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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026

This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.

In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.

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Oswald P Haygood @oswaldphaygood.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The main reason "the right" operated outside of academia is because they are wrong about almost everything. Passing off provably false information as "an opinion from the right" or "a different viewpoint" just makes everyone dumber- which is precisely where we are today.

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Katrine Koenig @katrinekoenig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

one of the reasons why there's no great demand for "conservatives" in the social sciences and the humanities is that there's no desire to constantly reiterate the debates of the late 19th century.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 25/08/2026

Viewpoint diversity is the opposite of peer review. You should not be leading a university if you don’t believe in peer review asheeshksi.substack.com/p/producing-...

The fact that conservative scholarship is underrepresented in our institutions ultimately means that the left gets flabbier because it’s not being tested and challenged in the way it ought to be. At the same time, the right, to the extent that it moves outside the university and finds itself in think tanks and is not subject to challenges or critiques from the center and the left, becomes more radicalized. This is not just a problem for our institutions. It’s a problem for America. So I do feel urgency in trying to remedy this issue. It was my colleague Steve Teles, who wrote in The Chronicle about this, who said he was hard pressed to identify a single tenured conservative scholar in the social sciences and humanities at Hopkins. I took that as a very serious critique

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Mariana Colín @themorbidzoo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The point. Of universities. Is not. To perform. The political spectrum.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The architect of #NIH cuts is Russell Vought whose own daughter is alive today because of advances in treating cystic fibrosis, brought to us, to the Vought family, by NIH. 1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid

Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am not a working artist and I don't think anything I do is very good, but I do make my own illustrations for figures. The day I tried to draw scissors was deeply haunted.

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Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I was excited to learn yesterday that I won 2nd place for investigative reporting from the NC Press Association for my story about militant accelerationism for @theassemblync.bsky.social This is a story I'm continuing to tell. More to come soon! www.theassemblync.com/news/media/n...

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I’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.

After unmasking extremist groups, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how the ‘militant accelerationism’ movement operates.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been weirdly into John Brown for a long time and the more I read about him, the more I appreciate his conviction to his morals and utter lack of hypocrisy.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It is 100% a barn owl. This mystery has been ongoing since 2024 at least. I have never seen the owl, but it has definitely flown over my head twice this year (sound gets quiet, then louder, then quieter again in the opposite direction).

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Libby Hill @libbyhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Occasionally I wonder if the lack of general outrage is a function of people subconsciously assuming that this was the case all along.

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A Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are punishing people for having devoted their lives to helping us all.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If we are to truly resist fascism, we must reject the idea that only the strong survive. We must categorically reject any notion that worth is determined by physical ability or socioeconomic status or what you produce under capitalism. We must build networks of community care.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our Servants, or Law makers; are totally unworthy the name of Half Civilized Men. All their National acts, are false, to the words spirit, & intention, of the Constitution of the United States, & the Declaration of Independence.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It is rough out there and the world is literally on fire here in the PNW. But I did make my loaches popsicles and you may enjoy watching them:

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.

For those who died and those who survived and all we list during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/07/2026

Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. (Published May)

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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @wa-privacy.net · 11/06/2026

Politically, I really don't understand @gluesenkampperez.house.gov's FISA vote. Warrantless wiretapping is unpopular across the political spectrum so she's giving her primary opponent @bhennrich.bsky.social a great opportunity to lambaste her on an issue that cuts across party line.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Waiting until after 10 PM to walk the dogs for the temperature drop below 90F. Yuck.

