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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/07/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
Typically vertical lines on an outbreak curve are bad.  Graph showing weekly cumulative Cyclosporiasis cases at 7909.
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SciPy Conference 2026 @scipyconf.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🎨 Tutorial Spotlight: Turn massive datasets into interactive dashboards with @jamesabednar.bsky.social! hvPlot + Panel make exploration effortless, then instantly share live apps. No API wrestling required 🚀 #SciPy2026 🔗 scipy2026.scipy.org
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ok you all here is my book, preorder starts June 23! 🥰 www.routledge.com/The-Psycholo...
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The Psychology of Software Teams
To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software t...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0
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SciPy Conference 2026 @scipyconf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The #SciPy2026 schedule is live 🎉 🚀 Get ready for an amazing week of talks, tutorials, community events, and great hallway conversations! Can’t wait to see you all in Minneapolis soon 🐍📊 Start planning your week ➡️ www.scipy2026.scipy.org/schedule
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Schedule — SciPy 2026
Support SciPy Financial Aid \uD83E\uDD0D Help make the conference accessible to students and community members.
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Quansight @quansight.com · 23/04/2026
We are really excited about the new vision for conda. The Quansight team has been helping with the direction of conda for a few years now, whether it's maintenance, feature requests, standards adoption, or new ideas. Check this community blog post by Anaconda’s Dan Yeaw!
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Building a Better conda CLI: A Vision | conda.org
A vision for the conda CLI in 2026: making conda fast, trusted, and delightful.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social. For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet. Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Things are not okay.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/02/2026
Breaking news: A federal judge found that the IRS violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.
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Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data
A court on Thursday issued an opinion on a data-sharing agreement between the taxpayer agency and federal immigration authorities.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/02/2026
You can't sue the government if postal workers accidentally drop the glassware you ordered or lose a letter from your pen pal The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that this means you also can't sue if postal workers refuse to deliver your mail because you're Black ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...
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Supreme Court Says You Can’t File Tort Suits Against Postal Carriers Who Won’t Deliver Mail to Black People
According to Clarence Thomas, mail that your mail carrier steals from you is really just “lost,” if you think about it.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEWS: A Florida business owner told me today that she is weighing her legal options after Miami Beach police came to her home to question her about a Facebook post she wrote criticizing the town’s mayor. www.advocate.com/news/miami-b...
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Florida woman criticized Miami Beach's mayor on Facebook. Cops then showed up at her home
“Free speech died at my door,” Raquel Pacheco, a small business owner, told The Advocate.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
A depiction of Crisps Attucks being killed by agents of the state on the streets of Boston for the crime of protesting.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/12/2025
⚡️ Update: Putin falsely claims Russia 'did not start this war,' denies responsibility for deaths. "We do not consider ourselves responsible for the deaths of people because we did not start this war," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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Russia unmoved — Putin opens year-end presser with maximalist demands for Ukraine
"Nevertheless, we see, feel, and know about certain signals, including from (Ukraine), that they are ready to engage in some kind of dialogue," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/12/2025
everybody is 12
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White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.” Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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conda @conda.org · 05/12/2025
Anaconda.org and conda adopt sharded repodata! 🚀 CEP 16, introduced by @prefix.dev, splits the massive repodata files into per-project shards. This allows clients to only fetch what they need, resulting in significant speedups! Instructions to opt-in and benchmarks at buff.ly/XUSXp9h
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Just looking at the Comey indictment mess, would you wager that this same DOJ has a solid legal justification for the killing spree at sea?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/11/2025
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Jacob Tomlinson @jacobtomlinson.dev · 18/11/2025
For Python package management I use a mixture of pixi, uv and conda depending on the task I'm doing. I wrote up a long form post about the history of these tools, why each one exists, and why I settled on these choices in my workflow. jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2025/p...
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Python package managers: uv vs pixi?
When I talk to people about Python package management in 2025 I see the following tools in active use; uv, pixi, pip, conda, mamba, micromamba and poetry. There may be others, but I don’t hear much ab...
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"decision-based evidence-making" Chilling. Perfect description.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/10/2025
The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/10/2025
Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I’m running for governor. For over a decade, Greg Abbott has made it easier for billionaires to profit while hardworking Texans struggle to afford groceries, housing, and healthcare. But together, we can make Texas work for Texans again. Join us: ginafortexas.com
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Judge William Smith (W. Bush appointee): The Government has done "precisely what the ... [court's] Order forbids." The case is Illinois v. FEMA On Wednesday, we'll publish an updated catalogue of such judicial decisions on noncompliance with court orders at @justsecurity.org at the link below:
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The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/09/2025
The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.
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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Untreated learning disabilities can result in poor coping skills, poor self esteem, and other psychological issues. This is why funding for education is important.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Where is it written in the Constitution that the president can murder people at will as long as he accuses them of drug running while offering zero evidence?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A president who is crashing the economy, destroying public health and terrorizing immigrants keeps slipping in the polls. He could: A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide or B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures. Right now, he’s choosing B.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Not a headline that can appear in an actual democracy. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups
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Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
White Christian Taliban shit right here. Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
BIG: A new investigation by @propublica and @TexasTribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated Texas laws had the schools been public.
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The notion that private institutions need to toe the party line is so fundamentally un-American it is almost unbelievable
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Thomas Wouters @yhg1s.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Use #Python at all? I would like to do a silly thing, which I hope will bring amusement to others as well as me (if it works out). If you wouldn't mind, please fill out this form, and boost for reach: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Informal Pointless Python Survey
This is an informal, unscientific survey of (sort of) Python questions, with which I'd like to try to make something amusing, maybe something involving families feuding somehow. (I may have been inspi...
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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A military parade in Washington for the President’s birthday is a misuse of taxpayer funds and an abuse of power by the commander in chief. This comes at the same time that the GOP are pushing through tax cuts for the rich on the backs of Medicaid, SNAP and Medicare cuts for working class Americans.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025
This is absolutely incredible -- Kristi Noem repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that Trump brandished an doctored image of Abrego Garcia's tattoos, prompting Eric Swalwell to have a staffer of his brandish an image of them right in her face. Totally dystopian.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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jamesabednar.bsky.social @jamesabednar.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Anaconda has been deeply involved in climate and weather science data initiatives for nearly a decade now, and so it's nice to be able to showcase some of this work for #EarthDay 🌎, using my team's newest tool, Lumen AI! sprou.tt/1207Juzuy49
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Illuminating Our Energy Future: How AI and Data Visualization Can Drive Sustainability Insights | Anaconda
Learn how Lumen AI helps you illuminate data into a sustainable future in this step-by-step guide to analyzing carbon emissions.
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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 17/04/2025
1/ 💡 Our latest blog post in the fundamentals series, written by @tegnicholas.bsky.social, demystifies cloud-optimized scientific data formats! Read more: earthmover.io/blog/fundame...
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Fundamentals: What is Cloud-Optimized Scientific Data?
What cloud-optimized data really means, and how Zarr and Icechunk enable fast access to massive scientific datasets in cloud object storage.
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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 18/04/2025
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