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Andrea W.
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I'm still holding a koala.
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Ok, signing off for ... not quite sure how long. Leaving tomorrow on a long planned, much anticipated vacation and it feels like the moment to take a social media break.

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NYPD has started tear gassing inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia, per student radio WKCR

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I feel like the frog sitting in the water that's finally like "Oh. Oh fuck. Oh this water is boiling. Oh no."

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Kent State was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a playbook.

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Columbia AAUP chapter faculty statement, posted online by classics professor Joseph A. Howley and read aloud on WKCR: "Columbia faculty have spent the day offering our help to defuse the situation on Columbia’s campus and have been rebuffed or ignored."

Faculty Statement on Imminent Police Action at Columbia University
Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
For immediate release: April 30, 2024, 8:00pm
At this hour, the NYPD is massing on barricaded streets outside the gates of Columbia University. Columbia faculty have spent the day offering our help to defuse the situation on Columbia's campus and have been rebuffed or ignored. We have been locked out of our campus and have demanded to be allowed back in, and have been rebuffed or ignored. This is not new. Columbia faculty have attempted for the past two weeks to intervene in the situation, only to be shut out by senior University leadership.
NYPD presence in our neighborhood endangers our entire community. Armed police entering our campus places students and everyone else on campus at risk. That is why University statutes require consultation with faculty - statutes which appear to have been ignored since April 17, and again tonight. ...
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I strongly recommend following Columbia Spectator coverage too, and not just because I'm a former Speccie. Their coverage has been tremendous throughout this.

Homepage - Columbia Daily Spectator
Homepage - Columbia Daily Spectator

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I’m listening to WKCR as student journalists at Columbia are calmly describing the situation. They are amazing and also it is *such a balm* to simply hear neutral calm descriptions. www.radio.net/s/wkcr

WKCR 89.9 FM Radio – Listen Live & Stream Online
WKCR 89.9 FM Radio – Listen Live & Stream Online

Listen to WKCR 89.9 FM internet radio online. Access the free radio live stream and discover more online radio and radio fm stations at a glance.

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Trump says he'll use local police in his mass deportation plans in a second term in the White House -- and vaguely threatens to deny them federal $ if they don't participate. “They won’t partake in the riches, you know." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Says He'd Use Local Police For His Massive Immigration Crackdown
Trump Says He'd Use Local Police For His Massive Immigration Crackdown

Local law enforcement that won't participate "won't partake in the riches," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee vaguely threatened in a new interview.

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Andrea W.
@andreaisonline.bsky.social
I'm still holding a koala.
103 followers153 following961 posts