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JL Molnar

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 23/09/2026
🗣️ The most effective climate thing you can do this month? Show up at a boring local hearing and say out loud that you want the solar project. Three minutes at a mic, in a room where almost nobody bothers to come. (Bring snacks.) 💛 Link www.canarymedia.com/articles/gui...
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How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you
Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just an FYI - RFK Jr invited public input on changing vaccine categories and recommendations, and right now the vast majority of comments *support* his approach. If you would like to comment, you can do so here. Deadline is in two days: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Request for Information: Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-Making
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department), in support of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and in furtherance of the Executive Order of August 10, 2026, "Delivering ...
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Field Team 6 @fieldteam6.org · 15/09/2026
TODAY is National Voter Registration Day — September 15 Your voice matters. Your vote counts. It starts with one simple step: getting registered. Help @FieldTeam6.org #RegisterDemocrats. Make a difference. #Voterizer #NationalVoterRegistrationDay social.fieldteam6.org/s/dJg25NOz
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Help Field Team 6 Register Democrats!
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26/08/2026
Interested in joining the #RSOS editorial board? We seek enthusiastic & engaged Associate Editors who will perform a range of valuable tasks for the journal and the communities it serves. The application deadline is 30 October 2026. Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/pages/e...
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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 07/09/2026
Workers fought for the right to organize, bargain collectively, and have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. We are fighting for the same principle at the heart of democracy: the right to have a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. #laborday @lwv.org @lwvva.bsky.social
We work. We organize. We vote.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#ICVM2027 @isvmorph.bsky.social is shaping up! 11 Symposia and 3 Workshops are now formally accepted! This will be a don't-miss conference! More details: www.isvm-icvm.org
Symposia:
1.	Secondary aquatic amniotes through deep time: evolution, ecology, and preservation
2.	Building movement: muscle-bone interactions across vertebrate taxa
3.	Giants and dwarfs: the impact of extreme body size change
4.	Paleo-evo-devo: integrating evolution, development, and the fossil record
5.	Integrating approaches to study the repeated evolution of burrowing in vertebrates
6.	The vertebrate skull as a multifunctional structure
7.	Evodevo on fish & chicks: from Halifax and Nova Scotia to the rest of the world
8.	Ecological and developmental morphology of vertebrate teeth
9.	Fish morphology across deep time illuminated by traditional and cutting-edge methods: a symposium honoring the contributions of John G. Maisey
10.	Evolving in TREE dimensions: new perspectives on arboreal adaptations in tetrapods
11.	Functional adaptive landscapes: combining morphology, function, and evolutionary theory

Workshops:
1.	Functional adaptive landscapes: combining morphology, function, and evolutionary theory
2.	Biomechanical analyses in MATLAB
3.	Regionalization in serially homologous structures using morphoregions
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Really love how this piece turned out! @standupforscience.net nautil.us/the-resistan...
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The Resistance Is Here
The Resistance Is Here: They didn’t plan to be activists. But scientists have united to overturn Trump’s drastic cuts to science.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/08/2026
The NSF Proposal is open for comments until the 24th of this month. Leave your public comment now!!! fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
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Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 13/08/2026
This week, the Trump administration issued a final rule that seeks to place lifesaving healthcare out of reach for some of our most marginalized youth. Here’s what this rule does — and does not — do: humanrightscampaign.substack.com/p/…
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The Trump administration is hurting kids and terrorizing families. It has to stop.
Transition-related healthcare can significantly improve the lives of people who receive it. And we ALL deserve access to lifesaving healthcare when we need it.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/08/2026
Your activism lead to a big win against the OMB Proposal in the Senate. The same fight continues with the NSF Proposal, which brings many of the same threats. Visit the link to leave your public comment: zurl.co/CwqkV And register for the NSF Rapid Response Workshop: zurl.co/YcDsG
The graphic displays a photo of Russell Vought, a computer monitor, and the black Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Stop Vought's NSF Sneak Attack; The NSF Proposal will: Remove requirements tied to statutory civil rights obligations; Apply international collaboration restrictions; Implement Vought's takeover of federal grants; LEAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW; Sign up now! The final NSF Rapid Response Workshop; Friday, August 14th, 2-3PM ET: Review the key changes in NSF's PAPPG and their connection to the broader OMB overhaul; Analyze the implications for research institutions, early-career scientists, and scientific integrity; Draft and refine strong, coordinated public comments; Identify targeted messaging for Hill offices and coalition partners; LINK IN BIO".
