Reposted by Leta.MooneCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says. 331658977
Reposted by Leta.MooneNature @nature.com · 21/05/2025The papers all follow a similar template and make misleading claims go.nature.com/4kucwEHgo.nature.comAI linked to explosion of low-quality biomedical research papersAnalysis flags hundreds of studies that seem to follow a template, reporting correlations between complex health conditions and single variables based on publicly available data sets. 610859
Reposted by Leta.MooneMaya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever they aren’t going into universities’ endowments they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research 12273802473
Reposted by Leta.MooneJoyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Anyone who needs a clear, not condescending walk-through of the bond market and why everyone watching it is so nervous right now and EXACTLY how it will affect YOU... It's Data Bear on the case! www.dataandpolitics.net/the-bond-mar...dataandpolitics.netThe Bond Market at the 5% Threshold1: The Border On April 11, 2025, the 30-year Treasury yield briefly approached 5%. Quietly. And then it fell back. Just enough to preserve the illusion that nothing had changed. But something had. ... 68122
Reposted by Leta.MooneSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote. U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121. 4122301174
Reposted by Leta.MooneBen Davis @benadavis.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Been thinking about this for more than a year; finally put it into words here. Kinda drawing together threads around Josh Kline, Skibidi Toilet, Lasagna Cat, M3gan, Pepe the Frog, 'Brave New World,' Ghostbusters, $TrumpCoin into some kind of theory... news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...news.artnet.comCulture Has No Name for This Cursed Vibe. It’s Everywhere | Artnet NewsExploring the curse vibe known as "Marshmallow Horror:" How the stupid and the awful collide in our distracted, digitally-fueled culture. 910735
Reposted by Leta.MooneCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/02/2025So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog. 10736601104
Reposted by Leta.MooneRebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 13/02/2025We will not let history be erased. You cannot tell Stonewall's story without trans activism. 🗃️ nhcje.org/blog/marsha-...nhcje.orgMarsha P. Johnson: The Transgender Activist Who Pioneered the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights — New Hampshire Center for Justice & EquityThe Icon Series reflects on those who paved the way for our justice and equity journey. Today, NHCJE celebrates the extraordinary life of Marsha P. Johson. 013672
Reposted by Leta.MooneGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/02/2025Making a separate thread of the immigration, heath, and education resources that @agounardes.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, and @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social shared at their townhall yesterday. Get ready for a BIG THREAD of great links, NYC! 1210663
Reposted by Leta.MooneKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.usaspending.govUSAspending.gov 14356313375
Reposted by Leta.MooneAlyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The antidote for despair is action ❤️ * Dial (202) 224-3121 * Enter zip code * Leave voicemail * Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so) “The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.” Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅ 631283907
Reposted by Leta.MooneJenny Shaw @profjennyshaw.bsky.social · 23/01/2025This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 22445304
Reposted by Leta.MoonePip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 21/01/2025We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action. 953364614194
Reposted by Leta.MooneAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/immpolicytracking.orgImmigration Policy Tracking ProjectA comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017. 621069619
Reposted by Leta.MooneThe Cassandra Report @cassandrarprt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025As we careen into uncertainty, people have a lot of questions about safety, security, access to medical care, funding, transportation, and legal support. So we made an interactive library for some of the best resources we've found. www.doomsayer.me/resources/doomsayer.meCommunity ResourcesWe've noticed that there are so many great resources out there, but most people don't even know where to start looking for them. So we decided to put them all in one place for folks. Have a tool we sh... 111
Reposted by Leta.MooneKnitHacker @knithacker.bsky.social · 07/01/2025"Women are using the tools that were traditionally meant to confine them as a means to chip away at oppression ..." #craftivism #art #fiberart via Aeonaeon.coWhen women’s needlework becomes an act of subversive protest | Aeon EssaysKnitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest 22011
Reposted by Leta.MooneHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/01/2025“The CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., — and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show.”axios.comCIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillanceThe documents confirm Latino civil rights pioneers' long-held suspicions about surveillance. 7314127
Reposted by Leta.MooneGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/01/2025So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/ 12143431425
Reposted by Leta.MooneBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Mary Oliver said, “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination,” and Eden Phillpotts said, “The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper,” and I think the poets know things we’re in danger of forgetting. 316927
Reposted by Leta.MooneLynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 08/12/2024In 2015 @uofglasgow.bsky.social and Shetland Museum asked volunteers to knit up samples of 'Shetland lace' to test the authenticity of 19thC knitting patterns. Here are the results. Huge thank you to the 136 knitters! All your samples are here. fleecetofashion.gla.ac.uk/authenticity...fleecetofashion.gla.ac.ukAuthenticity in Shetland Lace – Fleece To Fashion 1027441
Reposted by Leta.MooneJason Scott @textfiles.com · 01/12/2024MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here: archive.org/details/mit_... 40870380
Reposted by Leta.MoonePavlina R Tcherneva @ptcherneva.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I'm delighted to welcome back my friend and colleague Lord Robert Skidelsky to Bard College. Tune in tomorrow to hear his keynote on his most recent book The Machine Age www.youtube.com/live/MUTOYxs... 096
Reposted by Leta.MooneUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family. Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou 37380292618
Reposted by Leta.MooneAmanda Whitmire @thalassalib.bsky.social · 27/11/2024All sounds good to me. 171
Reposted by Leta.MooneDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 27/11/2024From the new book by David Graeber and @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social called Cities Made Differently 315045
Reposted by Leta.MooneAndy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Hey folks! So in light of the new followers (love you all <3) and the fact many of you likely followed me because I study extremism and the far-right, let's do a book thread! These are some of the best books for building an understanding of the far-right. Also most are available as audiobooks! 🧵 1/ 1410728
Leta.Moone @letamoone.bsky.social · 24/11/2024One of the things I missed most after leaving the other place was access and visibility to longer form journalism and the thoughtful essays that circulated every Sunday. As Bluesky grows I'm so happy to see these pieces in my feed again. Sunday Reads 000
Reposted by Leta.MooneJoe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 19/11/2024To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations. Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.docs.google.comLocal Public-Facing Immigrant Support/Advocacy Groups 35045723476
Reposted by Leta.MooneOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in. 253250764467
Reposted by Leta.MooneMarcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukFara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His DueThe only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who... 315051
Reposted by Leta.MooneAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The stories of Haitians who have come here through legal immigration channels are fascinating because there are so many white collar, highly-educated Haitians who managed to get out because they had the resources to do so that their less-fortune countrymen do not have. Now they are at risk again. 420286
Reposted by Leta.MooneEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Today marks the 50th anniversary of day the Arecibo message was broadcast into space! 🐡🧪🔭 46918
Reposted by Leta.MooneHelen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · 12/11/2024Lots of academics on this place--so exciting. I'd love to get to know you better. Could you reply below here with a link to *one* article or book you recently co-authored that you love, and a brief description of what it's about? You can reskeet this for wider uptake so we get a nice list! 2121244168
Reposted by Leta.MooneAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/11/2024I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...penguinrandomhouse.comAutocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum: 9780385549936 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat... 38472112022
