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Wesleyan is a smallish liberal arts college led by a courageous and upright president. Thank you, President Michael S. Roth '78.

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 3d ago

The schools that stood up to Trump thug demands—first Wesleyan and Princeton, then Harvard, then many others who were emboldened—have won in court and earned honor in history and support from alums. Columbia showed that appeasement always loses. It's never enough. Don't do it, Yale.

The schools that stood up to Trump thug demands—first Wesleyan and Princeton, then Harvard, then many others who were emboldened—have won in court and earned honor in history and support from alums. Columbia showed that appeasement always loses. It's never enough. Don't do it, Yale.

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d ago

Need to have some frank talk about #Yale President McInnis, General Counsel Alexander Dreier and the trustees. First, they keep saying that they are compelled to enter into a settlement with the #Trump administration. Untrue. 1/

Loyalty to mission, not to governmental overreach. #highered

Schools are so afraid of the feds they praising its "national call to action." An executive branch bent on “reforming” higher ed has found collaborators to play ball just as other threats have incentivized “deals” between corporations & the administration. www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...

Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education! "history [shows] us..how this might work. In the decade or so after the end of WWarII, higher-education leaders across the country collaborated with Senator Joseph McCarthy’s effort to rid the land of communists." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education—While You Still Can!

Another way to show devotion to the nation and to truth.

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“I feel something close to grief at the spectacle of humans behind home plate being usurped by the robots, and I can’t shake the suspicion that this needless tweak to our national game is somehow connected to all the darkness and dumbness we see around us.”

Opinion | Can We Keep One Small Corner of America Technology-Free? (Gift Article)

Baseball isn’t supposed to be perfect.

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Couldn’t miss Jennifer Nettles at PAC NYC in her new musical “Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo.” Also gave us a chance to finally visit the 9/11 memorial. #TheatreSKY

Couldn’t miss Jennifer Nettles at PAC NYC in her new musical “Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo.” Also gave us a chance to finally visit the 9/11 memorial. #TheatreSKY

Couldn’t resist reading Amy Bloom’s new book, appropriately checked out from Wesleyan University’s library. I’m in my power player bios and Hollywood history nonfiction reading era, so it’s been ages since I dipped back into fiction. A murder mystery set at an elite Connecticut college? Yes, please!

"In a world of algorithmic sameness, the quirky perspectives that might have made these creatives the odd folks out in high school can make them refreshingly distinctive, authentic voices in job interviews." #highered #arts #theatersky

Arts Grads Are Doing Just Fine, Actually

With AI driving algorithmic sameness, these students often have skills and creative perspectives that set them apart.

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Oh no…how tragic. A motorcycle accident. A great songwriter and busker.

Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter known for 'Once' Oscar win, dies at 56

Glen Hansard, a singer-songwriter who starred in the film "Once" and was the leader of band the Frames, has died after a motorcycle crash in Ireland.

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"Authoritarianism doesn’t have to involve men in suits dragging people into cars...Orban showed that critics — or pockets of independence — can be rendered pliable by making them believe that the smart move is to affirmatively sacrifice some of their independence" @yale.edu wapo.st/3RW4HPo

Opinion | Yale trustees, history is watching you

A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.

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Thrilled to see Wesleyan University’s @msroth.bsky.social collaborating with my old colleague, friend, and director Robert Egan on “Voices of Democracy: Imagining America: The Next 250” alongside the likes of Robbie Baitz, Laila Robins, and Nikkole Salter up in the Berkshires.

In Ukraine, children’s books “tell the story of a society profoundly reshaped by years of full-scale war…children encounter weapons whose names have entered everyday language…these books help children confront fraught topics like death, destruction and fear through a language they can grasp.”

‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War (Gift Article)

A surge of books in Ukraine since the war began has aimed to help children and their parents cope with trauma.

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Stream on!

MGMT - "Kids" Original 4/20/03 Concert Part 5

YouTube video by Rad Scientist

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pyxl-8@pyxl-8.com · last wk.

Sometimes I just think that we are so impossibly, improbably blessed that the 2003 MGMT Wesleyan University video exists

I stand by my writing from 2009, placing the blame of California’s film industry implosion at the feet of Mark Burnett. Now we can add the implosion of democracy.

Reality TV Kills CA’s Budget (HuffPo)

Reality television guru, Mark Burnett, recently talked with The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd about his upcoming series Shark Tank, set to premiere this Fall on ABC.

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Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · last mo.

Mark Burnett is at least as responsible for the political viability of Trump as Rupert Murdoch, and probably more

I stand by my writing from 2009, placing the blame of California’s film industry implosion at the feet of Mark Burnett. Now we can add the implosion of democracy.

