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DoomsdaysCW

#UniversityOfToronto hires three prominent Yale #professors worried about Trump

#Fascism scholar #JasonStanley and #historians #TimothySnyder and #MarciShore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second #Trump administration

by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025

"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale #professors to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto.

"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.

"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy this fall.

"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.'

"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of #OnTyranny and The Road to #Unfreedom, and an outspoken critic of the #Trump administration.

"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'

"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.

"'All that said, yes, of course our #AmericanCatastrophe played a role in our final decision.'"

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#UofT #Authoritarianism #BrainDrain #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

TorontoToday.ca · UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about TrumpBy Allison Smith
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Nonilex

Da says modern forms of govt rose w/the Industrial Revolution.Now #tech is changing, & the govt may too.
He says some friends compare it to China's Cultural Revolution
…1966–1976, Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung led an assault on suspected capitalist sympathizers,closing #universities, sending #professors & #intellectuals to work in fields, #purging govt workers & encouraging supporters to harass or attack their elders. It was "the most chaotic period of modern #China," the professor says.

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Dr. HermanSJr.

While not a #belueber in it as a prpphetic tool but an #academic & consultant to Fortune 100, #doctors, #police, #MIT #engineers, #Harvard #professors & others worldwide, #TarotCards are the most #artistic, #creative, engaging & transformative tool for revamping cognitive schema.

I #love using my (non-clinical, non-medical) intense drills of #PsychologicalTarot to train people to divorce from themselves so to see, think as history's greatest #thinkers.

My favorite Tarot being #DeviantMoon.

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Kenny Smith

That’s 588ish people. If this math is even close to correct, we’ve only just begun.

“SDA also identified as pro-#Russian #influencers more than 2,800 people in 81 countries operating on various social media platforms like #X, #Facebook, and #Telegram. Those influencers included “television and radio #hosts, #politicians, #bloggers, #journalists, businessmen, #professors, think-tank analysts, #veterans, and #comedians.” About 21% of those influencers were in the U.S.”

heathercoxrichardson.substack.

Letters from an American · September 6, 2024 By Heather Cox Richardson
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 27 July 1923:
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
An interesting and entertaining lecture on “Illusions” was given before the Wellington Philosophical Society on Wednesday by Professor T. A. Hunter. Before showing a number of illustrations by means of a lantern, the lecturer discussed generally the proneness of the senses to be misled by circumstances of an unusual kind. The sense organs had a long evolutionary history, and had become thoroughly accustomed to reacting in a certain way to certain stimuli. It therefore often happened that the impression obtained from certain outside facts was quite wrongly interpreted. This was the explanation of a great number of optical illusions; but though the illusions were obvious, Professor Hunter said, the theories by which it had been attempted to explain them were far from definite or capable as yet of unification.
A number of very striking illustrations were displayed, and with the remarks of the lecturer provided matters for a good discussion and a number of questions.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news
Biography in DNZB teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #OpticalIllusions #Lectures #Academics #Professors #VictoriaCollege #NewZealand

Black-and-white photo: [Detail from] Graduation ceremony at Canterbury College. 1932. Description: Full-length portrait of Professor Hunter in an academic gown, though without a hat or cap. He is standing facing the camera but looking to the viewer’s right. Detail cropped from a group photograph of members of the Board of Governors and notable visitors at the graduation ceremony at Canterbury college. Citation: Cropped from photo in supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 25 May 1932, p. 45. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19320525-45-02. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/283971
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#UTA #professors refuse to #comply with #TitleIX of abortion law

Although identified as a "recent #edit," #abortion-based #discrimination has been #prohibited since the #TitleIX #regulations first went into effect in 1975.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #HigherEducation #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

publicnewsservice.org/2024-07-

www.publicnewsservice.orgUTA professors refuse to comply with Title IX of abortion lawBy Shoshanna Ehrlich for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration The state of Texas does not believe its overflowing arsenal of antiabortion laws-including a near-total ban on abortion, the infamous SB 8 that turns private parties into bounty-hunters by offering them cash prizes for turning in abortion "aiders and abettors," and municipal travel bans that similarly encourage vigilante justice against anyone using local roads to transport abortion seekers across state laws-has done enough to strip pregnant people of control over their bodies. ...
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