Reposted by Howard University Faculty Senateandy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 04/10/2026time for a different group of people to write a report on higher ed 094
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateCalMatters @calmatters.org · 05/10/2026Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law that requires large companies to disclose if they or their predecessors profited from chattel slavery. cal.news/4zjLwPL 📸 Semantha Norris 23513
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...subscribe.bylinetimes.com#LightUpTheDark – Byline TimesDark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me... 18565342
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 05/10/2026The numbers that matter most to a democracy are not easy to track. prospect.org?p=145816 1165
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Congratulations to the winners and to the field of neuroscience, today! 0425
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateAlabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 05/10/2026Via Ariana Figueroa: An unprecedented increase in cooperation this summer between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through 287(g) agreements drove immigration arrests to their highest levels since President Donald Trump took office. ow.ly/MvzQ50ZU2G6 075
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026“Mainstream Republicans from William F. Buckley to George H. W. Bush to John McCain did distance themselves, somewhat, from the most egregious racists, anti-Semites, and whack-jobs. At the same time, they tried to harness those groups’ energy with coded outreach to their fears and prejudices.”liberalcurrents.comYou Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad HistorySarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP. 410229
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31224490
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenatePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than everhuffpost.comThe African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed HistoryThe museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor. 212568666
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026This is why folks should not waste time designing the perfect and optimized system of higher education and R&D investment. That’s unnecessary when an underinvested system is under attack. We should start by setting core guiding objectives and tripling the investment, and adjust as needed. 210134
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities 7615169
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026I should probably do something to … update this. Or make it more accessible. Or something lol medium.com/@chanda/deco...medium.comDecolonising Science Reading ListIn the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the… 19620
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Welcome to the @blackinrobotics.bsky.social UK chapter!!! blackinrobotics.org/bir-uk-chapterblackinrobotics.orgBiR UK Chapter — blackinrobotics 178
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151452529
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 03/10/2026Scientists who comprehend the pleasures of discovery—the human part of science—are the bringers of progress, as Nobel biologist P.B. Medawar showed so entertainingly and well, back in 1969 Had a lot of fun revisiting this favorite writer for @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/issue-661/ 06013
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateBucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 03/10/2026Supreme Court Will Consider Trump’s Mandatory and Indefinite Immigrant Detention Policy | Lower courts have rejected the policy more than 20,000 times, and a @stateline.org review found even many Republican appointees were releasing prisoners held under the new policy, finding it unconstitutional.buckscountybeacon.comSupreme Court Will Consider Trump’s Mandatory and Indefinite Immigrant Detention Policy - Bucks County BeaconLower courts have rejected the policy more than 20,000 times, and a Stateline review found even many Republican appointees were releasing prisoners held under the new policy, finding it unconstitution... 0103
Reposted by Howard University Faculty Senatesturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Weekend reading @bylinetimes.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social 03411
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 04/10/202611/ Orr also connects this story to Thiel. Byline Times documented a Thiel donation offered through Orr while Cambridge was considering him for a job. Orr joined the university in 2019. Again, I cant prove it was pay to get Orr hired but 2+2=4. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...bylinetimes.comPalantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at... 25829
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMoney on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Crafting the California Public Banking Act with Sylvia Chi (In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, Ep. 4)moneyontheleft.orgCrafting the California Public Banking Act with Sylvia Chi (In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, Ep. 4)In this episode of In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, we sit down with lawyer, organizer, and policy architect Sylvia Chi to unpack the landmark passage and radical possibilities of&… 053
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateStates Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 28/09/2026WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.bit.lyTrump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and moreWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. 53016
