MIT rejects the mafia's offer!! This is good news as it gives other universities who were afraid more permission to assert themselves--and makes them look like worse collaborators if they don't. This is the argument we are already making at home
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-proposed-federal-compact

#MIT #HigherEd #academia #uspol

"The clear aim of the compact is to place universities under federal control... Our institutions might seem to benefit from making a “deal” in the short term, but everyone loses in a world where American universities sign away their independence."
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-compact-universities-colleges-free-speech-rcna236003

#uspol #HigherEd #academia

Folks, big ask for @joynewacc from Gaza (and my partner at Gaza Verified) who wants to study abroad:

Do you have any connections at Trinity College Dublin and/or UCD?

Joy’s already applied at UCD and we’re awaiting a decision. We also already have a contact there but more wouldn’t hurt.

We can’t seem to reach anyone at Trinity for help in having her apply. Ideally English/English Literature.

Please feel free to direct message me if you like.

And thank you!

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #academia #Ireland #Dublin #TrinityCollege #UCD #GazaVerified

Folks, big ask for @joynewacc from Gaza (and my partner at Gaza Verified) who wants to study abroad:

Do you have any connections at Trinity College Dublin and/or UCD?

Joy’s already applied at UCD and we’re awaiting a decision. We also already have a contact there but more wouldn’t hurt.

We can’t seem to reach anyone at Trinity for help in having her apply. Ideally English/English Literature.

Please feel free to direct message me if you like.

And thank you!

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #academia #Ireland #Dublin #TrinityCollege #UCD #GazaVerified

UNC professor reinstated to duties after administrators had removed him for... what you'd expect, tho it's also got a back story
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article312419982.html

#HigherEd #dwayneDixon #UNC #academia #uspol #AAUP

UNC professor reinstated to duties after administrators had removed him for... what you'd expect, tho it's also got a back story
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article312419982.html

#HigherEd #dwayneDixon #UNC #academia #upsol

Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/06/reject-the-compact-petition-urges-usc-not-to-sign-trumps-contract/

#PolicingTheCampus #HigherEd #Academia #uspol #1A #AAUP #USC

Pennsylvania state legislators move to introduce bill blocking Penn from signing White House funding higher ed compact
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/10/penn-politicians-react-white-house-compact

#academia #HigherEd #uspol #Pennsylvania

Do I know anyone who knows someone who has worked professionally with academic hiring in Denmark? Perhaps a recent professor emeritus in the #Humanities. I need help to improve an important job application. I am happy to pay a fee.

#academia #denmark #histodons

Do I know anyone who knows someone who has worked professionally with academic hiring in Denmark? Perhaps a recent professor emeritus in the #Humanities. I need help to improve an important job application. I am happy to pay a fee.

#academia #denmark #histodons

"an under-appreciated aspect of AAUP v. Rubio, it is the first case of the Trump Era to explicitly identify and reject the primary and most pernicious form of speech suppression employed by this Administration: Chill"
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/aaup-v-rubio-and-big-chill.html

#PolicingTheCampus #usPol #AAUP #1A #HigherEd #academia

Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/06/reject-the-compact-petition-urges-usc-not-to-sign-trumps-contract/

#PolicingTheCampus #HigherEd #Academia #uspol #1A #AAUP #USC

Pennsylvania state legislators move to introduce bill blocking Penn from signing White House funding higher ed compact
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/10/penn-politicians-react-white-house-compact

#academia #HigherEd #uspol #Pennsylvania

"an under-appreciated aspect of AAUP v. Rubio, it is the first case of the Trump Era to explicitly identify and reject the primary and most pernicious form of speech suppression employed by this Administration: Chill"
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/aaup-v-rubio-and-big-chill.html

#PolicingTheCampus #usPol #AAUP #1A #HigherEd #academia

10 hours left on my birthday drive—from the resilient north, Spark Space continues ❤️‍🔥 Don't fetishize this resilience; fight for it. This is a youth-led volunteer project STILL bringing electricity & internet to their community while the occupation invades Gaza City.

Support dozens of high school kids taking exams at Spark by helping the volunteers keep the electricity on: 754/1000 https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #Tech #Education #Academia

10 hours left on my birthday drive—from the resilient north, Spark Space continues ❤️‍🔥 Don't fetishize this resilience; fight for it. This is a youth-led volunteer project STILL bringing electricity & internet to their community while the occupation invades Gaza City.

Support dozens of high school kids taking exams at Spark by helping the volunteers keep the electricity on: 754/1000 https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #Tech #Education #Academia

**For the benefit of those who are less techy or may not know about the ways we can deal with personal identity data.**

Personal digital ID - a hot topic in the UK atm.

Many people and companies are working on systems to provide secure ways to hold our personal identity info. Some include wider profiles like our job, interests, hobbies etc. Some are OPEN SOURCE and part of a diverse ecosystem of data interoperability (you can use the same data POD (personal online data). Bluesky is active this landscape with their 'ATProto' personal data approach, and the Fediverse with the more versatile 'ActivityPub' user profile. There is also the WWW3 standards Solid project, and other Open Social Protocols (listed on the Solid project wikipedia page linked below).

