Chad Haney
@imagedistillary.com
I'm a biomedical engineer, scientist at Northwestern University. My research focuses on using medical imaging in cancer research. G+ refugee
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Chad Haney
@imagedistillary.com
· Mar 10
At the #StandUpforScience rally in Chicago, one of the speakers mentioned that the most important six words are "let me tell you a story" when it comes to trying to explain why science funding is important. The idea is to explain to everyday people how the work we (scientists) do makes life better.
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
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Hi. Hello.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hi. Hello.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
Founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social
I can confirm, that is not “science in its best form”…because that’s politics. Not science.
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Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our editorial stance is kidnappings are bad. This is not Real Journalism because it's important to be neutral about atrocities
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
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The sheer number of people Trump pardoned — 1,500+ — and the magnitude of violence many (most?) of them committed means it is statistically likely that a fair number will be revidivists, potentially for more egregious crimes. The pardons should be a top story EVERY DAY
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The sheer number of people Trump pardoned — 1,500+ — and the magnitude of violence many (most?) of them committed means it is statistically likely that a fair number will be revidivists, potentially for more egregious crimes. The pardons should be a top story EVERY DAY
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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She doesn't know why. I'm getting pretty tired of bluesky moderation without explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
Great reporting by Heather at WTTW.
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Great reporting by Heather at WTTW.
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Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
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Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part.
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part.
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
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NEWS: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center. Car crash into a hedgerow. Trump’s Midway Blitz is claimed to be inspired by an undocumented drunk driving death.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
NEWS: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center. Car crash into a hedgerow. Trump’s Midway Blitz is claimed to be inspired by an undocumented drunk driving death.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
Feds claim immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes on Broadview facility conditions.
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds say immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes at Broadview facility
The comment from a DOJ attorney followed emotional testimony from detainees and came after U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told her, "if the conditions are unconstitutional, so be it."
chicago.suntimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
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Exactly.
"I supported the For the People Act when the the Dems put it forward in 2021. Do you remember how many Republicans voted for that bill?"
"No on Prop 50" Chair: [silence]
"It was zero. Not a single Republican voted for independent redistricting commissions nationwide."
"No on Prop 50" Chair: [silence]
"It was zero. Not a single Republican voted for independent redistricting commissions nationwide."
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Exactly.
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Trump is holding millions of hungry families hostage, unless he can take away their health care.
Meanwhile, he’s throwing lavish parties, building a ballroom for himself, and sending $40 billion to Argentina.
It’s as sickening as it is illegal. Democrats won’t stop fighting back.
Meanwhile, he’s throwing lavish parties, building a ballroom for himself, and sending $40 billion to Argentina.
It’s as sickening as it is illegal. Democrats won’t stop fighting back.
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump is holding millions of hungry families hostage, unless he can take away their health care.
Meanwhile, he’s throwing lavish parties, building a ballroom for himself, and sending $40 billion to Argentina.
It’s as sickening as it is illegal. Democrats won’t stop fighting back.
Meanwhile, he’s throwing lavish parties, building a ballroom for himself, and sending $40 billion to Argentina.
It’s as sickening as it is illegal. Democrats won’t stop fighting back.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Adding to @ryanlcooper.com and @brianbeutler.bsky.social here, JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom have a theory of this moment. Many other Dems do not:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Adding to @ryanlcooper.com and @brianbeutler.bsky.social here, JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom have a theory of this moment. Many other Dems do not:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
LOL
That made my day.
That made my day.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
LOL
That made my day.
That made my day.
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By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K