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/08/2026
The fight against the OMB Proposal is dire for American science. Visit the link to Fuel the Fight for Science by donating: zurl.co/AJvai Thank you! #OMB #Donate #Vought #StandUpForScience #Science
The graphic contains a photo of Russell Vought, the OMB HQ, and the black Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Vought's proposal is the end of science in America as we know it. Fuel the Fight for Science. Thank's to a generous donor's matching pledge, your donation today is doubled! LINK IN BIO!"
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/08/2026
“The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country.”
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New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/08/2026
The OMB Proposal will change American science from a globally collaborative, evidence-based enterprise into one based on political control and isolation. We need MoCs to permanently Revoke the Rule. Contact yours at the link: zurl.co/RWrqE #StandUpForScience #Vought #Science #SaveScience#Trump
The graphic displays notes taped over an old photo. The notes read: ""The OMB Proposal is the end of American Science as we know it" - Cole Donovan, SUFS Director of Policy & Advocacy; The OMB Proposal will put all federal grant funding in the hands of political appointees. And all must "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities." The OMB Proposal has been delayed, but we need it permanently revoked. Contact your MoCs, Tell them to permanently Revoke the Rule. LINK IN BIO!"
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/08/2026
While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress. They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it. 🧵
The graphic displays a photo of Russell Vought and a news clipping from Politico reading: "Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump's grant overhaul. Language is included to delay the president's move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval." The graphic reads:
"WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DELAYED VOUGHT'S OMB GRANT PROPOSAL"
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/07/2026
No child should be torn apart from their parents at the hands of our government. Congress must pass this bill.
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New bill would prohibit ICE from separating parents from children
The proposal is named for a 3-year-old Florida boy who was killed after ICE deported his mother.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 29/06/2026
This Special Feature from #ProcB showcases research from scientists, countries and regions underrepresented in the scientific literature, while addressing inequities in publishing and "helicopter science". Discover the collection: buff.ly/RjnbPC7 | #Ecology #GlobalSouth
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
WE ARE SOOOOOOO close to 10k comments on the @standupforscience.net OMB rule proposal portal...I bet we could get there today. DO ITTTTTT fight2win.standupforscience.net
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Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
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FASEB @faseborg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Scientific research is at stake. A proposed OMB rule could harm the U.S. research ecosystem. FASEB created a free 3-step tool to help scientists & scholarly societies submit impactful comments before July 13. Take action now: buff.ly/n5SmzFk #StandUpForScience
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Defend Research
We advance health and well-being by promoting research and education in biological and biomedical sciences through collaborative advocacy and service to our societies and their members.
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A must read for society members! "...it would be a transformative structural defunding of scholarly societies..." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/06/15/g... be sure to comment on their site www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
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JL Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@vanderhoofius.bsky.social I’m doing this next Friday: bsky.app/profile/stan...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2026
Want to submit your public comment about the OMB Grant Proposal but not sure how? Join us every Friday at 2 PM ET for advice on how to submit a public comment, starting this Friday! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/H1ALT #OMB #Vought #StandUpForScience #Science #SaveScience
The graphic displays a photo of a hand holding a pen and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE is hosting Raid Response Hour, Writing Effective OMB Public Comments, Weekly on Fridays, hour long meetings open for questions on how to rite a public comment. Begins on Friday, June 12 at 2 PM ET, Register at the link in our bio!"
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Walking on your knuckles is a weird way to get around, but it's normal for chimps & gorillas. Recently, Thompson & co showed that, while the hand posture is odd, the muscle contractions required are quite similar to a monkey's, which walk on their palms doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
A male chimpanzee at Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda. Photo credit: Giles Laurent, gileslaurent.com, License CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/06/2026
Our official guide to help you write a public comment on the OMB-2026-0034 is here: zurl.co/XgyzA Submit your comment and take additional actions here: zurl.co/RiDuv #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #FundScience
The graphic displays an image of the SUFS Foundation logo, a hand holding pen, and hands over a type writer. The graphic reads: "The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments, Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO. BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: This is an opportunity to tell YOUR government that the OMB-2026-0034 "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance" is wrong. https://zurl.co/XgyzA "
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Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com · 05/06/2026
During this election season remember that your elected officials should serve you and the needs of your community. If you're in need of assistance, visit: feedinggeorgia.org
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Feeding Georgia | Uniting Food Banks to End Hunger Statewide
Eight Feeding America food banks. One statewide mission. Feeding Georgia coordinates hunger relief across Georgia. Connect with your local food bank, donate, volunteer, or find food pantry locations n...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)
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The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title
Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO
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Danielle Welch for Congress (NY-03) @votewelch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Suozzi continues to bothsides the "extreme right and extreme left," as if the far right's push for fascism and white supremacy and the left's push for healthcare and affordable homes are equally bad. His primary is 6/23, please donate to my campaign. votewelch.com
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Danielle Welch for Congress
It isn't enough for Democrats to flip the House in 2026. We need leaders who will fight for us.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thank you, @science.org!
