Reposted by Rekha MurthyNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Whether it's Obama telling farmers to plant arugula in Iowa or Donald Trump telling Iranians to take out Los Angeles, both presidents made deeply insensitive statements about regions of the country. 291061167
Reposted by Rekha MurthyGil Durán @gilduran.com · 06/10/2026All the weird unscientific cultists framing the AI debate are testament to the power of well-funded movements (no matter how ridiculous) to shape narratives. 516935
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"[T]he most underappreciated factor in the rise of precision is stability." Outstanding essay by Spencer Glendon of Probable Futures. probablefutures.org/perspective/... #climateprobablefutures.orgEquinox greetings: accuracy vs. precision · Probable FuturesSpencer Glendon argues that what’s more important than how precisely you hit a target is what targets, goals, values you choose to aim for. 000
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#heroine // As Midterms Rage, a Top Democrat Wants Congress to Talk Menopause www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comAs Midterms Rage, Gillibrand Wants Congress to Talk MenopauseSenator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is devoting a hearing to a topic that affects millions but is poorly understood and widely ignored, including when it comes to federal research money. 000
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I've long trusted Thorne. But now, who knows. www.worseonpurpose.com/p/who-actual... #enshittificationworseonpurpose.comWho Actually Makes Your Supplements?A few factories make supplements for hundreds of brands. What lab tests found in gummy vitamins, and what the USP and NSF seals actually mean. 000
Reposted by Rekha MurthyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"she asked for it" 4926450862
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Today, my town has a "Gas Leaks Safari". 🙏🏽 "The Town of Arlington's Gas Leaks Task Force will lead a two-hour tour of National Grid's gas leaks in town. We will field test the company's gas leak repairs and we will demonstrate that more action is urgently needed." www.arlingtonma.gov/Home/Compone...arlingtonma.gov 000
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"As data and information is getting purposefully disappeared from the internet... archiving becomes increasingly necessary, or else, the public cannot bear witness to itself." conversationalist.org/2026/04/10/g...conversationalist.orgOn Guerrilla Archives in the Disinformation AgeHow the archival work of librarians and other activists helps preserve more than just history. 010
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 21/06/2026"Minnesota governor Tim Walz commented: 'Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.'” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comJune 20, 2026The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a metaphor for the Trump presidency. 000
Reposted by Rekha Murthyryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/06/2026"Either way, the concentration of wealth at the very top is much higher now than it ever was during the Gilded Age. And these are numbers from last year, before the SpaceX IPO. The robber barons were pikers compared with today’s oligarchs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-n...paulkrugman.substack.comMeet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old BossesThe second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first 241590599
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Very glad to see this. Thank you @massgovernor.bsky.social and team. www.wwlp.com/news/massach...wwlp.comMassachusetts joins global conservation network IUCNThe Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that Massachusetts is now an official member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a global network of more than 1,400 governments and … 000
Reposted by Rekha MurthyCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/04/2026One of my students is at the TPUGA event with JD Vance and Erica Kirk. They say it is only 1/8 full! 😂 4443965
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 12/03/2026For those who hope this war will save Iranians from an oppressive regime... it might sicken and kill them instead. 011
Reposted by Rekha MurthySean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Denying climate change and it's causes is no different than denying gravity. It is an argument made by idiots. It does not change the laws of nature, but when used to change the laws of the country, people will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change 10291112
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 12/02/2026There are 8.3 billion people in the world. Let this sink in: "In the 12 months to April [2025], 91 people became billionaires through inheritance" www.reuters.com/business/fin...reuters.comBillionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report findsThe spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday. 000
Reposted by Rekha MurthyHandmaid @handmaid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Everytime I think I couldn't love her more, she proves me wrong. Muy linda, Mayor Wu. 1558
Reposted by Rekha MurthyRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 09/02/2026And if you don’t think that was explicitly political you were maybe not watching things like… the sugar cane fields? Electric poles? The men grinding on each other? The little boy? The americas shout out? What moooore do you want? 12119579
Reposted by Rekha MurthyAmy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR 5760159
