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@marissacheng.bsky.social
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Director of Planning at UC Berkeley. Always in search of creative ways to tell people they can't just do whatever they want; proud public employee; hobbyist baker and pianist. Views are my own.

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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well it costs about $300K to keep me alive every year so I guess I'm doing my part?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/10/2026
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 98.5%.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Trump admin is trying to knock out whole categories of info in the 2030 census and make residence rules that shift population numbers to the south. This Q&A w/ @zephoria.bsky.social is very revealing about the urgency of mobilizing in 2026 to stop it www.porchpartynews.com/p/why-the-us...
porchpartynews.com
Why the US Census is on the brink
Researcher danah boyd watched heroic civil servants pull off the 2020 census amid a global pandemic. But the 2030 count is in peril—and she says the time to save it is now.
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USF College of Marine Science @cmarinescience.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this episode, Assistant Prof.@margaretbrisbin.bsky.social Margaret Mars Brisbin explores the hidden world of marine microbes. From storm-driven flooding to the long-term effects of changing ocean conditions, learn how these communities support marine ecosystems. shows.acast.com/the-rising-t...
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People: vote early
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just don't use AI
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As the recipient of a Pell grant, the federal government is so wrong about limiting financial aid to college students
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The land (well the ocean) will take back what we didn't take good care of
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Speaking as a professor of public policy who studies housing policy: Trump take house.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So 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.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’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.com
Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President 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...
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Ciara 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.net
Must 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...
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As my surgeon told me, "cancer loves the ovaries"
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For 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.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Since returning, McConnell has not appeared lucid or aware, and has remained eerily silent to the public. When the Republican finally did break his silence, he voted incorrectly on a Senate bill and had to be instructed on how to vote.
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I didn't even know you can tattoo your eyeballs
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Nature @nature.com · 22/09/2026
We still have a lot to learn about the many ways a cell can die go.nature.com/4iIfM1v
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All the ways a cell can die — and why the variety matters
Scientists 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.
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 22/09/2026
Co-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
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Nature @nature.com · 22/09/2026
We 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...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And 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.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pope 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.”
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Russell 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.com
Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How forever chemicals (PFAS) block our immune response to viruses www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
0.0C 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
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just like in "Blink" on Doctor Who but less lethal
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everyone involved in this, including the Palantir employees who built the software and the executives that sold it, need to be tried for warcrimes
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 18/09/2026
The Constitution does not allow the president to choose who counts.
brennancenter.org
Excluding Immigrants from the Census Would Hurt the Country and Break the Law
The Constitution, federal law, and centuries of history make clear that the census is meant to count everyone, regardless of citizenship.
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤦‍♀️
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Also he's just a POS
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ah, I see. We are now deep into the "I was against this the whole time" phase of election politics.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye 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
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Concur
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Chuck Borges @chuckborges.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Department 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
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Children’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.
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And getting hit by a car is definitely many times worse than getting hit by a bike
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I definitely almost got hit by a bike yesterday...I had the walk signal and they blew through the red light, missing me by about 6 inches (I am pro bike in general though)
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Nature @nature.com · 11/09/2026
The 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/4iXOjZI
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NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities
The 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.
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The universe heard that you needed to be humbled
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I haven't worked with or closely watched other Treasury secretaries, but I still know Bessent is the worst of them
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marissacheng.bsky.social @marissacheng.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Excellent
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Robert 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
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