la profe preguntó si habían leído charlie y la fábrica de chocolate y un estudiante gritó CHARLI KIRK Y LA FÁBRICA DE BALAS 😭 me dio un poco de risa pero debía guardar la compostura
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"The mayor of Newark is promising to lift the curfew around Delaney Hall and drafting a lawsuit against the GEO group that runs it.
But these are not reasons to stop mobilizing to support the hunger strikers."
I mean it’s not a coincidence that both Reagan AND Nixon started their political careers in CA. LAPD has killed more people than any police department in the country since ~2010. LASD has at least 32 deputy gangs. 1/4 Black youth in LA grow up in poverty. CA is not a good place.
In ‘94 Prop 187 banned undocumented ppl from receiving public services like public education. Prop 13 in ‘87 changed public school funding, largely in response to desegregation. *During* CRM in ‘64 Prop 14 passed, making it LEGAL for realtors to discriminate on the basis of race.
Notice how universities are moving at break-neck speed to make sure their students have AI but have been resistant to paying graduate students, faculty and staff a living wage. It's not about the money—it's about what a neoliberal university system prioritizes.
This junk is being pushed by trustees, and, because trustees are major donors, presidents probably feel obliged to them. But the first one who just flat out says no and loses their office because of it will be a legend in their own time.
If you know how much Chicago (or any other university) is paying to give everyone on campus Claude Enterprise, my DMs are open. I am curious how this expense compares to the apparently “too expensive” humanities PhD programs Chicago has cut. I bet the answer is illuminating!