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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

😲 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/s...

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

We’re entering a post-documentation world — one where photos & recordings can no longer be trusted as evidence of reality. How will we adapt? @princeton.edu's Jake Shapiro and I took a social-science lens to the shift for the @thebulletin.org 80th Anniversary Issue: thebulletin.org/premium/2025...

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What happens when seeing is no longer believing?

Two fast-accelerating trends in how people consume and produce information—in selective exposure to agreeable content and in our ability to generate realistic-looking audio, documents, photos, and vid...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

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sam @samthielman.com · 20/06/2025

I think the Catholic Church should do this every day in every city

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Congrats to our lovely interns Iris & Peter, and all these other wonderful students:

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🎉 I’ve started a new role as Comms Director at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs! Grateful for 5+ years w the @yaleegc.bsky.social & #InclusionEconomics team (pictured) & and glad I’m just up the street so we can keep collaborating. Excited to share Jackson stories – and get them on BlueSky!

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Nihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com

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Our Health ROI

Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

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Yale Economic Growth Center @yaleegc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🌍 How are low- and middle-income countries faring with different strategies to combat climate change and its consequences? For #EarthDay, EGC researchers provide valuable insights on the economic toll of #ClimateChange 🆕 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250416/...

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Yale researchers offer new economic perspectives on climate mitigation, adaptation & negotiations

How are low- and middle-income countries faring with different strategies to combat climate change and its consequences? For Earth Day, research by affiliates of the Economic Growth Center and Inclusi...

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Dear @sanders.senate.gov & @aoc.bsky.social: I just donated $100 to #FightOligarchy tour as my thank-you for coming to my hometown NAMPA, ID & packing the Snake River Stampede rodeo grounds. It was the “Wildest, Fastest Show on Earth.” Now your rally takes the title. ❤️✊🤠 berniesanders.com/oligarchy/

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Yale Economic Growth Center @yaleegc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🇭🇹 The power of information disclosure in improving education in #Haiti EGC's Christopher Neilson and colleagues from the Inter-American Development Bank reveal that simply sharing school test scores led to better market efficiency. 🔎 Read more: egc.yale.edu/research/rep...

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Report cards for schools improve learning in Haiti’s private education market

In rural Haiti, most children attend low-cost private schools – many of uncertain quality. A large-scale study led by EGC’s Christopher Neilson and coauthors finds that giving parents clear, simple da...

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#HandsOff NYC is huge 1.5 hours later we finally going down 5th Ave #Resist

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Pay attention to what is happening at Social Security. DOGE has created serious tech problems, gutted the staff, overwhelmed call centers, and created much confusion in its wake. Pay attention Americans—you earned these benefits. Nobody has the right to them—but you.

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Congresswoman Kaptur Floor Speech On Severe Impacts Of DOGE Meddling With Social Security Database

YouTube video by USRepMarcyKaptur

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.

A group of students holding signs saying Jews against ice and free Mahmoud now sitting inside a university gate

A close-up of a student whose hands are changed to a gate. Next to a sign that says release Mahmoud Khalil now

Students holding signs that say “Jews against ICE”

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

“When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, ‘Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.’” @mgessend61.bsky.social in @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.

Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

NYC ACT-UP march is on the move toward the #TeslaTakedown.

Marchers carrying signs in the shape of tombstones: MEDICAID CUTS KILLED ME, PLANE CRASH—NO FAA, RIP DIED ALONE OF ALZHEIMERS NO CAREGIVER.

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This is so disheartening. Whenever I read Snyder’s writing, I was proud to work for the same institution.

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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“The checks and balances have been dismantled, and despite the grassroots resistance, and despite the fact that there are genuinely good people in Washington resisting every day…the country was about to go into freefall.” “I fear there's going to be a civil war.” www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...

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UofT hires three prominent Yale professors worried about Trump

Fascism scholar Jason Stanley and historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second Trump administration

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

✋ T***p's lawlessness, cruelty, and corruption must end. 🌱 Change is possible—and it starts with us. 📅 Join us Saturday, April 5 at 1PM in Bryant Park, NYC & around the country to stand united and say: #HandsOff!! handsoff2025.com

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Hands Off!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility. 1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken. A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.

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WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine

“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Looking forward to hosting Max Bearak of @nytimes.com at @yale.edu. Join us for the livestream! (Registration required)

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Jon Barrett @jonbarrett.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Much respect to @keating.house.gov

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The other side of the Roaring 20s: USA had emerged from a pandemic & the economy was good. How did many react? Paranoia, racism, xenophobia, talk of Communist threat from within. Sound familiar? Remember what followed the 20s? READ @us.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/the-dark-par...

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The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

The early 1920s in the US offers historical lessons on how current pessimism about the state of the country can manifest in dangerous, discriminatory ways.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A photograph of the four Sakura brothers and their families at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. The four brothers (left to right), Howard, Chester, Ken, and Ted, all volunteered for service in the Army. The brother are accompanied by their wives, children, and mother. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Found in the Densho Digital Repository. Original WRA caption: "A family group picture of the Sakura family. Left to right are, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sakura and their baby, Frederick Scott Sakura, 10 weeks old; Chester is holding Chester, Jr., age 2; John David, age 7, is standing in [front] of Mrs. Chester Sakura; Gerald 3-1/2 is in front of Kenny; Mrs. Misa Sakura, mother of the Sakura brothers; Ted. All the children, except the baby, belong to Chester. The four brothers, Ken, Chester, Ted and Howard, volunteered for service in the combat team composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry."

