Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Read this excellent piece by @cmcanning.bsky.social . She hits the nail on the head. 000
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Ours is a deeply broken society, with wildly unserious & misplaced priorities when it comes to public institutions of higher education. Also, again, marginal wealth & income taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to American democracy & society.forbes.comIndiana University To Discontinue More Than 100 Academic ProgramsIndiana University-Bloomington is ending 116 academic programs in a restructuring that comes after Indiana passed a law requiring a review of low-enrollment programs. 4304100
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Cool, cool, cool. Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...nytimes.comTrump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding 000
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers open.substack.com/pub/academic...open.substack.comIncivil (and Wasteful) Civic CentersThe right wing make work of those splashy new university centers. 000
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 07/04/2026These fucking guys. Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students 021
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 04/04/2026If Trump’s promise of having an alternative to the ACA available for review in “a couple of weeks” back in 2016 is any indication, the Iran War might last a little while longer than he is claiming it will. 000
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Now that we are over a year in, I guess we can dispense with the charade of including women in the cabinet. Just a few left! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...nytimes.comTrump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General 001
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Bravo, sir! Best Oval Office Address ever. You will soon get another trophy from Congressional Republicans. Here’s How Major Markets Are Moving www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/b...nytimes.comHere’s How Major Markets Are Moving 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/03/2026SCOTUS must be reformed. Failure to do so by the next Democratic majority would be total malpractice. This has got to be the priority going forward. Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...nytimes.comJustices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors 061
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Not at war. Just an “excursion” [sic]. Nothing to see here… There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/u...nytimes.comThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast 001
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 26/03/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...theguardian.comAI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worryingLLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity 001
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A bunch of vandals and grifters have been unleashed on our government, destroying in a year what has taken decades to build. I hate all of them. ‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comInside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees (Gift Article)Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable. 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Fucking grift that will make the earth less inhabitable. These fucking guys Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026It was very clear that this was where the Trump Admin (and the Right) was going as soon as the first EO. Trans rights are inextricably linked to women’s rights. We all rise or fall together. This is not hysteria. This is underway now (see: the SAVE Act). www.ms.now/ali-velshi/p...ms.nowThe group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s womenAli Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women. 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 21/02/2026@ifbookspod.bsky.social you need to do an episode on Arthur C Brooks, happiness grifter and former president of the AEI. 000
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellChristiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025The Indigenous Journalists Association released a reporting guide to help reporters cover Indigenous identity responsibly and ethically. It offers tools and context for navigating heritage, identity fraud, community verification, and more. indigenousjournalists.org/2025/11/ija-... 13819
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 30/11/2025This is really interesting! Journalists on the education beat: check it out. #highered 020
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/11/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... “Despite his campaign happy talk about valuing family caregivers, Mr. Trump clearly does not. He has given them not so much a helping hand as a punch in the face, plowing ahead with policy moves that threaten existing support systems.”nytimes.comOpinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father 020
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellMike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/10/2025This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections. 321539625
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellCrooked Media @crooked.com · 02/10/2025Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival. 46714
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2025🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...kenklippenstein.comTrump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions 21733081440
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2025"Starting next month, Goop will be spinning into a global weapons manufacturing unit, as part of our acquisition by Lockheed Martin."buff.lyAttention Goop Employees: We’re PivotingMy Dear Goopers, I have big news. If you’re not currently lounging in one of the office tranquility pods, I’d encourage you to do so. If you prefer... 416524
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellReuters @reuters.com · 27/09/2025Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6reut.rsNative Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medalsThe National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. 311180337
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/08/2025www.nytimes.com/video/world/...nytimes.comVideo: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital AttackThe strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec... 010
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin say what's on my heart every day. "I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.youtube.comMandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to JewsYouTube video by The Interview 07520
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!! 6972549114655
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Is it possible that GOP operatives are the ones spamming me with bazillions of text messages to raise money for dems? I feel like the primary outcome of these campaigns is to piss off supporters of progressive causes. 000
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress? 25442345612152
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/06/2025We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation. On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda. Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... 19732981472
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/06/2025"The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called 'Air Bud,' and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphere through a two-dimensional hoop, which is illegal."buff.lyI Love Movies, by Chat GPTThe first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called Air Bud, and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphe... 211214
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/06/2025EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky 30951490
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellDavid Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 30/05/2025these visuals hardly do it justice, but just staggering to contemplate this scale of destruction. An estimated 60 percent of all buildings destroyed; 90 percent of housing gone. 90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced www.bbc.com/news/world-m... 18470226
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/05/2025A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt... 297242523326
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellCongressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · 26/05/2025Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him. 7263872210682
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025BOOM! 193
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellLavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 20/05/20254/ U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had already "...forbidden the Trump administration from sending foreign nationals to so-called “third-party countries,” rather than their country of origin..." #SouthSudan bsky.app/profile/kyle... 174
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellRegina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan. 14651179
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19/05/2025it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age 217147643102
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/05/2025In today’s “Wait A Damn Minute” we expose the truth about Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: Trump is pulling a reverse Robin Hood - he’s taking from the poor to give to the ultra-rich. I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here are the facts. @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social #WADM 8341641248
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025This. All of this. They are trying to remove whole classes of people from public life. They can’t quite say that they object to having women, Black people, LGBTQIA+ folx in public life so they instead label them “woke” or “DEI.” It’s that simple and they will not stop. 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Hahahaha! Of course. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...nytimes.comElizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up 010
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025The restructuring of the fed govt and consolidation of power in the executive suggests this administration does not intend to yield power to another admin. Ever. If they did, they would be fearful of consolidating so much authority in one place. 000
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...youtube.com'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrestYouTube video by MSNBC 441903927
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2025When you look for a mental health provider through your insurance’s in-network directory, you’re bound to find some who can’t — or won’t — see you. Here’s what you can do to find in-network mental health care.👇 By @maxblau.bsky.socialpropublica.orgStruggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.Insurers’ failures to update their provider directories have led to dire consequences for people seeking mental health care. Experts, clinicians and advocates explain how you can navigate these… 19423135
Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Their faith in technology to fix everything certainly echoes the Italian Futurists of 100+ years ago, just before death rained down from the sky in the first war involving aircraft and thousands were gassed to death on the battlefield. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam BeckerMusk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world 000
Reposted by Sydney Cheek-O’DonnellAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Once again, this is illegal. 4412140