we strove for the widest cross-section of our membership's work theorizing DisStudies globally. Members, your ballot closes on 11:59 EDT today, Mon. 7/13!

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you voted in the election for the new SDS Board of Directors? If you haven't yet, there's still time to cast your vote! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

How might we amplify disabled expertise and crip wisdom - centering ways of living with injury and interdependence - as a way of refusing the ableist nihilism that underwrites apocalypse’s finality & its fixation on healing, cure, & redemption? Submit your proposal: sites.google.com/disstudies.o...

SDS Conference 2027 - Submission Form

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Iconic line from @stevevladeck.bsky.social here in response to Will Baude’s SCOTUS boosterism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Deeply honored to begin tenure today at @brooklawschool.bsky.social as Professor of Law. So many colleagues made the path possible, supporting me in work law and disability law during tumultuous times. Tenure during unrelenting attacks on higher ed is not a privilege or recognition ever squandered./

I went to high school with @micahlasher.bsky.social + wish we were still living in USW. Also of note: "the bulk of the outside spending — more than $20 million — came from PACs funded by AI executives [b/c of] Bores, who passed a regulatory bill in Albany last year." gothamist.com/news/micah-l...

Micah Lasher wins crowded Democratic primary for Manhattan U.S. House seat

Lasher bested a busy field to put himself in position to take one of the House’s wealthiest and bluest seats.

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BREAKING — Judge in Coe vs. Blanche provisionally certifies plaintiffs as a class and grants temporary restraining order against DOJ accessing private medical records of trans youth treated at NYU Langone

Any massive movement w enduring effects on political understanding is not a failure-not only because of the changed commonsense but because that’s how you make an opening for a big win down the line. Few believe this despite … all of modern history. But that’s fine. That’s why I write books.

Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · last mo.

People said Occupy was a failure and it ushered in 15 years of actual political engagement on economic inequality People like to call BLM, Abolish ICE, etc failures and, no. Spontaneous mass protest moments rarely win immediately. But they change the political environment and lay the groundwork.

And also - our Board nominee slate of candidates announced Monday is phenomenal. @disstudies.bsky.social, please vote in your new Board members!

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

The 2026 Elections are now open! Members have received communications regarding the current elections. Voting closes July 13. Please make sure you have an active membership! We have an incredible slate of nominees this year! disstudies.org/2026-nominees/

Logistics: CFP Deadline is September 20, 2026. The conference will be held on April 23, 2027 from 12 pm to 7:30 pm EDT and April 24, 2027 from 10 am to 6 pm EDT. Completely Virtual with ASL and CART for all live sessions. Questions? Email us at Meeting@DisStudies.org.

Universal gasps +👏 for @disstudies.bsky.social's conference - for our field to push boundaries again - and again. #DisabilitySky

Society for Disability Studies@disstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Proposals that aim to bring new interlocutors into dialogue and foment new coalitional possibilities across academia, advocacy, activism and the arts, are especially encouraged. (13/)

The lie is always repeated clearly; the correction is always elliptical. “Trump says hamsters speak French. Biologists aren’t so sure.”

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

Beyond excited to rejoin this productive confab of political scientists at @apsa.bsky.social. I'll be presenting "Disparate Impact Redux" on the Contemporary Crises in Constitutional Courts panel, and Saturday's panel on "Pluralism and Reflexivity in Teaching Practices and Course Design."

As the (U.S.) public reflects on Pride month, the arc of "justice" reminds me it's past time to empty our wallets (or in-kind offerings) to benefit trans communities, regardless of how any of us identify.

ACAB: Delaney Hall protests remained tense for an eighth night in Newark, New Jersey, as state police marched on demonstrators late Friday — at one point ordering an WNBC crew out of their marked news car and into a cloud of tear gas. www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/d...

WNBC crew removed from news car as law enforcement tear gases Delaney Hall protesters

News 4’s Checkey Beckford and her photojournalists were ordered out of their marked news vehicle during a class between New Jersey State Police and Delaney Hall protesters.

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🏚️Beyond Private Property by Clara Esteve Jordà challenges how property law drives environmental harm & inequality. 👓 Read the intro free: doi.org/10.4337/9781... 📘Shop Print: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... #PropertyLaw #EcoJustice #NewBook #ConstitutionalLaw #ClimateAction

Post. The. Complaint.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.

In order for democracy to thrive higher ed needs to be free from partisan influence, students must have the freedom to learn, and for all people to thrive as a result of better access to college. Read more of @michaelhgavin.bsky.social interview: collegewatch.substack.com/p/seeking-st...

Seeking Strength in Numbers

Sixty schools have joined an alliance to push back against the Trump administration

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“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

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Amir with the scoop: last night, NoMore24.org reached a deal with Speaker Menin, who agreed to put Council Intro 303 on the floor for a vote on May 14. The basic idea of justice is simple, but its implementation is messy: if this city bill becomes law, then the state will then need to act fast too.

Amir Khafagy@amirkhafagy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scoop🚨 Hunger Strike to end 24-hour home care shifts ends after seven days Elderly home care workers and the City Council Speaker reached a deal to introduce the No More 24 bill on May 14th New for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/04/23/h...

my latest from @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting inequality

In Louisiana v Callais, the supreme court has openly considered white Republicans in partisan redistricting

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"HB 490's vagueness leaves the door open for pretextual terminations that would shut down departments & majors, closing doors for students & eliminating their opportunities to learn about a wide variety of topics. It prioritizes profit over education & partisan interests over academic achievement."

Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Allowing Easier Faculty Layoffs

The legislation would explicitly permit terminations for low enrollment or “misalignment of revenue and costs.” The GOP supermajority can override any veto from the Democratic governor.

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So this happened when we called the White House switchboard yesterday.

I am really excited to announce the publication of the report "Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining," published by @highered-cb.bsky.social and @aaup.org's CDAF! Thanks Bill Herbert, @timcain.bsky.social Erin Ward, Anita Levy and Kathryn Ritchie (& Kate Taylor) www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...