Reposted by Meghan CahillJosh Elliott @joshforct.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Coming soon to a front porch near you! Find a canvass near you at mobilize.us/joshforct! You'll have a blast, I promise. 041
Reposted by Meghan CahillJosh Elliott @joshforct.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell. He told me the wealthy should pay their fair share. 1125
Reposted by Meghan CahillMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/03/2026A grandmother was jailed for nearly six months after an AI facial recognition software labeled her the bank robber in a series of North Dakota cases. But grandma Angela Lipps wasn't in North Dakota when the banks were robbed. She was home, in Tennessee. www.inforum.com/news/fargo/a...inforum.comAI error jails innocent grandmother for months in Fargo fraud caseAngela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail in Tennessee and North Dakota after being misidentified by Fargo police through AI facial recognition in a bank fraud investigation. 19425166
Reposted by Meghan CahillAFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"All of our state workers are still upholding #TheCTDifference, despite federal chaos, decades of state attrition and the reliance on public services only increasing. But the dam is breaking. Gov. Lamont, Connecticut's public workers have done our part." @aft.orgctinsider.comHundreds of Connecticut state employees, critical of lagging contract talks, rally in state CapitolOn Monday, the legislative Appropriations Committee will hold a public hearing on proposed contracts with the Connecticut Employees Union Independent. 022
Reposted by Meghan CahillKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/03/2026there was also a Stanford study that found that a surge in AI slop by lazy people actually created significantly more work for others who had to decipher and correct it this "I'm being efficient" (but not really) vibes well with the American obsession with artifice and appearing productivetechdirt.comStanford Study: ‘AI’ Generated ‘Workslop’ Actually Making Productivity WorseAutomation undeniably has some useful applications. But the folks hyping modern “AI” have not only dramatically overstated its capabilities, many of them generally view these tools as a… 372077662
Reposted by Meghan CahillChemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 04/02/2026So I came across this "Rate My Professor" screenshot. I feel like I hear quite a bit of "not quite news" about chemists and chemistry professors, but this one is new. Anyone know the backstory? #chemchat 5485
Reposted by Meghan CahillBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."minnesotareformer.com8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota ReformerFrank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ... 4914428
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Minnesota will always be home, but I'm proud my new home shows up and fights back in solidarity with Minnesota 🫶 #IceOut 000
Reposted by Meghan CahillAFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Rallies are planned for Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Willimantic at 4 p.m. on Friday Jan 23. #IceOutSchools @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @ctaflcio.bsky.social @ctforall.bsky.socialctnewsjunkie.comCT Orgs To Rally In Solidarity With Minnesota | CT News JunkieSeveral Connecticut organizations are organizing rallies across the state Friday in solidarity with Minneapolis, as the Minnesota city responds to recent actions by federal immigration officials. 01810
Reposted by Meghan CahillAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵 6652992345
Reposted by Meghan CahillJonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15/01/2026My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror. 6945881496
Reposted by Meghan CahillJoe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The most popular sled at today’s Art Sledding event in Minneapolis. 5550156
Reposted by Meghan Cahillcenguild.bsky.social @cenguild.bsky.social · 05/01/2026We are proud to announce the formation of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. We represent staffers across the editorial and operations teams at C&EN. 1/6 411035
Reposted by Meghan CahillSophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10/10/2025During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.comNeighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th... 18774212329
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Excellent Lockwood Seminar today from @buzznicholson.bsky.social at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station! Shared with us his work on the landscape ecology approach to understanding pesticide driven decline of pollinators 🐝 Look at these beautiful pictures and charts 🤩👏 262
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I have had a miserable week. I've cried every single day. Work sucked. I ruined my fav hat. Setback with my broken arm & I'm just in pain. I canceled plans with friends & separately w/ family & my fantasy football team is going to lose At least I get to try again next week, I'm grateful for thatmedia.tenor.coma dumpster is on fire with the words `` it 's fine everything is fine '' written on the bottom .ALT: a dumpster is on fire with the words `` it 's fine everything is fine '' written on the bottom . 010
Reposted by Meghan CahillOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19/09/202595 democrats, including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social voted to "honor" the life of charlie kirk, who called for joe biden to be killed and said black women like justice ketanji brown jackson are unqualified affirmative action hires. shame. clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol... 35028491066
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I've said it before, I'll say it again. #RHOSLC is the greatest tv show ever created. Absolute perfection 🙌media.tenor.coma woman in a green suit says we 're blessed to this day because of itALT: a woman in a green suit says we 're blessed to this day because of it 060
Reposted by Meghan CahillLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Would you like some good news? A new vaccine has just been approved for protecting koalas from chlamydia, which is one of their leading causes of death.reuters.comAustralia approves first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydiaA vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a development that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered animal. 341914536
Reposted by Meghan CahillLici @blondgirlgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2025“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” 4423
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 07/09/2025TIL that Danny Bryson of News AF @robhasapodcast.bsky.social has never been on Survivor. And I'm still in absolute shock. I've been watching all of #Survivor for the first time (im very unspoiled on most survivor). Ive just been waiting for Danny to show up, but HE NEVER PLAYEDmedia.tenor.coma white cat is sitting on a box with the words " i am confusion " above itALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words " i am confusion " above it 100
Reposted by Meghan CahillConnecticut AFL-CIO @ctaflcio.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Pay them what you owe them! The Connecticut labor movement was proud to stand with members of the WNBPA at the Connecticut Sun game as they fight for a fair contract. Respect the players by paying them their fair share. (And the Connecticut Sun won 87-84!) 083
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 31/08/2025If you added French Toast to a taco, is it the tortilla or the filling ?media.tenor.comtwo slices of french toast on a white plate with syrup and butterALT: two slices of french toast on a white plate with syrup and butter 000
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 30/08/2025read the last sentence again. And again. And again. Collective action is our only hope in this world 👏👏👏👏 #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll 020
Reposted by Meghan CahillDaniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars. 119164605182
Reposted by Meghan Cahillcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/08/2025when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe 96155224577
Reposted by Meghan CahillMarissa Petrozza @mpmountainworks.bsky.social · 13/08/2025can I get a heck yeah for these block printed fish totes #blockprinting #printmaking #printmaker #blockprint #natureart #fish 072
Reposted by Meghan CahillDani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 12/08/2025It took me a long time to realize that not everyone has to argue/negotiate/shame their brain into doing routine household tasks. 5298102
Reposted by Meghan CahillDolffica @dolffica.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Staaaaaahp! I am crying! Keanu's Buttler pool attire #BB27 0524
Reposted by Meghan CahillDaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 09/08/2025The newspapers are not making a big deal of this today. This is a big deal. Someone shot into a Federal building repeatedly, fueled by misinformation and politics. It should be front page news across the country. 10727295
Reposted by Meghan CahillMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services. www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...engadget.comIllinois is the first state to ban AI therapistsIllinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation. 8762231652
Reposted by Meghan Cahillitsinappropriate.bsky.social @itsinappropriate.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Her name is Kirsten. She's a really good person and actually playing a pretty good game so far, so let's at least respect her enough to call her by her name when you're fishing for likes. #bb27 1688
Reposted by Meghan CahillThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/08/2025A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authorities at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a chair and living off food sold in the airport, his family and attorneys said.bit.lyA Texas researcher was held at an airport for over a week. Now he faces deportationA legal permanent resident with a green card who flew back to the U.S. after visiting family in South Korea was detained by immigration authorities and held for more than a week at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a chair and living off the concession food. 1110858
Reposted by Meghan CahillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I’ve been teaching the histories of eugenics for over a decade and I honestly never thought I would be able to use an American Eagle ad in a lecture to demonstrate how dangerously normalized eugenics has become in 2025. A lot of it is the global ascendancy of far right fascism but also the pandemic. 13524135
Reposted by Meghan CahillLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 29/07/2025With RFK said to be on the cusp of firing the entire US Preventive Services panel, some thoughts on the importance of this independent group's work--and what's at risk if these experts are summarily dismissed. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):bloomberg.comHealth Screenings Work. So Why Gut the Panel Behind Them?US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations save lives. The committee shouldn’t be a political football. 612760
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 28/07/2025My parents are currently in a tornado warning due to a doppler indicated tornado headed there way. And my dad is just sitting out on the back deck apparently. Tornado sirens wailing. I miss home 241
Reposted by Meghan CahillProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 26/07/2025🧫 Raw milk outbreak sickens 171 people A new CDC report links raw milk from one California dairy to a multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. 70% of cases were in children. Raw dairy can carry serious health risks, especially for kids. 🔗 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #RawMilk #SciComm 🧪cdc.govOutbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked ...This report describes a Salmonella outbreak linked to ... 40292179
Reposted by Meghan CahillBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele. 10549591511
Reposted by Meghan CahillKirsten MacI- 🧸 @kirstensaidwhat.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Why tf doesn’t Derrick know how to pronounce Keanu #bb27 2201
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Oops! Broke my wrist and elbow being very dumb on my ripstik (like a skateboard) last night. Future Meghan will never again go 13 mph downhill and then immediately heel turn 😭😭 131
Reposted by Meghan CahillThe BB President @thebbpresident.bsky.social · 18/07/2025As a ChatGPT hater, I’m lovin this. How’d that work out for you Zae? #BB27 0354
Meghan Cahill @meghancahill3.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Hi!! Do you know how to correctly pronounce #Lao names? I'm emcee at a scholarship ceremony tonight and I really want to pounce these incredible students names correctly Google isn't helping enough I need some help with these: Sattah Lakkitta Sengsavath Phouthakoun 121
Reposted by Meghan CahillKirsten MacI- 🧸 @kirstensaidwhat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Using chatGPT for “research” is so funny bc like…research is a word with a meaning and typing into a large language model trained on stolen information does not fall into that definition 😭 #bb27 618222
Reposted by Meghan CahillDBPJill @daysbradypats.bsky.social · 16/07/2025The level of how infuriated I am as someone who is neurodivergent and has an autistic son is off the charts. Production really should do something because it's happening almost every season. Doing nothing is just enabling the disgusting behavior. 011
Reposted by Meghan CahillMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.gizmodo.comBillionaires Convince Themselves AI Is Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries 1513507633
Reposted by Meghan CahillL.-C. Campeau @drlcsquare.bsky.social · 15/07/2025« It takes a special kind of belligerence to piss off the nicest people on the planet. With friends like us, who needs enemies? And if our enemies now include Canada, we probably don’t have any friends left at all. » #ElbowsUp nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comYou Have No Idea How Furious the Canadians AreThere’s nothing like a common enemy to make a country come together. 172
Reposted by Meghan CahillZackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 15/07/2025In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it. theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...theintercept.comICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration CourtICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required. 18226011116
Reposted by Meghan CahillGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 15/07/2025When I see people complain about male loneliness, it is so painfully OBVIOUS to me that most of these lonely men are men who feel entitled to a woman who does that labor for them, who acts as their agent enmeshing them into community through unpaid pro-social labor on their behalf. 131060154