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateAAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What would real projections of open expression on campus look like? While committees and the provost deliberate behind closed doors, here are the 4 basic principles that members of AAUP-Penn and GETUP-UAW want to advance together out in the open: aaup-penn.org/real-protect...aaup-penn.orgReal Protections for Open Expression at Penn | AAUP–PennThese principles are cosponsored by GETUP-UAW. [Note: AAUP-Penn is working to grow our coalition to advocate for real protection of open expression at Penn. This issue affects us all – if you are inte... 152
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateBlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026A better future won’t just be built by billionaires. "We aren’t screwed. A good tech future is still possible. We know that because Rose, Iara, Rudy, and countless others are already imagining a future worth building and then making it happen." www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-d... #BlackskyNews 0457
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026Hundreds of thousands of Texas voters were not properly registered after a major error by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Subscribe to our free Democracy Docket newsletters to stay up to date on the latest voting rights news. 817394
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenatePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years 6abc.com/post/philade... 22441281
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 28/09/2026I’m in this webinar and, academics, take some time and learn who Marc Rowan is and how he steers our pensions into his company’s maw with one hand, while helping Trump come up with punitive policies aimed at hostile control of universities and curricula. 0910
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/09/2026While the Trump administration is framing the policy as “accountability” for higher education, and some are welcoming the move, others see it as an attack on those whose work is important regardless of salary. trib.al/1wK2qs8trib.alTrump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of DegreesUnder a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan. 207040
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There is nothing you can do to convince me to put my unpublished work into this. My biggest worry is reviewers or editors disrespecting my intellectual property. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...nytimes.comDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 213534
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 1 of the strike by the workers of UCU Edinburgh against the manufactured deficit (which is not really a deficit), and against a senior management earning millions while staff disappear and education suffers. Solidarity against this parasitical form of management of our higher education. 26339
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMaddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A very timely and important new paper: “How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHow decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United StatesUniversities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor… 212854
Reposted by Howard University Faculty Senate19thnews @19thnews.org · 09/09/2026How many women does your employer have in management positions? Are a retail chain’s Black workers as likely to be in public-facing roles as its White workers? It will soon be much more difficult to answer these and other questions related to gender, race and ethnicity in workplaces.19thnews.orgDoes your employer discriminate? It's about to get harder to find out.Congress created the EEOC to enforce civil rights laws in the workplace. The 61-year-old agency is about to stop collecting the data it has relied on to identify systemic discrimination. 01510
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026📌 ICYMI — Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism — Karam Bales The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Departmentbylinetimes.comJason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black RacismThe reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department 35030
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When educators restrict an AI model to a defined collection of trusted inputs, they can introduce students to academic materials in a flexible and interactive way. Here, Imran Khan shares five practical insights: ow.ly/HerN50ZKuSa #Highered #Academicskyow.lyHow document-grounded AI can support inclusive learningWhen educators restrict an AI model to a defined collection of trusted inputs, they can introduce students to academic materials in a flexible and interactive way. Here, Imran Khan shares five practical insights 022
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateVerite News @veritenews.org · 08/09/2026Air conditioning is critical to protect against extreme heat, but new research suggests that more public resources are needed so New Orleans residents use it without fear of energy costs.veritenews.orgIt’s dangerously hot inside some New Orleans homes, even with air conditioning, study saysAir conditioning is critical to protect against extreme heat, but new research suggests that more public resources are needed so New Orleans residents use it without fear of energy costs. 042
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... 381556449
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateBolts @boltsmag.org · 06/09/2026So much of Reconstruction was erased after the 1870s, as southern states rushed to design new suppression tools. The Readmission Acts were “intentionally forgotten to history,” says a legal scholar.boltsmag.orgA Voting Rights Promise, Betrayed for 156 Years - BoltsAfter the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, with a federal court ruling against Virginia and reviving the Reconstruction-era promise. 2221108
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had a press event with book banner Bonnie Wallace. They listed 2,198 “filthy, dirty, pornographic” books. One book is my picture book, Goodnight Racism. They may not want kids learning about the importance of clean water for all or ending injustice and hate. But we do. ✌🏾 08517
