We know that the motivation is political. That is why we are hearing no academic justification. This is censorship, pure and simple.

Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨🚨AAUP Chapter at UT Austin VP Lauren Gutterman: “There's been no direct communication from the provost with faculty in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, no clear explanation about why these degree plans are being shut down," she said."The justification is just entirely lacking."

A Labor Day Reminder: The biggest beneficiary of prison labor isn't a private company. It's the prisons themselves.

Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Read by James Earl Jones youtu.be/xX-AlsQcZgs?...

James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass Speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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When we talk about places contracting with ICE's notorious 287g contract, it's usually county sheriffs or even state-level agencies. But some cities are so zealous they contract with ICE directly. In Arizona, there's only one such city: Mesa. That's now an issue in the July elections:

Eyeing Upcoming Elections, Arizona Activists Want Their City Officials to Stand Up to ICE - Bolts

Mesa’s longtime partnership with ICE has emerged as a major fault line in the July elections, as organizers work to limit local collaboration with federal immigration authorities.

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Sith Lord Russell Vought is attempting to seize complete control over federal grants to states and universities. @jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about the dangers to everything from science to transportation infrastructure.

Local opinion: The politicization of federal grant funding will hurt Arizona

Opinion writers argues that a proposed federal Office of Management and Budget rule could make grant funding decisions more political and affect billions of dollars in federal support for Arizona.

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The Trump administration is ordering a 62-mile border wall built across the Tohono O'odham Nation without the tribe's consent. Chairman Verlon Jose calls it the biggest land grab of the modern era. 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Wall the Tohono O’odham Don’t Want

Trump threatens Native sovereignty in Arizona.

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“I was rebelling in the only way that I could rebel.” --fannie lou hamer i wish her spirit would light fire under y'all's feet bc this is what progressives have been asking of the masses...AND YET

Jonathan W. Gray@elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

Here’s a link the Ta-Nehisi’s latest w/o a paywall. READ IT. archive.md/SSLbJ

Flying in his sleep 🖤🤍🖤

I talked with Rogelio Bolufé, organizer of the Union of People Kidnapped by ICE. The US government deported him to Ecuador earlier this month, even though he's from Cuba, and left him there with nothing.

Feds Deport ICE Detainee Organizer to Ecuador  - The American Prospect

Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.

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“There may be.” FFS. Forget the flags. I have a literal masters degree in public health, I’m an actual union leader (in my second term as chapter president,) I’m a college professor, and a reproductive health advocate. And people are quibbling over if he abused his exes enough to be disqualifying.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hayes: Are there texts, photos, floating around that will hurt the campaign in October? Are you worried about that? Platner: I'm not worried about it. There may be things out there but they're from before I was public figure and got into politics. My journey is one of transformation.

On Tuesday, a judge dismissed the case against Karla Toledo, a Tucson DACA recipient detained by immigration agents at her home in May. But Toledo says uncertainty remains as she awaits a decision on her DACA renewal. https://ow.ly/NgFO50Z7Spc

"I’m still under attack:" Karla Toledo, relief and fear after case dismissed - AZ Luminaria

This story was published in collaboration with Somos Tucson. Karla Toledo — the DACA recipient detained by masked immigration agents at her own home in mid-May —  celebrated the dismissal of her case Tuesday by a judge in Tucson. The 31-year-old Latina immigrant expressed both relief and caution. About 30 people gathered outside the Tucson […]

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There are officially over 400 artists on HireHumanArtists.com🎉 More human artists than you would ever conceivably want to even try to look at all at once! Hire one for your next human project, wouldja?

Directory of No Gen AI Artists

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#Arizona students boo former #Google CEO Eric Schmidt as he talks about #AI during graduation speech 👍 We don't want your fucking AI. #NoDataCenters

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

I love how this poem moves from funny to serious I've seen this. The bar in Belfast International Airport. We heard the alarm, could smell the smoke & sat on & finished our pints. I have witnessed the second half of the poem too. It's time to pour our pints on the fire #Poetry #Poemoftheday

"I want to be clear that I am not talking about Nazis here ... I’m never going to be in a process with one of those people, or trying to repair a relationship that we don’t actually have." truthout.org/audio/ruptur...

The EEOC has officially reversed its decades-long position that workers are protected from gender identity discrimination by federal anti-discrimination law and says trans people don't exist www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The EEOC Is No Longer Protecting Federal Workers From Gender Identity Discrimination

Recent decisions mean the agency will no longer process claims regarding harassment, the denial of bathroom use, or discrimination in hiring, firing, or promotion on the basis of gender identity.

thenation.com

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

Their own stated goals, are give us our democracy back. Give us back the country we know. The country they knew didn't work for me or my people. Their whole movement is founded in the reified ideals of the American state, which are lies to mask its atrocities. They don't want to challenge that.

Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 7mo ago

I'm being asked to ally with people who hate me with no intention of changing. That would be white folks. For their benefit, so they can have a country they can believe in back, where my oppression is the norm.

wherein the NYT claims the AMA is lying about their own statements because they contradict the NYT's bigoted anti-trans articles filled with misquotes their leadership is in bed with a small group of elites obsessed with harming trans people unsubscribe here help.nytimes.com/360003499613...

NYTimes Communications@nytimespr.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The New York Times’s body of reporting on the American Medical Association’s stance on gender-related care for minors is accurate and factual, and remains so despite the recent statement from the Chair of the A.M.A. Board, which contradicts the A.M.A.’s own statements. www.nytco.com/press/fact-c...

Interested in joining UCWAZ, but not too sure about how we actually "win" in a right-to-work state without collective bargaining? Read more about why pre-majority unions are effective and increasingly important on our blog at UCWArizona.org/blog/pre-majority-unionism

Pre-Majority Unionism, Defined

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War crimes are war crimes no matter who carries them out, no matter the reason. Human rights are for all humans, even the ones you hate. Anything else - especially from people sitting in a place of relative privilege and safety - is dehumanization and part of the problem.

This is the point of this. This will eliminate trans people ability to be public citizens with full citizenship protections It will also make discrimination via miasma completely legal and deniable For something that serves no purpose but to allow folks to force contact with police at whim

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 8mo ago

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

FACULTY: Has your employer provided concrete support to faculty to accommodate the meteoric rise in the unauthorized use of generative AI in the classroom or within the university more broadly? What might this tangibly look like?

Wishing all of our friends a very happy holiday season full of peace, love & happiness! Gracias Ignacio Gomez for this wonderful piece of art. #WeFeedYou Deseándole a todos nuestros amigos unas felices fiestas llenas de amor, paz y felicidad! Gracias Ignacio Gómez por está increíble pieza de arte.

Happy Solstice!

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

"While ASU and UA have not accepted the compact in its current form, both university presidents have left the door open for negotiations..." Read the full piece, "United Campus Workers Arizona smacks Trump "compact" off the table - for now", at ucwarizona.org/blog/ucwaz-s...

United Campus Workers Arizona smacks Trump "compact" off the table - for now

UCWAZ, CWA Local 7065 elected member leaders submitted an article to the Higher Education Labor United (HELU) blog on December 5th, 2025. Their piece sums up our local's efforts to educate about and o...

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