Reposted by Rekha MurthyJoel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026trump almost certainly trying to figure out if he can deport people back to puerto rico right now lol 216816
Reposted by Rekha MurthyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 09/02/2026I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful. 121762195
Reposted by Rekha MurthyRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/01/2026It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all. 405169793373
Reposted by Rekha MurthyVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I thought this was fake, but apparently, they've arrested Don Lemon for reporting from Minneapolis. I'm not a huge Don Lemon fan, but this is totalitarian nonsense meant to threaten anyone who reports on the regime's horrors.nytimes.comFederal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest 31910256
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Actually, since we're well before the Nuremberg/accountability phase, this is important information. Sure, she's deflecting blame... but intentionally or not she's also reminding everyone that this is coming from the top. That firing Bovino and possibly her will not change the fascist reality. 000
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I just donated. Thank you for suggesting. Now I will go donate to MPR as well. www.startribunecompany.com/donate-payme...startribunecompany.comDonate Payment - Star Tribune CompanyDonateDonate Now Donate Thank You for Supporting the Minnesota Star Tribune Thank You for Supporting the Minnesota Star Tribune See Other Ways to Give We Value Your Privacy The Minneapolis… 000
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I am thrilled that @mprnews.org is doing a live call-in. But the rightwing guy who was just on made me feel physically ill. ICE is saving abandoned children, people confronting ICE are to blame for their own hurt, MPR is telling lies, etc. I forgot to breathe. Such hate and gaslighting. 000
Reposted by Rekha MurthyChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back. 1062342658003
Reposted by Rekha Murthysarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis 215105902465
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Get this guy a rage room and maybe he'll leave us alone. 010
Reposted by Rekha MurthyChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2026Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.” 1019145537270
Reposted by Rekha MurthyGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026One of the best things I’ve read in a while: 412869310664
Reposted by Rekha MurthyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?" 8694996214597
Reposted by Rekha MurthyDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage. 13856005318628
Reposted by Rekha MurthyGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now. 59884675313362
Reposted by Rekha MurthyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead. 848117344924
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Gas leaks are so dangerous. We are losing the game of Whack-a-Mole and paying a lot for the privilege. 😬 commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/new-r...commonwealthbeacon.orgNew report: Gas utilities spent record amount replacing leaky pipes in 2024 - CommonWealth BeaconThe latest data on utilities’ work to replace leaky pipes paints an even more damning picture of GSEP as costs balloon with few additional results — driving up ratepayer bills — and places recent refo... 020
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I'm not on TikTok - watching a few links from Bsky would make my day. 110
Reposted by Rekha MurthyJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 11/01/2026NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good. Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation. 22330941258
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Very glad to hear @pauloffit.bsky.social on CSPAN this morning. The new vaccine schedule is terrifying. As is the occasional conspiracy theorist caller. 010
Reposted by Rekha MurthyGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 09/01/2026I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow. 1113350688984
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I genuinely admire your courage and strength to move beyond that horrible tragedy and through your own your personal, physical toll to remain a public figure and leader. 030
Reposted by Rekha MurthyKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you. 10634382316957
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 08/01/2026ICE and the monsters directing them are now lying. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgLive updates: Noem says ICE agent justified in killing womanRenee Good, 37, was identified as the woman shot and killed Wednesday morning by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said Good was shot while trying to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Fre... 020
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 08/01/2026They murdered a mother. They yelled conflicting things at her and when she tried to comply, they murdered her. Then they denied her immediate medical care. My rage is deep and broad. 030
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The United States killed at least 80 people in Venezuela last week. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...nytimes.comVenezuela’s New Leader Softens Tone as Trump Threatens Colombia 010
Reposted by Rekha MurthyNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025here is some Northern Hemisphere good news. today, the day I started to feel "this is ridiculous, this is just TOO DARK NOW" is precisely the day that it is starting, slowly slowly slowly, to get lighter 1392