Where’s the fly? I miss the fly!
Putting a dent in affirmative action for wealthy white kids. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/u...
Evidence of what we pretty much knew at the time. Wonder if DHS has a file on a certain prof known to teach classes on terrorism. Asking for a friend.
This Homeland Security report about how they helped Trump fake an Antifa conspiracy in cities like Portland is a bombshell, and yet completely unsurprising. Thank you @wyden.senate.gov for surfacing it.
A new Homeland Security report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary antifa plot.
Ok, I know the thing about the taller candidate winning, but you know who else thinks it’s better literally to mute women? The Taliban, that’s who
On Thursday, two dozen Jewish faculty at Columbia delivered this letter to our presidents in response to the latest report of our Task Force on Antisemitism. It’s a long read (we’re academics!) but we’ve had a lot of interest from colleagues. You can read it here: tinyurl.com/CUJfacLetter
I mean, I woulda preferred if Cheney had taken him on a hunting trip, but I’ll take it
Have been grappling with what “Zionism” and “anti-Zionism” mean and how differently these words are used (and heard) by different groups. This comparison to the term “intifada” is helpfully thought-provoking
WTF NYC? Construction jackhammering on 114th & Broadway (corner of Columbia’s campus, adjacent to many dorms and faculty apartment building) just started, at 12:30am on the night before classes start. Do they not think nerves are frayed enough at the start of this semester? Grrr.
Roth making me proud of my alma mater, again.
A reminder that Trump instructed Netanyahu not to sign a cease-fire agreement until after the elections to prevent Biden from declaring a diplomatic victory and to ensure the Gaza war is a salient issue for young progressive and Muslim voters. The hostages' blood is on their hands, too.