Aral Balkan
bhaugen
Aral Balkan and 1 other boosted

Starting with the repealing of all #DEI policies & specifically attacking #programs & #spaces on #campus meant to promote #diversity, the administration is trying to limit the ability of #nonwhite & #LGBTQ #students to express themselves or feel welcome on campus.

#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump #JDVance#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#KY#Kentucky

Strypey
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Women, non-whites, lgbtq people:
The dark matter of the universe.

Vera Rubin, the astronomer who pioneered research in Dark Matter (the new Vera Rubin Telescope was named after her)—they just altered her website to remove references to her work in bringing more diverse minds into the field.

So, she pioneered work in dark matter...and now a major tenet of her endeavor becomes...dark matter?

https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump

#astronomy #dei #darkmatter #diversity

Wow. University and its president support DEI. Trump admin investigates them. Faculty write a resolution in support of the president and DEI policies. Trump admin investigates those faculty too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/justice-department-george-mason-faculty-senate-investigation.html

"In a letter sent on Friday, the Trump administration said it would seek drafts of the faculty resolution, all written communications among the Faculty Senate members who drafted the resolution, and all communications between those faculty members and the office of the university’s president…Free speech advocates quickly denounced the move as an attack on academic freedom."

#Censorship#DefendResearch#DEI#FreeSpeech #Trump #TrumpVResearch#USPol#USPolitics

Wow. University and its president support DEI. Trump admin investigates them. Faculty write a resolution in support of the president and DEI policies. Trump admin investigates those faculty too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/justice-department-george-mason-faculty-senate-investigation.html

"In a letter sent on Friday, the Trump administration said it would seek drafts of the faculty resolution, all written communications among the Faculty Senate members who drafted the resolution, and all communications between those faculty members and the office of the university’s president…Free speech advocates quickly denounced the move as an attack on academic freedom."

#Censorship#DefendResearch#DEI#FreeSpeech #Trump #TrumpVResearch#USPol#USPolitics

Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx:
Dane  🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx: and 1 other boosted

What is Donald Trump's plan for AI? @brianmerchant read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here's what he learned. "Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke," Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. "It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!"

https://flip.it/tMtohZ

#Tech#Technology#ArtificialIntelligence#AI#TrumpAdministration#DonaldTrump#Politics#DEI#SiliconValley

What is Donald Trump's plan for AI? @brianmerchant read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here's what he learned. "Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke," Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. "It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!"

https://flip.it/tMtohZ

#Tech#Technology#ArtificialIntelligence#AI#TrumpAdministration#DonaldTrump#Politics#DEI#SiliconValley

Nadia Zaboura ✨
ProPublica
Nadia Zaboura ✨ and 1 other boosted

When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”

But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#University#HigherEd #Education#Trump#Virginia#DEI

When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”

But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#University#HigherEd #Education#Trump#Virginia#DEI

https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/

I've seen the past exonerative tense before, but the present continuous exonerative tense is special!

"Black women's unemployment is rising."🤡

All by itself? Magically?

The entire US, Dem and GOP, is going on close to 24 months straight of being publicly and loudly anti-civil rights (anti-DEI).

"Black women are more likely to work in the departments targeted by DOGE."

is like saying,

"Harbor seals are more likely to be found swimming in the water that happens to be rushing into a great white shark's rapidly opening mouth."🤡

Dudes have been open and vocal about their desire to drive Black women out of leadership positions in the federal government, higher education, and private industry. That's their goal.

And yet, we still talk about these outcomes as if they're just an unfortunate side effect of generalized downturns.

@mekkaokereke How exactly is this rising unemployment of Black women (another others) happening and what countermoves are being made? Unbreaking has a page for that: https://unbreaking.org/issues/equality-at-work-decimating-the-federal-workforce/

#DEI#FederalWorkers#USpol#BlackWomen#LGBTQIA#Women #discrimination #civilrights

📣Health Equity. Community Building.

💥This week’s Body-Sculpting Group Workout in Malden shows what’s possible when people of all abilities and backgrounds come together. It’s more than fitness—it’s a chance to meet our neighbors, support one another, and have fun while getting stronger.

And let’s be real—the laughter and the smiles? Great for mental health too. 😄💪🏾

#HealthEquity#Community #mentalhealth #fitness #fun #boston #health #maldenma #northshorema #dei #workout

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained | The Guardian

「 “They are doing things like checking if your medication matches your declared disability,” she said. “If it doesn’t, they can deny you entry 」

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/australian-academics-refuse-to-attend-us-conferences-for-fear-of-being-detained

#uspol #australia #research #science #dei