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 06/09/2026"Making neo-Nazi propaganda, arguing the Confederacy was really a noble endeavor, and palling around with anonymous fascists just isn’t a dealbreaker for the modern right." (from May 2025)liberalcurrents.comMissouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi StafferNathan Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign for making a transparently neoNazi video featuring the Governor, and has only doubled down on his white nationalism since. 27229
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateNew York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Byron Donalds could be Florida's first Black governor. Angie Nixon just upset a $16M-funded rival. Florida's primaries scrambled the script. #BlackVotersMatter #Floridaamsterdamnews.comWho Represents Black Florida? The Answer Just Got ComplicatedA Black Republican who enthusiastically carries President Donald Trump’s MAGA banner — could become Florida's first Black governor. 111
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/09/2026"We can’t function as a newspaper if we don’t have these voices included." How the Stanford Daily successfully sued the Trump administration over its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech. democracynow.orgStanford Student Newspaper Wins Suit over Trump’s Crackdown on Pro-Palestine SpeechA federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israe... 221983
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMatthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 04/09/2026"why are you writing a book proposal about eugenics in 2026, Matthew?" 04412
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateLauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026THREE CHEERS www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...chronicle.comLetter | When Presidents Bypass Shared GovernanceMembers of the Johns Hopkins University AAUP respond to an interview with Ronald Daniels. 0139
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateKatherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 04/09/2026Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligence are not being taken seriously. #AI #OpenAI #AIagentstechxplore.comThousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers sayThousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligenc... 063
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenatePaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"too narrow" 817073
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateJan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026'Welcoming further engagement and finding other ways to work with the Trump administration? For an academic institution, it was like welcoming the ten plagues and asking for a few more. In the face of authoritarian bullying, fawning doesn’t protect you. It simply invites more coercion.' Must-Read:nybooks.comThe Dartmouth Exception | Jacob WeisbergAmong its peers in the Ivy League, Dartmouth was perfectly positioned to resist Trump’s attack on higher education. It chose not to. 0277
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“If Republicans fail to hold onto the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, the nearly inescapable conclusion is that they will reject the results. In fact, they may not even wait for the results to come in.” ✍️ Brynn Tannehillbylinetimes.com‘The 2026 Plan to Steal This Election, and All Those After’If Republicans fail to hold onto the House or Senate in the 2026 midterms, Brynn Tannehill comes to the conclusion that they will reject the results 910450
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think people think I'm using a euphemism when I talk about people wanting to resegregate higher education 26519
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateVerite News @veritenews.org · 04/09/2026SpaceX promises coastal restoration in Louisiana, but scope and spending remain unclear Elon Musk’s rocket company says it will fund marsh rebuilds and shoreline protection in Vermilion Parish beyond what regulators require.veritenews.orgSpaceX promises coastal restoration in Louisiana, but scope and spending remain unclearElon Musk’s rocket company says it will fund marsh rebuilds and shoreline protection in Vermilion Parish beyond what regulators require. 652
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateAAUP @aaup.org · 03/09/2026“Weaponizing the IRS to attack colleges & universities that uphold & expand civil rights is outrageous. This is blatantly racist political coercion intended to deny minority students reparative opportunities to further their education.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP Presidentnytimes.comSchools Giving Aid to Minority Students Could Lose Tax Exemptions Under Trump’s New RulesThe Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools. 15428
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 03/09/2026The police chief of Senatobia, a Mississippi city where an officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June while responding to a shoplifting call, was fired by city officials Tuesday after reports of racist text messages emerged. buff.ly/rYp8Pcjmississippifreepress.orgSenatobia Police Chief Fired After Reports of Racist Texts in Wake of Baby Kohen Wiley’s KillingThe police chief of Senatobia, a Mississippi city where an officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June, was fired Tuesday. 19232123
Reposted by Howard University Faculty SenateBlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026In a blog post, OpenAI said that Astra has reached a "critical" cyber capability threshold, meaning the model could pose existential risks to cybersecurity. | Timothy Beck Werth mashable.com/tech/openai-... #BlackskyNewsmashable.comOpenAI confirms Astra has reached 'critical' cyber threat levelOpenAI previously paused some work on Astra due to safety concerns. 101