Elon has yet to learn the rule all social science PhDs learn: If something looks this surprising, it's probably because you've screwed up the code not because you've discovered something massive.

Hey quick question - what happened the last time the US had a king?

Musk originally said those working for DOGE would get "zero" compensation. This week, he reversed himself, saying some are paid—but the White House still has not told the public how much DOGE costs. We dug around & found ~$40 million apportioned so far. propublica.org/article/doge-t…

The Trump administration has added the University of California system to the growing list of colleges it is investigating over claims of antisemitism, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The UC system has 10 campuses across the state. trib.al/NPC8X91

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

"You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."

The country burns while Nero fiddles

Cool cool cool super excited love free speech etc etc

BREAKING: Columbia University has expelled, suspended, and temporarily revoked the diplomas of dozens of students who occupied ‘Hind’s Hall’ during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, In a campus-wide email sent Thursday, the university said its judicial board had issued its

🧵IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

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BREAKING: DHS have detained Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD candidate at Tufts University and Fulbright Scholar, after Israeli-linked Canary Mission targeted her for her pro-Palestinian activism. Her attorney and community activists said Ozturk was “ambushed by ICE agents” on her

Yes, we support academic freedom and free speech, but not without limits. For the college, your right to free speech ends where the college budget begins. So if your speech affects federal returned indirect or state appropriations, we’ll need you to shut up.

This is the largest mass killing of trans people in recorded history and “constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law.” Defense Minister Katz confirmed the strike was intentional without going into further detail.

generative ai bots are being used as a new way to sexually harass women, to scare us into shutting up and stepping back, and to hide ourselves in fear of what misogynistic men will do to us. so its no surprise most the comments dont care about consent. its about power and control

New rachel funk fordham report on the 15th anniversary of Citizens United. The evidence is now clear, in part thru Rachel's research, that CitUtd has increased the influence of billionaires reduced state democratic performance made state governments more rightwing increased corruption

This is how you do a front page story.

🔥 Today, 300 ACORN members from across England and Wales travelled to Leeds and shut down a conference that hosted some of Britain’s biggest bailiff firms.