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Maureen Nandini Mitra

@maureennandinimtra.bsky.social
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Journalist. Baker. Dancer.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The most essential and urgent wisdom we need to pass on to the next generation ... is that Earth’s resources are not commodities to be used up and discarded but gifts that need our respect and care." — Editor-in-Chief Maureen Nandini Mitra, in her letter for our special extended Autumn issue
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Let Nature be Our Teacher
In a changing world, the one essential lesson we can pass on to our kids is that very gift from Earth demands a return in care.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
sad, but oh, so true.
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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our Spring 2026 issue hits newsstands soon! Inside, you’ll find Ukrainian mushroom foragers, Bosnian bee hunters, child farmworkers, murmurating swifts, paper-cut sea creatures, and unlikely allies against “the Machine.” Subscribe to our print issue today! donate.earthisland.org/page/20964/d...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/10/2025
JUST IN: The U.S. Senate has voted 52–48 to overturn Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazil. Five Republicans joined Democrats: Susan Collins (ME), Mitch McConnell (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Rand Paul (KY), and Thom Tillis (NC). The measure is DOA in the House.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Comeback master here!
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congrats #MaríaCorinaMachado #Venezuela #nobelpeaceprize (One man-baby is going to be so "not happy," and that add that extra bit of joy to this news 🙂 )
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal that's intended to end to the devastating Gaza war which unleashed the deadliest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Israel and Hamas agree on the 'first phase' of Gaza ceasefire deal
The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I’m 100% sure that’s actually not the question to be asking
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James Neal - will know what will happen when it does. @jameswneal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#bernie and #AOC today
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2025
Bye bye, First Amendment. Hello, fascism.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2025
NEWS: A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a state lawmaker in Illinois. There are no reported injuries.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
jeez! So much for #freespeech
hollywoodreporter.com
ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” Over Charlie Kirk Comments
The network’s decision comes after affiliate group Nexstar said it would pull the late-night show, and the chairman of the FCC suggested he might take action against ABC.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"GlobalX carried out more than 1,700 flights for Ice, the vast majority of them between domestic US airports. The airline transported nearly 1,000 children, including nearly 500 children under the age of 10, and 22 infants."
theguardian.com
Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo
44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"I did it, I threw the sandwich." Waiting for the #sandwich #resistance memes to follow. #DC #Feds
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Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Is anyone else in emergency management going to hold Florida Emergency Management accountable for this? Probably not. Insane. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/a...
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center
Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It's definitely not shaping up to be a happy #July4th 😔. So hard to be American right now.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Yes!!!! #Mamdani wins!
nytimes.com
Live Updates: ‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
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Ilanit (illy) @imanor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
You have to respect the sheer economics professor of this
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
@fisherdanar.bsky.social Are we there yet? (I mean, the "it's going to get much worse" part?)
earthisland.org
Building Collective Power Under a Repressive Trump Administration
We do our best work as a people in times of extreme crisis, says “apocalyptic optimist” Dana Fisher.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
So it begins. Discussions are underway within the administration, and Pentagon, about deploying National Guard or active-duty troops to cities beyond Los Angeles. We’ll be sending updated guidance to all coalition members. Please follow every step, even if some sections seem irrelevant right now.
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I tried to post @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's spot on article on the Nature of Violence on FB twice, and it was taken down twice for not meeting "community standards."
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Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
HAPPENING NOW: A rally of protesters in Boston, MA in solidarity with LA and SIEU California President David Huerta, who was arrested over the weekend in LA. We, the people, are standing up in a nonviolent manner, but the government continues & create chaos so they can execute their agenda.
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Have y’all seen the story about ICE and the orange demon kidnapping the 9 year old little boy from CA and shipping him to Texas? Tell all your friends about it. ktla.com/news/local-n...
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Southern California boy to be deported following ICE detainment at immigration hearing
Federal officials confirmed that a Southern California fourth grader who was detained by immigration officials will be deported. Martir Garcia Lara, 9, is a student at Torrance Elementary School. O…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
CNN’s reporter on scene in Los Angeles: I’m being detained..
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Los Angeles is a BIG place. For the idiots who think the whole city is on fire (it is not), please see this handy map from Craig Miller. Look for the red highlighted circle. Any Angeleno not *there* is perfectly safe. This escalation by Trump is for his own political purposes. PERIOD.
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Jennifer Keith @jkcreative8.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I designed this poster in January and now it’s true!
Digital illustration of a peregrine falcon overlooking Yosemite Valley. There is a Giant Sequoia on either side. It says Embrace Beauty, Reject Tyranny. California is home to the resistance. 
Drawn in Adobe Illustrator
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The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · 10/06/2025
Anti-ICE protest happening now in San Francisco. “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA.”
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Candice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 10/06/2025
BREAKING: LA solidarity protesters in Austin are occupying JJ Pickle Federal Building, which houses local ICE processing center
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Jen Resists 🌊 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @jenbellona.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
MAGATs: But did it own the libs? Are they pissed? Then it was worth it!
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
oh no!
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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Chilling. Where do we go from here?
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FBI arrests judge for alleged obstruction of immigration arrest operation, Patel says in deleted social post – live
US Marshal Service confirms arrest of judge Hannah Dugan shortly after FBI director’s since-deleted X post accusing her of helping an immigrant ‘evade arrest’
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ha! The rich are hoarding already. Kinda funny. "Apple’s main Indian suppliers Foxconn and Tata shipped nearly $2bn worth of iPhones to the United States in March, an all-time high, as the US company airlifted devices to bypass Donald Trump’s impending tariffs."
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Apple airlifted iPhones worth $2bn from India in March as Trump tariffs loomed
Tech giant stepped up production and chartered cargo flights with at least six jets to ensure sufficient inventory
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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Maureen Nandini Mitra @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Find it esp distasteful that @nytimes.com continues to offer top-of-the-page fluff pieces while the #trump admin demolishes democracy at breakneck speed. Who are these articles for? The elite who will remain safe and eat cake while the country burns? The cognitive dissonance here is mind-boggling.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem. You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A deafening amount of noise needs to be made about this. DEAFENING.
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