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FinchHaven sfba<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> Is it too soon to say <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDrain</a>?<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dissent</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a>

NonilexAs the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin escalates its attack on universities, three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> scholars & vocal Trump critics are leaving Yale University for the University of Toronto. But their given reasons for crossing the border vary.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada</a>

NonilexOMG<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimothySnyder</a> left the country for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, along with Yale history professors Marci Shore & her husband Timothy Snyder, are taking their teaching to the University of Toronto to advocate for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, speak out against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> & teach without fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> capitulation to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> White House, they say.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/yale-university-scholars-toronto-trump/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/yale-university-scholars-toronto-trump/index.html</a>

AI6YR BenThe Verge: Musk threatens to sic the government on people ‘pushing’ Tesla ‘propaganda’"....As protests against Tesla continue to grow, Elon Musk is threatening to “go after” the people who say or post anything negative about the company — which he labels “propaganda.” ..."<a href="https://www.theverge.com/tesla/638174/elon-musk-tesla-protest-free-speech-fox-news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/tesla/638174/elon-musk-tesla-protest-free-speech-fox-news</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tesla</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/1stamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1stamendment</a>

Dejan<a href="https://action.aclu.org/give/help-defend-rights?cid=701UW00000ZIMuAYAX&initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=dd-na-sail-subscribers-nat-250327_appeal1-civilliberties-trump47-fye&af=&gs=&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=dd-na-sail-subscribers-nat-250327_appeal1-civilliberties-trump47-fye" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.aclu.org/give/help-defend-rights?cid=701UW00000ZIMuAYAX&initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=dd-na-sail-subscribers-nat-250327_appeal1-civilliberties-trump47-fye&af=&gs=&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=dd-na-sail-subscribers-nat-250327_appeal1-civilliberties-trump47-fye</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz_GaV6WD-E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz_GaV6WD-E</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DaveNeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaveNeal</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RushHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RushHour</a> 6.40min.mark: Trump still kvetching about <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenland</a> and locals have something to say about it <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NoToColonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoToColonisation</a> 9.18 min. mark: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> 🇨🇦 basically said, fuck you. Bugger off USA <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElbowsUp</a> 15.25min mark: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EduardoNunezGonsales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EduardoNunezGonsales</a> (Cuba) doing the paperwork, etc 'doing it the right way', yet he was kidnapped. 16.44min mark: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RumeysaOzturk</a>. Dumb politicians kvetching about Hamas, but obviously there's no proof. 21.10 min mark: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/YungseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YungseoChung</a> sued U.S. govt and won. For now. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StopDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopDeportations</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreeSpeechOnCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeechOnCampus</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FuckMarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckMarcoRubio</a>Like the rest of us, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> pisses Dave off.27.05 min mark: Neighbours with megaphones standing up against <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> following <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> around letting <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> know what their rights are. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishICE</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RümeysaÖztürk</a>'s filing contains a paragraph each on the similar treatment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RanjaniSrinivasan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RanjaniSrinivasan</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKahlil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKahlil</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YunseoChung</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BadarKhanSuri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadarKhanSuri</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MomodouTaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MomodouTaal</a>. It also quotes 🤬 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a>:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtraordinaryRendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtraordinaryRendition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewPointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViewPointDiscrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RümeysaÖztürk</a>'s attorneys include in their filing that her arrest & detention — without any notice — is not a necessary or usual part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visa</a> revocation but an experience "designed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silence</a> her, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/punish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punish</a> her for her <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speech</a>, & ensure that other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a> will be chilled from expressing pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> viewpoints."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexNew details of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RümeysaÖztürk</a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a>:A rep of the Turkish consulate went looking for Öztürk at an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> office in suburban Massachusetts. Her lawyer called hospitals, worried she might have had a dangerous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asthma</a> attack. [anxiety can induce attacks & no doubt they took her inhaler] & of course, she did have an attack & didn’t have her medication.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexIn an amended petition for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HabeasCorpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HabeasCorpus</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RümeysaÖztürk</a>'s attorneys—now including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACLU</a>—describe her arrest & detention as "part of a concerted & systemic effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration officials to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/punish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punish</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a> & others identified with pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> activism."<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282503/gov.uscourts.mad.282503.12.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282503/gov.uscourts.mad.282503.12.0.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtraordinaryRendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtraordinaryRendition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewPointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViewPointDiscrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziState</a>

Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺"This isn’t just about free speech anymore — it’s about whether we’ll allow the government to normalize disappearing people for their political views. ... those who remain silent in the face of such clear <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> overreach are complicit." <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>

Eve 😘📚<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds </a>:"For years, we’ve been hearing breathless warnings about a “campus free speech crisis” from self-proclaimed free speech warriors. (...) But now we face an actual free speech crisis on campus that goes beyond just speech. It’s an attack on personal freedoms, due process, and liberty. The federal government isn’t just pressuring universities over speech — it’s literally disappearing students for their political expression. If you support actual free speech, now is the time to speak up."(Formatting in original.)c/o <a href="https://lemmings.world/post/23373067" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lemmings.world/post/23373067</a><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpEd</a>

Lüne-Blog<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@tompearce49" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tompearce49</a> So sad: The campaign for Denmark to buy California has announced a goodwill cultural delegation to discuss the peaceful, crowdfunded acquisition. But so far, not a single politician has agreed to a meeting. That must change! <a href="https://norden.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Denmarkification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Denmarkification</a> <a href="https://denmarkification.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://denmarkification.com</a>

RonSupportsYouI usually respect the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> but here is a recent example of media stupidity: Dan Pfeiffer wrote: "The White House press corps has finally coalesced around a collective action to respond to the authoritarian attacks on the Freedom of the Press, and they landed on: wearing a pin." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssociatedPress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmptyGestures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmptyGestures</a>

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauren</a> Elmo is saving <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> by killing it! <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoNotComply</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501movement</a>

