I am going to be adding a variation on a "warrant canary" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_…) to the syllabus for any classes that I teach. For example:
"I have _not_ been directed by the university, government, or any other organization to add, alter, or remove any portion of this course. Watch closely for if this notice is ever removed."
If/when institutions try to control what we teach, they may try to prevent sharing details of the ratfuckery that's happening
#academia #higherEducation #phdChat
method of indirect notification of a subpoena, informing users that there has not been a secret subpoena as of a particular date; if the canary is not updated/removed, users are to assume that the host has been served with such a subpoena
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vandys
in reply to Ben Pettis • • •You need to fine tune your understanding of how warrant canaries work. If you take a positive action because of a warrant--you've broken the law. You need to publish, say monthly, a statement. Every month a new one. If you stop publishing, they can assume something's up.
It's much more problematic for them to compel you to do new work.