betterdz.bsky.social @betterdz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From the article, ' “A woman winning the Nobel prize for the same work Penn called ‘not faculty quality’ & Penn CLAIMING CREDIT is exactly how misogyny in academia works,” Stevenson University assistant professor Kerry Pray posted.' 1576
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Carson is the second female Nobel winner in recent years to have been denied tenure. Katalin Karikó was denied tenure at Penn www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...forbes.comResearcher Demoted By University Of Pennsylvania Wins Nobel Prize For mRNA Discoveries—And Some Academics Urge Penn To ApologizeKatalin Karikó’s research laid the foundation for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. 12413140
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialJon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ABC News deleted a story linking federal contracts to Trump’s sons and not explained why. The debacle has ignited a firestorm behind the scenes. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/david-elli... 110834
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When Edward Teller was chair of the early AEC Reactor Safeguards Committee, he was considered extremely conservative in his safety demands. His reasoning was that even one catastrophic accident could destroy all public enthusiasm for a technology he believed was important. 1135492
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Here's what Trump judge Gary Brown said in a filing ON MONDAY about Brenan Cuni, who almost shot a kid in NYC. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 25478210
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“.. Beyond disgusting,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a frequent critic of Hegseth, said on X. “Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 105767228
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 09/10/2026So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts 942370798
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialKatelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Marching us off so many economic cliffs in the name of bigotry and xenophobia. 012
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026They hope to deter Latino citizens from voting with these awful tactics. They must not succeed. 1015629
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialJanai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026America, they are trying to desensitize you to violence. They want us to dehumanize one another so we become numb to their attacks on our liberty. They wish to normalize total state control thru visual terror. Attention is currency. Don’t invest it in evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comPentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamedNidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December 41739289
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it 123443541
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/... 111779416
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it 4541341004
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialKatelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hell yeah. 011
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026WTF. Even I am just seeing this now. 191088370
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Marco Rubio has a meltdown when asked about Kimberly Guilfoyle: "I'm not playing this game ... you guys are not gonna be our only source of information in the world. I'm sorry to tell you that. No... I don't even know if what you're reporting is true." (It's true! The Journal has her text messages!) 49548551454
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something 1167128903797
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/10/2026this is on the one hand a totally insane thing to say, but it's interesting to see it as kind of a legacy kludge from fusionists past, where the "communists want to remake the social world" was part of what kept the cons in coalition with the hawks and the libertarians 2752880
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 08/10/2026‘If AI doesn’t deliver on its promise then we face a double blow to growth: because AI didn’t expand our productive capacity as hoped, and because other investments which might have didn’t take place.’ www.ft.com/content/bf40... 48943265
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If the Hepatitis B vaccine trial RFK Jr. has funded in Guinea-Bissau were ethical, he’d be doing it in the U.S. Instead, he’s preying on infants in one of the poorest countries in the world, which also happens to have a high prevalence of Hep B. Infants will suffer b/c RFK Jr. is anti-vax. 1429893
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary. 1991551846
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Eric Deters: "Kimberly Guilfoyle is a grifter. Kimberly Guilfoyle I have no doubt has done this to more than me. She's doing it right now in Greece. I know Corey Lewandowski did this stuff. I know Kristi Noem did this stuff." 34155881902
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialCREW @citizensforethics.org · 08/10/2026It looks like the FBI took down the video we filed a Hatch Act complaint about earlier this week. This rampant lawbreaking cannot continue, even if they backtrack when called out.thehill.comFBI post featuring El-Sayed runs afoul of Hatch Act, experts sayA new video from the FBI has spurred complaints the bureau has violated the Hatch Act by labeling Democrats — including current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed — as part of the “defund the… 291184351
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Pete Hegseth is at work stirring up ideological divisions in order to deflect from his failures in the Iran War. It's obvious, and we aren't falling for it. 1102326539
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 35649781232
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Never forget: www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...theguardian.com'Germs are not a real thing': Fox News host says he hasn't washed hands in 10 yearsPete Hegseth denies existence of germs, saying: ‘I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real’ 1435785
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...donmoynihan.substack.com“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's AmericaKimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump 341318355
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is this a head fake, because no one in a position of power could possibly be this stupid? Or are they really that stupid? These are not rhetorical questions. 115917
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"I can do whatever I want, if I want." Today is the 10th anniversary of the public revelation of Trump's 'Access Hollywood' comments. 918172
