Free public transit is good
Free parking is bad
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Free public transit is good
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We’ve been told that Iran is considering strikes on California. A friend wondered aloud what the plan was for our defense. I reminded him that the regime hates California and so, presumably, nothing.
"Faculty with tenure should summon the same level of courage as an all-but-dissertation lecturer or untenured assistant professor to fight against attacks on academic freedom."
Four days into the conflict, US Central Command reported striking 2,000 targets with more than 2,000 munitions, with the first two days of bombing alone costing $5.6 billion.
C.E. Aubin, a historian and postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, told Wired that Grammarly’s practices reinforce the “profound mistrust so many scholars in the humanities have for AI and its seemingly constant use in fundamentally unethical ways.” sfist.com/2026/03/08/s...
A poster for UC-AFT bargaining sessions with the following dates: March 19 - UCLA April 9 - Zoom April 16 - UC Davis April 30 - Zoom The poster includes the slogan "We Won Open Bargaining. Now Let’s Pack The Room" and an RSVP link at linktr.ee/ucaft.
UC-AFT lecturer contract negotiations have begun. We won open bargaining, so let’s pack the sessions in solidarity with Unit 18 teaching faculty! Here are upcoming bargaining dates in March and April. weteachuc.org #WeTeachUC
They're going to poison a city with 17 million people
Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.
“Something tells me Americans were more incensed by the flagrant and needless killing of two American protesters than some sketchy contract award or incomprehensible Trumpworld beef that the media will point to.” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-public... by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
Modeling budget democracy for higher education: @cnewf.bsky.social critiques @ucirvine.bsky.social for cutting funds for instruction while accumulating hundreds of millions in reserves. Cosponsored by @ucaft.bsky.social and @uc-faculty.bsky.social .
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“You had literally grants for millions of dollars being canceled in a single vague paragraph: ‘This no longer comports with administration priorities’…” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I’m really sorry. My deepest condolences.
Matias Campos, a UCSF clinical pharmacist and the UPTE executive vice president: “We have been screaming from the rooftops about this issue for years. No one took us seriously.” Join us at 12 pm on Thursday, March 5, at UCSF Mission Bay to tell UC: Safety can’t wait. RSVP here: upte.org/rsvp
#UCSF
Congress to America: "What War?"
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“Top leaders have a duty to loudly and clearly oppose the war in and of itself, not just appeal to the domestic legal particulars by which it is being waged … The only way to read this half-hearted response from the Democratic Party leadership is de facto support.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
“Lecturers have been left in limbo as the termination threatens to be one of the largest lecturer layoffs in campus history.” 👎 www.dailycal.org/news/campus/... @ucaft.bsky.social
“Once eligible members sign union cards, the organizing committee can ask ALA leadership for voluntary recognition of the union, which the National Labor Relations Board would certify before a collective bargaining committee could form.” www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
White House talking points for congressional Republicans say we're not at war, we're just in "major combat operations against Iran" lol
As proud as I’ve ever been to be a member of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social!!
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Translation: we let faculty step into the ring and fight on behalf of everyone, doing nothing to support them and in some cases actively hindering them because ours is a strategy of capitulation, which always works with playground bullies and fascists alike.
“The flexibility of fair use accommodates uses like computational research, critique, and teaching and learning, all grounded in the same basic principle.” www.arl.org/blog/celebra... @arl.org
Faculty + unionized workers are the real leaders of the University of California, repelling funding cuts and attacks on research and teaching. The UC President and highly-paid administrators sit on the sidelines with harebrained dreams they can negotiate with Trump. www.latimes.com/california/s...
After a US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, rescuers dug through the rubble for survivors. The death toll is still rising, with more than 80 confirmed dead so far.
Biden executed a genocide
Obomba destroyed Libya
U.s. imperialism is bipartisan
It’s pretty horrifying how the US regime doesn’t even particularly care to manufacture consent for another illegal war.
No congress, no constitution, and a king.
What a way to celebrate 250 years.
⚖️ What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong
In this new ARL Views blog post, @katherinejk.bsky.social dives into the bipartisan Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR Act): www.arl.org/blog/what-th...
#AI #Copyright #CLEARAct @recreatecoalition.bsky.social
It really shouldn’t become common practice that the mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the world has to tell Trump to stop his radically unconstitutional acts. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
“Taking out the artwork, taking out the statements, taking out the community work, specifically in the space, takes away from where the movement was born out of, and it’s a form of erasure that I think the MCC doesn’t want people to forget.” www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
“When we say, ‘we run UC’, it’s really the people that make this University possible,” Luce said in the interview. “As long as we stay resolute and stand together, we can protect this place and defend the value of public higher education.” dailybruin.com/2026/02/24/u...
