Cannot overstate how depressing and angering this is. We have everything to win if we fight back and everything to lose if we don't. (signed, a non-UC California fac member) #UCLA #academia #HigherEd #uspol
An improbable #bloomscrolling: hibiscus flowers and the Minnesota State Capitol building in the same frame. (not AI, lol) image
Federal agents use fake job offer, rental truck to trap day laborers in LA raid – a Penske rental truck became the centerpiece of a controversial Westlake Home Depot immigration sting that concealed immigration enforcement agents inside the vehicle. https://lapublicpress.org/2025/08/federal-agents-fake-job-offer-rental-truck-trap-day-laborers/ #LosAngeles #ICE #immigration #uspol #LAPublicPress
(You'll not often find me sharing Cato Institute blogs but) data now shows what was self-evidently true: "how frequently Latino immigrants are arrested off the streets without any recent prior contact with law enforcement", i.e. much ICE activity is just profiling, and that's it https://www.cato.org/blog/1/5-ice-arrests-are-latinos-streets-no-criminal-past-or-removal-order #ICE #immigration #uspol
Saddling human companion animals with human problems (Norbert Schiller Collection, early 1900s) #Asstodon #Militarism #AnimalStudies image
β€œThey were asking us to voluntarily cease and desist,” said Romero. β€œWe were like: β€˜We’re going to voluntarily tell you no.’” #ICE #LosAngeles #LosAngelesProtests #immigration #USpol
This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio #radio #PublicRadio #media #PublicMedia
#HungerStrike at Everglades incarceration facility #ICE #immigration #uspol
πŸ‘€ "[campus] leaders said they were hoping the multimillion-dollar settlement would buy them time. β€œIt backfired,” said one senior administrator at UCLA, reflecting the sense of whiplash felt among many who were interviewed. β€œWithin hours of announcing our settlement, the DOJ was on our back.”" archive link: https://archive.ph/yBbcF #UCLA #HigherEd #Academia
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left (πŸ™ƒ) but we do need a media & information system that isn't entirely captured by rightwing propagandists: