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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins

@knetterstrom.bsky.social
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Public Policy doctoral student. Interested in direct democracy, voting, reproductive justice, Arkansas news & journalism. ❤️ native plants & FOIA. NFPW board. Past president of Arkansas Press Women. Ex journalist. Former 312 feral child, Cubs fan.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h
This seems to be a total collapse of ethics review. There is a reason that experienced scientific and medical researchers review studies that involve human subjects. Another safety valve is usually the funding agency, which normally wouldn’t let this through. But, you know…RFK Jr.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
It's going to be quite a visual to publicly execute a man in a wheelchair by firing squad.
Only 2 countries held known public executions last year. The U.S. is preparing for its first in 90 years.
By Mark Osborne

October 9, 2026 / 2:47 PM EDT / CBS News
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When Nidal Hasan is put to death by firing squad during a public livestream, he will become the first person to be publicly executed in the United States in nearly a century.

The Defense Department announced Thursday the execution of Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted in the 2009 killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, will be livestreamed on Dec. 3. Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair after being shot in the back by police who responded to the mass shooting.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 20h
I've been thinking and talking and writing about the death penalty for my whole adult life and the past week+ has been truly surreal and exhausting, not only because of the onslaught of horrors but because there seems to be so little historical memory of what this system is and always has been.
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 19h
It's been almost a decade since I wrote this piece about Arkansas but I often think about that execution spree because of what it showed me up close about the death penalty, prisons, and torture in this country.
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Arkansas Justice: Racism, Torture, and a Botched Execution
Despite its long history of torture, racism, wrongful convictions, and botched executions, Arkansas is still intent on carrying out the death penalty.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h
One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 10h
But yet people have to register to vote on paper in Arkansas.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 20h
Using all sorts of ridiculous laws, such as claiming it improperly served alcohol, Tennessee sought to take over the property. It claimed that Highlander was registered as a nonprofit and therefore could not sell anything. So it took the building over and closed it when the Supreme Court intervened.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Golden Corral has a line outside waiting for it to open. I didn’t realize this restaurant was so popular.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:
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Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 02/09/2026
Underrated god-tier advice
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This made me laugh this week.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Painted Lady on Aster, looking very autumnal 🧡 #butterflies #nativeplants
A butterfly with orange, black and white markings and a fuzzy brown body perches on an aster plant with small white flowers
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Banned Book Week. Even though Laurie Halse Anderson was promoting her new book about a girl living through the American Revolution, we spent a lot of time on Speak and the First Amendment. I’m honored to have had this experience last year.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I did that with football and I won!
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I once did a Twitter thread of many @reuters.com photos (in various countries) of armed police attacking unarmed protesters with weapons. The captions were "Protesters clash with Police" etc. Even when the protester supposedly "clashing" was on his back in the street cowering under the cop's baton.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Land of free www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After reading How Fascism Works, I think it’s our default.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If we lived in a functioning democracy, major newspapers would run Page 1 editorials pleading with people to vote out the Republicans to save us from a fascist dictatorship. But most of the mainstream media have run out of bravery, if they ever had any.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump has taken more control of federal spending than any president in modern history by freezing funds Congress approved & imposing tariffs, yet Congress whose job it is to control the money, has done almost nothing to stop it, despite most Americans oppose this www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Not with a Bang but a Whimper: Congressional Silence Amid an Historic Assault on the Power of the Purse | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Not with a Bang but a Whimper: Congressional Silence Amid an Historic Assault on the Power of the Purse - Volume 59 Issue 3
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 04/10/2026
A great way support authors is to ask your local library to stock their book.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/10/2026
It’s weird to see so many higher education leaders beat their chests about “the decline of trust” from the public while refusing to acknowledge the conservative movement organizing to destroy it. Imagine someone stabbing you repeatedly while you complain about not having enough blood to bleed out.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My dad took me to my first game when I turned 3. ❤️⚾️
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/com...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All of my money: food, gas, insurances, doctor, prescriptions. I skipped festivals this weekend.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He didn’t go to college in Arkansas so it’s weird he has a 479 unlike every person I know who still sports their college area code decades later.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Austin McCollum, running unopposed as Republican candidate to lead Arkansas 2nd most populous county, will have to come up with $150K cash to get out of jail after violating protective order issued after Aug. domestic violence arrest. #arpx #arnews #arleg www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/oc...
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why does he have a 479 number?
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Daniel L. Hatcher @povertylawprof.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“economic market for prisoners”…
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Instead of criminalizing librarians, Arkansas legislators should change the law that prevents Costco from shipping me contacts. I am mailing them to Missouri to be mailed to me to save $50.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes! Be with other people for it. I was at a 4-H event with lots of adults and kids and it was a special together moment.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway. With our pals at @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social @arktimes.bsky.social @theassemblync.bsky.social
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We pay quite a bit of money for our local police. No one is asking for this and that says a lot.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My grandfather died two years before I was born. He was a traveling salesman who sold tools. I’m so glad I don’t have to do that.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My father worked in construction all his life, sometimes in physically demanding jobs, and he was explicit that the point of me going to college was so that I wouldn't have to do that. People who work in these trades want better for their children, and that never seems to be part of this discourse
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Medical to support the Stephenses…
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m very happy to support local master gardener sales. Maybe one of these days the many seed packets I have will see light of day.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
propublica.org
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love how you do that. I want to try growing from seeds but don’t have time or ideal set up.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Look at you plan! I buy and find a spot. My garden is eclectic native.
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the way
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 02/10/2026
ICYMI: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to block abortion protections in blue states @autonomynews.co www.tiktok.com/t/ZPL1TT5va/ www.instagram.com/reel/Dd7gtkG...
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We all wish we had secret mall apartment
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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*in
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