Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026)
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/ https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
Universities “are increasingly acting like other employers, finding “complicated and sometimes pretextual reasons” to fire employees, even those with tenure. “What we’re seeing at the New School is emblematic of the rising pressures on higher education as a labor market and as an industry”
He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway.
The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.
nytimes.com
I said it before and I’ll say it again: we about to see post-9/11 PATRIOT Act levels of racism ahead of 2028
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h agoGet ready for three months of the most vile, disgusting, unapologetically islamophobic and racist commentary you've ever seen from the GOP during a campaign.
When you have no master to serve but the people, you have nothing to fear.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 2h agoI don't think I can remember a US politician with better messaging than this man. Ever. And that includes Mamdani. Run him for President.
Not on our watch, mofo. thehill.com/policy/healt...
Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. On a private call last week hosted by the Whit…
thehill.com
It’s official! Our fiction imprint, Fort Point, is going live!
Beacon Press Launches Fiction Imprint
The Boston-based publisher, which is primarily known for its nonfiction about political and social issues, will publish 3–5 titles per year through its Fort Point imprint, with Beacon director Gayatri...
publishersweekly.com
Many academics have to find the money to publish books from grants. This is a job on top of a job and they earn no royalties on anything.
Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026)@tnflorvil.bsky.social · 2h agoGreetings, Psst, most academics aren't making much money from their book publications. They can't use their royalties. This means we are not popping our collars and purchasing prosecco or NA prosecco. The few scholars who are making bank are not publishing with university/academic presses.
Greetings, Psst, most academics aren't making much money from their book publications. They can't use their royalties. This means we are not popping our collars and purchasing prosecco or NA prosecco. The few scholars who are making bank are not publishing with university/academic presses.
El-Sayed, a progressive, beat Haley Stevens, a moderate US representative backed by the party’s establishment. He will now face Republican Mike Rogers in the race to represent the midwestern purple state in the Senate
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in defining race for Democrats
theguardian.com
RFK jr overrode the NIH recommendation for NIAID Director to appoint his own preferred candidate (who applied, but NIH declined to interview), per @politico.com. Institute directors have final say on funding decisions and are critical to the integrity of NIH. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job
Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
politico.com
Wenn ihr heute etwas lest, dann das. Welche Konsequenzen seht ihr im Rahmen des Möglichen und Wirksamen gegenüber Medien, wenn es um deren Ausübung medialer Gewalt wie der hier analysierten geht?
Altpapier@altpapier.bsky.social · yesterdayWieder sterben zu viele Menschen auf dem Weg Richtung Europa, doch das geht in der Berichterstattung unter. Manches Blatt lässt jede Pietät vermissen und setzt die Flüchtenden mit Attentätern gleich. Ein Versuch, den medialen Deutungskampf um #Ceuta etwas zu sortieren: www.mdr.de/altpapier/da...
The show reportedly received millions of dollars in funding from companies overseen and regulated by the ex-reality star’s Department of Transportation.
Sean Duffy Promised A 'Great American' Reality Show Months Ago. It's Still Not Out.
The show reportedly received millions of dollars in funding from companies overseen and regulated by the ex-reality star’s Department of Transportation.
huffpost.com
Some scholars should consider a sensitivity reader for their works. 👀
This kind of cowardly buck passing is exactly how abuse gets enabled, at scale.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h agoRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
IEHS member and committee member, Dr. Julia Rose Kraut, is offering her expertise this coming academic term:
Julia Rose Kraut@juliarosekraut.bsky.social · yesterday‼️ Colleagues: If you're teaching this semester, please let me know if I can assist you. Happy to recommend reading, talk w/ students about immigration, free speech, Cold War/McCarthyism, ideological exclusion/deportation, "Threat of Dissent." 🗃️ @iehs.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Four years after being extradited to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is home again after a pardon from Donald Trump—and is already rebuilding his old political machine, WPR columnist James Bosworth (@bloggingsbyboz.bsky.social) writes.
Hernández’s Return to Honduras Tees Up a Presidential Power Struggle
Honduras’ controversial former leader is expected to get involved in politics again, putting President Nasry Asfura in a tough spot.
worldpoliticsreview.com
The sheer number of people dying in ICE custody is terrifying. Of course, this is fascist, but let's not forget that Nazis also drew from Jim Crow laws and hung out with American eugenicists. These ideas keep traversing the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans back and forth.
“The UAE is creating a complex system of commercial, industrial and military entanglements that sometimes reinforce but also undermine the sovereignty of fragile states — most notably in war-torn Sudan.” www.ft.com/content/a4c6...
The UAE’s imperial push into Africa
The Gulf state is investing heavily in land, ports and influence across the continent. But its entangled goals come at a price
ft.com
In my new piece for @serrc.bsky.social, I discuss @beccamonteleone.bsky.social Martin Pérez Comisso & @elmahajric.bsky.social's "Cyberpositionality: Sociotechnical Location in the Digital Age." I cover their analysis of the nature of online community, & also modes of resistance in the digtal age. …
SERRC@serrc.bsky.social · last wk.Thoughts on Cyberpositionality: The Construction of Digital Communities in Digital Spaces, Damien Patrick Williams I found Rebecca… https://social-epistemology.com/2026/07/28/thoughts-on-cyberpositionality-the-construction-of-digital-communities-in-digital-spaces-damien-patrick-williams/
toni schneider, the new bluesky ceo: we already have plenty of faces... what this place now needs is more leopards.
If you’ve never read or heard much about Western Sahara, this is a good place to start. I wrote in my recent book on the history of self-determination of western dismissal of the rights of the Sahrawi and the transnational solidarity campaign that emerged.
Dana El Kurd@danaelkurd.bsky.social · yesterdayMy episode with Sahrawi activist Mohamedsalem Werad, on Africa's last colony and American complicity in Moroccan occupation, is out now open.spotify.com/episode/4GcG...
The @nytimes inexplicably continues to assert that "the Justice Department ... gave [Trump] the audit protection as part of a deal to end the lawsuit." Nope. It wasn't included in the "deal." It's a unilateral--and blatantly unlawful--decree by the Acting AG. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
nytimes.com
Fascists and authoritarian regimes try to control universities and turn them into purveyors of state propaganda through extortion…... www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul
Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s letter contains some similarities to a compact offered to and rejected by a small group of schools last year.
politico.com
The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...
New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over
The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...
aaup.org
Good reminder that Black American music shaped so much of the white world:
BluesMusic@bluesmusic.bsky.social · 2d agoJohn Lee Hooker & Van Morrison 🎶'Don't Look Back' #blues #bluesmusic
ICE killed, another, man. Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies The detainee had an extensive medical history, incl epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...
Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
thecityreporter.nyc
As a Religious Studies professor, this directly targets my livelihood in a way that makes a mockery of any supposed profession of concern the administration has ever expressed for me as a Jewish person on campus.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
In exactly two weeks, my fall semester begins.
Little Boy Cries Over Water Balloon
Alt: Little Boy Cries Over Water Balloon
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