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Dive Into Discovery @diveintodiscovery.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March, a 240-mile protest against British salt taxes. This act of nonviolent resistance ignited the Indian independence movement, inspiring global civil rights struggles. #StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery

Gandhi Leads the Salt March – March 12, 1930

This black-and-white photograph captures Mahatma Gandhi leading the Salt March, a pivotal moment in India’s fight for independence. Dressed in his simple dhoti and carrying a walking stick, Gandhi is seen walking barefoot along a dusty road, flanked by his followers. The group, composed of men wearing traditional Indian attire and Gandhi caps, represents the diverse participation in the movement—students, farmers, activists, and ordinary citizens. The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, began on March 12, 1930, as a direct challenge to British rule, specifically the oppressive salt tax that forbade Indians from collecting or producing their own salt. Gandhi’s 240-mile journey from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi was not just a protest against colonial economic exploitation but a demonstration of nonviolent resistance that inspired civil rights movements worldwide. This image symbolizes the power of peaceful protest and remains one of the most iconic photographs in Indian history. The march, which lasted 24 days, culminated in Gandhi and his followers producing salt from seawater, an act that defied British law and ignited a nationwide movement for self-rule.

Gandhi and His Followers Collect Salt at Dandi – April 6, 1930

This rare historical photograph captures the climactic moment of the Salt March, as Gandhi and his followers wade into the waters of Dandi to collect salt in defiance of British law. The men, dressed in traditional Indian attire, lean forward, scooping up salt-laden mud with their hands, while others watch with quiet determination. The significance of this act cannot be overstated—by breaking the British monopoly on salt production, Gandhi demonstrated the ability of ordinary Indians to reclaim economic and political power through nonviolent resistance. The British salt tax had disproportionately affected India’s poorest citizens, forcing them to buy heavily taxed salt instead of harvesting it naturally. The act of collecting salt at Dandi was the first in a series of civil disobedience actions that spread across India, leading to thousands of arrests, including Gandhi’s own imprisonment. This image encapsulates the spirit of self-reliance and defiance that defined India’s struggle for freedom, serving as a powerful visual testament to the success of satyagraha, or truth-force, as a tool for resistance.

Gandhi Walks Alongside Sarojini Naidu During the Salt March

In this intimate photograph, Mahatma Gandhi walks alongside Sarojini Naidu, an influential poet, freedom fighter, and the first woman to become President of the Indian National Congress. Clutching a walking stick, Gandhi appears to be engaged in conversation with Naidu, who walks confidently beside him, draped in a traditional saree. This image highlights the crucial role women played in the Indian independence movement, often defying societal norms to participate in protests and civil disobedience campaigns. Naidu, known as the “Nightingale of India,” was one of Gandhi’s most ardent supporters and later led the salt raids following his arrest. The Salt March was not just about economic protest; it was about unifying India’s diverse population—men and women, Hindus and Muslims, rich and poor—under a single cause. This photograph embodies that unity, showing how India’s fight for independence was driven by individuals from all walks of life. Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence and self-sacrifice inspired millions, and Naidu’s participation demonstrated the importance of women in the struggle. The march’s success ultimately pressured the British to negotiate with Gandhi, setting the stage for future independence.

The Salt March Memorial in New Delhi

This striking statue in New Delhi, India, commemorates the historic Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. The life-sized bronze figures depict Gandhi at the forefront, holding his walking stick, followed by men and women representing the diverse participation in the movement. The expressions of determination and solidarity on their faces reflect the courage and resilience of those who walked 240 miles in peaceful protest against British rule. The memorial stands as a reminder of India’s struggle for independence and the power of nonviolent resistance. Set amidst lush greenery, the monument serves as a site of reflection and education, drawing visitors from around the world. Gandhi’s philosophy of satyagraha, as embodied in the Salt March, later influenced global movements for civil rights, from Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaigns in the United States to Nelson Mandela’s fight against apartheid in South Africa. The Salt March was more than just an act of defiance against an unjust law—it was a declaration of India’s right to self-determination. This statue immortalizes that moment, ensuring that the legacy of the march and its leaders continues to inspire generations.

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When you happen upon Yale student symphony rehearsing in #WoolseyHall…

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Vestal McIntyre @ve5tal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Cowardly Iowa lawmakers target trans people’s rights because they see the rest of us LGBs as too powerful, now, to attack. They would, and WILL, target us when they can. “First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

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Yale Economic Growth Center @yaleegc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🦋 Looking for the best #DevelopmentEconomics insights on Bluesky? 🦋 Check out our #GlobalDev research org #StarterPack: 🔗 bsky.app/profile/yale... Featuring: @cgdev.org @theigc.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social & many more

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“In ‘The Measles Book,’ published by the anti-vaccine nonprofit he founded, Mr. Kennedy wrote that ‘measles outbreaks have been fabricated to create fear,’ leading govt officials to ‘inflict unnecessary and risky vaccines on millions of children for the sole purpose of fattening industry profits.’ ”

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