Reposted by AnneliseEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14hFatou Traore, a legal resident in the U.S. for 20 years, was grabbed by ICE on her way to work at the University of Iowa on Sept. 24. Traore was told she'll be sent to Sierra Leone, which she’s never even visited, leaving her husband & sons: Yousouf, 3; Boubacar, 8; Mamadou, 14; and Esoumaila, 19. 311453
Reposted by AnneliseNPR @npr.org · 14hStarting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpqn.pr'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policyStarting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. 12276158
Reposted by AnneliseCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 16h University of Texas at Austin will eliminate 4 majors—African & African diaspora studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; women’s and gender studies; and race, indigeneity and migration. Faculty in Social and Culture Analysis Department received no explanation as to why they are being cut.insidehighered.comUT Austin Axes Several Ethnic, Gender Studies MajorsSome faculty members consider the decision the next step in a broader effort to gut what remains of ethnic and gender studies at the university. 53626
Reposted by AnneliseWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16hIt takes years of training to perfect this manoeuvre. #WorldBollardAssociation 421503163
Annelise @annelise.bsky.social · 12hReal excessive use of & (complementary) let’s bring that back 010
Reposted by AnneliseOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him. 18180481755
Reposted by AnneliseJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11946641158
Annelise @annelise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely wild to read this in context of states rights for abortion. The old rights for me not for thee. 000
Reposted by AnneliseGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders. 4914285
Reposted by AnneliseAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 888251635945
Reposted by AnneliseImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon. I didn't think it would be TODAY. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California. Hold on to your butts.ag.state.la.us 17456135
Reposted by AnneliseNicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With the evolving Cornell University story, I have been reflecting on my fourth and final year at St. Thomas University in 2015 in Fredericton. One of my professors, Jan Wong, wanted some of our class to work on an investigative series on rape on campus. 45027
Reposted by AnnelisePlayboy @playboy.com · 30/09/2026"I think men need to challenge other men when women aren’t in the room. That’s where a lot of this culture survives, in the joke nobody challenges, the story everybody laughs at." Read the Playboy interview here:playboy.comMeet The "South Park" Writer Behind the Viral "Cornell 7" WebsiteCornell University has been the subject of innumerable headlines this week, as an anonymous woman’s lawsuit against the university over her alleged 2024 rape prompted New York prosecutors to reopen th... 144688
Reposted by AnneliseAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 431025497
Reposted by Annelisedarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ok now i am a little curious how do autonomous cars deal with a guy unexpectedly redirecting traffic 3347955
Reposted by AnneliseSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275302474
Reposted by AnneliseBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh 571932333
Reposted by AnneliseSchyloe🎨🏳️🌈 @schyloe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The last company, AT&T that was forced to split due to monopolies was in 1982. 1982. There's like 5ish companies that owe all of the food market and alot of the entertainment market. Not to mention Amazon is literally in almost every field now it seems, medicine, groceries, online shopping etc. 07218
Reposted by AnneliseAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030471071
Reposted by AnneliseTruthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026The White House Office of Management and Budget wants to change spending rules to prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives or what it vaguely calls “related activities.”buff.lyNew Rule Would Ban the Use of Federal Grant Money for Voter Registration DrivesAdvocates worry that the loss of federal funding will effectively disenfranchise many voters with disabilities. 23728
Reposted by AnnelisePIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“There is a certain threshold when there is no more stopping the total breakdown of the AMOC.” PIK’s @rahmstorf.bsky.social explains how global warming could weaken the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation AMOC by adding more freshwater to the North Atlantic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOS... 311275
Reposted by AnneliseGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before. 22684453
Reposted by AnneliseGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.theguardian.comGone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than everAfter public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere 5514294
Reposted by AnneliseNanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A Senegalese college basketball player, Amina Seck, is currently in ICE detention. Seck was travelling with her team to a tournament in New York when she was detained by ICE at Louisville Airport. She has been moved four times since her detention. #wnba eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...eu.courier-journal.comKSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | ExclusiveAminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team. 17499396
Reposted by AnneliseCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 892118873