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 08/10/2026Making it easier to pollute the air we breathe because it boosts Big Oil's bottom line. Is this how we Make America Healthy Again?washingtonsun.comEPA Plans to Roll Back Emissions Regulations for Oil and Gas CompaniesThe Trump administration is “days not weeks” away from undoing Biden-era methane gas standards. 721875
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 07/10/2026Yesterday the President said Iran could “take out Los Angeles or San Diego” and called it a very small price to pay. I don’t know what he meant. I know what he said. And it’s just wrong. 29327115
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability. 23944191807
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 6027691581
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialFRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When the threat of climate change emerged as a major global issue, how did the world respond? Our 2008 documentary "Heat" examined where the global political and economic conversation around climate change and global warming stood — and where it might go. youtu.be/DSEkygwmh3Ayoutu.beHow the World Reacted as Global Warming Warnings Grew | Heat (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS)When the threat of climate change emerged as a major global issue, how did some of the world's largest governments and corporations respond? (Aired 2008) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Donate to FRONTLINE now: https://bit.ly/47DF... 0126
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A day after Trump said his super PAC would pay for those propaganda ads that had been funded by taxpayers, White House officials said the group did *not* plan to reimburse the government for the more than $10 million it had already spent on the ads.nytimes.comTrump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional AdsA day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday. 74915443
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#ELB: “India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi” electionlawblog.org/2026/india-cut-… 1124
betterdz.bsky.social @betterdz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026By all means, put the fox in charge of the hen house. 000
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 07/10/2026Elon Musk is back in Washingto. Musk will help lead "Project Meridian," a study meant to shape "the future of U.S. military warfare." Hegseth handed the role not to a general, but to a defense contractor who'll profit from the very recommendations he'll make. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/m...cnbc.comElon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth saysPete Hegseth, in remarks about the state of the military, announced a project led by two GOP-supporting tech executives to examine military capabilities. 1612168
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026MEMPHIS: “PUNCHES THROWN… CHAOS…” Wild scenes as the city council DELAYS a vote on a data centers moratorium🤔— leading to chants of “BOUGHT AND SOLD!” and “SELL OUTS!” More: www.actionnews5.com/2026/10/06/d... 321117450
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 243105302441
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade 47784591993
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialFRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Could you spot an AI-powered scam? Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Take this quiz from our partners at The Associated Press to see if you can tell what’s real and what’s not. to.pbs.org/4e8rDCMpbs.orgCould You Spot an AI-Powered Scam? See if You Can Tell What’s Real. | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary SeriesArtificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. 0142
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."cbsnews.comThe Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justiceJustice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet. 5382272659
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialBluesky @bsky.app · 05/10/2026Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner @deisseroth.bsky.social! Follow along with the prize announcements all week via @nobelprize.org 412291189
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/10/2026Plague outbreak in Russia from a lab. We MUST ban all commercial flights to and from Russia NOW 63076982236
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026confronted with the fact that he continues to defend Trump despite Trump pocketing billions while president, Tillis does some Hunter Biden whataboutism and then suggests "people advising the president" are to blame 🤡 (Ari Melber points out that Hunter Biden was never president) 781276277
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yeah, he’s lost the juice. 481695191
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120113571
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026REPORTER: Why are you telling your supporters to vote by mail if you think it's fraud? TRUMP: I'd rather have them vote in person, but they can vote by mail if they want. But there is a lot of cheating in vote by mail. REPORTER: There's no evidence TRUMP: You are fake news 3332735806
Reposted by @betterdz.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 222841965
![After the Court required a further submission to explain this incongruity,
respondents submitted an affidavit from Brenden Cuni, a Supervisory Detention and
Deportation Officer with ICE, who was responsible for conducting the background
searches. DE 20-7. Cuni was notified “some time before 5:50 PM” that “Petitioner was detained.” Id. ¶3. He searched five separate federal databases, all of which “yielded
negative results.” Id. ¶5 (emphasis added). Cuni then “issued and signed the I-200,
Warrant of Arrest, and checked off the boxes relating to ‘biometric confirmation of the
subject’s identity and a records check of federal databases . . . .’” Id. Of course, since the
records checks were negative, it was undeniably false, though represented as true in the
warrant, that “biometric confirmation [and] records check of federal databases
affirmatively indicate” that the petitioner lacked immigration status. DE 7-1. Cuni
explains that ICE then processed the petitioner, and in so doing, entered his data into
those various databases. After processing (and after the warrant was signed and
executed), Cuni ordered another officer to run “a second records check of the electronic
federal databases, which then yielded positive results . . . because Petitioner’s information
was now part of the system.” DE 20-7 ¶7 (emphasis added).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreidqylhmhwshnfs3a5dq2g3wiulejbwwwgoia34tsntiszybms4j6m)
