The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has issued their statement on campus protests affecting 10 University of California campuses.

The statement in summary: no disciplinary actions, no cops, meet this moment, & listen to student demonstrators.

cucfa.org/2024/05/cucfa-…

I've had more than one person DM me to say I'm wrong to support a ceasefire in Gaza because Hamas is using the people there as human shields, which means what? Israel should preemptively kill all the human shields? Make it make sense

apnews.com/article/israel…

Columbia are using the NYPD to place all of their students on house arrest. This is martial law being imposed on the people of New York for the benefit of a foreign government.

I do have icks & my icks are when people perpetuate the absurd & exploitative idea that people shouldn’t use PTO for literally any reason they see fit

Because life is precious & short & should be enjoyed

You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction.
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

Hey UPS, I got a 'your package was delivered' email with a picture of the shipping label, not the package itself in the lobby of our building, and no, I didn't get the actual package, even though I was home at the supposed delivery time. The fuck?

Yet again, Timothy McSweeney nails it. mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-mes…

Get that youth vote by banning TikTok and teargassing the dorms.

If you support the arrests and detainment of students and faculty who are protesting the actions of the Israeli government on college campuses across the country, you've chosen the side of fascism #FreePalestine

Judy Singer's hatefulness also torpedoed any goodwill the autistic and #neurodiversity communities once felt towards her; she has since been embraced by anti-ND grievance parents. Don't let transphobia eat your brain!

Also: Thanks to 19thnews for including image descriptions!

34,000 killed. 77,000 injured. 7,000 buried in the rubble. War crimes. Genocide. This is why students are protesting on college campuses across the country. #FreePalestine news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

When we say this battle is for universal liberation, we are neither exaggerating nor being dramatic—this fight determines the kind of world you and your children will live in.

I’m in too many long distance friendships.. I miss you muthafuckas!

It bears repeating that supporting the police actions against students and faculty at Columbia, NYU, Yale, and college campuses across the county means aligning yourself with fascist Republicans like Elise Stefanik #FreePalestine chronicle.com/article/elise-…

We refuse to accept the mass slaughter of Palestinians as normal or acceptable. As elected officials and media outlets weaponize the concept of “campus safety”, remember that there are no universities left in Gaza.
All eyes on Palestine. #cu4palestine

The state-sanctioned actions being taken against Columbia and NYU students protesting the Israeli government's genocidal actions in Gaza are abhorrent. They're the acts of an authoritarian government, not a democratic one. #FreePalestine

I am moved by the integrity of the authors withdrawing from prize lists to protest PEN America's refusal to name the genocide in Gaza and failure to meet their stated aims of protecting free speech and Palestinian writers. Here are their books to buy bookshop.org/wishlists/7166…