Update. The University of Kansas provost says that #UKansas will not sign the Trump compact.
https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-won-t-sign-trump-s-higher-education-compact-was-never-invited-to-provost-says/article_aaea8512-a72a-4c9f-b45e-44f38dd835d4.html

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Please help catalog federal datasets that have been taken down or censored since Trump took office for his second term.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzVsyd1ypzu0E0tomqaAqhNrJLIB-dEALA6BpWrpfxh_Jfwg/viewform

Thanks to #EssentialData.US, the Federation of American Scientists ( #FAS), and Public Environmental Data Partners ( #PEDP) for launching this project.

For some reason, the deadline is tomorrow, Oct 29.

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Update. " #NewCollege of #Florida Is Ready To Be The First To Sign President Trump’s Higher Education Compact."
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/861953402/new-college-of-florida-is-ready-to-be-the-first-to-sign-president-trump-s-higher-education-compact

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Please help catalog federal datasets that have been taken down or censored since Trump took office for his second term.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzVsyd1ypzu0E0tomqaAqhNrJLIB-dEALA6BpWrpfxh_Jfwg/viewform

Thanks to #EssentialData.US, the Federation of American Scientists ( #FAS), and Public Environmental Data Partners ( #PEDP) for launching this project.

For some reason, the deadline is tomorrow, Oct 29.

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Update. #SyracuseU will also reject the Trump compact, according to an Oct 22 statement by Chancellor Kent Syverud to the University Senate. Apparently there is not a public letter announcing the decision.
https://dailyorange.com/2025/10/syverud-declines-trump-compact-senators-pass-portfolio-review-resolution/

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Three #Iowa City West #highschoolers founded a #bookclub that reads some of the country's most frequently #banned #books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced. #bannedbooks #libraries #librarians #students #education #reading #maga #legislation #laws #booklaw https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-10-15/banned-books-iowa-city-high-school-student-club #democracy #censorship

👍🏻 Keep trusting murrikah tech

｢ all accounts opened with American suppliers (Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix, PayPal, etc.) were immediately closed. American-owned delivery companies stopped delivering ordered packages, and the magistrate reported that a hotel reservation made for a stay in France was blocked by the Expedia platform in the name of the sanctions against him ｣

https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-radio/nouveau-monde/quand-les-sanctions-internationales-emises-par-washington-imposent-une-vie-deconnectee-a-un-magistrat-francais_7545724.html

#cloudsovereignty #bigtech #censorship

Three #Iowa City West #highschoolers founded a #bookclub that reads some of the country's most frequently #banned #books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced. #bannedbooks #libraries #librarians #students #education #reading #maga #legislation #laws #booklaw https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-10-15/banned-books-iowa-city-high-school-student-club #democracy #censorship

👍🏻 Keep trusting murrikah tech

｢ all accounts opened with American suppliers (Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix, PayPal, etc.) were immediately closed. American-owned delivery companies stopped delivering ordered packages, and the magistrate reported that a hotel reservation made for a stay in France was blocked by the Expedia platform in the name of the sanctions against him ｣

https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-radio/nouveau-monde/quand-les-sanctions-internationales-emises-par-washington-imposent-une-vie-deconnectee-a-un-magistrat-francais_7545724.html

#cloudsovereignty #bigtech #censorship

Update. #WashingtonU has now rejected the Trump compact. Here's the public letter from Chancellor Andrew Martin (Oct 22).
https://wustl.app.box.com/s/f3wwjqkrq9x1ovyz28d3r3cxmo8kwlk9

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Update. Like Vanderbilt (above), #WashingtonU has not not accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But also like Vanderbilt, its Chancellor, Andrew Martin, just released a vague and inconclusive statement on where it stands (Oct 20).
https://andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-join-conversation-about-the-future-of-higher-education/

"We believe it is in the best interest of our university, and higher education more broadly, for us to participate constructively, share our experience and expertise, and help inform policies that strengthen the nation’s research and education ecosystem…We firmly believe meaningful progress will best be achieved through open, ongoing dialogue."

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Update. #Vanderbilt has not yet accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But Chancellor Daniel Diermeier just released a vague and inconclusive open letter on where it stands.
https://t.e2ma.net/message/tu4xiq/5vxmu1ke

"Last Friday, Vanderbilt participated in a discussion with members of the administration and other university leaders about shaping a productive process for providing such comments. We expect to share our input with the administration through that process. Our response will be grounded in our long-held principles and values…Vanderbilt believes deeply in the power of constructive dialogue."

The letter is undated (why?) but the Chronicle reports that it was made public on Oct 20.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/compact-live-updates-more-colleges-weigh-responses-as-deadline-for-feedback-looms

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Update. From Barbara Snyder, President of the Association of American Universities ( #AAU), on the Trump compact:
https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/statement-aau-president-administrations-higher-education-compact

"Federal support for higher education must never be tied to ideological alignment with any administration."

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Update. The U of Arizona just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 20). Here's the public letter from #UArizona President Suresh Garimella.
https://president.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2025-10/Suresh-Garimella-to-Sec-Linda-McMahon.pdf

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People who attended the "No Kings" protests against Donald Trump may be targeted for government surveillance, civil libertarians said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/world/politics/no-kings-protests-trump-surveillance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #dhs #ice #surveillance #privacy #censorship

Journalists exit the Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules / AP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqYSpNTguQ

#freespeech #censorship #uspol

🙊 OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now it’s going after them / @sfstandard

｢ In court filings and official complaints, OpenAI’s lawyers allege that groups opposed to its conversion to a for-profit company may be funded by Musk or are working with Zuckerberg ｣

https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-regulation/

#openai #censorship #ai #techbros

Update. The U of Southern California just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 16). Here's the public letter from #USC interim president Beong-Soo Kim.
https://we-are.usc.edu/2025/10/16/update-from-interim-president-kim/

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Update. The U of Southern California just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 16). Here's the public letter from #USC interim president Beong-Soo Kim.
https://we-are.usc.edu/2025/10/16/update-from-interim-president-kim/

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