Dr. Michael Shank
@michaeljohnshank.bsky.social
Striving to build an accessible bridge between science/policy and the public’s understanding of, engagement with, and co-creation and co-ownership of that science and policy. www.michaelshank.tv
This is how you do it. “Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.” By Jamila Raqib with the Albert Einstein Institution
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The playbook of every successful nonviolent struggle
Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is how you do it. “Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.” By Jamila Raqib with the Albert Einstein Institution
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Love seeing it. “Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid.”
By Rachel Leingang in The Guardian
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By Rachel Leingang in The Guardian
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A groundswell of activism takes hold in the US: ‘We are a bridge to the future’
Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid
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November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Love seeing it. “Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid.”
By Rachel Leingang in The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
By Rachel Leingang in The Guardian
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Fascinating. “Neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.”
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Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending | CNN Politics
Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fascinating. “Neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance were invited to Cheney’s funeral, according to a source familiar with the matter.”
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LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. And look at the win-win-win. “Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.”
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. And look at the win-win-win. “Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.”
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We saw Trump despicably attack two female reporters. Yet not one member of the corporate media at those events stood up for these reporters. That is both inexcusable and tells you so much about the horrible state of corporate media. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-tras...
Trump trashing female reporters was despicable. The other reporters not standing up to Trump was inexcusable
Corporate media failed us again
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November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We saw Trump despicably attack two female reporters. Yet not one member of the corporate media at those events stood up for these reporters. That is both inexcusable and tells you so much about the horrible state of corporate media. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-tras...
Love this. Lead on, students. Here’s to all of running for office someday soon, too. This is leadership.
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Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Love this. Lead on, students. Here’s to all of running for office someday soon, too. This is leadership.
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As Trump wages a war against diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI, Chicago Women in Trades is fighting back in court, both for its own preservation and for the movement.
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How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As Trump wages a war against diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI, Chicago Women in Trades is fighting back in court, both for its own preservation and for the movement.
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New research shared with The New York Times estimates the extent to which rising home insurance premiums, driven higher by climate change, are cascading into the broader real estate market and eating into home values in the most disaster-prone areas.
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Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New research shared with The New York Times estimates the extent to which rising home insurance premiums, driven higher by climate change, are cascading into the broader real estate market and eating into home values in the most disaster-prone areas.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
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he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Meanwhile: The European Union has already banned many PFAS in pesticides, including two of the chemicals most used on California crops – bifenthrin and trifluralin.
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California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Meanwhile: The European Union has already banned many PFAS in pesticides, including two of the chemicals most used on California crops – bifenthrin and trifluralin.
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This lands.
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This lands.
Love the creative protest against AI. The former Beatle is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
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Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
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November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Love the creative protest against AI. The former Beatle is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
“There are about 1,000 of us…”
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“There are about 1,000 of us…”
Love it. In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
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'They Are Over It': The Trump Backlash Quietly Underway
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Love it. In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Arts for the win again. A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
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Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Arts for the win again. A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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Love this. In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
'They Are Over It': The Trump Backlash Quietly Underway
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Love this. In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
@mwuerker.bsky.social nails it again.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@mwuerker.bsky.social nails it again.
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Chris Murphy: "I don't think anybody with ambition right now should be planning on running for president in 2028 because we might not have a free and fair election in 2028. We all have to be in the business of saving our democracy right now."
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Chris Murphy: "I don't think anybody with ambition right now should be planning on running for president in 2028 because we might not have a free and fair election in 2028. We all have to be in the business of saving our democracy right now."
This lands.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This lands.
“I went on a solo trip to Copenhagen, one of the world's happiest cities. I can see how the emphasis on biking and walking can have positive benefits for locals. My trip inspired me to declutter, eat more local and fresh ingredients, and use saunas.”
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After spending a week in the world's happiest city, I've taken 5 key lessons back to the US
I'm an American who traveled to Copenhagen, the world's happiest city. I saw why locals are so happy and brought lessons and habits back to the US.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“I went on a solo trip to Copenhagen, one of the world's happiest cities. I can see how the emphasis on biking and walking can have positive benefits for locals. My trip inspired me to declutter, eat more local and fresh ingredients, and use saunas.”
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NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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Trump Organization Sought Record Number Of Foreign Workers In 2025
Labor Department data show President Donald Trump’s businesses applied to hire at least 184 foreign workers for seasonal jobs at golf courses, a winery and Mar–a-Lago.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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"Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans rights are human rights," writes Tai Ericson's website.
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Artist repurposes Harry Potter books to honour murdered trans people, in defiant message to JK Rowling
Tai Ericson turns Harry Potter books into portraits of murdered trans people in protest of JK Rowling anti-trans rhetoric.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans rights are human rights," writes Tai Ericson's website.
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