Theoretical CS prof@ U. Michigan-Ann Arbor. Opinions are mine & may evolve over time. r/tโ endorsement.
Soon moving to Bluesky:
@mahdich
.bsky.social
he/him/his
I apologize to all students of the University of Michigan for having to come back to what now seems to be the most hostile campus in the nation. All I can say is that I feel immensely embarrassed.
BREAKING: Arrests made at the University of Michigan after police mobilized to stop a pro-Palestine demonstration at The Diag during Festifall on campus
University of Michiganโs students have been on campus for just TWO DAYS and theyโre already being arrested and brutally beaten by the cops for literally hanging out outdoors. This is wild.
Welcome email from
@UMich
to students instructs them to call 911 if they see disruptive protests. Protests are NOT emergencies. It is a CRIME to willfully use the 911 system for any purpose other than reporting an emergency. Please don't invite our students to commit crimes.
Anybody knows an example of a US university that hasn't started the new academic year with a "Welcome but don't even think about it, we're locked and loaded this time" kind of email to students?
US academics must unite to hold
@StateDept
accountable. The student visa situation is horrendous. Officers are allowed to delay/reject a student literally based on the look of them, and don't have to provide reasons to even US Senators. This won't stop if we don't speak out.
@silkiestmaria
@UMich
@UMich
is there an announcement on this? You canโt just revoke an award without explaining your decision by just deleting the recipientโs name on your website and hoping that nobody will take note. It doesnโt work like that anywhere!
@DAnalogArsonist
@UMich
Calling the cops isnโt the same as calling 911. If nobody is injured or in serious danger, calling 911 is a crime. Read more:
The Democrats' disgusting move was blocked by courts. But they're still pushing to kill third parties. They've learned from 2016 that every vote counts, but have taken up foul play instead of focusing on the 700K+ uncommitted votes which will matter a lot.
The past few days has been an eye opener in realizing how many journalists still don't understand the difference between encrypted messaging and end-to-end encryption.
Seriously, does anybody know a reason for why in this day and age of information technology a visa application can take more than a year other than just racism?
Senators
@SenStabenow
and
@SenGaryPeters
: My prospective Ph.D. student from Iran has been waiting for her F-1 visa for over 16 months with no progress. Such poor handling of visas by
@DHSgov
is hurting our national interests, the academic excellence of the US, and taxpayer funds.
"Misconduct in Michigan Democratic Party UMich Regent Race"
The claim is that Palestinian-American candidate for
@UMich
Regents was pushed out of the race by 100 votes as a result of election misconduct. Allegations listed in the link below.
@silkiestmaria
@UMich
It makes no difference if it's public information (which it is) that the award has disappeared. If the admins can't be transparent about their decision, maybe they shouldn't make that decision in the first place.
How's this not corruption?? University of Florida's
@UF
President Ben Sasse willingly resigns after 1.5 years of service for family reasons, but still takes at least $4 MILLION in severance? And TRIPLES the funds his own office gets during his tenure?
@mmbronstein
At least where I am, students are asked to call the cops on each other & new policies are made that may even be questionable from a civil liberty perspective (in the past, ACLU has had to intervene). All in the first "welcome" email. As educators, we must reject this hostility.
@JordanAckerMI
This is our student. You are in NO POSITION to personally attack and intimidate our student, not on my watch. For satisfaction, you and your team can attack me all you want instead.
Why do I keep seeing
@elonmusk
in my timeline? I've unfollowed him and he still shows up everywhere. I've muted him now, and if that doesn't fix the issue will see if blocking can help.