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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell

@iaskquestions.bsky.social
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Feminist, theater history professor, dramaturg, parent of humans, lover of dogs, ally. Investigative journalism admirer. BLM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ AAUP: One Faculty Opinions mine, not my employer’s. www.emerald.com/insight/publication…

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Nothing to see here.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Read this excellent piece by @cmcanning.bsky.social . She hits the nail on the head.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Ours 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.
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Indiana University To Discontinue More Than 100 Academic Programs
Indiana University-Bloomington is ending 116 academic programs in a restructuring that comes after Indiana passed a law requiring a review of low-enrollment programs.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Cool, cool, cool. Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers open.substack.com/pub/academic...
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Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers
The right wing make work of those splashy new university centers.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
These fucking guys. Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...
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Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If 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.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Now 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...
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Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Bravo, 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...
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Here’s How Major Markets Are Moving
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
SCOTUS 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...
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Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Not 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...
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There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-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
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A 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/...
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Inside 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.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fucking 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...
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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It 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...
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s women
Ali Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women.
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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.
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The 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-...
Cover of the Indigenous Journalists Association’s “Indigenous Identity Reporting Guide.” The top features the IJA logo and title. Below, a photograph shows a dancer from behind wearing traditional regalia, including a large feathered headdress, a yellow woven sash, and beaded leggings. The dancer stands outdoors in front of a building with a mural, with seated attendees visible in the background. The bottom of the cover lists the website “www.indigenousjournalists.org.”
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This is really interesting! Journalists on the education beat: check it out. #highered
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
www.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.”
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Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/10/2025
This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 02/10/2025
Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
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Ken 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...
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Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
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McSweeney'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."
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Attention Goop Employees: We’re Pivoting
My 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...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/09/2025
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The 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.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The 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...
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Kathryn 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.
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Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
YouTube video by The Interview
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Is 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.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025
WE 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?
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
@utah.edu is CIS down?
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/06/2025
We 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...
(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org
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McSweeney'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."
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I Love Movies, by Chat GPT
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 sphe...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/06/2025
EXTREMELY 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
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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
these 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...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/05/2025
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · 26/05/2025
Today, 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.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
BOOM!
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
4/ 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...
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
it 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
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In 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
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This. 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.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Hahahaha! Of course. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...
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Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The 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.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Amen!
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Hahahahahaha! 🤣
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Please 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...
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'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2025
When 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.social
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Struggling 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…
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Their 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...
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Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam Becker
Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Once again, this is illegal.
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