Reposted by PatsyMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Absolutely delighted to spend the next year making brutal and beautiful covers for @inthesetimes.com 314725
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Andy Kim has the right idea: MEDIKIDS. When the health of kids is encouraged, they grow into healthier adults. By the age of 26 they will want to see their benefits extended. Besides being good for kids, Medikids is a good strategy for reaching medicare for all. www.kim.senate.gov/press_releas...kim.senate.govSenator Kim Introduces Landmark “MediKids” Legislation to Guarantee Healthcare for All ChildrenWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), introduced MediKids, monumental legislation guaranteeing healthcare to all children in America from birth to age 26. “As parents – we promise to do ... 001
Reposted by PatsyTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The war in Iran began with a dream of violence. The question now is whether that tyrannical emotional state, the utopia of violence, that brought us the war will be applied inside the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/utopias-of...snyder.substack.comUtopias of ViolenceThe Unlearned Lesson of the Iran War 31832309
Reposted by PatsyAlan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Announcing the release of the online, open-access edition of _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ (in Debates in DH series): dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/cri.... Editors: Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, James Smihties @jamessmithies.bsky.social). Print ed. appeared January 2026dhdebates.gc.cuny.eduCritical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities | Debates in the Digital HumanitiesThis volume reimagines the digital humanities (DH) through the expanding field of critical infrastructure studies as it explores how DH builds on and extends the field’s theories and technologies. Inc... 16930
Reposted by PatsyMelanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This looks awesome! A data viz course from the authors of Data Feminism, @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social. So excited to teach with these materials! openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data... 19036
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Excellent convo: knowledge, thoughtfulness, honesty, and clarity. 010
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 14/03/2026@heatmap.news how do I unsubscribe from your newsletter? No settings link; subscription page doesn’t signal where to go. Thanks. 101
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Here's the latest. Fiction generated in two languages (French and English) originally shown scrolling at the World of AI exhibit at the Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris last spring. The official pub date is March 10, 2026. rrose-editions.com/portfolio/pa...rrose-editions.comPatsy Baudoin & Nick Montfort “Rubrique Technologie / Tech section”RRose Editions, 2026 Edition of 200 copies. Bilingual French / English. 184 pages. 12 x 19 cm. Printed on Munken Print Cream 80g + 300g. ISBN : 978-2-9586199-9-2 « Rubrique Technologie / Tech Section ... 000
Reposted by PatsyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/01/2026US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties 41855981860
Reposted by PatsyPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026We have entered the period of #water bankruptcy. www.circleofblue.org/2026/supply/...circleofblue.orgPlanet Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy,’ UN Report SaysThe planet’s water reserves are overstretched and polluted, pushing the warming world into a dangerous condition of “water bankruptcy,” argues a new UN University report. This is not an alarm bell for... 36936
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 19/01/2026All of this Nobel funny biz deserves the 25th amendment! 000
Reposted by PatsyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome. 85120802472
Reposted by Patsymarkcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Reminder: Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6. bit.ly/ccswg26 #critcodebit.lyCCSWG26 CFPCall for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma... 012
Reposted by PatsyJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Sharing this map again for no reason. 44917
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 20/12/2025@rezekjoe.bsky.social in NYT: a thoughtful essay on the legacy of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” as we approach 250 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...nytimes.comThe Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years 000
Reposted by PatsyCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 17/11/2025Trump is trying to sell the federal student loan portfolio so predatory companies & his billionaire buddies can keep profiting & preying on our borrowers. This is dangerous & unacceptable. @warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.abcnews.go.comWarren urges Trump administration to 'immediately cease' student loan selloff plansSen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private companies. 720883
Reposted by PatsyRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...propublica.org“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a CrimeAuthorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres... 510151987009
Reposted by PatsyBoston Public Health Commission @publichealth.boston.gov · 16/10/2025Get your flu, COVID-19, and routine childhood vaccinations for FREE this Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. No appointment necessary, walks-in welcome. Learn more at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics. 096
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Outreach? This euphemism has grown new teeth! #censorship As far as I know speaking truth to government power is what the 1st amendment protects. 010
Reposted by PatsyGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025Donald Trump's militarization of our city streets isn't about fighting crime or public safety — it's about consolidating power in his hands. What he plans to do with that, now or during the 2026 elections, should worry all of us. 753239937
Reposted by PatsyAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/08/2025holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second 455124024591
