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Let the summer of Philly begin 🔔

According to Jodi Dean: “When you ask Chat or Claude a question, you are talking to capital. Capital answers. And it doesn't care about you. It's just generating tokens and trying to make you dependent and attached.” open.substack.com/pub/jodi7768/p…

NEW: UT System approves policy changes that make it easier to eliminate programs, positions. The policy changes come as UT consolidates ethnic and gender studies programs amid conservative backlash and as other Texas universities end them entirely. More ⬇️ statesman.com/news/education…

My current school, Paul Robeson, has air conditioning and is in person But in 2027 #phled is closing Robeson and sending us to Motivation, a school that is virtual because they don't have air conditioning This is good for student learning? @RLStreaterEsq @CouncilmemberJG

Bet all the police stations have booming ACs.

the solution to this problem was to spend three years trying to close a few dozen schools

A 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist at Temple. 👏📚 Bench Ansfield, assistant professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts, was named a finalist for their book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City. Read more: bit.ly/4uUOQi3

Billionaires Jeff and Janine Yass are offering full scholarships to students from closing Philly schools inquirer.com/education/phil… via @phillyinquirer @newskag

It is time to elect new board members for the 2026-27 year to serve the Feminist Geographies Specialty Group (FGSG). If you have not served on the board before, please consider running for a position. Apply here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Honored to receive this proclamation at Atlanta City Hall today from @KelseaBondATL, the first socialist on city council. In my remarks, I spoke about how the suffering documented in my book, far from inevitable, is the direct outcome of policy choices and budget priorities.

Interesting to compare reactions to teens fighting in DC versus reactions to teen planned and led mass shootings. Are we implementing curfews in San Diego?

UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor The rare move comes a year after the board delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty. linkedin.com/safety/go/?url…

@6abc And the @PHLschoolboard Facilities Master Plan has no recommendation for anything other than “routine maintenance “. appsphilly.net/reckless-facil…

Broken school elevator forces student with muscular dystrophy to climb stairs for weeks 6abc.com/post/broken-wi…

Heyyy! I’m looking to speak with anyone who had kids in an APS school (specifically southwest and southeast Atlanta) from the late 90s through 2010. If you know of anyone who was really involved at their kids’ school during this time please let me know!

Just to be clear, everyone is affected by the closures, this will absolutely go to Rich white families, and they will try to make it some sort of tax deduction in 2028. Shapiro will support it. Bookmark this if you want

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: The “golden era” of eviction prevention: Contingent governance in Virginia. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @tandfhss @UAAnews

OMG thank you for this!

@AkiraDrake Transit unions in Chicago are starting to fight hard against Waymo. mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-wo…