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Angela Hvitved

@angelahvitved.bsky.social
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PhD Biochemistry, PhD Philosophy Ethics, Animals, Science, Policy (not necessarily that order) I ❤ dogs and the administrative state (in that order) Iowan regardless of address (but Milan for now)

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/08/2026
I keep banging the “USAID was good and we must confront the obscene wave of death MAGA’s destruction of it unleashed” drum because I *desperately* want Democrats and the Left to prioritize rebuilding global aid. We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue.
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Damian Dalle Nogare @damiandn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
LOOK AT THIS DOG
A brown dog laying on a blanket with his head partially resting on his paw
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Spooky Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude @anineffablegrump.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The "where can we send JD Vance next" Djinn has blessed us
Vice President JD Vance to join Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa
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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
welcome home to your parents’ house, the channels are Yellowstone, masterpiece mystery, and Jimmy fallon, btw someone from your high school died in a real weird way
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/12/2025
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: propub.li/3MTlm33
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/12/2025
Cosmopolitan, egalitarian values are better than authoritarian values and it would be cool if one of our two political parties argued as much instead of spending decades trying to avoid cultural arguments by clinging to "it's the economy stupid" or "kitchen table issues" or "affordability."
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Good! This is a genuinely embarrassing effort, especially at the time when the Europe has real problems to address. www.politico.eu/article/eu-v...
politico.eu
EU ‘veggie burger’ ban stalls after talks collapse
An MEP’s crusade for naming restrictions on non-meat foods expands to ‘liver’ and ‘ham’ — but national governments aren’t buying it.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yeeess. My mom is one of these women and they need help!
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/11/2025
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I still can't believe I went from Raskin to Hinson. 😢
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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Cat Lady🌈📚🍂 @librarycrone.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I had to look this up since I was too little to remember it and…I’m sorry, I’m crying I’m laughing so hard
Portion of Socks the cat’s Wikipedia page under the “Investigation” heading: “Indiana Representative Dan Burton, then the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, once publicly questioned the use of White House staff, postage, and stationery to answer mail addressed to the cat.”
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Text needed a little fixing but still great to see so many patriotic people with so much enthusiasm for saving our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
NYT post with photos of No Kings rallies with the text describing rallies against "Trump's actions that they see as authoritarian" with "they see as" changed to "are"
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
it is so important for the public to know about this terrible waste of talent, curiosity, wonder, and progress too much of science -- how it's made, who makes it, and how and why -- is hidden from public view these stories need to be told
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I've heard colleagues say that the solution to what's happening to American science is for scientists to communicate the value of science better. That's false. Trump is doing a lot of unpopular things, including destroying the science enterprise. What's happening is not our fault. 1/2
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Celicia @spoonbread.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
My account is officially a "Jon Green stan acccount" (@modestholdings.com). Jon Green, an Iowa county supervisor who refuses to lower the flag for Charlie Kirk, is the tip of the "no, I won't do what you tell me" spear. Hell.effing.YESSSSSSSS. Let's be more like Jon Green. 👍😁
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Just disgusting disinformation.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Our political media is simply not equipped to handle a situation where the voters were unambiguously wrong in a way which morally implicates the electorate.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Hey Iowans in IA-2, she's either lying to you or she's too uninformed to be voting on this. Maybe give her a call and let her know what you think. 202-225-2911 (DC) 319-266-6925 (Waterloo) 563-557-7789 (Dubuque) The IA Hospital Assoc predicts $10B cut over 10 years, which affects ALL IOWANS
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/06/2025
rep. @leighfinke.bsky.social posted this speech and i am glad it is the last thing i saw before going to bed tonight. to give so much this week of all weeks, it is pretty amazing. 💜 “love each other til you cannot stand it.” -from the caption
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
What a beautifully written and powerful essay from @dannagal.bsky.social about magical thinking and science. Really excellent. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Holy Water Couldn’t Save My Husband. MAHA Wouldn’t Have Either.
