Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 3hMy local event: indivisible.org/events/no-ki...indivisible.orgNo Kings: Vote Early Davis CA 002
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“They really made a strong case,” said Andy Crouch, an evangelical author ... “We’ve got to treat it like a person if we want it to interact with people in a morally consistent way...” And so, they trained it on the internet. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comReligious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 110
Reposted by Nina AmentaLorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 333387815
Reposted by Nina Amentalaurageorgi.bsky.social @laurageorgi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026kamlager-dove.house.gov/media/press-...kamlager-dove.house.govKamlager-Dove Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against OMB Director Russell VoughtWASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)introduced articles of impeachment against Office of Management and Budget (OMB)Director Russell Vought after the administration 415321
Reposted by Nina AmentaCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 23/09/2026Oh for gods sake. First, while it’s true that Florida has the highest ACA enrollment in the country, no, there are not "5 x more people enrolled in Obamacare in Florida than live in the state." Around 19% of the total population is enrolled, which is high but hardly over 100%. 1/5th =/= 5x. 911375362
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Quote: “It’s harder to open a hot-dog stand than to build an artificial superintelligence,” the A.I. safety researcher Marius Hobbhahn told me. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe. 010
Reposted by Nina AmentaSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victimcnn.comUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN PoliticsThe US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*... 46299484584
Reposted by Nina AmentaNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content. 25733071054
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Daisy Chain Fields was the best thing ever to happen to Irvine, CA. 011
Reposted by Nina AmentaJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ships traveling between the upper Great Lakes and the Atlantic must pass through Canada’s Welland Canal. The 27-mile canal and all eight of its locks are entirely in Ontario, meaning a strategically important portion of U.S. Great Lakes maritime trade depends on Canadian-controlled infrastructure. 88274892294
Reposted by Nina AmentaRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone. 38984424236
Reposted by Nina AmentaStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.stripes.comWest Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit saysAdam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says. 49077463703
Reposted by Nina AmentaChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury. 964203027347
Reposted by Nina AmentaJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE. 69492355070
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Here's the AP link to the story. apnews.com/article/uss-...apnews.comHe was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested himThe father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities. 101
Reposted by Nina AmentaMatt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026NSF is substantially reducing grants, zeroing out many SBE subdivisions, & withholding the funds to spend next year on central initiatives: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decadesThe US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project. 412677
Reposted by Nina AmentaBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comICE begins deporting Haitians who lost TPS back to homelandCommunity leaders said Thursday’s removal flight was one of the largest they had seen and included people who were detained in recent weeks. 621067240
Reposted by Nina AmentaMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/08/2026How many signers protested as loudly when the Trump NIH, based on academic expression, canceled funding (causing job losses) and fired ppl from NIH boards? This is the way to see who doesn’t care about academic freedom and free speech—but wants to weaponize it to protect speech they like. 1/ 114750
Reposted by Nina AmentaGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It doesn’t get discussed this way but Donald Trump refusing to pay his $100,000,000 tax bill is no different than stealing that money straight from the Treasury. 441703472
Reposted by Nina AmentaChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645491569
Reposted by Nina AmentaJenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Who gives a man who had 300 of his bank accounts closed for money laundering, an entire bank for a system of money designed to be untraceable? 🤔 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgTrump bank accounts were closed due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One saysThe court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time. 2108
Reposted by Nina AmentaMatthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 14/08/2026Trump is making the Navy waste billions on antiquated steam technology because he does not understand magnets. He thinks that water breaks magnets: From 2024: "All I know about magnets is this: Give me a glass of water and let me drop it on the magnets. That's the end of the magnets." 46536128
Reposted by Nina AmentaElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a setup for obscuring the impact of the political review of grants, which is fixing to be massive. It also greases the skids for corruption and funneling money away from universities and toward venture capitalists. Please vote this November, friends. It’s bad out here. 216841
