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Mary Feeney
@mkfeeney.bsky.social
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Professor, traveller, cyclist, skater, science policy junkie. Reluctant Phoenician. Interested in all things public sector

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5h
9. This doesn’t happen if SCOTUS doesn’t decide that they have the unilateral power to amend the Constitution by gutting Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and allow someone who had engaged in insurrection against the United States to hold federal office. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
www.supremecourt.gov

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 6h
The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 10h
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 1d
I always assume it's advancing the classic American commitment to oil & gas. A two part effort: 1) attack renewables & investments in clean energy while 2) initiating wars for oil (Venezuela)
a poster for nextbridge hydrocarbons shows a smoke stack with smoke coming out of it
Alt: a poster for nextbridge hydrocarbons shows a smoke stack with smoke coming out of it "drill baby drill"
media.tenor.com

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 1d
Now imagine what happens in Phoenix when it rains!!! Complete mayhem

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 1d
Governing by social media

Trump freezing a childcare voucher program that serves 1.4 million children with low-income, working parents in response to a silly “influencer” post that provided no coherent evidence.

Agencies focused on making promo videos

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d
The federal government's choices reveal it's doing propaganda operations, not enforcement operations.
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DHS social media videos sparks concerns from legal experts in Minnesota
Social media videos posted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are raising concerns after federal agents were shown going door-to-door at what the agency calls “suspected fraud sites” across M...
kstp.com

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 2d
No Yahoo, your AI message summary was not helpful when it summarized my friend's New Year's email - noting the passing of their dog - as announcing the death of their son!

Note: The email included a picture of the dog, 2012-2025!
Yahoo Email Summary notes the family shares their year's adventures including "a loss of their son"

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Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 2d
Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 2d
Will the Triumphal Arch be done in time for us to shift to building a few fascist soccer stadiums for the World Cup?
Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’
The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.
www.politico.com

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 6d
These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart.

Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7d
More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...
Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn
Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure
www.statnews.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 9d
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.

"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11d
Trump isn’t delivering on affordability or healthcare & keeps enriching himself through corruption

That’s why the American people are rejecting him

He was elected to serve the public, not his own interests

I explained on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 12d
Is Nicki Minaj the new Kanye?

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 12d
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com

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BenInChamonix @beninchamonix.bsky.social · 14d
So 100 years or so of being screwed for basic healthcare.

Why do people accept it? No other country in the world bankrupts its citizens for being sick or injured.

Life in the USA honestly seems like a nightmare to me.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 14d
Of all the statues, why this one?
Old lady maid statue, partially blocking the entry way, in a 7-million dollar, Ann Arbor penthouse loaded with Versailles-like statues, marble floors, gaudy decor, and Versace pieces

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 14d
Google Scholar is loading up with AI hallucinations - does this mean we need to limit ourselves to Scopus (or another library based citation system) for future P&T assessments?
benpatrickwill.bsky.social Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 15d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 14d
If we're going to put his name on something, shouldn't it be a thing he has built (not a thing he is actively destroying)? Some possible candidates:
Trump's Alligator Alcatraz
The Donald J. Trump ICE Squad
The Donald J. Trump Immigrant Detention Center
The Donald J. Trump Citizen Detention Center
ktumulty.bsky.social Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 14d
I'm no history expert but am always curious about it. Spent time today digging into the Congressional Record from over 60 years ago. The history behind the naming of the Kennedy Center is especially poignant, so I wanted to share it with our readers. wapo.st/48OyZtb
Analysis | Trump’s predecessors would be unsettled by his naming obsession
The nation’s past chief executives, with rare exceptions, have refrained from slapping their names on things while in office.
wapo.st

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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 14d
I'm no history expert but am always curious about it. Spent time today digging into the Congressional Record from over 60 years ago. The history behind the naming of the Kennedy Center is especially poignant, so I wanted to share it with our readers. wapo.st/48OyZtb
Analysis | Trump’s predecessors would be unsettled by his naming obsession
The nation’s past chief executives, with rare exceptions, have refrained from slapping their names on things while in office.
wapo.st

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 15d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 15d
Audience out there cheering the loss of government services...

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 15d
Gutting research funds to American universities while sending $1.6 million to quacks in Denmark to experiment on vulnerable populations in Guinea-Bissau. RFK Jr really delivering on that America First agenda!
lizszabo.bsky.social Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 16d
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 16d
almost to a student, they reported regular use of AI systems—even the students most loudly and vocally "anti" AI had carved out exceptions—to paint with too broad a brush, students saw their own use of AI as considered, moderate, & defensible while other people’s was lazy, dangerous, condemnable+

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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 16d
NSF bio hour - NSF BIO lost 40% of its staff 😑

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Popular Science @popsci.com · 16d
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16d
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.

That's why he wants to just make the bus free.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 16d
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu