Commenters push for collective academic resistance and unionization
6 Sep 23 10:17 PM · 3d ago · 48 comments · 1 source · development 6 of 6
Later responses emphasize collective action as the answer, with multiple voices arguing that academics need to unionize and respond en masse rather than individually accommodate screening, noting that universities cannot fire all staff at once.
“Are you unionized? Throw it back at the employer en masse. They cannot sack you all.”
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This gatekeeping question is inevitable: "Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as scientific research?"
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+1000 The blatant Russification of policies and tactics by this administration is so under-discussed.
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I work at a federal agency that helps with natural resources and we cannot use the word biodiversity! Instead they want us to use natural vitality! I was like, does this involve testosterone? lol
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@davidho.bsky.social My project on the temperature-related increased incidence of homosexuality in the frog population of Lake Ontario? No.
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Are you unionized? Throw it back at the employer en masse. They cannot sack you all.
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Sadly many US universities lack solidarity among profs to unionize tho support is slowly building I hope
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I mean, researching climate change when you are an island in the middle of the ocean seems important too
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How did you answer? I mean, neither is palatable
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Well, it’s the sound of your university’s top admin shitting their cowardly pants.
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this is absolutely wild on multiple levels. "could be interpreted"?! wtf kind of question is that?! and "violating any presidential executive orders"?! it's not your job or responsibility to read or interpret any presidential orders, much less all of them.
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Maybe this warrants the Mel Brooks/Blazing Saddles treatment of telling the studio you're complying with all of their demands and then just doing what you were going to do anyway.
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There are times when “fuck off” is a complete answer.
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Sounds like you're doing science based on data & reality. Individuals can interpret things all sorts of ways that are completely out of your control.
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Seems like a question id run by a lawyer I cannot wait for the trials .....for them all, those who complied and discriminated all to bend a knee
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Wow. What is one of the lessons of fighting tyranny? Don’t comply in advance. Many universities…policing themselves and their educators. 😠
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You obviously need Super Intelligence to know how to respond
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“How much of your project will involve using novel AI methods or tools to do groundbreaking research? With AI?” a) 90% b)99% c)100% d)200%
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@davidho.bsky.social Looks like a standard question from the Trump admin, but then I work regularly on Federal grants.
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University funding shouldn't have a political agenda. Fuck Donald Trump
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It’s a question of whether you want to work at the organisation anymore
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That is just crying out for biblical levels of sarcasm in response
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you need to be compliant (to the President). Was it Kim-jong Il?
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I have watched the hushing play out at investment management firms, and at universities. There are many humans who, for their own agendas or careers or because they actually want it, have failed the institution’s mission at institutions where previous generations, against the odds, chose right.
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Current term trump has signed 285 executive orders (as of September 2026). How is/can keep up with all of them? Is the university offering a service or guidance on them, becuase if not then it’s a full time effort to be able to answer the last point honestly
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