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Mary Feeney

@mkfeeney.bsky.social
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Professor, traveller, cyclist, skater, science policy junkie. Reluctant Phoenician. Interested in all things public sector

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 3h
To speed up mass deportations, the Trump administration didn't just launch raids—it stripped $200M+ from nonprofit legal aid groups, bringing them to the brink of collapse. Here’s how immigrant legal defense barely survived the campaign to kneecap them:
motherjones.com
First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dr. Oz if for moms having autonomy & power to make medical decisions related to vaccines - bc they love their kids. But he's very much against mom's having autonomy & decision making power with regard to reproductive rights or gender affirming care
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not just social media deep fakes, these signs all over Mesa AZ. No democrat would vote for Biggs, but these signs aim to trick low information votes. If the signs on Broadway Ave don't have any "paid for by XX campaign" information on them, is it legal for others (e.g. me) to remove them?
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Turning Point activists use fake posts to claim Democrats are backing Biggs for Arizona governor
Conservative political activists working with Turning Point Action posted fake images on social media claiming a group of Democrats, including a progressive state lawmaker, are supporting Republican A...
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Italian women’s coach isn’t just a lovable meme. He’s also able to turn a 22 point deficit in 3rd quarter to a tie game with 1min left in the 4th.
Capobianco arms up in giant Italian gesture
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m a little sad today. I found out a friend is in favour of banning certain library books. As a librarian, I was trained to oppose censorship. It’s in the American Library Association Code of Ethics: www.ala.org/tools/ethics We fight for your right to read.
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ALA Code of Ethics
A framework of values and ethical responsibilities for the profession of librarianship.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is a must read for nearly every academic I know! Audiences want a moderator who challenges the panel & keeps things moving. There is so much we can do better to not waste people's time and not be boring.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this from an administration who is limiting refugee status to white South Africans while taking away TPS for Haitians & Syrians and regularly making racist statements about Somalians
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No checks and balances here folks, this legislator is "literally not qualified" to provide oversight to executive agencies...
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Libraries belong to everyone, and librarians should be able to serve their communities according to professional standards without fearing political retaliation.”
arkansasadvocate.com
Arkansas librarian fired after opposing book ban efforts to receive $275K in settlement | Arkansas Advocate
Patty Hector's lawsuit is part of a larger fight over library restrictions playing out in Arkansas and other Republican-led states.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
most of what I hear from undergraduates, they: 1. dont like AI 2. dont want AI 3. dont know they are sometimes using AI 4. worry they'll be accused of cheating with it 4. feel pressured to use AI to keep up w/others 5. believe "all" their peers are using AI 5. think AI use is "unfair" in coursework
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The correct response to the US self-destruction of its worldclass higher education & public research funding systems
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Graph of visas issued to students per month in 2024 and 2025
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have so many questions about Kanter's motivations and his obsession with women's sports. Is he closeted, an incel, hot for Cloud, or just a typical attention-seeking misogynist?
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And this, my friends, is how I learned that CERN shut down earlier this summer
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Who are we protecting Canada from? The only threat to Canada right now is the US. Also, why is the secretary of transportation commenting on this?
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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The entire thread is gold, but this post struck me. My students aren't even Excel ready. They're barely email ready. I have to spend enough time getting my students up to speed on things like basic communication and file management.
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026
And now, the video of “Darth Vader”on why he wants Flock in San Diego. Read the full story here: www.404media.co/darth-vader-...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
US defense is like US health care, education, transportation, housing, and social service delivery - we spend a fortune on it to enrich middle men (e.g. private frims) while shorting the public
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/08/2026
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis have been administered in a combined shot since the 1940s. Combo vaccines are one of the most proven medical technologies ever.
Vial of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis combined shot from the 1940s.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Growing up in a family with hoards of kids, this was not only how I accessed Pizza Hut (a place my mom could never take all of us) but also gave me the chance to dine with out my siblings!!! Pizza and Land Before Time toys 🍕🦕!
