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politics, writing, hallyu. SFF reader. Big science fan. she/her

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“Trump and Johnson are not the only ones who continue to support Miller. Dozens of corporations are financially backing Miller’s campaign. Prominent corporations who donated $2,000 or more this cycle include Stanley Black & Decker, AT&T, Kroger, DraftKings, Nike, and Walmart.”
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These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress
Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.
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PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Yayyy! Finally. #bts
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PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New version of Normal!! #BTS
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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hear me out: why don’t we take that pile of money given to DHS and instead, give it to a new Department of Technology and Privacy? We neither have an agency solely designed to monitor/defend the rights of individual Americans or to keep tech in check.
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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🚨ATTN: PA VOTERS On Election Day 11/4/25 🚨VOTE TO RETAIN to Democratic PA Supreme Court Justices: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht 🚨PHILLY Re-elect DA LARRY KRASNER www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
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PA election 2025: Supreme Court retention candidate guide
Three PA Supreme Court Justices are facing retention votes on Nov. 4: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht. Here's what you need to know.
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Joe McVeigh @eviljoemcveigh.com · 08/08/2025
Unfortunately, my policy on AI has grown by quite a few sources over the last year. Here it is for anyone who wants to adopt or adapt it for their courses. And if you have ideas, I'm all ears.
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AI policy and guidelines - Joe McVeigh.docx
You are strictly prohibited from using Generative AI (GenAI) or Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Grok, for research or writing assignments. Any submitted wor...
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords:
"diversity and inclusion"
"DEIA"
"DEI"
"Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging"
"DEIB"
"gender identity"
"racial preference"
"ESG"
"organizational equity"
"intersectionality"
"anti-racism"
"critical race theory"
"LGBTQ+"
"transgender"
"cisgender"
"gender ideology"
"white privilege"
"privilege walk"
"cultural humility"
"equity audit"
"restorative justice"
"racial equity"
"implicit bias"
"microaggressions"
"inclusive pedagogy"
"identity-based oppression"
"systems of oppression"
"queer"
"non-binary"
"sexuality"
“Trump”
“fascist”
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/05/2025
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
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CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Let's be clear about who some of these folks are and what their public positions have been - like Burke's position that women should not be seeking graduate degrees (and that gov't should not support them in doing so) www.heritage.org/education/re...
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Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate
The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to 1.6,
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/05/2025
Congratulations, North Carolina. You’re on your own and your FEMA request is “not warranted.” Read ⬇️
The Honorable Josh Stein Governor of North Carolina
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699
Dear Governor Stein:
This is in response to your April 25, 2025, appeal of the denial of your request for an extension to the cost share waiver under major disaster FEMA-4827-DR that was declared on September 28, 2024, due to Tropical Storm Helene. You specifically requested an extension of the 100 percent federal cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance for an additional 180 days.
After a careful and thorough review of all the information available, including that contained in your initial request for a cost share adjustment and appeal, we have concluded that an extension of the 100 percent federal cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance for an additional 180 days under major disaster declaration FEMA-4827-DR is not warranted.
David E. Richardson
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/05/2025
how much of the DOGE-driven destruction of the nation’s research and development capacity is because these people are AI cultists who believe that we’re on the verge of creating a sentient general intelligence?
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 12/05/2025
Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name. More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
T-30 minutes from the start at #HandsOff Boston and Massachusetts is showing UP
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/03/2025
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated Why? Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/01/2025
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"communities have the power to respond with humanity and practical solutions. As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together" www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
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How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Call it MAKE DRUG PRICES HIGH AGAIN, and it's unbelievably CRUEL & VILE that this is one of his first things as he steps into the White House. Millions of low-income, people like me w/disabilities, seniors, veterans, children & MORE will BE affected by this order. www.alreporter.com/2025/01/21/t...
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Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Trump reversed a Biden order that sought to lower drug prices and make gene and cell therapies for cancer and other disease treatment available to Medicaid patients.
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Christi👻n Rinc🎃n @christianrincon.com · 21/01/2025
Ok, I'm committing to not screenshotting dogshit headlines from NYT, WaPo — instead amplifying great coverage from independent outlets like these: go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Save this.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/01/2025
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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2025 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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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This was never about free speech. Zuck framed this week’s moves as a pivot toward Facebook’s roots in free speech, but that origin story is an utter lie. FB’s actual roots were in his nonconsensual use of other people’s private information for the reification of patriarchal hierarchies.
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Mujib @mujib.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
The wisdom of crowds. Ants making a clever maneuver. From /r/BeAmazed/ p.s. Is that I candy?