Reposted by Nina AmentaSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to! 438249815142
Reposted by Nina AmentaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I could barely afford vibranium as it was 612835552
Reposted by Nina AmentaPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 31/07/2026pleased to announce the Winner of Bluesky 164138741327
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We recruit foreign talent by letting graduates (BS/A,MS,PhD) stay for one year, work, and find their place. This anti-immigration madness is economic suicide. 000
Reposted by Nina AmentaEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Prisciliano Trejo Ricano came to the U.S. at 3yrs old. ICE took him this June. He was 29. He told his family he didn't feel right but ICE wouldn't give him medical attention. After a month, ICE finally moved him to a hospital Prisciliano died five days later enlacelatinonc.org/en/Young-Mex...enlacelatinonc.orgA young Mexican man living in Durham died in ICE custody.News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina. 3917441051
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026When I was a kid, some of my older Italian relatives did not speak English. Boy did we assimilate. 010
Reposted by Nina AmentaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor... 404100195948
Reposted by Nina AmentaAdam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 571701863
Reposted by Nina AmentaDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.science.orgThe Assault On Science Funding Continues 9809253
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The Jones act is why you can't take a cruise to Hawai'i, and why everything is so expensive once you get there. 010
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026ICE arrested a Chinese civil rights lawyer seeking asylum in the US. What the heck are we doing? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/u...nytimes.comChinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE 020
Reposted by Nina AmentaTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“Two courses for the fall of 2026 were canceled outright, while several more had to alter their syllabi to comply. Professors teaching those courses told The Chronicle they weren’t provided with any rationale for why their “exception requests” were partially or fully denied.”chronicle.comWhat Texas A&M Will — and Won’t — Let You TeachNewly obtained records reveal that two courses for the fall were canceled outright, while administrators demanded changes to others. Instructors say the deliberative process is a black box. 11163101
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is nuts. How many kids do you think are paying $30K/yr just to stay in the US? Approximately none. Meanwhile, foreign student tuition keeps big state schools afloat. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration caps how long international students can stay in the USThe Trump administration has finalized a rule that will prevent international students from staying in the U.S. for more than four years unless they seek and obtain government approval, a departure fr... 000
Reposted by Nina AmentaJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The World Cup shouldn't have a half-time show AND this is the greatest half-time show for any sport, ever. 4936025
Reposted by Nina AmentaSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This administration, supposedly representing the “real” salt of the earth Americans, is filled with people like this who have no idea how Americans actually live. For context, each Taco Bell outlet serves about 900 people PER DAY and there are over 300 Taco Bells in Michigan. 1593743728
Reposted by Nina AmentaBespoke Federal Reserve Exception @moreyamsterdam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Polls show academia has a trust problem but the top tier schools get more applications than ever. It's all about perceived value. If state schools (regional and flagships) were properly funded so that they could cut tuition by ~50% I think "trust" in academia would skyrocket. 1353
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is not so hard - data centers should provide new renewable energy, not raise prices or emissions. Australia can do it, why can't we? 050
Reposted by Nina AmentaGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16/07/2026Canadian firefighters hauled ass to get down here when half of Los Angeles was on fire last year. What a characteristically classy way to repay that favor. 49551401670
Reposted by Nina AmentaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What the actual fuck? Look, I'm sorry to keep saying this, but the president is clearly a dementia-ravaged necrotic husk of a man whose addled rants bear no actual resemblance to reality and I, for one, think that is concerning. 19250621247
Reposted by Nina AmentaBernardoVerda 🤔 @bernardoverda.bsky.social · 13/07/2026www.thenation.com/article/arch...thenation.comUS Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at ThemAn internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy. 021
Reposted by Nina AmentaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Not only very reminiscent of Renee Good but also Marimar Martinez who was shot six times in her car and remarkably survived. 192190659
Nina Amenta @ninaamenta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Grants from this new program can go to newly-formed limited partnerships, for example newly formed by the President's sons. Just so long as some political appointee is willing to call it "gold standard science". 010
Reposted by Nina AmentaMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Just days after John Roberts let MAGA #SCOTUS gave Trump autocrat like power to fire officials of federal agencies except for the Fed Reserve ... 5206109
Reposted by Nina AmentaS. Melo🐸 #NoKings🚫👑 @jasmine29.bsky.social · 10/07/2026#LorenzoSalgadoAraujo 0197