There’s actually something missing here: universities take student protests seriously as security threats and respond to them not as social justice actions, or civil disobedience, but as the work of violent bad actors. This becomes evident in universities’ responses to protests over the last decade.
Student mobilization around Gaza was countered by (a) large donor mobilization against the students and (b) targeted congressional hearings. The modern American university system, after decades of defunding higher ed, is MUCH more attuned to the will of Bill Ackman et al than of the student body.
This strikes me as not-quite-right. She's correct that the campus protest in particular has lost power, but social media isn't where we should be looking for an explanation. Simply put: universities used to take student disruption more seriously because they took *their students* more seriously.
We should start naming hurricanes after fossil fuel companies.
that also doesn't surprise me, knowing a bunch of people very into YouTube
not that notable imho: people who not only consume YouTube content but engage directly with it in the comments know about youtubers.
after midnight showing of the first tomb raider film. my rowdy friends and i were the only one in the cinema. we had a ball
