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David Shumway

@nearleft.bsky.social
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Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon. Film, popular music, literature. All opinions are my own.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Senate Republicans have voted 14 times to continue Trump's war with Iran. They could lower your prices by ending his war—but they won't.
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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congratulations to CMU for taking dirty hedge fund money from a guy who believes neither in education nor in free speech! We always knew you had it in you!
Text of article from The Financial Times with the following material highlighted, “. In January, he called Harvard students “whiny snowflakes” and halted his donations to the school, which have topped $500 million. On Monday, he said the protests were the result of a “failed education system,” adding that the situation at Harvard looked better than at Columbia, where police raids last month cleared out protesters and their encampment.
When asked by the Financial Times what Harvard should do next, Griffin replied, “Harvard should put front and center [that it] stands for meritocracy in America and will educate the next generation of leaders in American business, government, healthcare, and the philanthropic community. Harvard will embrace our Western values that have built one of the greatest nations in the world, foster those values with students, and ask them to manifest these values throughout the rest of their life.”
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Futurism @futurism.com · 25/09/2026
"Does it matter?"
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to Pay
Thanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...
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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A guide to help journalists define voter fraud, understand how rarely it occurs, and spot potential errors in government datasets" - from SciLine / AAAS www.sciline.org/elections/vo...
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What research tells us about voter fraud - SciLine
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta have brought about. They both need to go. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN.
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Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/09/2026
Breaking News: OpenAI disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes and other “concerning” behavior.
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
David Ellison is moving one of the most storied studios in the history of Hollywood out of California because he is a pissy little bitch. Just another reason why I will never work for this nepo baby fuck.
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Paramount To Leave California Amid Antitrust Battle & Stalled Warner Bros Merger
Leaks out of David Ellison's inner circle said the CEO wold take his Paramount ball & leave California if state AGs didn't back off on their antitrust suit
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
democrats, literally the only thing you should be talking about for the next 3 days is donald trump lying about being a 9/11 hero. i dont care if the question is about the economy or gas prices or about how sexually attractive you are, you steer that answer to trump lying about being a 9/11 hero
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I’m a Dartmouth professor. Pres. Beilock implies in this piece that she speaks for us as a college. She does not. I don’t permit AI in my classroom. Not because it stole my work; because as I wrote in @chronicle.com, most of my students hate it—and feel betrayed by the college—even more than I do.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2026
Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Geologists and evolutionary biologists do not have to debate creationists. Astronomers do not have to debate pre-Copernican theories of the heavens. Doctors do not have to debate anti-vax nuts. Climate scientists do not have to debate industry-funded deniers. All that goes for racists times ten.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Impeach Trump ❤️🤍💙🌊 @potusvpotus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
START DOING IT NOW! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS
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Chris Gallant @gallantny.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nick LaLota has been a rubber stamp for Donald Trump, not a voice for Long Island. We deserve a representative who shows up, listens, and fights for working families. It’s time for change. #longisland #suffolkcountyny #ny01 #congress #politics
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Even Elite Colleges Have Become Trade Schools www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Opinion | Even Elite Colleges Have Become Trade Schools
Short-term return on investment is an impoverished view of a college education.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/07/2026
I hope everybody caught this. Under Mark "masculine energy" Zuckerburg, Meta is no longer just implicitly going right wing -- it has become explicit. Allying with Newsmax is not subtle. This is a deeply awful company. If you work there, you should quit.
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Meta Forges AI Content Deal With Newsmax
Meta will gain access to Newsmax's archived and current library of digital news content, with the ability to train its AI-powered search and discovery tools while supporting user searches on Facebook,...
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The whole war is just a pretext for slopping the base, literally and otherwise.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“This victory shows that universities should not capitulate to unjust and unconstitutional demands from the Trump administration,” Grundy added. “When we join together and fight, we win.” go AAUP and ACLU!! grow spines, university admin www.thedp.com/article/2026...
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Federal agency drops subpoena seeking list of Jews at Penn
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s July 2025 subpoena garnered widespread criticism on Penn’s campus.