emeritrixBelow is the perfectly reasonable Tufts Daily op-ed that ICE abducted and detained Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk co-authored and published (one year ago) calling on Tufts administration to meaningfully and non-dismissively respond to resolutions from the Tufts student council calling for the university to take steps to oppose and divest from Israeli war crimes and genocide. These are the words of a person our federal government is trying to silence . Don’t let them succeed . Read and share widely: On March 4, the Tufts Community Union Senate passed 3 out of 4 resolutions demanding that the University acknowledge the Palestinian genocide, apologize for University President Sunil Kumar’s statements, disclose its investments and divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel. These resolutions were the product of meaningful debate by the Senate and represent a sincere effort to hold Israel accountable for clear violations of international law. Credible accusations against Israel include accounts of deliberate starvation and indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide.Unfortunately, the University’s response to the Senate resolutions has been wholly inadequate and dismissive of the Senate, the collective voice of the student body. Graduate Students for Palestine joins Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine, the Tufts Faculty and Staff Coalition for Ceasefire and Fletcher Students for Palestine to reject the University’s response. Although graduate students were not allowed by the University into the Senate meeting, which lasted for almost eight hours, our presence on campus and financial entanglement with the University via tuition payments and the graduate work that we do on grants and research makes us direct stakeholders in the University’s stance.While an argument may be made that the University should not take political stances and should focus on research and intellectual exchange, the automatic rejection, dismissive nature and condescending tone in the University’s statement have caused us to question whether the University is indeed taking a stand against its own declared commitments to free speech, assembly and democratic expression. According to the Student Code of Conduct, “[a]ctive citizenship, including exercising free speech and engaging in protests, gatherings, and demonstrations, is a vital part of the Tufts community.” In addition, the Dean of Students Office has written, “[w]hile at times the exchange of controversial ideas and opinions may cause discomfort or even distress, our mission as a university is to promote critical thinking, the rigorous examination and discussion of facts and theories, and diverse and sometimes contradictory ideas and opinions.” Why then is the University discrediting and disregarding its students who practice the very ideals of critical thinking, intellectual exchange and civic engagement that Tufts claims to represent?The role of the TCU Senate resolutions is abundantly clear. The Senate’s resolutions serve as a “strong lobbying tool that expresses to the Tufts administration the wants and needs of the student body. They speak as a collective voice and are instrumental in enacting systemic changes.” In this case, the “systemic changes” that the collective voice of the student body is calling for are for the University to end its complicity with Israel insofar as it is oppressing the Palestinian people and denying their right to self-determination — a right that is guaranteed by international law. These strong lobbying tools are all the more urgent now given the order by the International Court of Justice confirming that the Palestinian people of Gaza’s rights under the Genocide Convention are under a “plausible” risk of being breached.This collective student voice is not without precedent. Today, the University may remember with pride its decision in February 1989 to divest from South Africa under apartheid and end its complicity with the then-racist regime. However, we must remember that the University divested up to 11 years after some of its peers. For instance, the Michigan State University Board of Regents passed resolutions to end its complicity with Apartheid South Africa as early as 1978. Had Tufts heeded the call of the student movement in the late 1970s, the University could have been on the right side of history sooner.We reject any attempt by the University or the Office of the President to summarily dismiss the role of the Senate and mischaracterize its resolution as divisive. The open and free debate demonstrated by the Senate process (exemplified by the length, open notice and substantive exchange in the proceedings and the non-passing of one of the proposed resolutions), together with the serious organizing efforts of students, warrant credible self-reflection by the Office of the President and the University. We, as graduate students, affirm the equal dignity and humanity of all people and reject the University’s mischaracterization of the Senate’s efforts.The great author and civil rights champion James Baldwin once wrote: “The paradox of education is precisely this: that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which [they are] being educated.” As an educator, President Kumar should embrace efforts by students to evaluate “diverse and sometimes contradictory ideas and opinions.” Furthermore, the president should trust in the Senate’s rigorous and democratic process and the resolutions that it has achieved.We urge President Kumar and the Tufts administration to meaningfully engage with and actualize the resolutions passed by the Senate.This op-ed was written by Nick Ambeliotis (CEE, ‘25), Fatima Rahman (STEM Education, ‘27), Genesis Perez (English, ‘27) and Rumeysa Ozturk (CSHD, ‘25) and is endorsed by 32 other Tufts School of Engineering and Arts and Sciences Graduate Students.<a href="https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj</a> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/</a>Student detained, Protests Erupt: <a href="https://issuu.com/tuftsdaily/docs/the_tufts_daily_-_thursday_march_27_2025?cta=post-publish-view-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/tuftsdaily/docs/the_tufts_daily_-_thursday_march_27_2025?cta=post-publish-view-live</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeUS</a>

StanceOfMindIt's only going to be a matter of time before Trump and associates will try arresting US citizens for saying something he doesn't like. You know, like "Boycott Tesla". This is not American.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arrest</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarians</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facism</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> claiming the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportations</a> are because they are fighting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antisemitism</a> in the US, is like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> saying he’s fighting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>.Bullshit.Especially because Trump is happy to defend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> in favor of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a>, even if the people spouting it are violent criminals, like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProudBoys</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OathKeepers</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tufts</a> University sent an email to alumni on Thursday, detailing what school officials know about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RumeysaOzturk</a>, a Turkish graduate student who was detained by federal authorities."The university had no knowledge of this incident in advance, did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event," the email to alumni says.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xenophobia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#islamophobia</a> <a href="https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/tufts-says-it-had-no-prior-knowledge-of-plans-for-authorities-to-detain-student" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/tufts-says-it-had-no-prior-knowledge-of-plans-for-authorities-to-detain-student</a>

Christine Johnson"Beyond cracking down on protest on campus, Columbia has essentially ended its status as an independent intellectual institution."- Grant Miner, Ph.D. student in Jewish studies expelled for Palestinian activism. <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/grant-miner-columbia-expelled-palestine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/grant-miner-columbia-expelled-palestine/</a><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

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