Nancy R. Curtis
@oponiak.bsky.social
Rebuilding will be a slow process. Seasonal avatars for a while. she/her/Ms.
Academic STEM librarian. Meningioma survivor, ~14h craniotomy @MGH. Opinions only.
Academic STEM librarian. Meningioma survivor, ~14h craniotomy @MGH. Opinions only.
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Nancy R. Curtis
@oponiak.bsky.social
· Feb 2
We’re basically accelerating the historic trajectory of England: from center of a global empire to a much-diminished country grappling w/ social & economic fallout from Brexit.
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18 U.S. Code § 1073 - Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
www.law.cornell.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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When you flee one state to another to avoid giving testimony and/or being prosecuted, there’s a name for that.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
When you flee one state to another to avoid giving testimony and/or being prosecuted, there’s a name for that.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
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The earlier in life you learn to kill your cringe, the better off you'll be, but this becomes REALLY apparent in middle age. "Oh but I can't do X!" Why the fuck not? If it's not hurting anybody, just go do it. Life is short enough. Be happy.
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The earlier in life you learn to kill your cringe, the better off you'll be, but this becomes REALLY apparent in middle age. "Oh but I can't do X!" Why the fuck not? If it's not hurting anybody, just go do it. Life is short enough. Be happy.
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The NASA Technical Report Server is not being updated due to funding cuts. This is a disaster. 🧪 🔭
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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The NASA Technical Report Server is not being updated due to funding cuts. This is a disaster. 🧪 🔭
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The NASA Technical Report Server is not being updated due to funding cuts. This is a disaster. 🧪 🔭
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Not the main thing here.
But did anyone notice that the courts did not, in fact, stop functioning during the shutdown?
Remember that was the big rationale not to shutdown in March?
But did anyone notice that the courts did not, in fact, stop functioning during the shutdown?
Remember that was the big rationale not to shutdown in March?
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not the main thing here.
But did anyone notice that the courts did not, in fact, stop functioning during the shutdown?
Remember that was the big rationale not to shutdown in March?
But did anyone notice that the courts did not, in fact, stop functioning during the shutdown?
Remember that was the big rationale not to shutdown in March?
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
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It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
these services. But Medicaid DOES. And so does the ACA. ACA gave states increased funding in order to expand their HCBS services (I’ll do a thread on HCBS to highlight these services) including LTSS.
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
Alt: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
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When Trump wants to pardon a drug trafficker, befriend a terrorist, or praise a dictator because they did something to benefit him personally, when confronted with their past crimes he always either minimizes them or claims that they were treated unfairly. While Republicans just go along with it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When Trump wants to pardon a drug trafficker, befriend a terrorist, or praise a dictator because they did something to benefit him personally, when confronted with their past crimes he always either minimizes them or claims that they were treated unfairly. While Republicans just go along with it.
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Joyce Carol Oates for the win.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Joyce Carol Oates for the win.
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Please take some time to learn about HCBS and LTSS. I was completely ignorant to these things and they are so so critical to those who receive these waivers and services.
The things that arent required by law are the first to lose funding when states are forced to choose how to fill funding gaps.
The things that arent required by law are the first to lose funding when states are forced to choose how to fill funding gaps.
I’m going to rant and rave A LOT about how there are (almost certainly) going to be major cuts to state provided HCBS.
(Home and Community Based Services, separate from mandated Long Term Services/Supports)
Why not give ya a quick breakdown of what some of those community focused programs are!?
(Home and Community Based Services, separate from mandated Long Term Services/Supports)
Why not give ya a quick breakdown of what some of those community focused programs are!?
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Please take some time to learn about HCBS and LTSS. I was completely ignorant to these things and they are so so critical to those who receive these waivers and services.
The things that arent required by law are the first to lose funding when states are forced to choose how to fill funding gaps.
The things that arent required by law are the first to lose funding when states are forced to choose how to fill funding gaps.
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6/6 Join the mission! We are a nonprofit organization driven by volunteers. Visit our website to explore the Database or volunteer your legal research time. You can also support us financially here: donate.stripe.com/fZueVedjk2cC...
Stripe Checkout
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November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
6/6 Join the mission! We are a nonprofit organization driven by volunteers. Visit our website to explore the Database or volunteer your legal research time. You can also support us financially here: donate.stripe.com/fZueVedjk2cC...
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5/6 This resource is crucial for reporters, researchers, and state bar officials to maintain legal profession integrity. It is also a crucial resource to the public. If government lawyers misbehave, we need to know!
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
5/6 This resource is crucial for reporters, researchers, and state bar officials to maintain legal profession integrity. It is also a crucial resource to the public. If government lawyers misbehave, we need to know!
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4/6 The Database tracks seven categories of misconduct, but also celebrates "Defenders of the Rule of Law": government lawyers who show legal courage and integrity, refusing pressure from superiors to make arguments unsupported by fact or law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
4/6 The Database tracks seven categories of misconduct, but also celebrates "Defenders of the Rule of Law": government lawyers who show legal courage and integrity, refusing pressure from superiors to make arguments unsupported by fact or law.
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3/6 GLOW fills that gap. With The Government Lawyers Database, we create accountability through transparency. There is now a searchable record documenting government attorneys' behavior.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
3/6 GLOW fills that gap. With The Government Lawyers Database, we create accountability through transparency. There is now a searchable record documenting government attorneys' behavior.
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2/6 It's the first-ever public record of U.S. Executive Branch attorneys’ conduct. The core problem: Government lawyers have a fundamental duty to the rule of law, but recent events have shown that some prefer the rule of a person. There is no effective accountability mechanism when this happens.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
2/6 It's the first-ever public record of U.S. Executive Branch attorneys’ conduct. The core problem: Government lawyers have a fundamental duty to the rule of law, but recent events have shown that some prefer the rule of a person. There is no effective accountability mechanism when this happens.
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1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
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Trump literally says "shhhhhhhh" after Laura Ingraham notes that the cost of beef, coffee, and auto repairs have gone up.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump literally says "shhhhhhhh" after Laura Ingraham notes that the cost of beef, coffee, and auto repairs have gone up.
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🚨ALERT: Large ICE/ federal agent and MPD presence on the 1800 block of Columbia Rd in Adams Morgan. Agents reported to be detaining people, entering buildings, and confiscating scooters. We recommend you avoid this area. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
🚨ALERT: Large ICE/ federal agent and MPD presence on the 1800 block of Columbia Rd in Adams Morgan. Agents reported to be detaining people, entering buildings, and confiscating scooters. We recommend you avoid this area. 1/
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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
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Your periodic reminder that people blithely saying things like 'Shop around!' to minimise price rises almost always relies on women spending large amounts of unpaid time having to go to 6 different places just for groceries. I could list others - so many money-savers are just 'women's free time'
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Your periodic reminder that people blithely saying things like 'Shop around!' to minimise price rises almost always relies on women spending large amounts of unpaid time having to go to 6 different places just for groceries. I could list others - so many money-savers are just 'women's free time'
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attending an international science conference right now is like time traveling to last year's United States 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
attending an international science conference right now is like time traveling to last year's United States 🧪