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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Google bought my old English PhD program and turned into a AI slop doctorate so yes, yup, mmmhmm
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
+ @ideasroadshow.bsky.social @moneyontheleft.bsky.social @nearleft.bsky.social @brightwalldarkroom.com @dodgyboffin.com @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social & many more. Add more below, please share the whole thread widely, & enjoy, all! blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 284 (7/12/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
National News was not showing a massive protest against Trump in D.C.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
Joe Gebbia
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John Birch Society
@The_JBS • Jun 30
Your taxes are paying for an Illegal Alien with an Anchor
Baby to live in the starter home your American kids can't
afford.
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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What Will AI Do To Our Minds?
Cognitive damage, not productivity gains, may be the most important consequence
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hey, Dems, let's do this: Instead of centrists freaking out about the success of progressives, maybe we could take Mamdani as a model and focus on listening to and delivering for the voters. What if we had big competition among candidates to see who could do most for voters? Just imagine.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
The Most Versatile Majors Chart, TOPPED BY ENGLISH and VISUAL&PERFORMING ARTS
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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/06/2026
Sign the petition below to challenge newly proposed accreditation policies that threaten to chill free speech, weaken faculty governance, restrict curricular autonomy, and undermine academic freedom. @emergencycampaign.bsky.social
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Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education
We represent students, parents, higher education faculty and staff, and concerned citizens united in opposition to the dangerous proposed rules. We write at a grave moment in our country’s history, ...
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 26/06/2026
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Here come four months of centrists attacking the left with far greater existential fury than they ever aimed at Trump (because they prefer Trump and helped him win):
Centrist Democrats
Rebuke Party's Left
Wing:
We Are Capitalist,
Not Socialist'
Following high-profile primary victories by
democratic socialists, some moderate
Democrats are advocating a different
course, highlighting tensions in the party.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Would love a deep dive or even a book telling modern US history via stadium names. Tonight’s game will be played in a stadium named after a fintech online lending company and the Lakers now play in Crypto Arena.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
you people need to show more respect for the political machinery that lost to donald trump twice
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tell your state leaders to hold utility companies accountable and bring down energy costs action.consumerreports.org/nb-20260512-...
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Tell state leaders to hold utility companies accountable
Tell state leaders to hold utility companies accountable
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yes, this is an issue nationally for the Democrats, who can’t seem to learn that the 1990s are over. But the party in New York outside of the City is utterly disorganized, and pretty much invisible.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My cab driver in Staten Island was a Reagan-Bush-Bush-Dole-Bush-Bush-McCain-Romney-Trump-Trump-Trump voter. He said that by nominating Mamdani-aligned candidates, Democrats had just thrown away any shot at getting his vote.
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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Let's make it happen.
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jimtragos.bsky.social @jimtragos.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Check out these two ridiculous headlines in which @nytimes.com grants agency to inanimate objects in order to avoid holding Trump directly accountable. Not, 'Trump's Reflecting Pool Makeover Appears To Be A Failure' and 'What Is Trump Hiding Behind The Kennedy Center Tarps?' Feckless absurdity
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🟧🌊still-Rusty🗽🟧 @still-rusty.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Her revulsion is palpable. Visceral.
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Catherine @caevans.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New piece out on feminist anthologies, editorial care, and tender(ness) in Pittsburgh in @asapjournal.bsky.social. Read it, open access, here. dx.doi.org/10.1353/asa....
Hand holding copy of ASAP/journal’s 10.5 September 2025 edition in front of a sunny window
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This might be the final straw.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Madman theory (the President is negotiating with the voices in his head)
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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Joy Connolly: “Americans have not lost trust in higher education because of scholar-activism or relativistic thinking, but because public investment in the system has shrunk, tuition is prohibitively expensive, and other priorities crowd out the student experience.” www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...
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Letter | Preconceived Beliefs Plague Humanities Report
Its authors committed one of the faults they criticize most sharply, writes Joy Connolly.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If Trump can avoid falling asleep or shitting himself during tonight’s Knicks game, he can win the expectations game.
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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Netflix has decided that they are only going to make TV movies.
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