marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As the recipient of a Pell grant, the federal government is so wrong about limiting financial aid to college students 110
marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The land (well the ocean) will take back what we didn't take good care of 000
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359792004
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Speaking as a professor of public policy who studies housing policy: Trump take house. 14875180
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.apple.newsThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood ReporterThe Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing. 763618945
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialPolitics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 11030651221
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.cbsnews.comTrump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegalPresident Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa... 711787475
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22950618
marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As my surgeon told me, "cancer loves the ovaries" 010
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For the record: The University of California has never asked me for anything like this. But I am seeing this line of questioning arising in a rapidly growing number of American contexts. It has been asked of me, personally, elsewhere. And that is very, very alarming. 1736897
marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I didn't even know you can tattoo your eyeballs 000
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 22/09/2026We still have a lot to learn about the many ways a cell can die go.nature.com/4iIfM1vgo.nature.comAll the ways a cell can die — and why the variety mattersScientists are poking holes in established ideas about how cells live and die, and are harnessing these discoveries to fight diseases from cancer to autoimmune conditions. 03619
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialNature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 22/09/2026Co-authors @merylhaas.bsky.social, @danielhurdiss.bsky.social from @utrechtvirology.bsky.social and others show that the norovirus NS3 protein forms an RNA-engaging molecular motor that may transport viral RNA during infection. #Virology #CryoEM dlvr.it/TVbP01 0107
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 22/09/2026We might soon be able to read thousands of long-lost ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Vesuvius Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 06211
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And so I say to every elected official: cancer doesn’t give a fuck who you vote for. Neither does heart disease or diabetes. The reason that we have made a great deal of progress on prevention and treatment is b/c scientists had the freedom to work on topics that are beneficial to ALL humans. 839393
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Pope Leo this week called universal health coverage a "moral imperative." He also said: “Health cannot be a luxury for the few,” it is “an essential condition for social peace.” 4651301111
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Russell Vought cannot be given the power to decide what science is funded. He knows nothing about science; in fact, he seems to hate it and everyone who does it. And he has all of the worst characteristics of humanity. The Republican Congress is a fucking disease.arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 39735294
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How forever chemicals (PFAS) block our immune response to viruses www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... 415873
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/09/20260.0C above 1850 temperatures: nice 1.5C above 1850 temperatures: current chaos 3.0C above 1850 temperatures: 4 billion dead 4.5C above 1850 temperatures: 8 billion dead 5330161
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Everyone involved in this, including the Palantir employees who built the software and the executives that sold it, need to be tried for warcrimes 311634391
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/09/2026The Constitution does not allow the president to choose who counts.brennancenter.orgExcluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the LawThe Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship. 7786223
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die. 681208726135
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialDr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ah, I see. We are now deep into the "I was against this the whole time" phase of election politics. 721943
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253572335
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026… 336229978047
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialChuck Borges @chuckborges.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Department of 'Government Efficiency'. And this is just the primary cost. The secondary costs in services disruptions, long term systems impact, etc... will be exponentially higher. #DOGE #IRS #SSA #DRP 2179
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Children’s Health “Defense” is the anti-vax organization that RFK Jr. founded. They are the same group that is proudly supporting the mother who has been charged with murdering her 18-month-old twins, but who is attempting to blame their deaths on vaccines. This is, as usual, disgraceful. 510744
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 11/09/2026The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is changing how it funds research grants — and how it decides which ones to fund — to better align with White House priorities, according to a letter released on 10 September. go.nature.com/4iXOjZIgo.nature.comNSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House prioritiesThe major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences. 51518
marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I haven't worked with or closely watched other Treasury secretaries, but I still know Bessent is the worst of them 000
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world." -Donald Trump, January 20, 2025 1492455669
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Shame on Mt. Sinai for capitulating with this settlement, which violates that legacy of inclusion, their own Hippocratic oath, and New York’s human rights laws. (3/3) 71698259
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026💯 337162284467
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026Perspective. 352124744290
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 06/09/2026Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Miami. n.pr/4xfs9G2n.pr'Multiple patients' after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airportVideo showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Miami. 1722883
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1275207263992
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialLow Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Girls Just Want To Have Fun Pin. I think the dudes who are trying to strip women of their right to vote must have forgotten that women also have the right to bear arms. collabs.shop/mfebxd 1026747
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already. 1559281959441
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/09/2026Ok here we go: It DOES look like a major purpose of this NIH funding transfer to NIH is to circumvent NIH’s peer review processes so political appointees can have control. Check out the redacted agreement @maxkozlov.bsky.social released: 1/ 11441245
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialJonathan Zeller @jonjzeller.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Why We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person @mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why...mcsweeneys.netWhy We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person“I didn’t think a full, six-day-per-week, fourteen-hour-per-day, in-office schedule was necessary to discharge my duties clicking the ‘generate’ button, foll... 09522
Reposted by marissacheng.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Page One in Fort Worth: 1192260889