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Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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stuartsumida.bsky.social @stuartsumida.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I have joined over 150 other scientists & scientific organizations in speaking out against attempts to overturn protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We call on the U.S. Congress to oppose attempts to overturn protections for the monument! monumentsforall.org/grandstairca...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/04/2026
TOMORROW: Americans are calling out of work, walking out of school, and refusing to shop on the nationwide day of economic disruption. There are many ways you can get involved on May Day: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Join one of the over 3,000 events planned: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?...
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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 20/04/2026
I am again asking people to pay attention to what has happened to our National Science Foundation and by extension thousands of researchers across the country. The devastation is ongoing and worthy of continued outcry to officials and journalists. 🧪
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Long Island, New York: www.newsday.com/long-island/...
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ICE detention center proposed for Holtsville draws outraged protesters
About 100 people gathered on Barretts Avenue to protest the plan on Sunday. Brookhaven Town opposes it.
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Musculoskeletal function of stem tetrapod limbs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @crocodilejulia.bsky.social @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social @royalvetcollege.bsky.social
Top right: Sketch of a salamander illustrating the defined movements of the proximal (hip) and distal (elbow) limb joints measured in this study.
Middle left: A muscle map for the giant salamander Dicamptodon, used as model comparator for the stem tetrapods.
Lower row: left (blue rectangle) cover image for the journal Palaeontology; middle, musculoskeletal model in a mid-stance pose; right, plot of muscle moment arms.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Our new tetrapod limb biomechanics paper is out! By @crocodilejulia.bsky.social with me & Stephanie Pierce: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... in @thepalass.bsky.social Palaeontology Extensive musculoskeletal modelling of fore- and hindlimbs of Acanthostega & Pederpes vs. a salamander & lizard.
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Musculoskeletal function of stem tetrapod limbs
The tetrapod water–land transition has been studied for more than a century, but questions about the locomotor function of early tetrapod limbs still remain. The limb and girdle skeletons of stem tet...
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JL Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No kings, no quacks
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/03/2026
Are you ready for the biggest day of mass protest that America has ever seen? Across all 50 states and dozens of countries, millions of people will gather tomorrow to reject Trump’s brutality at home and abroad. Please join us for a historic No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
(between images of a map showing the over 3,200 No Kings Day events planned for Saturday) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
MARCH 28
NOKINGS.ORG
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JL Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Huntington, NY” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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NO KINGS Huntington, NY · Mobilize
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/03/2026
Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation. He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, helped gut the CDC, and his Silicon Valley ties raise questions about protecting the public interest. (1/2🧵)
Image with text to email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2026
AMPHIFA REPRESENTS! #StandUpForScience
Person in pink frog costume that says "AMPHIFA"
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/03/2026
IMPORTANT!!! There has been a location change for the NEW YORK CITY March 7th National Day of Action rally!!! The rally is now happening in City Hall Park from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to learn more! #March7NYC #standupforscience #science #savescience #rally
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Rep. Ansari Statement on United States Attack on Iran.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 27/02/2026
On the cover of The Lancet: Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure” Read the latest issue: spkl.io/63327Aa31W
Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: “The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20/02/2026
Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi owned Palantir stock while voting to fund DHS. www.notus.org/money/tom-suozzi-pala…
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Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi Owned Palantir Stock While Voting to Fund Homeland Security
Palantir is doing huge business with the federal government as its share price soars.
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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Please share this widely!
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A statement on the connection between certain scientists and a known criminal is coming soon. I and my colleagues have a zero tolerance policy on this. It extends to enablers and those apparently ok to vacillate on these issues.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just gonna keep running these forever huh www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
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JL Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good South Huntington, NY, Peaceful Protest” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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ICE Out For Good South Huntington, NY, Peaceful Protest · Mobilize
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Map of event locations for #ICEforGood
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