Natasha Matos
@natashamatos.bsky.social
Queer mama and educator. Lover of satos and gatos. Creator of art. Listening and resisting.
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Every academic should be making noise about this right now. Your research is not more important than what's happening. This is it. The fight has come to our doorstep and we have to acknowledge it.
"It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country”: Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's ICE detention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtTL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtTL...
‘Flatly authoritarian’: New video shows masked agents arresting Tufts student
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every academic should be making noise about this right now. Your research is not more important than what's happening. This is it. The fight has come to our doorstep and we have to acknowledge it.
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Trump just signed an executive order banning vote by mail and ordering the defunding of any state that does not follow through with it as well as engage in massive voter roll purges.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump just signed an executive order banning vote by mail and ordering the defunding of any state that does not follow through with it as well as engage in massive voter roll purges.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
There won't be free and fair elections ever again. If you're waiting for 2026, it's already too late.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
Proud of my president, Danielle Holley, for speaking truth to power.
Mount Holyoke College president: 'Colleges are not the enemy'
The Trump administration is cracking down on colleges and universities whose behavior it finds objectionable.
www.wbur.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Proud of my president, Danielle Holley, for speaking truth to power.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Despicable.
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Despicable.
This list actually sparked some new ideas for me. Worth the read!
Other ideas for other ways to fight back. If you don't know where to start, pick one of these and do it.
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
March 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This list actually sparked some new ideas for me. Worth the read!
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Beautiful statement of why protesting matters, even if it feels like you aren't making much headway. You're not just speaking to power. You're speaking to others and making it possible for them to join in.
That’s exactly it. People tend to look around to gauge how they should react to an event, like how whenever a fire alarm goes off people look to see if it’s a drill. Protesting tells people “this is an emergency, and you’re not alone if you want to fight.”
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Beautiful statement of why protesting matters, even if it feels like you aren't making much headway. You're not just speaking to power. You're speaking to others and making it possible for them to join in.
Adding to the list of unacceptable…
"non-MH [mental health] VA staff around my cubicle can hear my sessions." The therapist said they were "worried about issues of licensure [and] ethics code violations related to confidentiality."
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Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles
As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...
popular.info
March 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Adding to the list of unacceptable…
So, so proud of my president. THIS is what a leader looks like. 💙🩵
‘No! Here's what we stand for': Western Mass. college leader urges higher ed to stand up to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors have threatened to punish or defund colleges for their diversity programs. Mount Holyoke's President Danielle Holley wants other leaders to fight back.
www.nepm.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
So, so proud of my president. THIS is what a leader looks like. 💙🩵
Have to watch in its entirety. Every. Single. Time. 😍
We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Have to watch in its entirety. Every. Single. Time. 😍
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The hypocrisy is off the charts.
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The hypocrisy is off the charts.
Proud to be an alum of an institution that knows not to comply in advance. And even prouder to work there.
Columbia called the cops on students— *like trump wanted*— & this is how Trump responds.
One should never comply with evil, but if even your complicity with evil will not save you— & it will not— then why comply?
Do not comply; not in advance, not at all. Fight for the right thing, no matter what.
One should never comply with evil, but if even your complicity with evil will not save you— & it will not— then why comply?
Do not comply; not in advance, not at all. Fight for the right thing, no matter what.
Trump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia
<i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Proud to be an alum of an institution that knows not to comply in advance. And even prouder to work there.
The ripples of op-eds in local papers describing the devastating effects of cutting NIH and NSF funding for science research…my op-ed was mentioned by a Nobel Prize winner. 🤯 Thanks to Science Homecoming for starting this movement to bring awareness across the US! @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
Science under siege: The cost of cutting research funding
Science cannot be switched on and off at will, said Nobel laureate Joachim Frank from Great Barrington. Drastic government funding cuts threaten scientific research, slowing medical advancements and i...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The ripples of op-eds in local papers describing the devastating effects of cutting NIH and NSF funding for science research…my op-ed was mentioned by a Nobel Prize winner. 🤯 Thanks to Science Homecoming for starting this movement to bring awareness across the US! @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
"Not Exactly Consequential": NYT Dismisses Trump's War on Trans Americans
After years of trans panic coverage, the paper now claims attacks on trans rights barely matter.
www.readtpa.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
Yes. I think it was a true miss to not acknowledge what is happening in the states right now to the trans community
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yes. I think it was a true miss to not acknowledge what is happening in the states right now to the trans community
March 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What an uplifting start to March. African Caribbean night at Mount Holyoke College. My cheeks hurt from grinning.
March 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What an uplifting start to March. African Caribbean night at Mount Holyoke College. My cheeks hurt from grinning.
This is what the power of love does. Sweet Navidad (aka Navi), found on the street alone with a raging double eye infection in PR. 🇵🇷 She was rescued by the inimitable Dellymar at Santuario de Animales San Francisco de Asís. A little over a year later. 🥹 @drjacksonmatos.bsky.social
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
February 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is what the power of love does. Sweet Navidad (aka Navi), found on the street alone with a raging double eye infection in PR. 🇵🇷 She was rescued by the inimitable Dellymar at Santuario de Animales San Francisco de Asís. A little over a year later. 🥹 @drjacksonmatos.bsky.social
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
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Finally.
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
State Department visa policy could bar trans people from traveling to U.S.
Violations could result in travel bans beyond just athletes
www.the-independent.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Finally.
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.
I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.
It is NOT just for athletes.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Navi and her perfect marble-like cheekies are NOT having this cabinet meeting. Sees right through this crap, even with her damaged eye.
#WhiskerWednesday
#WhiskerWednesday
February 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Navi and her perfect marble-like cheekies are NOT having this cabinet meeting. Sees right through this crap, even with her damaged eye.
#WhiskerWednesday
#WhiskerWednesday
💯. Also, if you haven’t yet watched Fellow Travelers, here is your sign. (It is SO well done)
History is repeating itself.
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
February 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
💯. Also, if you haven’t yet watched Fellow Travelers, here is your sign. (It is SO well done)