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
screwworms, ebola, cyclospora, measles, Salmonella Javiana...it's almost as if health & safety outcomes were related to expert leadership and adequate funding of the administrative state
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For a mere $1250 a year you can get two hurricane evacuations from Florida. But what if ICE deportation flights are happening at the same time? Will PriorityEvacs still get priority?
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Nearly half a million Arizonans losing SNAP benefits, while the price of basic groceries (not to mention gas & housing) continues to rise.
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kay taylor rea @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
lmao
Spacex Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally
Crashing Into It at 5,400 Milles
Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Miller or Platner, when did it stop being OK for politicians to say, "I dont know the truth of the matter, but domestic abusers shouldn't hold office". Just some boring middle of the road, "no comment about this exact person, but I have a moral compass" type response
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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1. the people representing us are complete idiots 2. how is the AI this bad at such a simple task?
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"clips of everyone one of you doting on a guy who was more interested in being a celebrity than saving American people..." before realizing this was Sen Moreno, I thought he was talking about Trump.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's the reverse (Musk carried out Vought's agenda). Vought has long planned this destruction (executive takeover) of the administration state. DOGE fit his plan, so he allowed Musk to run with it.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️‍⚧️💗🏀💗
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Cool cool. Your WNBA season tickets also get you this mediocre League Pass app!!! Where AllStar content is only available outside the US & Canada (b/c surely there's a massive untapped viewership in countries where the WNBA does NOT play)
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
⚓ Rear Admiral Amy Bauernschmidt came up through the ranks the hard way, graduating from Annapolis, earning her wings, commanding a helo squadron, then a carrier, and now a carrier group. And because Low-T Peter just pulled her promotion, she'll never get her second star. Proud of you, Shipmate 🫡
kpbs.org
Report: Hegseth torpedoed trailblazing San Diego admiral's promotion
Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt was one of seven one-star admirals to have their promotions nixed — five of them women or people of color, the New York Times said.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wish this so much for my neighborhood park in Phoenix - the fields & courts are packed once the sun goes down, but we need lights on longer!! Instead the lights go off & our city bans people and providing food & water to people in public parks.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
absolutely insane fútbol baptism - aka Messi consecrates Yamal
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hanging out in Idaho. At a place just off "confederate lane" near the Plantation business center, and within eye sight of a few confederate flags. Idaho wasn't even a state during the Civil War, but the city & residents are out here commemorating losers.
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 13/07/2026
This is a huge deal - New York City is getting it's own Public Interest Technology Crew! (PIT CREW) www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
nyc.gov
Mayor Mamdani Launches “Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew” to Rapidly Build Digital Solutions to Public Problems
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Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/07/2026
Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.
motherjones.com
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This really deserves a write up in the New Republic - do they have someone with expertise in history who can offer context on this?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My gosh. Yesterday, Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan asked FIFA to use its "soft power" to help Palestinians. Then today, just as the Egypt-Argentina match began, Israel killed Mohammed al-Wahidi of the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza — a group that also organized Gaza screenings of the FIFA matches.
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
ASU School of Public Affairs is hiring a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in public administration or public policy. Join us!
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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · 07/07/2026
China built a 40-story tower that banks wind power by hoisting giant concrete blocks, then dropping them when the grid needs juice. A skyscraper-sized battery with no lithium in it.
boingboing.net
China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete
The Swiss company Energy Vault spent years pitching a novel idea: store surplus electricity by using it to stack heavy blocks, then recover the power by letting them fall. Boing…
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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Like so many other things, if Trump had just kept his mouth shut & let FIFA say "we revised and reversed the decision" it would have gone forward w/out nearly as much criticism. BUT he announced it & took credit for it - so whether true or not, of course Infantino & FIFA appear corrupt
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Cheyenne’s [Wyoming] Board of Public Utilities isn’t accepting industrial wastewater associated with data center systems until further notice after a contractor for Meta Platforms contaminated the city’s wastewater system." The discharged wastewater was contaminated with Cupriavidus gilardii.
cowboystatedaily.com
Cheyenne Won’t Take Data Center Wastewater After Meta Contractor Contaminated System
Cheyenne announced Thursday it's suspended taking wastewater associated with data center systems after a Meta contractor contaminated the city’s…
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