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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

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Amy Dunham @amydunham.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Our work with Dr Matt McCary and team was featured in NYTimes! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/s...

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Lemurs Love This Fruit That Is Choking Madagascar’s Forests

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Houston police called ICE on a woman who called 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband. The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.

The woman’s case is a worst-case scenario, according to advocates worried about the worsening state of domestic violence in the Houston region.

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Brendan O'Loughlin @brendanoloughlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I've worked with Tsilavina and can vouch for her passion and conservation work! Please donate if you can.

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Eric Wuesthoff @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Please support my friend and collaborator Tsilavina Lydie as she and her family face eviction. Tsilavina is a passionate researcher and conservationist working towards protecting natural heritage and biodiversity of Madagascar. gofund.me/58d2c7c4

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Donate to Keep Tsilavina's Family Safe and Stable, organized by Camille Gladieux

Eric Wuesthoff Attachments 8:59 AM (10 hours ago) to me … Camille Gladieux needs your support for Keep Tsilavina's Family Safe and Stable

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

in a keffiyeh no less. a Vince Carter dunk on imperialism. you love to see it

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/05/2025

"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?” Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.

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To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil

Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Long overdue. Rümeysa, I look forward to welcoming you home to Somerville.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The 16-year-old was dragged away and arrested by Worcester PD because she kicked the car ICE was holding her mother in as her mom was taken away. The day earlier, ICE had taken her dad as well.

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Hot take: this will be very very bad for ecology, environmental biology, taxonomy/systematics, etc

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is how I feel, too. I think a large part of how we got here is that test-based K-12 education is so deeply flawed. There is almost no reading or writing compared to when I was in school. Then, when students hit college they've never practiced those skills, so of course turn to LLM's.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Look at this video: a *huge* crowd of Vermonters swaying alongside Mohsen right after he was freed, singing "We Shall Overcome" Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags

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Joshua Martin @joshuarmartin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

ICE showed up today where I attend school at the University of Houston. It’s hard enough trying to study and prepare for finals, we should be able to do that without fear of being illegally sent to a foreign country.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 21/04/2025

A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.

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Count the Dead by the Millions

From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵 On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"

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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

For the next three weeks No Other Land is available to stream online with a donation!! supportmasaferyatta.com

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Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land

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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/04/2025

NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg

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NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts

Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Apparently all it takes these days to destroy American science is a visit from three of Musk's minions:

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NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review

Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

For those of you working in the applied environmental sciences (e.g., policy, NGOs, restoration, etc.), what are most important skills that we should be cultivating in the next generation of environmental leaders before they graduate from college?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025

Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

alright i have my laptop, guess i'm livetweeting the dire wolf preprint. so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality. also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/04/2025

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half

US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.

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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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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

For almost 2 weeks, Badar Khan Suri was kept in a room without a bed & with TV blaring 21 hrs/day. He was given used underwear & red uniform "usually reserved" for "high security" detainees. Not allowed to spend more than 2 hrs/week outside dorm. His little son has stopped talking in his absence.

News release on the case and conditions of Dr. Badar Khan Suri — one of several individuals whom the Trump administration is trying to deport on "foreign policy" grounds.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention— "Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Onja Razafindratsima @onja-razafi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

120 Years of "Lemurology" (study of lemurs): what has changed? Read our newly published paper in Biotropica to find out more.

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Eric Wuesthoff @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This is the rare evidence in the last 3 months (and frankly the past year and a half since students have renewed protests for Palestinian liberation) of a university throwing clear support behind a student and their academic freedom. The bar is in hell, but in this case Tufts is clearing it.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2025

This story should be viral

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

ALIEN ENEMIES ACT:
ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE
In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________
1. The person named above is fourteen years or older:
2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
States:
3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela:
If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not
be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult
your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as
determined by reference to the following evaluation form:
Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected
alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien
potentially subject to an AEA removal.
After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are
validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice
and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or
7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and
OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine
an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should
initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be
validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal
proceedings under the INA.

The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits.

Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one
scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five
years.
Valuation Explanation
Category Definition Explanation Points
Judicial
Outcomes and
Official
Documents
a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code,
Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing
civil penalties for activity related to TDA
10
b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing
memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing
specific activity of TDA
5
Self-Admission
a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in
writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a
law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of
communications.
10
Criminal
Conduct and
Information
a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking,
human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including
preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA
6
b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a
member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable
foreign partner information.
4
c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or
informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3
d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism
reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a
member of TDA
2
e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money
laundering, mule, service provider) 2
Documents and
Communications

Final page: Association
a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely
associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2
b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2
c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2
Total Points
VALIDATION DETERMINATION
Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not
complete this validation determination.
Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find
that the person named above, _______________________________________________:
1. Is fourteen years or older;
2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and
4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy.
_____________________ _________________________ __________________
Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date
completing the form completing the form
______________________ _________________________ ____________________
Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning. It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.

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SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge

“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New Rubio order (leaked to me) directs the State Department to spy on student visa holders and applicants social media for "a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

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Exclusive: Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Foreign Students

Ideological purge of foreign students revealed in new leaked directive

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Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My stomach sank to my ankles on seeing this

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Trump administration shipped Ozturk 1400+ miles away to Louisiana, just like Mahmoud Khalil. Just months ago, rights groups published a report on ICE facilities in Louisiana titled "Inside the Black Hole: Systemic Human Rights Abuses Against Immigrants Detained & Disappeared in Louisiana."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 24/03/2025

The biggest problem with putting plans for bombing Yemen in a group chat is that THE UNITED STATES HAS BOMBED YEMEN ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED TIMES SINCE 2002, NOT INCLUDING THE ILLEGAL CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND OTHER WEAPONS WE GAVE THE SAUDIS TO ALSO USE TO BOMB YEMEN. WE SHOULD STOP BOMBING YEMEN.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025

NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

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Hossam Shabat’s Last Article

Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.

Tweet from Yuval Abraham:
"A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since."

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Eric Wuesthoff @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Absolutely ghoulish, evil stuff happening every day. I struggle to process the deep malice here for vulnerable children in the US, layered on to the hundreds of thousands who will die of HIV worldwide due to Trump, Musk, and everyone around them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

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Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children (Gift Article)

The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them vulnerable to swift deportation.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 18/03/2025

🧵 Last spring, as local officials were taking a closer look at the thousands of inmates in the Harris County Jail, they discovered something shocking: a man who had been locked up for 18 years without a trial. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...

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