Liz Neeley
@lizneeley.bsky.social
Founder of Liminal (LiminalCreations.com) & co-founder of Unbreaking (Unbreaking.org) Focused on turning knowledge into action. #science #communication #sensemaking #scicomm She/her. Married to Ed Yong.
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Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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This connection isn’t articulated often enough.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This connection isn’t articulated often enough.
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We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Oh this 🧵 is SO interesting!
In 2016, fed up by a Strava map plastered with the records of a convicted doper, the soon-to-retire pro cyclist Phil Gaimon dedicated a month to wiping the record clean.
He went to every climb & took away the KOM, as is only possible with rivalrous goods.
velo.outsideonline.com/2016/12/gaim...
He went to every climb & took away the KOM, as is only possible with rivalrous goods.
velo.outsideonline.com/2016/12/gaim...
Gaimon begins retirement by hunting banned rider's Strava KOMs
Shortly before 10am, the cyclist on the lime green Cannondale EVO carved right off of Sunset Boulevard onto Mandeville Canyon Road. Los Angeles was cool
velo.outsideonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Oh this 🧵 is SO interesting!
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A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock
When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, November 6 — Unbreaking
Unbreaking is built to be an antidote to information overload. Since we launched, we have been meticulously documenting lawsuits, executive orders, court rulings, countermoves, and other key events.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Interesting 🧵 on this 25-yr old (!) paper on “social translucence” dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Interesting 🧵 on this 25-yr old (!) paper on “social translucence” dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
You did it @louierivers3.bsky.social !!!
Amid all happy election results tonight, here’s one that’s giving me joy: my friend & colleague @louierivers3.bsky.social was elected to the Chapel Hill city council!
“His campaign priorities included preparing for climate change, expanding housing opportunities and expanding community engagement.”
“His campaign priorities included preparing for climate change, expanding housing opportunities and expanding community engagement.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You did it @louierivers3.bsky.social !!!
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Now comes the even harder work. But for tonight, let's celebrate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Now comes the even harder work. But for tonight, let's celebrate.
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HCI, Infosci, Comm folks, what are your favorite readings for gradstudents on how to choose a scholarly community, and how to choose where to publish?
Assembling some notes on this and would love to know about your favorite reads on this.
Assembling some notes on this and would love to know about your favorite reads on this.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
HCI, Infosci, Comm folks, what are your favorite readings for gradstudents on how to choose a scholarly community, and how to choose where to publish?
Assembling some notes on this and would love to know about your favorite reads on this.
Assembling some notes on this and would love to know about your favorite reads on this.
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Perhaps relevant today, a framework for understanding how many election rumors mislead.
The 2024 election is upon us. Millions of ballots have already been cast. Mail-in ballots are being returned. Early voting is taking place. And dozens of rumors are spreading. So, let me re-introduce our framework for diagnosing how many “evidence-based” rumors mislead:
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Perhaps relevant today, a framework for understanding how many election rumors mislead.
New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
The CDC Data Project
In the proposed FY26 budget, programs that help Americans live safer, healthier, longer lives are on the chopping block.
www.cdcdataproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New-to-me but very helpful visualizations how all the actions of the past ten months are affecting the CDC www.cdcdataproject.org
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The response by @utaustinaaup.bsky.social to UT Austin's new "Academic Integrity" statement is good.
"The statement contributes to a climate of fear that is not conducive to high quality education."
"The statement contributes to a climate of fear that is not conducive to high quality education."
Press Release: AAUP at UT Austin Expresses Concerns about UT’s “Statement on Academic Integrity”
Austin, TX November 3, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karma Chávez, 480-586-5848, karmachavez@gmail.com Polly Strong, strongpolly@gmail.com AAUP at UT Austin Expresses Concerns about UT’s “Sta…
aaup-utaustin.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The response by @utaustinaaup.bsky.social to UT Austin's new "Academic Integrity" statement is good.
"The statement contributes to a climate of fear that is not conducive to high quality education."
"The statement contributes to a climate of fear that is not conducive to high quality education."
I was in a meeting when this news was shared so I quite literally watched my own jaw drop.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I was in a meeting when this news was shared so I quite literally watched my own jaw drop.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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My university sent out an email at 8 AM this morning asking that we pause all spending of federal grant funds except for payroll due to the government shutdown (with some exceptions). Is this happening elsewhere?
November 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My university sent out an email at 8 AM this morning asking that we pause all spending of federal grant funds except for payroll due to the government shutdown (with some exceptions). Is this happening elsewhere?
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For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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The newer mpox variant is spreading undetected in some communities, California announced a few weeks ago. This variant has spread equally among men and women in central and eastern Africa -- but it's too soon to tell if that will be the case in the US. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected
Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communities
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The newer mpox variant is spreading undetected in some communities, California announced a few weeks ago. This variant has spread equally among men and women in central and eastern Africa -- but it's too soon to tell if that will be the case in the US. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 41
October 25-31 - a seasonal shift
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For 41 weeks now, I’ve been sitting down every Friday night to chronicle the damage this administration is doing to science & higher ed.
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
We must stay focused. We’re in this for the long haul. We are finding ways not just to block them, but build something better.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
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Good privacy decisions begin with proper knowledge about your situation—and we’ve got you covered. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Privacy Loves Company
Most of the internet’s blessings—the opportunities for communities to connect despite physical borders and oppressive controls, the avenues to hold the powerful accountable without immediate
www.eff.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good privacy decisions begin with proper knowledge about your situation—and we’ve got you covered. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
Food Safety: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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US judge extends block on Trump's mass layoffs during shutdown reut.rs/47yx0Hr
US judge extends block on Trump's mass layoffs during shutdown
A federal judge on Tuesday further blocked President Donald Trump's administration from following through on plans to lay off thousands of federal employees amid a nearly month-long partial government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
US judge extends block on Trump's mass layoffs during shutdown reut.rs/47yx0Hr
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Once again the GOP is weaponizing the complexity and nuances of scientific and statistical processes to sow confusion for political gain.
www.wired.com/story/republ...
www.wired.com/story/republ...
The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk
A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Once again the GOP is weaponizing the complexity and nuances of scientific and statistical processes to sow confusion for political gain.
www.wired.com/story/republ...
www.wired.com/story/republ...
I’ve been talking about inoculation/prebunking in our trainings. The idea is that we can defang misinformation by tipping people off to it in advance. It is conceptually appealing & relatively easy to operationalize.
This is a *very* welcome analysis that I look forward to reading.
This is a *very* welcome analysis that I look forward to reading.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I’ve been talking about inoculation/prebunking in our trainings. The idea is that we can defang misinformation by tipping people off to it in advance. It is conceptually appealing & relatively easy to operationalize.
This is a *very* welcome analysis that I look forward to reading.
This is a *very* welcome analysis that I look forward to reading.