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Tony Pennino<p>Just accidentally texted some recent Marxist literary theory research to the post-modernists’ group chat.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LitStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Government isn't the only target for this hostile takeover…”<br>—Gil Duran, 'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>
Scott Campbell<p>"Taal’s lawyers are now arguing that the Trump administration’s request for Taal to turn himself in to ICE is a retaliation for his lawsuit and for his pro-Palestinian beliefs."</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-free-speech-lawsuit-ice-momodou-taal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/21/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-free-speech-lawsuit-ice-momodou-taal/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Dr. Victoria Grinberg<p>No, covid did not teach me that online conferences are just not working. It taught me that 2/3rds of all conferences could be fully online (though one still needs to think about best structure for them and not just transplant them without any adaptation) - and the remaining third needs to focus even more on interaction (unconferences, small workshops, hackatons...) and not the usual talks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subtoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subtoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p><strong>Do you know of any self-organized, bottom-up, locally-rooted educational organizations?</strong></p><p>I am asking this because I am talking intensely with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pan.rent/@ceci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ceci</span></a></span> about ideas and dreams we have for our home city, <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Sanremo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanremo</span></a>, Italy.</p><p>We are both coming to the conclusion that <u>an autonomous, independent, cooperative, critical, and deeply rooted university</u> is one of the very very few projects that could give young people in the area a real chance not to emigrate.</p><p>As we are also both deeply in love with <strong>fringe academia</strong>, it would also be the only reason for us to somehow <strong>maintain a bond with our homeland</strong>.</p><p>Please, <strong>boost and share this</strong>, and send us any kind of suggestions! We particularly welcome <em>Italian</em> initiatives.</p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/coop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coop</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/org" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>org</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/nonProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonProfit</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a></p>
Jack<p>From Bluesky... <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/fightfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fightfascism</span></a></p>
Frederik Borgesius<p>Professorship (Open Rank) in Responsible and Trustworthy AI</p><p>Zurich. </p><p><a href="https://jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/professorship-open-rank-in-responsible-and-trustworthy-ai/f900e6b6-8ec9-4018-a9f6-a30c7bf60e47" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/prof</span><span class="invisible">essorship-open-rank-in-responsible-and-trustworthy-ai/f900e6b6-8ec9-4018-a9f6-a30c7bf60e47</span></a></p><p><a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Heads up for fellow academics as well as other authors. I'm not a prolific published academic, but at least two of my academic journal papers (on Scottish book history and library history) have been pilfered for AI training purposes. All done without my permission. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/technology/arc</span><span class="invisible">hive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
J 🐑🌈 :donor:<p>Jon Sneider, Founder of Wild Gravity, on LinkedIn:<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sneider_dark-maga-if-youre-a-little-confused-activity-7304595429201981442-aJs5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/sneider_dar</span><span class="invisible">k-maga-if-youre-a-little-confused-activity-7304595429201981442-aJs5</span></a></p><blockquote><p>*DARK MAGA*</p><p>If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE here's the breakdown:</p><p>[...]</p><p>The three of them [Thiel, Musk, Vance], plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug.</p><p>Yarvin preaches that the media and academia represent "The Cathedral" that secretly controls power and must be dismantled.</p><p>He advocates for a corporate run, monarchy, led by a CEO-Dictator.</p><p>[...]</p><p>The strategy is to gut the government via R.A.G.E - Retire All Govt Employees to make government incapable of operating.</p><p>Then to replace government with private corporations.</p><p>To eliminate elections because they are "obsolete"</p><p>To use distraction and chaos to prevent public resistance.</p><p>Trump is their useful tool to be disposed of as soon as they can wrest control.</p><p>[...]</p> <p>Sources:</p><p>Shane Almgren, Author of "The Trumpland Diaries"<br><a href="https://shanealmgren.substack.com/p/democracy-is-done-the-rise-of-corporate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shanealmgren.substack.com/p/de</span><span class="invisible">mocracy-is-done-the-rise-of-corporate</span></a></p><p>The Financial Times<br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/02217acf-ac64-49c2-acd5-ef4f107f014c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/02217acf-ac64-4</span><span class="invisible">9c2-acd5-ef4f107f014c</span></a></p><p>The New Yorker<br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/culture/infinite</span><span class="invisible">-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk</span></a></p></blockquote><p>Read the cited articles too!</p><p>Further Reading (Watching/Listening):<br>NYT, The Interview, Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done<br>Gift Article: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.3gW2.AqAef6fUkk1R&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazin</span><span class="invisible">e/curtis-yarvin-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.3gW2.AqAef6fUkk1R&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkMaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMaga</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkEnlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkEnlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoReactionary</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRx</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechnoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>Ok we got one (1) R1 saying something, at last! </p><p>"we will stand up for Berkeley's values and defend them to the very best of our ability." </p><p>Was that so hard??</p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/UCBerkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCBerkeley</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>An open letter to Yale in support of Helyeh Doutaghi, who has been suspended by Yale Law School based on anonymous and unsubstantiated allegations </p><p>If you are in US or Canadian higher ed, please sign/share</p><p><a href="https://openletter.earth/statement-of-support-for-helyeh-doutaghi-18ce8d84" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openletter.earth/statement-of-</span><span class="invisible">support-for-helyeh-doutaghi-18ce8d84</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yale</span></a></p>
