Roderic N. Crooks (he/him) (@dude_crooks) 's Twitter Profile
Roderic N. Crooks (he/him)

@dude_crooks

Associate Professor, UC Irvine, Department of Informatics. Computing, organizing, abolition, STS, HCI. Black, biracial, working-class, gay.

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linkhttps://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520393288/access-is-capture calendar_today27-11-2008 03:08:41

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ACLU SoCal (@aclu_socal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, two students and two faculty members at UCLA sued the UC Regents for violating their rights to free speech and for unlawfully arresting students and faculty engaged in nonviolent demonstration at a campus encampment. Here’s what they had to say:

Today, two students and two faculty members at <a href="/UCLA/">UCLA</a> sued the UC Regents for violating their rights to free speech and for unlawfully arresting students and faculty engaged in nonviolent demonstration at a campus encampment. 

Here’s what they had to say:
Nick Gerda (@nicholasgerda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has agreed to plead guilty and resign in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars meant to feed needy seniors, following a months-long LAist investigation and federal probe. laist.com/news/politics/…

Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes) (@culturedmodesty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ithaca College invites apps for Diversity Scholars Predoctoral Fellowships. Fellows receive a $43,260 stipend, $5,000 in travel/professional development support, relocation reimbursement, office space, health benefits, and access to Ithaca College & Cornell University libraries.

University of Toronto Faculty of Information (@uoftinfofaculty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto offers fully funded PhD student positions to study with Prof. Vera Khovanskaya vera khovanskaya in the areas of Labour Studies, Future of Work, Data Justice, and Social Movements. Deadline is Dec. 1: ischool.utoronto.ca/phd-in-informa…

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto offers fully funded PhD student positions to study with Prof. Vera Khovanskaya <a href="/saysvera/">vera khovanskaya</a> in the areas of Labour Studies, Future of Work, Data Justice, and Social Movements. Deadline is Dec. 1: ischool.utoronto.ca/phd-in-informa…
DC Police Department (@dcpolicedept) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Critical #MissingPerson 27-year-old Quinn Hobson Powell, who was last seen in the 1800 block of , NW, on Friday, October 25, 2024. Have info, call 202-727-9099/ text 50411.

Critical #MissingPerson 27-year-old Quinn Hobson Powell, who was last seen in the 1800 block of , NW, on Friday, October 25, 2024.

Have info, call 202-727-9099/ text 50411.
Michele Norris (@michele_norris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As of yesterday, I have decided to resign from my role as a columnist for The Washington Post — a newspaper that I love. In a moment like this, everyone needs to make their own decisions. This is the reasonfor mine. 🧵

Ts Madison (@tsmadisonatl1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Boom 💥 BITCHES ‼️ first look 👀 at our Halloween illusion! Get ready for the ultimate showdown! X-Men and Avengers unite at my Bewitched Birthday Bash this October 31st! Tickets are available in my bio and REMEMBER there is a $500 costume contest for Best costume and that means

Boom 💥 BITCHES ‼️ first look 👀 at our Halloween illusion!

Get ready for the ultimate showdown! X-Men and Avengers unite at my Bewitched Birthday Bash this October 31st! Tickets are available in my bio and REMEMBER there is a $500 costume contest for Best costume and that means
Hossam Nasr (@hossam_nasr0) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to honor and remember the lives of Palestinians killed by American-funded and Microsoft-empowered Israeli genocide.

EMS (@ericangelo_ms) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to

“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to
Kris Rehl (@krisrehl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Los Angeles! You have 1 week left to cast your ballot. The Move Left LA voter guide is a handy tool that breaks down every race and measure. There's so much at stake, so please spread the word about the following! 🧵tinyurl.com/laballotguide

Los Angeles! You have 1 week left to cast your ballot. The Move Left LA voter guide is a handy tool that breaks down every race and measure. There's so much at stake, so please spread the word about the following! 🧵tinyurl.com/laballotguide
Left in the Bay (@leftinthebay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

55 years ago, October 31 1969, the Committee for Homosexual Freedom/Gay Liberation Front protested outside the San Francisco Examiner offices in response to homophobic articles. Examiner workers attacked them with bags of newsprint ink, which they smeared on the building's walls

55 years ago, October 31 1969, the Committee for Homosexual Freedom/Gay Liberation Front protested outside the San Francisco Examiner offices in response to homophobic articles. Examiner workers attacked them with bags of newsprint ink, which they smeared on the building's walls
Nick Gerda (@nicholasgerda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Then-OC Supervisor Michelle Steel directed her district’s $1.2 million pandemic meals contract to a company that prints her campaign mail. The meals cost taxpayers three times as much as vendors in two other districts, according to an LAist review. laist.com/news/politics/…

David Huyssen @davidhuyssen.bsky.social (@davidhuyssen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It might interest NYT readers to know that a text influential among university managers and boards views democratic “governance” bodies not as redoubts of a “Uniquely Powerful” faculty, but as useful “structural garbage cans” for their dissent. The text was published in 1988.

It might interest NYT readers to know that a text influential among university managers and boards views democratic “governance” bodies not as redoubts of a “Uniquely Powerful” faculty, but as useful “structural garbage cans” for their dissent.

The text was published in 1988.
Urban Geography (@urbgeog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

☎️ Calling doctoral students, post docs, and early career lecturers/profs ☎️ The 6th Summer Institute in Urban Studies is open for applications! This year it will be held in Belgium in July kuleuven.be/lusi/news-and-…

LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🥳 CONGRATULATIONS to the City of LA on setting a NEW RECORD for LIABILITY PAYOUTS! 🥳 Liability payouts get taken out of the General Fund, not from the responsible department's budget. This leads to the defunding of other City departments and is contributing to city layoffs.

🥳 CONGRATULATIONS to the City of LA on setting a NEW RECORD for LIABILITY PAYOUTS! 🥳

Liability payouts get taken out of the General Fund, not from the responsible department's budget.

This leads to the defunding of other City departments and is contributing to city layoffs.