Reposted by c cilanoAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8751411860
Reposted by c cilanoJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This. This is important. They’re hoping fear will hold us back because they don’t have the numbers. But it will make us stronger. It will bring people out. 22735183
Reposted by c cilanoMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides. 6548321128
Reposted by c cilanoNews to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026Robert De Niro has a message to share. The November is our time to shine at the polls. Fuck those ICE goons and just get there. 18672186
Reposted by c cilanoKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“An Award for Scholars Who Tell the Truth” Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu (inhale) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccck (inhale) Yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 2644941
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For sure. I attended their webinar on FOIAing for ed tech contracts this week and got just what I needed to get started at my own institution. 010
Reposted by c cilanoNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Please share wisely to publicize the attempts by musk to suppress votes and spread disinformation popular.info/p/the-hidden...popular.infoThe hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.orgThe slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine. 23515485
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Police helicopter and drones in downtown East Lansing for the weekend as students return to MSU. College town as surveillance state. Anyone else's town/gown relations like this? eastlansinginfo.news/police-to-de...eastlansinginfo.newsPolice to Deploy Helicopter, Drones in East Lansing as MSU Students Return for New School Year - East Lansing InfoELPD announced plans as students have returned for a new school year. 120
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026OTOH, if univ admin strove for candor as the UC Berkeley report recs, the gossip mill might need to close up shop. OTO, and more seriously, what a remarkable challenge and goal. academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/defaul...academic-senate.berkeley.edu 000
Reposted by c cilanoFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 17/08/2026I've told my cat a million times to stop opening interdimensional portals in my house.... 23394351068
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social THIS: formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. 010
Reposted by c cilanoBen Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Before my 49th birthday ends, give me a fantastic present & share my latest #ScholarSunday thread to get all this great work to all the folks, thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social 66430
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026UMich's new policy replays previous efforts to do something other than standard grades. Alex Meiklejohn tried to do without them in his Experimental College at Wisc in the 1930s. 1/ 100
Reposted by c cilanojessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126207999
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Flawed installation?!? No way! ffs www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...nytimes.comCharges to Be Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)President Trump had repeatedly accused vandals of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On Friday, prosecutors acknowledged it was “the result of flawed installation” and moved to dismiss cha... 010
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Imagine a soul so rancid it would cut Head Start. Behold such a person. 000
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026#OneTermTom #MI7 MI7 constituents, another good reason to kick Tom Barrett to the curb. @wewill2026.bsky.social is a good option. www.contrariannews.org/p/every-memb...contrariannews.orgEvery Member of Congress Who Funded ICE (So You Can Vote Them Out)These 206 names are on the ballot. You can fire them. 000
Reposted by c cilanoCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Two stops later when a black person gets on the train 18990117
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026My dept and college--of arts and letters--at an AAU R1 have no new PhD students coming in. Part federal bs and part former dean (who is now provost elsewhere) self-interest: build that cv, budget be damned! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...nytimes.comDecline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’ 000
Reposted by c cilanoKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The founders, in the Treaty of Tripoli -- begun under Washington, signed by Adams, ratified by a Senate filled with other crafters of the Constitution -- said "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Tom Emmer is a dumb-as-dirt bigot. 1353144929
Reposted by c cilanoJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026“Dafuq did we just see?” “I dunno, Carl, but it ain’t right.” 415319
Reposted by c cilanotalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 07/06/2026❗️FBI is reaching out to people who were previously arrested by NJSP during protests outside Delaney Hall. Some have received phone calls or door knocks. National Lawyers Guild is spreading an advisory for people to contact their hotline if feds come knocking: 91078646
Reposted by c cilanoDebt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It's happening 🚨 House GOP representatives are about to introduce a bill that would completely eliminate subsidized student loans. They are trying to make it impossible to go to college unless you can afford to pay for it upfront. 38733431
Reposted by c cilanoRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 23/05/2026let this be a message to Americans who join the military. the GOP will campaign on your death and use their power to delete your existence from the history books once it becomes inconvenient. 3131541043
Reposted by c cilanoSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Let’s put it in simple terms. Men and women who attacked our Capitol, injured over 140 police officers and attempted to overthrow the results of a presidential election are going to be paid by Trump’s lackeys for their services on J6 with our tax dollars. 69856316
Reposted by c cilanoMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.arstechnica.comInfluential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flagsThe retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times. 2325491388
Reposted by c cilanoJulie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean. 5932301210
Reposted by c cilanoW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such. 7089174047
Reposted by c cilanoMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 6444592171
Reposted by c cilanoDeclaration for American Democracy Coalition @dfadcoalition.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Starting tomorrow, events are scheduled in NOLA, Montgomery, Nashville, and Raleigh to push back on state legislatures' attempts to silence the voices of black and brown voters. We will not be silenced. 5369142
Reposted by c cilanoDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/04/2026The cucking of JD Vance escalates to levels scientists had previously deemed imposible. 1333760
Reposted by c cilanoIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/04/2026People have been shocked that an AI company is offering chats with an AI Jesus for $1.99/minute but it's important to remember and respect the fact that a core part of American evangelicalism is being financially defrauded by people who claim to speak for god 9071211892
Reposted by c cilanoMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 10/04/2026"To my knowledge, no department head, dean, or other administrator at Texas A&M has taken any meaningful action to defend academic freedom." this is part of the problem in academia 0257
c cilano @kikkicee.bsky.social · 07/04/2026#MI7 #TomBarrett I just called my rep's offices. Straight to voicemail here in Lansing (fucking cowards). Staffer in DC could not answer this question: 'Does the congressperson support the commission of war crimes?" She said she hadn't had a chance to talk with #OneTermTom about it. 000
Reposted by c cilanoKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work. 1824323710793
Reposted by c cilanoCathy - co-owner of 🇨🇦♥️ @cathy-nesbitt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Two of my favourite academics! An absolutely must watch discussion for folks desperate for facts. Thanks @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social Can’t wait for the next one! ♥️ 524974
Reposted by c cilanoHeather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026And you thought the Waffle House Teleporter was bad... 5330083
Reposted by c cilanoScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The Ford and Carter families are teaming up to do what the government won’t: PROTECT our elections. 🗳️🇺🇸 They’re deploying nonpartisan observers to Michigan to keep the vote safe. This is history in the making! FULL STORY: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-cant... 16812265
