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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
See also our open letter. You can support and sign 🖋️ if you want and help boost the message. Important we reach as many as possible at this start of the academic year bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When I die, will I have to confirm via Microsoft Authenticator?
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
She will return and she will be more powerful than we can possibly imagine.
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trc 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇦🇲 @covell.ca · 18/06/2026
Meanwhile, governments are promising to use AI to improve healthcare.
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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog Editors are always seeking new submissions. Here is a quick overview of: - who edits the blog - how to reach us - general post guidelines - examples of post types Please share with the feminist bioethicists in your life!
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Writing for the IJFAB Blog
The IJFAB Blog editors are always seeking new submissions for the blog. Here is an update of who the editors are, how to contact us, some general guidelines for blog posts, and an open call for creati...
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Now: About 100 rank and file Legal Aid Society attorneys and allies are rallying outside Brooklyn Criminal Court after a woman was forced to give birth in arraignment. They’re discussing other instances of clients dying in custody & harsher punishments for NYC’s poor.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Since redistricting and the VRA are rightfully getting attention, here‘s info about prison gerrymandering. If unfamiliar, prisoners are counted as part of population of area in which they are held captive and not where they’re from, despite felony disenfranchisement. www.prisonersofthecensus.org
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Prison Gerrymandering Project
Legal and factual research to support advocacy campaigns to end prison-based gerrymandering focusing on the Census Bureau, and state and local redistricting.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The anti-data center movement isn’t just about limiting local development—it represents a new front in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism. Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy | Astra Taylor and Saul Levin
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Three weeks ago
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 07/05/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May MsNow The wonderful Katelyn Burns does a deep-dive on Trump's decision to attack women-only Smith College over its admission of trans women. www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
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Opinion | Why the Trump administration is going after trans students at Smith College
Katelyn Burns: Government action against Smith, including threats to federal funding, could affect the standing of trans students at other women’s colleges.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/04/2026
This weekend, pseudoscience pushers, including Trump’s HHS report author, will be teaching doctors from around the US anti-trans pseudoscience. Now, anti trans activists say as a result of our story, 2k emails have been sent to get them to cancel. They are pointing followers to an email address.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/04/2026
HB 580 in Alabama will create post-tenure review process for faculty, let Board of Trustees shape curricula & limit the power of faculty senates. “The bottom line is that it’s a bad bill. It will do little to bring about the transparency & accountability that lawmakers desire.” —Auburn AAUP
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Alabama universities brace for tenure, curriculum changes after bill’s passage
The bill mandates each public college and university schedule a post-tenure review every one to six years.
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Call for conttributions to special issue of @bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social on 'Bioethics for the Planet', mixing medical ethics & environmental (climate) ethics - edited by Paul Komesaroff, Cara Platts, Natasha Rooney and me. EoI by May 31 to c.platts@unimelb.edu.au #bioethics #medhum #envhum #STS
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It’s no longer TDoV but there’s bigots to piss off so…
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.
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a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings with a very angry look on his face
Alt: a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings with a very angry look on his face
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/04/2026
My contribution to the discussion about social media platforms is that everyone on the left should read this book www.upress.umn.edu/978081669864...
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Against Purity
The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"At an internal all-hands meeting on Friday, NSF leaders announced that they would dissolve the agency’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate based on the budget request, according to two NSF staff members who shared information anonymously in order to speak freely"
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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Next week the @ucpews.bsky.social is hosting a virtual book launch for **Bioethical Responsibilities in 21st Century Crises** It will be a conversation among book editors & four authors on responsibilities this century but especially bioethical responsibilities in this moment. April 14th @ 7pm ET.
A Conversation on Bioethical Responsibilities in 21 Century Crises
A virtual discussion about the need for new bioethical methods and focus to address contemporary issues, including disability, incarcaration, climate change, and the role of emotions in reasoning. Hosted by the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science 
April 1th 7-8:15pm Eastern, Free and open to all. Virtual webinar that you can register for here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2D15JcZRRmzGJFue_DUFA#/registration
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Not so long ago, when Russia was targeting hospitals in Syria, that it was widely denounced as a war crime.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/04/2026
“The Philadelphia Court system has banned all smart/AI eyeglasses from courtrooms and soon, anyone who attempts to bring any eyeglasses with audio and/or video recording capabilities into a courtroom in the city could face arrest.”
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Philadelphia courts ban all smart/AI eyeglasses, violators could face arrest
Starting Monday, March 30, 2026, those who bring eyeglasses equipped with video/audio recording capability to court could face arrest, officials say.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/04/2026
Full-time salaries for most categories of faculty have remained about the same since 2002, adjusting for inflation, while admin pay soars. Faculty have had enough. We’re fighting back nationwide. ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿 www.chronicle.com/article/amid...
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The NYT is being disingenuous here. The AMA has *always* said that gender-affirming surgeries should generally be reserved for adults. That's part of why so few kids get them! The AMA reiterated this position and the NYT is characterizing it as a policy change. It's not.
