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After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
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UPDATE: The supermajority has officially been broken: bsky.app/profile/asht...
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
UPDATE: The supermajority has officially been broken: bsky.app/profile/asht...
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Republicans' scorched-earth budget sacrifices our public lands for billionaire tax cuts. Their efforts put at risk:
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republicans' scorched-earth budget sacrifices our public lands for billionaire tax cuts. Their efforts put at risk:
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
Arbor and Tynna all the way but the biggest #eurovision scandal is Milkshake man dropping out int he semis
May 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Arbor and Tynna all the way but the biggest #eurovision scandal is Milkshake man dropping out int he semis
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office
The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Trump needs to understand that Harvard has 400 years of experience ignoring the demands of people who will be gone in four years.
Trump threatens to block all 10,000 international students from attending Harvard unless the school turns over student info they’ll use for new visa revocations and deportations.
Every day feels like a fresh round of this country stabbing itself in the face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Every day feels like a fresh round of this country stabbing itself in the face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump needs to understand that Harvard has 400 years of experience ignoring the demands of people who will be gone in four years.
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Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion
Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion
Now he’s down to $150 billion
And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion
So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services
This clown will cut $58 billion
Maybe
Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion
Now he’s down to $150 billion
And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion
So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services
This clown will cut $58 billion
Maybe
April 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion
Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion
Now he’s down to $150 billion
And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion
So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services
This clown will cut $58 billion
Maybe
Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion
Now he’s down to $150 billion
And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion
So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services
This clown will cut $58 billion
Maybe
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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Particularly interesting to me: Wilson has repeatedly tweeted the phrase "Ausländer Raus" (foreigners out), an incredibly polarizing phrase in Germany explicitly tied to neo-Nazi and extremist movements; when it's been chanted in public recently in German it's created huge controversy.
March 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Particularly interesting to me: Wilson has repeatedly tweeted the phrase "Ausländer Raus" (foreigners out), an incredibly polarizing phrase in Germany explicitly tied to neo-Nazi and extremist movements; when it's been chanted in public recently in German it's created huge controversy.
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Dass Russland hinter den Anschlägen steckt, um zugunsten der AfD in den deutschen Wahlkampf einzugreifen, habe ich immer für plausibel und naheliegend gehalten. Man gilt schnell als Verschwörungstheoretiker, wenn man es ausspricht. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
Anschläge in Deutschland: Auffällige russische Suchanfragen
Vor Europa- und Bundestagswahl gab es mehrere tödliche Anschläge in Deutschland. Auffällige russische Suchanfragen im Netz werfen nun Fragen auf.
www.zdf.de
April 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dass Russland hinter den Anschlägen steckt, um zugunsten der AfD in den deutschen Wahlkampf einzugreifen, habe ich immer für plausibel und naheliegend gehalten. Man gilt schnell als Verschwörungstheoretiker, wenn man es ausspricht. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
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Für diesen Post gab es damals scharfe Kritik. Der Medienredakteur der @faznet.bsky.social rückte Kollegen und mich in die Nähe von Verschwörungstheoretikern. Nun, mein Post kam nicht ganz out of the blue, zumal ich damals an der MSC teilnahm.🧵
Magdeburg. Aschaffenburg. München. Wenn jemand versuchen wollte, Einfluss auf den deutschen Wahlkampf zu nehmen, würde er/sie/es sich das genau so ausmalen.
April 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Für diesen Post gab es damals scharfe Kritik. Der Medienredakteur der @faznet.bsky.social rückte Kollegen und mich in die Nähe von Verschwörungstheoretikern. Nun, mein Post kam nicht ganz out of the blue, zumal ich damals an der MSC teilnahm.🧵
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What an absolutely incredible sight in New York City today.
April 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What an absolutely incredible sight in New York City today.
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New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose.
April 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose.
My kid: What’s the best way to ask what’s the stinkiest flower on earth (choosing between Google and ChatGPT)
Me: existential crisis because when I grew up the answer was NOBODY KNOWS
Me: existential crisis because when I grew up the answer was NOBODY KNOWS
April 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My kid: What’s the best way to ask what’s the stinkiest flower on earth (choosing between Google and ChatGPT)
Me: existential crisis because when I grew up the answer was NOBODY KNOWS
Me: existential crisis because when I grew up the answer was NOBODY KNOWS
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Look at this graph. This just happened.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Look at this graph. This just happened.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
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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.
April 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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.
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The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The 66-year-old woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor of medicine with 16,000 citations on Google Scholar
Goals
Goals
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"I want parents who have children to know that opportunities for your kids, if they aspire to be scientists or engineers, are being stripped away right in front of you," the NSF employee told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/a...
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/a...
Exclusive: Science and tech agency cuts spark industry pushback
As Trump administration cuts hit research, some fear American leadership in computer science is at risk.
www.axios.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"I want parents who have children to know that opportunities for your kids, if they aspire to be scientists or engineers, are being stripped away right in front of you," the NSF employee told Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/a...
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/a...