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On the eve of the divestment protest, IU changed policy to forbid tents w/out IU approval. Thursday morning, they posted the change to their website. That afternoon, police arrested 33 protesters for violating policy. Indiana Daily Student idsnews.com/article/2024/0…

IU changed its campus policy a day before yesterday's protest and encampment. An IU constitutional law professor argues this is not a neutral policy, meaning it likely violates protesters' 1st Amendment rights. Marissa Meador has more: idsnews.com/article/2024/0…

Cancelling the Halaby exhibition over a concern that IU "couldn't ensure adequate security" seems pretty fucking thin when you see how lavishly IU is willing to spend on private security and police overtime to intimidate nonviolent protestors.

Stories abound of Pam Whitten’s cruelty to staff, phoniness, misplaced arrogance, narcissism, and intolerance of dissent. It’s always been clear she has no academic values. Knowing she was responsible for this brutal mayhem again today brings everything about her into focus.

What a disastrous interview. Head of IN state police, invited by IU for a military raid, admits he doesn’t understand the First Amendment and was plainly driven by his own political views on the protests. He, not Pam Whitten, appears to call the shots. indianapublicmedia.org/news/isp-leade…

The fun thing is that if you ever wondered what side you would have been on in the 1960s: now you know.

"This generation of youth have spent their entire lives in fear of having guns pointed at them in schools; what a disgrace for America that is now their own schools that are pointing the guns at them." --Josh Paul, former Director, US Department of State (resigned in protest)

Student activism is never perfect. You’ll always find some protestors who are ignorant or overzealous or narcissistic. They’re like 19 years old. But you also can’t wait for the perfect protest. It will never come. I really do empathize with the difficult position of leftwing

“Dissent must never lead to disorder” - President Biden. From Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” written in 1963: “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the

I don't know who she is but she's iconic. A true queen.

1000+ IU Bloomington faculty signed an open letter calling for the termination of Pamela Whitten and Rahul Shrivastav. An announcement on the petition's page says non faculty signatures have been removed: petitions.net/a/441232 WFIU/WTIU News

Today I learned that while my appeals process has started for my ban from campus, the ban will not be stayed and I am still not allowed on IU Bloomington's campus for five years.

Today we hosted the Digital Civics Exchange (DCX) closing showcase, exploring the ways in which citizens and communities can be empowered in decision making processes and service provision through the design of digital technologies. Find out more here: orlo.uk/k3m13

What happened to “any time, any place”?

Traditions are Traditions. Looking cute. #sirAustantine #austantin #austantine ACM CSCW #CSCW2024 austin toombs Sarah

I have deleted all of the tweets from this account except retweets. To borrow his phrase, Elon can go fuck himself in the face.