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BOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

all these old farts are terrified because they think this is a jump from silent to sound or horses to cars and they don't want to get left behind when it's like pet rocks being touted as a replacement for dogs and also the rocks are uranium

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The news is always "This absolute fool was dismantled in hearings today. He is manifestly unqualified for the position and would be an existential danger if confirmed. Disaster. He is set to be confirmed immediately." When you ask why everyone is furious and exhausted all the time, this is why.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 15/07/2026

1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’ Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

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After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’

Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

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Ross Thompson @wintermute115.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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DuendeonFuego @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

so we're a couple years into the "AI revolution" and: - it's flooding the internet with slop - it's empowering scammers everywhere - it's not making money and threatens the entire US economy - it's destroying communities and guzzling water and power really cool tech we've got here

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“We need a diverse coalition; it will be messy, conflicted, and made of imperfect people with imperfect histories or imperfect politics; but there must… be a line drawn on *who we give power to*”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

people need to go to jail over this, its the only thing the democratic party should be saying right now. all of them, in unison, no matter the question or topic, needs to be saying “insider trading is against the law”

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hello we are back from a holiday weekend and the Office of Management and Budget is still trying to make sure federal grants can be withdrawn at any time, for any reason. There's still time to stop it. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Update: went back the next morning and everything was fine. We are fortunate that the wind was going in the opposite direction and the gusts had calmed down, compared to earlier in the day. Fireworks culture in the US west is exceptionally crappy.

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I did not have, "woken up by campsite neighbors yelling 'fire' and banging on our camper door" on my 2026 bingo card. Fireworks should be banned except for shows performed by a licensed technician. (We are fine, but had to leave the camper, supplies, toys, clothes, etc. behind)

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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The only fireworks I really care for.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our roles as POs are increasingly oriented around screening grants for a discriminatory set of keywords rather than building opportunities for the most exciting, impactful and meritorious science. Even so, I plan to stay to keep fighting for the integrity of the NIH and science.

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 01/07/2026

Man this is terrible. Again how do we proceed when this is the reality for many? www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Effectively Unfundable
Aaron Scherer, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of lowa's Carver School of Medicine, studies why people do or don't get vaccinated. On April 1, 2025, his career-development award — which covered most of his salary — was abruptly terminated. The reason he was given, he said, was that 'it is the policy of NIH not to prioritize vaccine hesitancy." With vaccine-preventable diseases resurging, he said, the decision made no sense.
The fallout reshaped his career. His project manager left; his department had to absorb his and his graduate student's salaries. Because his planned next grant was also on vaccine confidence
— now effectively unfundable — the award meant to launch his independence instead left him starting over. He has since submitted three proposals on unrelated topics; the earliest, he said, might be funded in April 2027, if at all.
. "95% of my salary is
supposed to come from grant funding,'
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Rebecca @phytoseiid.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So, male mice, rats, and horses do not have nipples. Huh.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

One thing academia should do is shame, shun, and remove the growing number of academics who see a quick path to right-wing favor by publishing right-wing conclusions then later cobbling together drivel & slop to support it. This is the same thing Ilan Wurman did with his birthright "scholarship."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/06/2026

The DOJ is asking a federal court to let it defend an Ohio law that voting rights advocates say will disenfranchise thousands of eligible citizens from voting. When Kansas passed a similar law, 12% of voters in the state were blocked from registering for the first time. bit.ly/3S5WEzg

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Kelly “Free Link” McGonigal @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

think of the ratings for fascist tribunals!!!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

i hope media executives are taking note of the tens of thousands of people who for several hours on a friday night have stayed glued to livestreams of scaffolding being built just so they could witness his name getting knocked off a building

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It’s fitting that the first trillionaire never built anything, gained his wealth from the ransoming of public good, that what put him over the top was a governmental coup, and that he’s a white supremacist, eugenicist fascist idiot. This is an abomination. An indictment. And we cannot look away.

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Miriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"The simple fact is that these fisheries prospered without access to these waters in the past, and they do not need them today. What is at stake is not the future of these fisheries, but the future of some of the last wild ocean ecosystems under U.S. stewardship.” - Dr. Alan Friedlander

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Vought doesn’t want control over science. Vought wants to kill these agencies. He doesn't believe tax dollars should be spent on science or social programs. It's not about control; it's destruction. He intends to cancel grants and impound the money. It’s about corruption.

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Distributing a journal article (!) outside of a conference session is only "disruptive" if you've already accepted the premise that the purpose of the event is for Bhattacharya to get to do his shtick unchallenged and unembarrassed That's not the ADA's role

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