Post a recent outside picture in the replies, I loved this one from @skinnylatte@ hachyderm.io

Hachyderm.io

Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)

Attached: 1 image I went outside #SanFrancisco #MissionDolores

and I'll post one of my own in a reply *edited to not blow up skinnylatte's mentions! But thanks for all the gorgeous pics people are sharing 😍

Oil Beach

world's tallest donkey, world's longest-eared donkey

Huttoft sanctuary home to two record-breaking donkeys

Derrick is the tallest donkey in the world and his pal Bambou has the longest ears.

https://archive.ph/PdVUK #asstodon #GuinnessBook

Long Beach, CA #LongBeach #NoKings #California #uspol

WOOHOO USC "respectfully declines" the higher ed compact as well. Students, faculty, staff, & community members including alumni & parents did this!! Faculty & students have been clamoring, petitioning, planning a rally & teach-in ✊🎓

Los Angeles Times

USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right

USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.

https://archive.ph/e9vrC #HigherEd #USC #academia #uspol

We don't talk about this enough but it is another factor affecting instructors' workloads, student learning in higher ed. If it feels like things never went "back to normal" it's cos they didn't

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis

Universities get an F on Long COVID. Here’s how they can support their students and reduce COVID-19 cases. - The Sick Times

My infection months before came and went mildly, but it soon became obvious that my sluggishness and pain were not caused by caffeine, thesis stres...

#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #academia #HigherEd

I didn't realize I had particularly strong feelings about Pepe--well, I don't--but it is making me really quite happy to see the lil frog cartoon reclaim frogs from the fascists

This is a pretty good summary of US higher ed for the past ~year and a half. It may thrill and embolden the current federal administration, but they can't take credit for it--their predecessors and university leaderships beat them to it (via a colleague across town, Miriam Posner, on bsky) #uspol #HigherEd #UCLA #academia #PolicingTheCampus

MIT rejects the mafia's offer!! This is good news as it gives other universities who were afraid more permission to assert themselves--and makes them look like worse collaborators if they don't. This is the argument we are already making at home

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact

MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-re...

#MIT #HigherEd #academia #uspol