Merlin Gillard 🚋😷<p>Yes, this is a real extract from guidelines on AI use from an academic institution.</p><p>What's the use of prohibiting all these aspects of GenAI when they all form part of the fundamental characteristics and functioning of GenAI?<br><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noAI</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ESR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESR</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Good advice from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MichaelIgnatieff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelIgnatieff</span></a>, past President of the Central European University in Budapest and Vienna (2016-2021): "How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime. Viktor <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbán</span></a> came for me. Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is coming for you. Here’s what to do."<br><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-a-university-fights-an-authoritarian-regime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chronicle.com/article/how-a-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-fights-an-authoritarian-regime</span></a><br>(<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a>) </p><p>"You’re going to need an alliance that pulls together American families, employers, unions, companies, the whole network of people and institutions beyond your campus who understand that the universities of America are critical to everything that is good about the country: its commitment to freedom, its devotion to excellence, its leadership in science and medicine. This alliance is going to have to get political — to reach across red state and blue state, identify the members of Congress from both sides of the House who understand why universities matter to their communities, to the American economy, and to America’s deserved reputation for excellence. Don’t mince words. It’s too late to play nice. Call a spade a spade. Convince enough Americans that the administration’s strategy deserves only one name: vandalism."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Tapped Mango<p>Publish or Perish is now on Sale! Share it with your fellow academics to increase everyones scientific integrity 🧑‍🎓. Happy publishing! <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800420/Publish_or_Perish/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/280</span><span class="invisible">0420/Publish_or_Perish/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublishOrPerish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublishOrPerish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demands unprecedented control at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, alarming scholars and speech groups</p><p>By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.</p><p>"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEasternStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEasternStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAsianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsianStudies</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanStudies</span></a> Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>.</p><p>"Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.</p><p>"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>]. 'Even during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> period in the United States, this was not done.'"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Alexander Karn<p>What could this look like?</p><p>The most direct way for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> to hit back is through military contracts and biotech. </p><p>Basically, R1 schools would need to halt all cooperation with the government and starve them of tech transfer and technical competencies they need to maintain national security and compete with rivals. </p><p>Ask Americans, would they like to see China vault head ahead of them and assume the mantle of global hegemon because Trump wanted to own the libs?</p>
Scott Campbell<p>"“If you were accepted to Columbia University, don’t come here. This school will ruin your life for a McChicken and a nice tweet from Donald Trump.”</p><p><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbia-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbi</span><span class="invisible">a-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Alexander Karn<p>I am saying it once more.</p><p>If <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> do not QUICKLY develop a coordinated strategy of resistance, then MAGA will pick them off one by one. </p><p>“Half of this stuff you can’t just do and the other half is insane,” said Joseph Howley, a professor of classics at Columbia. “If the federal government can show up and demand a university department be shut down or restructured, then we don’t have universities in this country.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>Letter from Trump admin officials telling <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> to abandon any semblance of academic freedom, internal due process, etc.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIcvdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIc</span><span class="invisible">vdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view</span></a> </p><p>(attribution: shared on Bsky by Jameel Jaffer, Knight 1A Inst director at Columbia)</p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/PolicingTheCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolicingTheCampus</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HIgherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIgherEd</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "How college presidents are quietly resisting federal attacks on higher education"<br><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/college-presidents-resisting-federal-attacks-higher-education/742074/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highereddive.com/news/college-</span><span class="invisible">presidents-resisting-federal-attacks-higher-education/742074/</span></a> </p><p>"The relative lack of public statements is not a sign of cowardice as some have suggested. It’s that many college presidents have rightly concluded that quiet resistance rather than public protest is a more effective strategy. "</p><p>PS: Is quiet resistance working? If so, more power to it. It has to be better than quiet blenching. But does it work better than unquiet resistance? And how would we know?</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
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