Kayla Duskin
@kayladuskin.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Washington (@ischool.uw.edu)
Studying online information integrity and platform governance with the Center for an Informed Public (@cip.uw.edu).
Offline, catch me in the Cascades 🏔️.
Studying online information integrity and platform governance with the Center for an Informed Public (@cip.uw.edu).
Offline, catch me in the Cascades 🏔️.
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Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
June 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
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But NYT has decided this is just not newsworthy.
June 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
But NYT has decided this is just not newsworthy.
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🎯
This is no longer left vs. right.
It’s democracy vs. autocracy.
Everyone must pick a side.
We choose democracy.
Join us on 4/19.
It’s democracy vs. autocracy.
Everyone must pick a side.
We choose democracy.
Join us on 4/19.
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎯
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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you're free to cover whatever topic you wish, as long as it's the topic I want. that topic? freedom
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
you're free to cover whatever topic you wish, as long as it's the topic I want. that topic? freedom
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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
"activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately"
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority | CNN Politics
Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rel...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
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Politicians are by and large not movement leaders - they are the ones who see where the movements, and votes, are going.
That's a feature and not a bug - so be the movement they will need to follow, and be accountable to.
That's a feature and not a bug - so be the movement they will need to follow, and be accountable to.
For those asking where the Dems are, I might suggest: the right didn’t wait on the Republicans. They plotted the course & the Republicans followed, at first in small packs, but eventually all falling in line. The left may have to do something similar. Don’t wait on “the Democrats”. Show them the way
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Politicians are by and large not movement leaders - they are the ones who see where the movements, and votes, are going.
That's a feature and not a bug - so be the movement they will need to follow, and be accountable to.
That's a feature and not a bug - so be the movement they will need to follow, and be accountable to.
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"We don't get in the business of litigating what's right or wrong, we get in the business of executing what we're instructed to do." The Nuremberg defense coming directly from the COO of Fermilab.
February 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"We don't get in the business of litigating what's right or wrong, we get in the business of executing what we're instructed to do." The Nuremberg defense coming directly from the COO of Fermilab.
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After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
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Musk has received $13B in government contracts over the last 5 yrs. With all his fuss about the $9B/yr in overhead to the more than 2,500 universities conducting lifesaving research, I am curious when he is going to turn DOGE on his own contracts and ‘efficiencies’.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Musk has received $13B in government contracts over the last 5 yrs. With all his fuss about the $9B/yr in overhead to the more than 2,500 universities conducting lifesaving research, I am curious when he is going to turn DOGE on his own contracts and ‘efficiencies’.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
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"Research is my passion"
February 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Research is my passion"
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Olympia WA. More people than I expected!
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Olympia WA. More people than I expected!
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Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.
Academics rn waiting on an NSF webpage to dole out their fate instead of organizing in any coherent fashion.
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Academics rn waiting on an NSF webpage to dole out their fate instead of organizing in any coherent fashion.
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When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up
January 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up
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Today is the #FAccT2025 abstract deadline! 🤩
Get your abstracts in by 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth.
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Get your abstracts in by 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth.
time.is/Anywhere_on_...
January 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today is the #FAccT2025 abstract deadline! 🤩
Get your abstracts in by 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth.
time.is/Anywhere_on_...
Get your abstracts in by 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth.
time.is/Anywhere_on_...
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Great news! CIP now has a starter pack that showcases our current and past team members! Give them a follow!
November 26, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Great news! CIP now has a starter pack that showcases our current and past team members! Give them a follow!