Reposted by Virginia HauflerBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu 5830851409
Reposted by Virginia HauflerJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you don't live in DC, may be hard to appreciate scale of nihilist, grifter-based desecration of what has always distinguished the nation's capital, and what so many people have worked so hard for so long to sustain and improve. Backhoe-based counterpart to wartime damage we see in news footage. 29298123
Reposted by Virginia HauflerOn the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“The problem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large.” – Hear @lilymasonphd.bsky.social explain why polarization is not the problem: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...lnk.toOn the MediaThe Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear. 19727
Reposted by Virginia HauflerMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 237571338
Reposted by Virginia HauflerJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 10/10/2026He just can’t stop ruining DC www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...washingtonpost.comMore than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesignBeginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court. 1104
Reposted by Virginia HauflerNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 151230586
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’m very happy she’s walked away from this and maintained her integrity. Absolutely chilling for academic freedom. 151
Reposted by Virginia HauflerYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live. 3022061069
Reposted by Virginia Hauflerdan sinker @dansinker.com · 09/10/2026The whistle goblins spun back up so fast it was incredible to witness. We're churning out whistles and can get em to you too. linktr.ee/3dwhistles 518259
Reposted by Virginia HauflerStacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#Corrupt madness 001
Reposted by Virginia HauflerChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history. 811003430
Reposted by Virginia HauflerWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 501443446
Reposted by Virginia HauflerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP? 211134363
Reposted by Virginia Hauflerrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3256291950
Reposted by Virginia Hauflerdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o... 111002292
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9665515
Reposted by Virginia HauflerEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 20962550
Reposted by Virginia HauflerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you have a few minutes today, please submit a comment opposing the elimination of the Roadless Rule. Tomorrow, October 6, is the deadline. Tell the Forest Service why protecting our forests matters to you. Submit your comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...regulations.govRegulations.gov 761406750
Reposted by Virginia HauflerCharlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Job alert! More info on how to apply is available in the link shared below. Please help me circulate this information broadly 🙏 (1/2) 22217
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power. 561573348
Reposted by Virginia HauflerNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Normalization is treating the president stealing from taxpayers to buy campaign ads and offer bribes to voters like it's just another day. Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that." 11395120
Reposted by Virginia HauflerRKOpatryx "O is for 😱" @rkopatryx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This library needs your support today! Please sign the petition and help @everylibrary.bsky.social fight for libraries in the United States. www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/ke... @everylibrary.bsky.socialfightforthefirst.orgKeep The Perks of Being a Wallflower in the Middle-School Library• The freedom to read is a First Amendment right. • Protecting students' freedom to read is critical to maintaining our excellent public schools. Restricting library books in Readington schools ... 085
Reposted by Virginia HauflerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026literally in the next 48 hours! be aware! 5738489
Reposted by Virginia HauflerThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/10/2026People in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta’s pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 76538
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDefence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some big highlights: -The US is both very interested and very involved in this, demonstrating deepening knowledge of the issue. -the Trump administration provided the software behind the data leak -key leaders of the movement have been working closely with the US government.theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 59947
Reposted by Virginia HauflerLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Devistating. And against Congress's directive. SBE was included in the 26 budget and the NSF section states that "no directorate shall receive more than a 5 percent reduction relative to the fiscal year 2024 enacted level." 010850
Reposted by Virginia Hauflermcc @dryad.technology · 03/10/2026Cisgender people, particularly in the UK, please read this growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...growinguptransgender.comLeaving the UK with a heavy heartToday, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look… 3242140
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201868927
Reposted by Virginia HauflerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Friend of Putin oligarch Konstantin Sokolov makes a nice fat donation to Trump's ballroom project, and gets relief from Treasury Department sanctions in exchange. This is known as a quid pro quo transaction. It's a felony. www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 18528332
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31226491
Reposted by Virginia HauflerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident 14140432240
Reposted by Virginia HauflerCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026Under the guise of helping renewable energy, a new legislative package, cynically titled the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," would give the fossil fuel industry massive long-term structural advantages and lock in thousands of fossil fuel projects. 66139
Reposted by Virginia HauflerDept of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, & Global Governance @conresglobalumb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🎉 New from Prof. Stacy VanDeveer: He wrote the introduction to a new H-Diplo roundtable (18-7) on Kathryn C. Lavelle's Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic (Yale UP, 2025). A rich discussion of Arctic governance, science, and U.S. power! issforum.org/roundtables/...issforum.orgRoundtable 18-7 on Lavelle, Reluctant ConquestH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable 18-7 Kathryn C. Lavelle, Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic. Yale University Press, 2025. 022
Reposted by Virginia HauflerAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030971089
Reposted by Virginia HauflerPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI 942512665
Reposted by Virginia HauflerSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275942512
Reposted by Virginia HauflerCNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M 69460277
Reposted by Virginia HauflerHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Eligible voters, time's running out for registering to vote or updating your registration for the midterms. Fri, 10/2 — SOUTH CAROLINA — in-person (10/4 online, 10/5 mail) Sat, 10/3 — U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — in-person (10/4 online) Sun, 10/4 — ALASKA Sun, 10/4 — RHODE ISLAND More at npr.org/votenpr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. 25235
Reposted by Virginia HauflerMaddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A very timely and important new paper: “How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHow decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United StatesUniversities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor… 212854
Reposted by Virginia HauflerKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I used to love Talenti, but this reported feature at Wirecutter explains how the recipes changed over the years, and turned so many fans off: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...nytimes.comWhat Happened to Talenti?Over the past 20 years, Talenti has changed from a small, independent brand to a piece of a corporate conglomerate. Has that affected its quality? 1813628
Reposted by Virginia HauflerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#MedicareForAllNOW 15037511695
Reposted by Virginia HauflerBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.thecityreporter.nycDHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal PlazaA reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst. 14692380
Reposted by Virginia Hauflerryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12253031367
Reposted by Virginia HauflerLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259802001
Reposted by Virginia HauflerCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026👋🗳️Hi, U.S. Voters, Please double check your voter registration. Especially if you live in Texas. Thanks 😊 —❤️ an election law professor 24232
Reposted by Virginia HauflerRep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am facing 17 years in federal prison for doing my job and standing up to Trump’s merciless immigration enforcement campaign. I am finding the strength to keep standing up every single day.inquirer.comU.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is eight months pregnant and facing 17 years in jail | Jenice ArmstrongMcIver’s inner strength is next level. She is running for reelection while fighting efforts by the Trump administration to jail her. Plus, she’s repping her constituents and caring for her family. 211207421
Reposted by Virginia Hauflerloreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ukraine 🇺🇦 research fellowships for Spring 2027 at George Washington University in DC. More info: www.petrachprogram.org/2027-spring-... 034
Reposted by Virginia HauflerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order. 45392503266
Reposted by Virginia HauflerThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026The agency’s online detainee locator database no longer contains any record of 16,000 people given final removal orders. trib.al/QiAVEXM 124740