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This parade will cost at least the equivalent of 180 years worth of an NIH biomedical research grant.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Imagine if the government expended even half of this effort actually protecting the welfare of ag animals. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm...
wired.com
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Kudos to WaPo--more coverage like this please! Efficiency isn't the outcome and wasn't intended to be. Everyone should know how they are intentionally breaking your government to prove a point and making you less safe and less healthy in the process. It should be easy for ATC to have clean windows!
washingtonpost.com
DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite
New procedures and requirements — some implemented in the name of improving operations — are slowing down federal agencies.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
So we're crashing the global economy to stop China from "eating our lunch" and then handing them *decades* of scientific and technological supremacy. Is this the 4D chess?
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I can't believe I traded Jamie Raskin for Ashley Hinson. 😢
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Great thread on govt funding --> tech advances.
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Every other country would have to almost double its current investment in research for this pipe dream to happen. Far more likely is that global scientific research decreases by about half. That is bad for every hope people might have for cures, energy technologies, etc.
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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I asked all the lizards and they said "look at the diversity of our sex determination mechanisms. Do you really think we would buy Trumps simplistic interpretation of sex and its conflation with gender?" They are also in favor of eating the rich, but I think they thought I meant literal cannibalism
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
❤️ Give 'em hell
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
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Brandon Keim @brandonkeim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A point that hasn’t received nearly as much attention as it should in the deextinctiom discourse: the lives of the animals involved.
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Michael Stambolis @mstambolis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research. en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
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Toulouse Welcomes U.S. Researchers Facing Unprecedented Challenges | Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse
In response to the targeted and drastic budget cuts threatening scientific research in the United States, the Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host researchers whose work is a...
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The NIH budget for FY2024 was about $47 billion. It will be interesting to compare the ROI for this amount of money--I bet we don't get any new drugs or lifesaving treatments from this
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
These are important images to be passed around. These faces should be associated with these headlines. In addition to their covid misinformation, they now have this on their resume. Make sure everyone knows that.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Iowans! Grassley finally remembered he's a senator and capable of exercising political power. So, he's decided to go after the courts for obstructing Trump's agenda. I guess if you can't win, change the rules 🤷 Consider letting him know what you think of the Judicial Relief Clarification Act!
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As judges stymie Trump agenda, Chuck Grassley says legislation is needed to rein them in
Chuck Grassley said legislation is needed to limit federal judges' use of universal injunctions as President Trump's feud with the judiciary escalates.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thinking of my friends and former colleagues who have spent their careers advancing science and health in service of the American public. They deserve better than this.
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Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies
The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Oh, ok. I mean, I guess why pretend?
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NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Jesus christ, this is wild. All around!!
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Praise All Around for EPA’s Greatest and Most Consequential Day of Deregulation in U.S. History | US EPA
EPA News Release: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Praise All Around for EPA’s Greatest and Most Consequential Day of Deregulation in U.S. History
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2) www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
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Angela Hvitved @angelahvitved.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Disappointing to learn that Mayo Clinic is shilling for the dairy industry, esp since it's for a pittance wrt their bottom line. Kudos to @statnews.com for this; the check-off programs are terrible policy that doesn't serve the public interest, and they don't get enough attention.
statnews.com
Mayo Clinic’s partnership with dairy poses conflict of interest, critics say
Mayo Clinic's partnership with the dairy industry is drawing criticism for its potential to undermine its credibility.
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Seems like a good time to remind ourselves that in 1931, when Mussolini forced academics to sign an oath of allegiance to the fascist regime, only twelve refused.
blognostrumuva.wordpress.com
Academic freedom and fascism: A new book on the Italian professors who said NO in 1931
Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (32) Earlier addressed in the Library333 series Inclusive searches & sources @FMG Library – with posts on the Academic Freedom Inde…
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Damian Dalle Nogare @damiandn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It's good that Italy puts these warning signs at the airport, so visitors know what to expect during their visit.
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