Yiping Xia 夏逸平
@xiayp.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University Past: UNC CITAP, UW-Madison SJMC
Every time I fly American, there would be some innovative issues that cause delays/cancellations 🤷♂️
New: Four Texas A&M professors are suing in Houston federal court over its policy prohibiting discussions of race, sexuality and gender in the classroom ~ www.chron.com/texas/articl...
Faculty sue Texas A&M over limits on teaching race, gender and sexuality
Texas A&M is the second state university to be sued over limits on teaching gender, sexuality and race.
chron.com
Hoping Spurs will announce some Big Loans so that my men’s team this season will be more exciting than, uh, Leyton Orient (with Yusuf Akhamrich).
I don’t agree with everything written in the “Cape Town Declaration,” but that former presidents’ “response” is … pointless.
If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Joseph M. Adelman@jmadelman.bsky.social · 6d agoBecause the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
“____ is privilege, not a right” is their go-to BS now
Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2w agoUT Austin doubles down on denial of tenure to leading borderlands tech scholar: “In an emailed statement to Inside Higher Ed, a UT spokesperson said, ‘Tenure is privilege, not a right.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
My brilliant colleague Iván Chaar López 's tenure denial is not only a threat to UT faculty, but to all scholars who research topics considered "controversial." His case is a model for how to deny tenure with zero justifications to him or his colleagues. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
UT border surveillance scholar was a shoo-in for tenure. UT denied him.
American Studies scholar Iván Chaar López fears UT’s unexplained tenure denial violated his academic freedom amid scrutiny of controversial fields.
statesman.com
🚨Lauren Gutterman, former chair of the American Studies department and AAUP UT Austin Chapter VP: “Iván’s case is a warning for all faculty across the university, because it suggests that achieving excellence in your field is no longer enough to secure tenure and promotion.” ⬇️
UT border surveillance scholar was a shoo-in for tenure. UT denied him.
American Studies scholar Iván Chaar López fears UT’s unexplained tenure denial violated his academic freedom amid scrutiny of controversial fields.
statesman.com
A human rights lawyer who fled China, applied for asylum in the US, and was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE took him this week:
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution
theguardian.com
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants
The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.
forbes.com
I cannot tell you how many people have complained to me that we don't have a national survey asking how people use AI. If that includes you, here's your chance to comment on BLS's plans to ask about AI use in the American Time Use Survey starting in Jan. '27 fedscoop.com/bureau-of-la...
Labor seeks public feedback ahead of nationwide AI survey launch
The agency’s Bureau of Labor Statistics opened a two-month comment period ahead of its January 2027 launch of a survey on public adoption of and time spent on AI.
fedscoop.com
I’m sorry what? This happened before I was born and I heard it mentioned on television and the internet all the time. In China.
Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 4w agoIf Argentina win you can all learn about a little known missed call from Argentina and England’s history. At the time it was called “the hand of god” but nobody really remembers it anymore because in the pre-VAR era the beauty of a fluid game without stoppages meant fans didn’t dwell on blown calls.
why have Messi on the field if you were cosplaying Stoke City
It’s both and this sentence smacks chatgpt
Chron.com@chron.com · 4w ago"It's not a Hispanic community pain. It's a Houstonian pain."
Don’t let the insanity of this ad detract from the fact that racist legislations are being proposed and passed across the South against Chinese immigrants.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4w agoMarsha Blackburn's new ad is so racist that it makes me wonder if mainstream Republicans could have gotten away with something like this back in the 1980s or 90s.
“It’s hard not to feel a bit bitter… bleakly attempting to disassociate the moments of sporting brilliance from the allegations, until we’re forced to accept the impossibility of doing so without disassociating ourselves.” 💔 www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
The story of the biggest World Cup in history that nobody wants to talk about (Gift Article)
More teams appears to mean more serious allegations of sexual assault — and football's aversion to saying anything about it is all too clear
nytimes.com
That haunting yet morbidly exciting feeling, as you head into day one of your fieldwork, thinking you know too much and too little at the same time...
University of North Texas journalism professor Tracy Everbach: “I don't understand why this particular conference is being singled out, especially when it's been going on for, you know, decades and I've been attending it through UNT for more than 20 years.” ⬇️ dentonrc.com/education/hi...
UNT won’t cover conference costs for journalism faculty, citing SB 17’s ban on DEI
UNT Integrity and Compliance told faculty members that their presentation at an academic violated a state law regarding race, sex and gender.
dentonrc.com
Do you live in New York state? Do you have an NYPL digital library card? All NY residents are eligible, even if you do not live in NYC. The application is online. www.nypl.org/library-card... NYPL members have access to what I believe is the best digital ecosystem in the world rn. 1/5
I hope I’m not the only one who thinks this is a bummer
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · last mo.Goal leaders at the World Cup
