Canada’s NDP is facing its worst electoral result in decades. It’s a familiar story: a social democratic party weakens its ties to working-class voters, moves toward the political center, and gets squeezed between populist anger and liberal managerialism. https://t.co/QPJArM2lpF
BREAKING: this morning we received news of the FBI executing search warrants against multiple pro-Palestine organizers at the university, including at least one GEO member. This is an alarming escalation by the university and state. The situation is developing; more soon.
In class we talked about eclipse conspiracy theories and online misinformation. Then we went out to watch it. I forgot to snag a pair of glasses from the pack I bought so I didn't get to look at it, but honestly watching all my students during the eclipse was almost better 🥹
Love Island All Stars producers are diabolical. Regretting buying the commercial free plan because I don't see how this apartment is getting cleaned today.
Academia as a whole needs to take a hard look at how we treat contingent faculty. But I'm not holding my breath.
"...contingent faculty members are, in fact, human workers who are doing the same instructional labor done by tenured professors."
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