Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Democracy & Inequality General Counsel AAUP Sam's sister ❤️ Personal Account, Views My Ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mtp4t4fc322dI think a lot of people don’t understand that the academic freedom that we have — which we have fought for — is not the freedom to say every asinine racist & sexist thing that you think.22 Aug 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp4t4fc322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mth4o3vbi22sMy daughter was going an awful lot to face/body prep for her first day of middle school. I expressed annoyance. She started crying, “Mom, I’d like everything is perfect no one will have any thing to make fun of.” 😭😭😭😭😭 I hate middle school already.19 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth4o3vbi22shttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mtfpjl6pt22nOn the political economy of the resurgence of “race science” https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/19 Aug 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfpjl6pt22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mteze3zsjk2vEarlier this summer, campus reform 🙄, published an article focused on little old me, and even asked AI to create an image! I wanted to share it because it has been making chuckle. The “lawsuit” in my hand is 😂.18 Aug 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteze3zsjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mtb2uthw6c2b“That means that, for the fourth month in a row, Americans’ real wages — how many sandwiches, haircuts and gallons of gas they can buy with an hour’s pay — actually fell.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share17 Aug 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb2uthw6c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mtaw6px2nk2zUm, I have recently learned about Professor Umbridge and this latest educational decree is strikingly similar to UC Reg 2301, which Peyrin Kao was accused of violating. 👀17 Aug 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaw6px2nk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mt522ib4gs2s“CWA 7250 has learned that we have been subject to an illegal and aggressive federal investigation that used undercover agents to enter our office, infiltrate meetings we co-sponsored, subpoena our finances, and surveil one of our officers” https://labornotes.org/2026/08/federal-spies-hunt-minnesota-unions-search-conspiracy-find-solidarity15 Aug 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt522ib4gs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3msrubwi6vs2gDeath, shoes on sale, detention, Wegovy— our minds were not made to process the whiplash between horror and consumption: to mourn the dead and contemplate the shoes in a few numbing moments Before bed.11 Aug 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrubwi6vs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3msllvhru4c2xThe coordinated online harassment that women protestors involved in the CJP are receiving in India is AWFUL. It’s a whole new element to participating in a social movement — constant, coordinated, likely state-sponsored sexual harassment.08 Aug 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3msllvhru4c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3msgp3jwrx22rThe NYtimes’ new tick is “far left,” used inaccurately and popularized by none other than Donald himself.06 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgp3jwrx22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3msb5dxcerk22“The litigation has revealed a clear pattern: Uber’s lawyers scour women’s private communications, medical records, therapy notes …They grill the women about those issues, their sex lives and their behavior on the night of the incident.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share04 Aug 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb5dxcerk22https://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3ms72hdnwvc27This is somehow being touted as a robust response to the many logistical, safety, environmental, and surveillance problems these robotaxis posed. It is NOT. Mullen's legislation basically just attempts to address emergency situations (of which there are many). https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/28/san-francisco-waymo-washington-0101322703 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms72hdnwvc27https://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3ms6pubrftc2i“House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants.” https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-0102169603 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6pubrftc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/veenadubal.bsky.social/post/3mrbrlutwu22d“Sooner or later, elite schools are going to realize that an analog education carries more prestige than an AI-assisted one & will retool their curricula..to reflect that prejudice. This has .. already happened with screens in elementary and secondary education” https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-fading-promise-of-higher-education/articles/artificial-negligence23 Jul 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:eb5hgr7fciaeovnvr7qlja53/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbrlutwu22d