My graduate institution never fails to lower the bar, but at least there are still good faculty there who speak up

Here's a petition people can sign asking the USC administration to reconsider disinviting valedictorian Asna Tabassum from speaking at her own commencement. Shame on you, USC!
change.org/p/the-usc-comm…

If USC really cared about security rather than censorship, it would let Asna give her validictorian speech with security measures in place, including telecasting if needed. USC embarrasses itself.

Statement from USC’s Palestine Justice Faculty Group on the university’s predictably spineless, manifestly racist and Islamophobic silencing of valedictorian Asna Tabassum

Energy people, our comrade’s Ryan Cecil Jobson much-awaited book has an amazing cover and it’s available for preorder!

Sociedad Latin. y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental American Society for Environmental History EnergyInSociety Energy History Online Petrocultures Petróleo&Energía christina, OIL BEACH + other 📚 | mostly @ 🦣 Mdon Environmental History Now Environment+Society Christopher F. Jones HISTORIA CARIBE

MASS ARREST OF STUDENT PALESTINE PROTESTERS AT POMONA COLLEGE IN LA RIGHT NOW.

I’m covering for student publication. Please DM me for info + media.

My Long Covid Advocacy Billy Hanlon I'm not saying there's not a real person whose name is attached to the bylines, bc IDK. But the site has a lot of dodginess, including its 'about' page medriva.com/about-us ; & the volume it attributes to alleged contributors, eg 'Ethan Sulliva': medriva.com/author/ethan-s…

On the danger of abandoning evidence-based isolation and rapid testing for Covid
theatlantic.com/health/archive… w/ Dr. Saskia Popescu The Atlantic by Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.

Tragic to say this out loud, but here it is:

As a #LongCOVID researcher, I strongly urge the public to ignore recent CDC guidance and input from Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH on the topic of #COVID . It is NOT based on consensus science and it has NOT been designed to protect you. Disgraceful

I'm old enough to remember Take Back the Night marches to claim the right of women to walk alone after dark, wear what we want, and get home safely. These victim-blaming PSAs for cyclists & pedestrians are so retrograde. 1970s were 50 years ago
wams.nyhistory.org/end-of-the-twe…

Disingenuous. “The infectious disease doctors of America agree” = appeal to authority (a “genetic fallacy”). “Some random anonymous dude on twitter” = both an ad hominem and a straw man argument

THREAD: As Veterans committed in the fight stop U.S. imperialist violence, we grieve the loss of Aaron Bushnell and honor his profound protest and sacrifice. We are taking the time we need to make a full statement, but we offer these suggestions for talking about Aaron’s action:

The protester ended their statements to the camera with: “This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

Solidarity with our colleagues in KY. The same partisan politics are targeting academics throughout red states. Make no mistake that the attacks on tenure and academic freedom in IN are part of the same plan. Shame on those who abet them. #StopSB202 & all similar bills.

if you want to do something ?

Especially for Fiqah is @sassycrass.bsky.social don’t send me “love” or “respect”

Make sure women like Fiqah is @sassycrass.bsky.social and trans men like Ra'il IK

DONT get erased and devalued

stop telling ME it’s bad

Tell the people screwing us over and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT