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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/06/2026

Just a constant horror show as the privacy of trans patients is constantly eroded. As a former patient of Mount Sinai, this is a massive betrayal to their patients. Your medical records are not safe with them. gothamist.com/news/nyc-par...

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NYC parents say Mount Sinai plans to share trans children's records with Trump administration

“ I was blindsided by this because we're not even receiving care there anymore,” said Dawn Gabriel, one of the parents.

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Patrick Koppenburg 🐧 @koppenburg.ch · 03/06/2026

📣 Public announcement: we are closing a multiplet! 🧪⚛️

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 31/05/2026

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

The graphic contains photos of speakers Prof. Timothy Snyder, U. of Toronto, Author of On Tyranny, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, Standford U. Nobel Laureate 2022, Amb. Norman Eisen, Democracy Defeders, and Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi, 20 yr NIH Veteren, "AND MORE..." to speak. The graphic reads: "TUESDAY JUNE 2nd 4PM ET/1PM PT, All welcome for the SUFS EMERGENCY SCIENCE MEETING, VIRTUAL AND ACCESSIBLE, What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? REGISTER HERE: https://zurl.co/oCIDw, LINK IN BIO".

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

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It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026

Louisiana has decided to cede the entire parole decision-making process to an algorithm that will decide if you die in prison or not. There will be no human input or nuance allowed. Even our parole board is sickened by this. LINK: veritenews.org/2025/04/10/t...

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TIGER, the algorithm banning Louisiana prisoners from parole

A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...

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Ash Chudgar @chudgar.com · 10/02/2026

Stray thoughts from occupied Minnesota: After 30 years in the workforce, I can tell you the volunteers in my community defense groups are the most dazzlingly hypercompetent coworkers I have ever encountered. Just thunderous excellence 1/x

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In a response to the long-debunked "retail theft epidemic," the House voted 348 to 60 for a bill that would exacerbate mass incarceration by sweeping more low-level crime into the federal system and exacerbate the criminalization of poverty. TY to the 59 Democrats who voted NO (see below).

Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) Val Foushee (NC-04) Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) Emily Randall (WA-06)
Becca Balint (VT-AL) Laura Friedman (CA-30) Jim McGovern (MA-02) Luz Rivas (CA-29)
Joyce Beatty (OH-03) Maxwell Frost (FL-10) LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) Chuy García (IL-04) Annalia Mejía (NJ-11) Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Shontel Brown (OH-11) Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) Christian Menefee (TX-18) Bobby Scott (VA-03)
Greg Casar (TX-35) Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) Robert Menendez (NJ-08) Brad Sherman (CA-32)
Joaquin Castro (TX-20) Al Green (TX-09) Grace Meng (NY-06) Lateefah Simon (CA-12)
Yvette Clarke (NY-09) Adelita Grijavla (AZ-07) Jerry Nadler (NY-12) Mark Takano (CA-39)
Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) Jared Huffman (CA-02) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Danny Davis (IL-07) Jonathan Jackson (IL-01) Ilhan Omar (MN-05) Ritchie Torres (NY-15)
Diana DeGette (CO-01) Sara Jacobs (CA-51) Frank Pallone (NJ-06) Juan Vargas (CA-52)
Maxine Dexter (OR-03) Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) Chellie Pingree (ME-01) Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Dwight Evans (PA-03) Summer Lee (PA-12) Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) Doris Matsui (CA-07) Delia Ramirez (IL-03)

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ꭓle Ormsby 𓆙 @e-infinity.space · 13/05/2026

Thank you for your contributions. Here is an accompanying visualization that allows you to see projective plane curves in (the disk model of) ℝℙ² instead of via affine charts: kyleormsby.github.io/plane-curves/ 🧮

Screenshot of linked website:

Curves in the Real Projective Plane

A study of zero loci p(x,y,z)=0 in the disk model of RP^2

There is a dropdown menu to select different curves, and then three views of the zero locus in the disk model centered at [0:0:1], [0:1:0], and [1:0:0]. Below that is an animation rotating between the different views.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

RIP to former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly Gay, active, male pro athlete. Hard to explain what a big deal it was in 2014 when Collins signed with the Nets. He took number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shepard, the Gay teen murdered in a horrific hate crime. JC was brave and will be missed.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/04/2026

HAPPY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!! Please buy from indies today ♥️ And if you want audiobooks get them from @libro.fm. You can get ebooks from @bookshop.org! I hope you’ll consider putting my book on your shopping list 🫶🏽 💙📚 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

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The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos “With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstei...

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Catalyst Books & Gifts @catalystbooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#IndependentBookstoreDay seems like a good time to come out of hibernation! @bookshop.org has free shipping all weekend, so let's start a recommendation thread: No better place to begin than @chanda.blacksky.app's brand new THE EDGE OF SPACETIME: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie

Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie

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Brian P Katz (BK) @thewordninjabk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I'm really happy this paper is finally out! It's about a course I taught for many years, and it ties together lots of my favorite and most creative ideas. It also deepens my contribution to the ongoing discussion of the nature of inquiry. [Jump to Section 3.4 for a fun image.]

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Grumpy Rootbeer @grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I genuinely believe that people don't appreciate just how much of all the bad vibes right now are still largely a COVID hangover. It was a profoundly traumatizing event for American society, on the order of the civil war or the great depression and we've largely decided to just pretend

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🚨 New research: FIRST EVER county-level study of racial disparities at the arrest-to-court transition in CA. In county after county, arrests of Black & Hispanic individuals reach court at far lower rates than those of white ones. People burdened with records for cases never worth filing. #LawSky

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Around the world, politicians and businessmen are resigning from their positions because of the Epstein Files. Except in the United States. Here: Zero shame, zero consequences. We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 07/02/2026

"Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’" "Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain." Gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

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Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"Things now are better than might have been expected... if the measure of success is the extent to which funding was restored, then perhaps the quiet approach has been validated." Dr. Thorp may be celebrating too soon.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 06/02/2026

While the U.S. goes for gold & aims to be the best at the Olympics, it's already #1 among independent democracies when it comes to mass incarceration – and that’s nothing to celebrate. So much for the “land of the free.”

A graph showing that the US has the highest incarceration rate among founding NATO countries. Source: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social

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American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The National Science Foundation has indicated that, as of February 4, 2026, they are not yet prepared to announce their fellowship recipients. While the NSF stated that results might be released in the coming weeks, this delay places both job-seekers and hiring institutions in a difficult position.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet. But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

korematsuinstitute.org/what-is-fred...

Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution
January 30 of Every Year
"Stand up for what is right!"
www.korematsuinstitute.org

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/01/2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that CBP be banned from squaring the circle, trisecting angles with straightedge and compass.

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Mike Hill @mikehill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Accessible course materials question: I want to use some websites as resources for my class. We all know websites can and do often change, so how can I archive accessible copies to use?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/01/2026

Every few years someone tries to declare that particle physics is dead because it’s different from what it used to be and right now that feels a lot like people saying the academy is dying and has lower standards because it’s diversified They seem like different phenomena but they are connected 🧵

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 27/01/2026

I've been representing protesters pro bono since Trump 1.0. In that time, I've represented protesters against the Muslim ban, ICE, trans bans, DEI bans, genocide in Occupied Palestine, police brutality, and more. Want to know why more people don't protest? Here's why.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

There are more than 66,000 people watching this training right now

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com

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The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees

LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement: She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵

President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Signing_Of_The_Social_Security_Act.jpg

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

There is a Grokipedia article about me (and I assume anyone else who has a Wikipedia page about them) and well that was quite an interesting read (over 5,000 words). Let's fact check it, shall we...

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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is the ninth shooting by ICE since September (I did not know that). All of them were into vehicles.

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Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/01/2026

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"you can't kill us all" fuck yeah minneapolis

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Emily Heller lives near 33rd and Portland and said she woke up to a commotion outside her home. She said she saw a car blocking traffic on Portland Avenue that appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations.

Heller said she heard ICE agents telling the driver, a woman, to “get out of here.”

“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.

Heller said it appeared the woman then accelerated and traveled about 100 feet before striking a utility pole and some other vehicles. She could be seen slumped over inside her car.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/01/2026

It’s so fucking sick that Stanford is *felony* prosecuting their own students for a ONE HOUR PROTEST inside the president‘s office. Crime? Barricading themselves for ONE HOUR

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Enough money for: Unconstitutional war games and regime changes in other countries Tax cuts for billionaires Not enough money for: SNAP Healthcare for all Cancer research USAID Pandemic prevention A functioning dept of education Childcare subsidies

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”

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I read all the studies on the economic impact of bike lanes. Here's what I learned.

Research proves that bike lanes are good for business. So why do so many stores and restaurants still oppose them?

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