Reality TV Kills CA’s Budget (HuffPo)

Reality television guru, Mark Burnett, recently talked with The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd about his upcoming series Shark Tank, set to premiere this Fall on ABC.

simsjames.com

Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · last mo.

Mark Burnett is at least as responsible for the political viability of Trump as Rupert Murdoch, and probably more

“By investing in #highered within the prisons of this country, we are offering an opportunity for transformation to our most vulnerable and marginalized population. Education is a pathway out of the swamp of despair…” — Wesleyan University’s Center for Prison Education student Niraj Patel

Higher Ed in Purgatory

The American prison is a purgatory of steel and concrete. It’s a place designed to keep people in, strip away their humanity, and reduce them to numbered objects—a place where […]

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Highly recommend this profile of the civilian West Point prof who is suing to protect academic freedom. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.

Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.

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“By investing in #highered within the prisons of this country, we are offering an opportunity for transformation to our most vulnerable and marginalized population. Education is a pathway out of the swamp of despair…” — Wesleyan University’s Center for Prison Education student Niraj Patel

Higher Ed in Purgatory

The American prison is a purgatory of steel and concrete. It’s a place designed to keep people in, strip away their humanity, and reduce them to numbered objects—a place where […]

ctexaminer.com

lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism

At 23, Olivia Rodrigo is leading the way on being an artist/activist. Worth watching her new videos for the Center for Reproductive Rights. She's caring, committed and informed. Good 4 You, Olivia. I'm a fan. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

Olivia Rodrigo Says Anti-Abortionists Are Actually Just ‘Pro-Control’ in Reproductive Rights Discussion

Olivia Rodrigo said that anti-abortionists are actually just "pro-control" in a discussion with the Center for Reproductive Rights.

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Headed into NYC to see “Birthright” tonight, which sparked my latest essay: “Birthright dares to articulate conversations happening around the world about the tension between what it means to be Jewish and Israeli politics. Is that really what is driving artists to boycott an already sold-out show?”

Boycotting a Jewish Play? Somebody Page Mel Brooks.

The uproar over "Birthright" is the latest reminder that religious offense has always followed provocative theatre—and that silencing the stage is no substitute for confronting what it has to say.

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“The Trump administration has for now abandoned its quest to force the University of Pennsylvania to turn over names of Jewish people on campus, according to a court filing on Thursday.”

Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn

The move was a rare pullback for the administration, which has used inquiries as leverage. Few schools resisted as Penn did after it was pressed for antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups...

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She’s covered in blood and wherever she goes you can hear the sounds of wailing children.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Susan Collins voted for $70 billion in ICE funding just before an ICE agent gunned down a young immigrant father in Maine. Collins also voted against an amendment requiring bodycams. These votes will now be hung around her neck, Dems in the state tell me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2133...

“Voice bias is a missing piece in mainstream conversations about equity. Voice is rarely named alongside race or gender in progressive frameworks, yet people are constantly judged by how they sound, compared to and defined by an unspoken ‘standard.’”

Rachel Sklar@rachelsklar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Anazing profile of Samara Bay! heragenda.com/p/understand...

"The only way AI hasn’t fully captured my writing style yet is because I try to keep it guessing butterfly peanut toaster pants pants hypotenuse." @monicahesse.bsky.social is a treasure on so many levels www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Column | What 700 readers taught me about ‘The Odyssey’

You emailed me in droves asking for the missing text in a column about a movie version of a poem. That’s how much we all care about stories.

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This is a consequential decision with grave possibilities. One that I question how anyone in Washington can agree was the right decision while keeping a straight face. “Nuclear history is littered with examples of countries that pledged to obey the rules, and surreptitiously raced for a bomb.”

With Saudi Deal, Trump Loosens Nuclear Standards for One Close Ally (Gift Article)

Nuclear experts say it throws fuel on the smoldering fire of atomic proliferation, creating a destabilizing situation that could raise the risk of nuclear war.

nytimes.com

End of an era for The Public Theater as Artistic Director Oskar Eustis announces he will step down at the end of his current contract. #TheaterSKY

Oskar Eustis, Theater Giant, Is Stepping Down. First, He Has Thoughts.

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“The Trump administration said Tuesday it has launched civil rights investigations into alleged racial discrimination in admissions at five medical schools, including at Dartmouth College.” @bloomberg.com #HigherEd

Dartmouth Medical School Is Latest Trump Civil Rights Target

The Trump administration said Tuesday it has launched civil rights investigations into alleged racial discrimination in admissions at five medical schools, including at Dartmouth College.

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