Jackie Bichsel
@jackiebsknees.bsky.social
Data diva, scientist, political junkie, pickleball aficionado.
Justice first, then peace.
Justice first, then peace.
Democrats are folding. Why? 1) Because they're weak. 2) "Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds their willingness to see people get hurt."
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Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Democrats are folding. Why? 1) Because they're weak. 2) "Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds their willingness to see people get hurt."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
I just got my flu and COVID vaccinations. I recommend getting yours ASAP before you can't or before insurance no longer covers them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I just got my flu and COVID vaccinations. I recommend getting yours ASAP before you can't or before insurance no longer covers them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
It's not about anti-semitism at all. It's about making college inaccessible for anyone but the wealthy.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Trump Administration Withholds Millions for TRIO Programs
Nonprofits that advocate for first-gen students say that without the federally funded programs, college could become unattainable for hundreds of thousands of students.
www.insidehighered.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's not about anti-semitism at all. It's about making college inaccessible for anyone but the wealthy.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
This is nothing but extortion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is nothing but extortion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
We knew it was coming, yet I'm still stunned. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
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July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We knew it was coming, yet I'm still stunned. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Since we can't trust the government for health information anymore (or anything else), here are some alternatives. I am bookmarking all of them.
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5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information
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May 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Since we can't trust the government for health information anymore (or anything else), here are some alternatives. I am bookmarking all of them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
Laugh out loud hilarious for those who would play Wordle to the death.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Constitutes Cheating at Wordle? (Gift Article)
A ruling on the use of friends’ “Wordle skeletons” to solve the puzzle.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Laugh out loud hilarious for those who would play Wordle to the death.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The gap between the haves and the have nots is about to become a chasm.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Proposes Deep Cuts to Education and Research
Science research funding and programs that help students access college are on the chopping block as Trump aims to cut at least $163 billion.
www.insidehighered.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The gap between the haves and the have nots is about to become a chasm.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of VT, walked into an immigration office for what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Instead, he was arrested and removed in handcuffs by plainclothes armed thugs with their faces covered. Becca Balint, badass VT representative, is on it.
Rep. Becca Balint calls for immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of Vermont
YouTube video by Representative Becca Balint
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April 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of VT, walked into an immigration office for what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Instead, he was arrested and removed in handcuffs by plainclothes armed thugs with their faces covered. Becca Balint, badass VT representative, is on it.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Wow! Anti-vaxxers take heed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/h...
Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds (Gift Article)
A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wow! Anti-vaxxers take heed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/h...
Everyone else can go back where they came from. But if you look like Elon Musk, doors are open. ‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status (Gift Article)
The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Everyone else can go back where they came from. But if you look like Elon Musk, doors are open. ‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
The NIH is now an official arm of MAGA. In an unprecedented move, NIH has begun mass terminations of research grants because they no longer meet “agency priorities”. This includes much research on DEI and LGBTQ+ issues. Chilling. We can no longer rely on NIH. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The NIH is now an official arm of MAGA. In an unprecedented move, NIH has begun mass terminations of research grants because they no longer meet “agency priorities”. This includes much research on DEI and LGBTQ+ issues. Chilling. We can no longer rely on NIH. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Today proved that if Trump is unable to fulfill his duties JD Vance is more than capable of being the most ginormous asshole in the world
February 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Today proved that if Trump is unable to fulfill his duties JD Vance is more than capable of being the most ginormous asshole in the world
Congratulations, MAGATs. The Congressional Republicans just passed a resolution for massive spending cuts that will fund tax cuts to the richest Americans. If it gets through the Senate, that will mean $880 BILLION in Medicaid cuts. Should be just a matter of time before they go after Medicare.
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Congratulations, MAGATs. The Congressional Republicans just passed a resolution for massive spending cuts that will fund tax cuts to the richest Americans. If it gets through the Senate, that will mean $880 BILLION in Medicaid cuts. Should be just a matter of time before they go after Medicare.
Firing a qualified person of color to replace him with a white guy lackey is why DEI initiatives were created. There's tons of data to show that diversity makes for better teamwork, increased productivity, and improved outcomes in any sector. Better-managed orgs will retain these initiatives.
Trump fires CQ Brown as Joint Chiefs chairman
President Trump announced he had fired Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and planned to replace him with Air Force lieutenant general.
abcnews.go.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Firing a qualified person of color to replace him with a white guy lackey is why DEI initiatives were created. There's tons of data to show that diversity makes for better teamwork, increased productivity, and improved outcomes in any sector. Better-managed orgs will retain these initiatives.
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More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.
Among the targets are the entities that collect education data for K-12 and college. This is data that social scientists use track education metrics, evaluate effectiveness, and so much more. Data = facts, and both are the enemy of this administration. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
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Musk’s DOGE Announces Millions in Cuts to Education Dept. Amid Legal Pushback (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team said that it had “terminated” 89 of the department’s contracts, apparently targeting its research arm.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Among the targets are the entities that collect education data for K-12 and college. This is data that social scientists use track education metrics, evaluate effectiveness, and so much more. Data = facts, and both are the enemy of this administration. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Scientists gonna science. We have GOT to figure out how to enable government-sponsored research to continue and function independently of whoever is in office. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. (Gift Article)
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Scientists gonna science. We have GOT to figure out how to enable government-sponsored research to continue and function independently of whoever is in office. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
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The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. https://buff.ly/42NeEl6
February 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. https://buff.ly/42NeEl6
It's open season on civil rights.
MLK Day? Out.
Black History Month? Don't you dare promote it.
Juneteenth? Don't even think about it.
Pride month? We're pretending we never heard about it.
Holocaust remembrance day? Forget about it.
White male culture forever.
MLK Day? Out.
Black History Month? Don't you dare promote it.
Juneteenth? Don't even think about it.
Pride month? We're pretending we never heard about it.
Holocaust remembrance day? Forget about it.
White male culture forever.
Federal agencies bar Black History Month and other 'special observances'
A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such observances to comply with Trump's executive orders.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's open season on civil rights.
MLK Day? Out.
Black History Month? Don't you dare promote it.
Juneteenth? Don't even think about it.
Pride month? We're pretending we never heard about it.
Holocaust remembrance day? Forget about it.
White male culture forever.
MLK Day? Out.
Black History Month? Don't you dare promote it.
Juneteenth? Don't even think about it.
Pride month? We're pretending we never heard about it.
Holocaust remembrance day? Forget about it.
White male culture forever.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Reposted by Jackie Bichsel