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/12/2024
"The greatest trick the fossil fuel industry ever played was convincing us that the climate crisis is a suicide, rather than a homicide." - @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social #agu24
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3 things the US climate movement must do differently
A majority of American voters are concerned about the climate crisis, but almost nobody votes based on it, writes Nathaniel Stinnett. If we don’t embark on a crash course to dramatically increase the ...
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Stop what you're doing right now and read this. @ryanjhaas.bsky.social reports that a new hell has reached Oregon - an entire newspaper that is run by AI, poaching the identities of real journalists to look like it has a staff, and repurposing the work of reporters (including yours truly).
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In a new proposal touted by Speaker Mike Johnson, transgender youth whose parents are active-duty members of the military would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care. Contact your member of Congress and urge them to reject this attack on military families act.aclu.org/a/defend-tra...
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Stop Attacks on Care for Transgender Servicemembers
Extremists in Congress are trying to ban life-saving health care for trans servicemembers and their families. We can’t let that happen!
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I read this @arnabdatta.bsky.social OpEd as an apology for a vision of decarbonization that includes ongoing fossil-fuel production. Like all apologies for bad, unworkable climate ideas it misrepresents both the state of play & the costs of its own prescriptions. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
Climate purity is a recipe for failure.
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Tony Vincent @tonyvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Canva’s Magic Studio tools are powerful for Education and Pro users, but free accounts have limits. I made a PDF with free alternatives—with hyperlinks to various online tools. #EduSky #AIinEducation tonyv.me/altcanva
Canva Magic Studio Alternatives PDF Screenshot
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Please share ⬇️ so no one follows this thief or uses his website. Thank you!
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Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 04/12/2024
In his latest video, @hankgreen.bsky.social talks about a phenomenon you may have noticed here: LLM-driven bots programmed to relentlessly disagree with anyone and everyone.
youtu.be
Who is Creating The Non-Human Army
YouTube video by hankschannel
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Have you ever seen or shared an 'oh no' cartoon? Did you know the creator is a queer Welsh artist? Did you know they're being agressively pursued & harassed w/lawsuits from a US organisation trying to steal their intellectual property? Did you know you can donate to cover the horrific legal costs?
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Donate to Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics, organized by Alex Norris
I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomic Webcomic Name. I am here to ask for he… Alex Norris needs your support for Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 23/11/2024
PSA: MODERATION LISTS ARE MIGRATING FROM THIS ACCOUNT to @skysentry.bsky.social If you're subscribed to any of the lists, please re-subscribe to them at the new owner by November 30th, after which I will no longer be maintaining them, and the lists will be removed from this account. Thank you.
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PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This WaPo reporting would have been useful a month ago.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/11/2024
We've just updated our starter pack of ProPublica reporters and editors to add some staffers who recently made the leap to Bluesky
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
If you see a lot of folks replying to posts with a 📌 emoji it’s because they’re using this feed. It’s essentially a bookmark! Reply with the emoji and it pulls the post into your own private feed and saves it there for you! Here:
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
tip for newbies: subscribe to this MAGA block list to preemptively block MAGAts on here :) (sorry I forgot to include the link before)
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I’ve been monitoring the number of #swiftie starter packs and for the record there are now 266. blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
There's a lot of other factors at play but you can't understand this election without acknowledging the influence of right-wing propaganda newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
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PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Smart conversation between Greg Sargent and Jamison Foser on how the media’s framing of Trump campaign lies can advance the Trump agenda. newrepublic.com/article/1866...
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Transcript: Trump-MAGA Erupt at CBS over Debate—Exposing Big MAGA Scam
An interview with press critic Jamison Foser about all the ways that Trump and his allies are bullying the media—and whether our institutions are holding up under authoritarian pressure.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
The Heritage Foundation is deluging the government with FOIA requests meant to identify employees who have said words like "climate change" in emails and chats so they can be purged when Trump takes office www.propublica.org/article/have...
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Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump administration woul...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/09/2024
Believing technology will render the vast majority of humanity obsolete is a statement of politics, instead of being presented as a goal an identifiable class is pursuing it’s framed as a neutral claim about the future.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
“Denaturalization.” They’re going to strip people of their citizenship and deport them. They’re going to deport US citizens.
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PghGrace @pghgrace.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #921,376!
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/08/2024
ExxonMobil earned $9.2 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations along with all the other oil majors, 17% more than a year ago. They produced the most oil since Exxon and Mobil merged, per the CEO Darren Woods. To which I say again:
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Why Is the Oil Industry Still Thriving?
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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