Reposted by AnneliseAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3428541625
Reposted by AnneliseAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9452583251
Reposted by AnneliseMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Whistleblowers gave House Oversight Democrats a look inside ICE facilities in Florida. Rachel Maddow called them “Trump prison camps” and said to expect more protests. When the government hides people in conditions like these, outrage is the appropriate response. 02615
Reposted by AnneliseFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend. 20643351112
Reposted by AnneliseTHE Vinz Vektor - EN Vtuber @posindustries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The truly nefarious goal of AI isn't just to make you believe fake things are real, but to also stop believing that real things are. 0243
Reposted by AnneliseRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The ICE holding cells in NYC were designed to keep people no longer than 12 hrs. They had no showers, no beds, no cots, no windows. Nevertheless, by May 2025, ICE upped the duration cap to 72 hrs. Yet people were held longer: 5 days. 9.5 days. 10 days. 2/5 19025
Annelise @annelise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This isn’t just Cornell either. There is persistent rot everywhere. 161
Reposted by AnneliseNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.theguardian.comICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious. 10885511
Reposted by AnneliseAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026The Tennessee AG is launching a massive investigation into an abortion fund. The investigation follows the same playbook used on gender affirming care providers by utilizing baseless unfair and deceptive trade practices claims. wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/breaking-t...wellsrachelm.substack.comBREAKING: Tennessee AG Launches Investigation into State's Abortion FundAbortion Care Tennessee's attorney says the investigation is retaliation for a free speech case the state lost. 417549
Reposted by AnneliseHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A scathing court ruling decrying the overcrowded and "inhumane" conditions at NYC's notorious ICE detention facility included diagrams that are eerily reminiscent of slave ships. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal... 4278119
Reposted by AnneliseMichael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 17511167
Reposted by AnneliseApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 381374572
Reposted by AnneliseJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233991269
Reposted by AnneliseMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not 7065751335
Reposted by AnneliseAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 12331341285
Reposted by AnneliseMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/09/2026i don't like that it's like this, but it is like this want a different country? we probably shouldn't have been running an explicitly racist, shitty public school system for the last century+ 09311
Annelise @annelise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Actually no I do not appreciate the AI slop code that improved the app but causes it to fully crash out 100% more frequently. This sucks. 001
Reposted by AnneliseKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"But she didn't go to the police!" yell the chuds defending their favorite candidates/celebrities/CEOs against rape allegations. 0219
Reposted by AnneliseLyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026expected from the droughts, wildfires, and flooding caused by El Niño. Food supplies will also be hit, pushing ~50M people into acute hunger and driving up prices. This El Niño is so dangerous because it is unfolding on top of climate change: www.theguardian.com/environment/.... 🌎theguardian.comHuge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six monthsNew report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis 074
Reposted by AnneliseAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:boltsmag.org“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - BoltsFrederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo... 11571327
Reposted by AnneliseMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":evanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 16592249
Reposted by AnneliseAnne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgStudy finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH fundingDrop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives 01311
Reposted by AnneliseDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 21/09/2026This is happening to my clients. Makes it impossible for me to know if they're still in Minnesota or even in America. ICE can shuttle them around without my knowledge and, unless they get word to me, I have no way to access them as counsel 1197121
Reposted by AnneliseNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026wow. the mother of one of the citizen teen who spoke out about being detained by ICE while trying to enlist has been deported www.krgv.com/news/mother-...krgv.comMother of teen detained in viral Alamo ICE arrest video deportedThe mother of a 17-year-old detained by ICE in a viral Alamo, Texas incident has been deported to Mexico, raising concerns among legal experts about potential retaliation for speaking out. 15039
Reposted by AnneliseAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ICE's new policy is unprecedented. People who have detained for months are suddenly disappearing from the locator system — even if they haven't been moved. And people newly arrested are not showing up at all, their location now hidden from view. This will severely interfere with legal access. 21934315