Reposted by PatsyJorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Anything—anything—u say against Israel can get u deported. Anything.No distinction between gvmt & the people.Just thinking “u shouldn’t starve people & then herd them into food depots & shoot them as they try to get food”— well,that description of murder not allowed. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...nytimes.comState Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations 095
Reposted by PatsyPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This is what the NY Times chose to highlight from the Netanyahu/Trump meeting, compared to Al Jazeera. You decide which is the important news. 762538969
Reposted by PatsyTerry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Another study (using drones) shows that extreme sea temperatures in 2024 triggered mass morality of corals on the Great Barrier Reef, compounding losses in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022. (And 2025). The higher the heat exposure, the greater the impact. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGlobal warming transforms coral reef assemblages - NatureAcute heat stress from the extended marine heatwave of 2016 is a potent driver of the transformation of coral assemblages, which affects even the most remote and well-protected reefs of the Great Barr... 64938
Reposted by PatsyDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Meanwhile, on the Big Beautiful Bill, @ryanlcooper.com points out that the one big area where energy tax credits are actually expanded is in ethanol and biofuels, which is demonstrably worse for climate change and a horrible use of land: prospect.org/politics/202...prospect.orgSenate Republicans’ Climate-Wrecking Corn Ethanol PayoutThis version of the Big Beautiful Bill would hand vast subsidies to a toxic industry, all while gutting wind, solar, and green hydrogen. 20571192
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Gives them permission to go after other sites… reminds me of the WMDs in Iraq. 010
Reposted by PatsyMS NOW @ms.now · 13/06/2025FIRST ON MSNBC: Sen. Alex Padilla’s full 20 minute interview after getting forcibly removed from a DHS press conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Gd...youtube.com'It's all BS coming from Trump': Sen. Padilla gets emotional after forcible removal from DHS presserYouTube video by MSNBC 58584186
Reposted by PatsyOffice of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 10/06/2025This morning, I signed an Executive Order seeking greater transparency from ICE in response to secret police tactics we have seen. The City of Boston will regularly submit FOIA requests to DHS on federal immigration enforcement activity, to find out who they are detaining and arresting, and why. 391395391
Reposted by PatsyDaily 10Print @tenprint.bsky.social · 17/05/2025 #10Print #TenPrint #Maze #CreativeCoding #GenerativeArt 001
Reposted by PatsyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/04/2025Israeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb despite ceasefire with Hezbollahtheguardian.comIsraeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb despite ceasefire with HezbollahArmy spokesperson says storage sites housing militant group’s missiles were destroyed in Dahiyeh in south of the city Israel conducted an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood of Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday afternoon despite a November ceasefire that officially ended fighting with the militant group Hezbollah. Videos showed three bombs hitting a building in Dahiyeh and rescue crews working to extinguish blazes after the blast; however, no casualties were reported. The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning before the bombing, prompting panic as residents fled the area. Continue reading... 128249
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 24/04/2025No words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govRestoring Equality of Opportunity and MeritocracyBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A 000
Patsy @patsybaud.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Can someone in the Boston/Cambridge area invite Shannon to give this talk? Please! 010
Reposted by PatsyMuckRock @muckrock.com · 09/04/2025HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s layoffs across health agencies in recent days eliminated workers who handled FOIA requests at the CDC, FDA and the National Institutes of Health.kffhealthnews.orgFirings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records - KFF Health NewsThe Department of Health and Human Services’ mass firings included people who fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of… 158
Reposted by PatsyPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Remember, Trump is imposing these tariffs only because the Republican Congress is allowing him to. 418244
Reposted by PatsyHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.docs.google.comLegal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public) 21987504127
Reposted by PatsyElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/04/2025While Republicans rush to pass a bill that'll allow Donald Trump and Elon Musk to take control of your money, Rep. Maxine Waters and I are calling on the SEC to investigate Trump's crypto business for conflicts of interest. Americans deserve better.reuters.comExclusive: Democrats ask SEC to preserve records related to Trump’s crypto business, probing conflictsA pair of top Democratic lawmakers asked the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday to preserve records related to President Donald Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial and posed questions about potential conflicts of interest. 622190321
Reposted by PatsyIndivisible East Bay @indivisibleeb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve... 7500114
Reposted by PatsyJorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...nytimes.comDecades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it. 12315
Reposted by PatsyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/03/2025it's interesting that while Team Autocracy is in the saddle here in the US there are major protests and unrest across most of the home ballparks of Team Autocracy 471891407
Reposted by PatsyRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Trump suspends shipments of produce and poultry to US food banks: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...nytimes.comFood Banks Left in the Lurch as U.S.D.A. Shipments Are SuspendedA representative of a nationwide food pantry network, said U.S.D.A. officials had informed him that some food aid distributed by the federal government was under review. 53837451840
Reposted by PatsyPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated 592104665229