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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

I can't believe efforts by a right wing contrarian engagement troll to create a fake university that coddles right wing ideology isn't going well I'm sure her efforts to turn CBS into a right wing propaganda mill will go great though Keep your chin up, champ

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin. Via @ngluckman.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

the fact that highly-educated people still somehow find themselves suddenly surprised by bad faith intentions of the incredibly-well funded right wing assault on education, journalism, and informed consensus doesn't bode particularly well

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

the University of Austin is a billionaire prop that takes up like two floors of an Austin office building, and if you can't identify it for what it is, you're either complicit or simply not very bright

kut.orgUniversity of Austin to offer free tuition permanently with $100 million donation from billionaireBillionaire Jeff Yass, a school voucher supporter and an influential figure in Texas politics, said the only condition for the gift was for the school not to receive government funding.
Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

Bari Weiss' fake university is, of course, just a few blocks away from the Joe Rogan anti-woke hustlebro safe space, which is basically trying to do the same thing to American comedy

Sniffit
@sniffit.bsky.social

"Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests." This is the statement of someone who cannot complete the maze on a Denny's placemat because she's too busy eating the off-brand crayons they provide.