Of course, just like IT sysadmins who provided website CMS at universities a decade ago, the UK govt thinks it needs walled garden private enterprise to partner with. They will spend probably ten times the money going down that route (just like universities did). This is old fashioned and not what other large national/territorial entities will be doing.

From the Solid wiki page"

>"Solid's central focus is to enable the discovery and sharing of information in a way that preserves privacy. A user stores personal data in "pods" (personal online data stores) hosted wherever the user desires. Applications that are authenticated by Solid are allowed to request data if the user has given the application permission. A user may distribute personal information among several pods; for example, different pods might contain personal profile data, contact information, financial information, health, travel plans, or other information. The user could then join an authenticated social-networking application by giving it permission to access the appropriate information in a specific pod. The user retains complete ownership and control of data in the user's pods: what data each pod contains, where each pod is stored, and which applications have permission to use the data."

These open source systems are robust and based on the idea that only you can own and control your data. Though the data may be held centrally on (for example civic servers or other server companies who provide a Slid POD) it cannot be accessed by them. Im researching into this a lot more in coming days :)

Links to read carefully if youre interested in what I'm talking about.

CAVEAT: Im not a tech expert at this so go easy if you'd like to correct any info here :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(web_decentralization_project)

https://www.cmswire.com/digital-experience/how-to-set-up-solid-pods-a-data-ownership-guide/

https://solidproject.org/get_a_pod

https://www.projectliberty.io/dsnp/

#digitalid #openid #solid #atproto #activitypub #dsnp #academia #academicchatter

**For the benefit of those who are less techy or may not know about the ways we can deal with personal identity data.**

Personal digital ID - a hot topic in the UK atm.

Many people and companies are working on systems to provide secure ways to hold our personal identity info. Some include wider profiles like our job, interests, hobbies etc. Some are OPEN SOURCE and part of a diverse ecosystem of data interoperability (you can use the same data POD (personal online data). Bluesky is active this landscape with their 'ATProto' personal data approach, and the Fediverse with the more versatile 'ActivityPub' user profile. There is also the WWW3 standards Solid project, and other Open Social Protocols (listed on the Solid project wikipedia page linked below).

Of course, just like IT sysadmins who provided website CMS at universities a decade ago, the UK govt thinks it needs walled garden private enterprise to partner with. They will spend probably ten times the money going down that route (just like universities did). This is old fashioned and not what other large national/territorial entities will be doing.

From the Solid wiki page"

>"Solid's central focus is to enable the discovery and sharing of information in a way that preserves privacy. A user stores personal data in "pods" (personal online data stores) hosted wherever the user desires. Applications that are authenticated by Solid are allowed to request data if the user has given the application permission. A user may distribute personal information among several pods; for example, different pods might contain personal profile data, contact information, financial information, health, travel plans, or other information. The user could then join an authenticated social-networking application by giving it permission to access the appropriate information in a specific pod. The user retains complete ownership and control of data in the user's pods: what data each pod contains, where each pod is stored, and which applications have permission to use the data."

These open source systems are robust and based on the idea that only you can own and control your data. Though the data may be held centrally on (for example civic servers or other server companies who provide a Slid POD) it cannot be accessed by them. Im researching into this a lot more in coming days :)

Links to read carefully if youre interested in what I'm talking about.

CAVEAT: Im not a tech expert at this so go easy if you'd like to correct any info here :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(web_decentralization_project)

https://www.cmswire.com/digital-experience/how-to-set-up-solid-pods-a-data-ownership-guide/

https://solidproject.org/get_a_pod

https://www.projectliberty.io/dsnp/

#digitalid #openid #solid #atproto #activitypub #dsnp #academia #academicchatter

Folks, Dr. Abdullah ( @Abdullahawwad), one of our Gaza Verified members, was working at the heart of the danger zone in Al Shifa hospital until the last minute.

He has now safely made it to the South, in part thanks to your donations during our Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal last week.

He still needs help… $500-$800 as he just told me for basic necessities and to improve their shelter.

He is also applying for and getting accepted in universities abroad. He asked me to publish his acceptance letter from University of Aberdeen.

If anyone can help him with that, he could be evacuated from Gaza.

Please share with your friends in Scotland who might be able to help.

Thank you!

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #Scotland #academia #scholarships #evacuation #GazaVerified #FreePalestine #mutualAid #fediAid

Dear readers of #mastodon!

Is anyone familiar with academic literature on communicative efficiency in short-form videos like #tiktok? I'm thinking of ways in which #influencers may adjust their speech to fit into bite-sized clips? Is there any?

If not specifically on language, then maybe something in #psychology on how things like rapid speech might (negatively) affect our comprehension, memory, etc. Again, ideally in short-form videos.

Thank you so much!

#linguistics #academia