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Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments Portland State’s announcement Monday lays the groundwork for a process that could result in a massive restructuring of the university.

Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments www.opb.org/article/2026...

Listen to "The Open Education Network with Robin DeRosa and David Ernst" by voicEd Radio via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

@robinderosa.net #OENCommunity #OpenEducation

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

My employer Canterbury Shaker Village lost a small NEH grant. I wrote it. I used words such as "equality" and "citizenship." The same words were used in CHATGPT to cancel grants.

The same words are in the nation's founding documents.

Millions of Students Attend Schools Near Toxic Sites, a New Study Shows The study explores schools' proximity to hazardous sites and students' exposure to pollutants.

Millions of Students Attend Schools Near Toxic Sites, a New Study Shows: Exposure to pollutants affects students’ health and learning www.edweek.org/leadership/m...

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

"Through the framework of vocational awe, I will explore how an expanded workload created by the implementation of generative AI can lead those in higher education to burnout."

AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries by Greyson Pasiak scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/04/g...

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Some happy news, friends!

Being human at work isn’t unprofessional How an email from my dean and a forced office move inspired a days-long crying jag and the discovery that I’m autistic.

What a fantastic, vulnerable, important piece by @liznorell.bsky.social. I cant recommend this enough. For autistic folks, sure, but also for anyone who works with human beings. open.substack.com/pub/engagedl...

In surprise reversal, Republican lawmaker moves to ban open carry on Utah college campuses “Open carrying does cause a lot of concern with a lot of people, especially on campuses,” said Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George.

In surprise reversal, Republican lawmaker moves to ban open carry on Utah college campuses www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

Perhaps helpful to people watching #NHPolitics right now.

"History shows that wars can be lost before they are even declared if defenders surrender strategic terrain without a struggle. For universities, that terrain is the ultimate high ground: human intelligence itself. If we do not fight for it now,

Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o... (gift link)

#ai #higherEd

Professor Says Her Garbled AI Textbook Was a Huge Success The professor behind an AI-generated textbook says that her error-ridden experiment was actually a resounding success.

Is this satire? Is this real? Is this a colossal fucking JOKE? Have we truly entered an educational era where we're told we need to pick between a $250 commercial textbook and a cheap AI-generated slopfest? futurism.com/artificial-i...

#NotOpenPedagogy #OER #DoNotDoThis #NotOER #AI #PedagogicalNope

Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"

Bad bunny holding a football that says “together, we are America.”

Together, we are America.

Well done, Bad Bunny.

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

What a moment.

If you needed any more proof that joy is a powerful form of resistance, this was it.

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

Mike Tyson in a MAHA ad against processed foods. In 1992 Mike Tyson was convicted of raping an 18-year-old. Eat more apples though!

This is a love song to what the Latino community brings to the US - protest in art in its purest form and its widely entertaining. Well done all the way around.

As a former Bostonian and lifelong New Englander: Go Seahawks!

Ok, someone ping me when it’s time for #BadBunny.

Woohoo! Comic syllabus for my superhero class is live and students were geeked! It was a mammoth effort to make it but so worth it to be able to give to them! Pleased & excited for the term! And you can have your own too - all on my site for printing, sharing! 1/?
spinweaveandcut.com/superhero-sy...

they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American

Sure this can happen in the bisexual socialist paradise of Iberville Parish Louisiana but what about Real America?

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Guess who is once again displaying their ability to hyperfocus on being a hater?

It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts.

Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome!

www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...

My actual job description is activist and here’s what I tell people in despair all the time: do not underestimate how much harm you can prevent by being just a little bit annoying.