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Non-tenure-track contract faculty at NYU went on strike this morning after over a year of bargaining (capped by a 24-hour+ marathon session). Big crowd of @uaw.org members and supporters, incl lots of students. They’re picketing over pay, workload, AI, a voice in faculty governance, & more.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone
Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
ALTThe First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This project from our Beyond Do No Harm network highlights actions individual health care workers are taking to interrupt criminalization in the context of care. We hope this will inspire others to do the same! Read them here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/storytelling... 1/3
Health Care Workers Interrupting Criminalization On the consequences of policing patient behavior in the hospital. A physician at a community health center challenges the policing of his patients by offering a harm reduction-based approach to careRestorative justice as an alternative to firing a patientListening, Resisting, Healing: HRNA's Fight Against Re-criminalization in British Columbia. A harm reduction nurse in Canada leads his community in a fight against Bill 34, which would re-criminalize public drug useWhen healing becomes resistance, interrupting HIV criminalization. An advocate & an attorney share an intimate story about the power of community & policy, & the role of health care providers in the movement to end HIV criminalization
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Check out the Aeon philosophy prize for early career researchers - offers the chance of intensive mentoring in writing public philosophy @aeon.co aeon.co/philosophy-p...
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Three years into the AI era, educators say they face a major crisis. Bosses and clients replacing tutoring jobs with AI. Replacing *athletic coaching* with AI. Many students now cannot grasp why they would *not* use AI for schoolwork. And worse. The 5th installment of AI Killed My Job—educators:
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"If AI is writing the work and AI is reading the work, do we even need to be there at all?" Education workers reveal a growing crisis on campus and off
AI Killed My Job: Educators.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I think a lot about @alexhanna.bsky.social's ridicule as praxis when it comes to critiquing "AI" systems - and PureGenius is such a good example. Also has me excited to consider how I might bring more satire into my classroom and invite students to create similar kinds of projects.
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Bradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The push to make syllabi “public” is not about transparency. It’s about creating conditions for outside intimidation and manufacturing pretexts for censorship.
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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 12/03/2026
slightly updated list of concerns CU system-wide students, faculty, and staff have with the CU-Chat GPT that's slated to roll out this summer. please share, please support in any way you can. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Talking Points on CU-ChatGPT
Talking Points on CU-ChatGPT On December 15, 2025 the CU System signed a one year contract with Open AI for $2.1 million, with plans to launch a system-wide ChatGPT Edu access for faculty, staff, and ...
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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Whew. More folks need to hear this
"I know that there's some of you who believe that you're in a dialogue with the federal government about the future of education. I think when you start from that premise you have already lost," he said. "Because the reality is, it's not a dialogue that's focused on solving the problems that are identified; it's an action focused on trying to undermine your independence."
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Truthout @truthout.org · 25/02/2026
Trump’s oil blockade has pushed Cuba to the brink, with reserves projected to run dry by March, and even though the Supreme Court struck down his tariff threats on countries shipping oil to the island, the US-made humanitarian crisis continues to deepen.
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Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba — Its Oil Reserves Could Be Empty by March
The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s threatened tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, but the crisis persists.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/02/2026
it sure is a choice to look at a political landscape in which the government is actively attempting to erase trans people from existence and publish a Singal victory lap in furtherance of that goal
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
My wife just renewed her passport or, as we’ll rightly call it, paid her poll tax.
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It took a hot minute, but I can finally share my new paper on evidentiary pragmatism in transgender health care! In it, I propose a new principle for evaluating scientific evidence based on the best reasonably achievable evidence, avoiding the ‘catch-22’ where trans care can never be justified.
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Evidentiary Pragmatism in Transgender Health Care | AJPH | Vol. 116 Issue 3
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Mercer Gary @mercgary.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Sign to demand the end of sheriff collaboration with ICE in Philly: sign.moveon.org/petitions/en...
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Keep ICE Out of the Courthouse!
The Sheriff's office is tasked with the security of courthouses in Philadelphia, including the Criminal Justice Center. Sheriff Bilal is allowing ICE to use the courthouse as a hunting ground to condu...
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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
why did it take me all day to hear about this? why wasn’t it all over everyone’s feeds? a national strike of 300 million people! apnews.com/article/indi...
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Indian unions and farmers stage a nationwide strike over interim trade deal with US
A broad coalition of unions and farmers in India has held a one-day national strike against an interim trade deal with the United States.
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Sarah Knott @sarahknott.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why. Joan Wallach Scott in The Guardian archive.is/Htsxj
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026
In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
75% of my students are future health professionals. Do you really want a physician or nurse or pharm. who has no critical reading/thinking skills, who cannot communicate worth a damn or knows enough to ask questions/problem-solve when something feels off? Would you put your life in the hands of AI?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
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UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"What’s important is for disabled people to understand that their situation is political, and for caregivers to understand that their situation is political, and that the same system of ableism that’s entrenched in every care policy we have is entrapping both people." – @lauramauldin.bsky.social
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/02/2026
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
(when you need mike tyson as a spokesfatphobe - man are you hard up)
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 06/02/2026
The FDA recently approved the birth control implant Nexplanon for use up to five years, instead of three. But to providers' surprise, it also placed the device under a special monitoring protocol called REMS, which is infamous for the way it has limited access to medication abortion.
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The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
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