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Christina Xydias @cvxydias.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Using original survey data from the Bundestag & German state assemblies, @sfranceschet.bsky.social and I find that institutional efforts to address the challenges of working as an elected representative while caregiving would likely be successful. Legislatures should try it! @bundestag.de #gendersky

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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are told to ignore the racism of Hegel, Kant, Locke etc because they were just "men of their time". So what do we do with the racism of current academics? Are they too just "men of their time"? What is this "time" that seems to make racists of men?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in history, & then it's Monday.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I went to bed early & woke up to an escalating trade war with Canada. For the love of hockey, WHY? I’d love it if we’d just thank them for being fantastic neighbors & then leave them alone. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 *rhetorical ‘why;’ I know why.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

And if you request materials, your library will often purchase them - I’m using library requests as resistance to censorship in my community. Also, I check out a lot of books by folks who aren’t cis/het & white to show that there is demand for diverse viewpoints.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've been very ambivalent about El-Sayed but if this is what happens if he wins then hot damn sign me up.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

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‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 02/08/2026

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

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She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you do group projects, I will beg you to make time for the students to work together IN CLASS. People say “we have to give them group projects because they’ll be expected to work in teams.” Yes. But not outside of work hours/on their own time! You assign group work? Make in-class time for it.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

War crimes, crimes against humanity, and just plain crimes are fine, it seems, particularly if the crimes are against women. Jesse Watters got backlash, but no actual consequences, for his gleeful remarks on probable criming: “Women on base... port calls, women in Asia, you better be careful.”

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Unorthodox?!? Is THAT what screening troops for low-t is? Or is it: irrelevant, unnecessary, nonsensical, ill-advised, and/or insane? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Perhaps now that you’ve shared, the video’s presence in your head will be diminished. (Like when you share your earworm with someone else & it leaves you.)

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Only two items? That seems like admirable personal restraint!! (or was it a full wheel of Parmesan?)

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Cacio E Pepe Pasta Prepared in Cheese Wheel

ALT: Cacio E Pepe Pasta Prepared in Cheese Wheel

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is a terrible loss. He was a kind & generous person & scholar. May his memory be a blessing.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I have this conversation with my students on the regular!!

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’ve spent much of the day begging my members of Congress to find their spines, do their jobs, & rein in an out-of-control President.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Every award show could be making up celebrities, and I would never know.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

In light of a “top” CDC vaccine advisor questioning the need for a polio vaccination, I’m re-upping my grandfather’s polio survival story. Brutal is an understatement. His mother would have given *anything* for a vaccine.

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Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations — STAT

The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday — suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines, arguing ...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I thank Dr. West every time I use GPS, so that’s multiple times a day. I’m so grateful that my car is named Gladys. I will not curse in my tribute post to her, but 2026 knows where it can go. Rest in power, Dr. West. www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...

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‘Hidden Figure’ Gladys West, GPS pioneer and Navy civilian, dies at 95

West’s genius secured her a position in 1956 at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, then called Naval Proving Ground, where she worked for over 40 years.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Y’all, when I tell you I idolize Dr. West, it’s not hyperbole. This brilliant Black woman fought her way through OCEANS of misogynoir to give the world the foundations of GPS. W/o her work, many of us would be lost most of the time! And then, age 70, she got a PhD in public administration (VA Tech)!

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

@vasabjit.bsky.social has been posting about this. One example post: bsky.app/profile/vasa...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Additional takes/ perspectives in this post & responses. bsky.app/profile/dhne...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I was just about to try to go down that research rabbit hole. Inquiring minds want to know.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

“The HIV epidemic can end. The science is already there. What remains is the harder part, the moral obligation to ensure that the most marginalized have the same access to that science as everyone else.” apple.news/A2pxLDWjXS5y...

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Opinion | US can end HIV, but we're failing those who need care most | Opinion — USA TODAY

The U.S. commitment to ending HIV is shaken. For the first time, we didn't formally mark World AIDS Day. And Trump has cut funding for HIV prevention.

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

As a reminder, in addition to not commemorating World AIDS day, this administration also gutted PEPFAR. Here’s KFF’s most recent analysis of PEPFAR’s status: www.kff.org/global-healt...

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The Trump Administration's Foreign Aid Review: Status of PEPFAR | KFF

Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on PEPFAR.

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NPR @npr.org · 26/11/2025

Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today. n.pr/4ohnG12

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In a new book, Rep. Jim Clyburn highlights the Black politicians who paved the way for him

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

If you don’t want to open the news article, here’s the link to the notice www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...

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Amy Atchison @dratchison.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis www.vox.com/policy/40233...

Screenshot of the article that reads: It’s not just children. In addition to bolstering underfunded K-12 schools and protecting the rights of kids with disabilities, the department also manages the federal financial aid process for college students. “I am not certain whether or not students will be able to get financial aid next year,” Dominique Baker, a professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, told Vox.

Screenshot of the article that reads: While students and families are the most directly impacted by changes at the Education Department, those changes have also inspired a broader concern. Some of the programs terminated by DOGE are congressionally mandated, and if the president or Musk can simply stop them, “that means that Congress no longer actually functions,” Baker said.

“There are no longer checks and balances for the executive branch,” Baker said. “A significant part of this goes beyond education and speaks to a constitutional crisis that shapes the future of our country.”

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