Becky O’Donoghue
@rebeko.bsky.social
Parent, postsecondary education researcher
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My incredible colleagues Jonathan Lowe and DeShawn Preston on strengthening student supports at Dallas College! Shout out, also, to @ceh0.bsky.social, whose influence on this work shines through 🔦
New from MDRC's Evidence First podcast!
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My incredible colleagues Jonathan Lowe and DeShawn Preston on strengthening student supports at Dallas College! Shout out, also, to @ceh0.bsky.social, whose influence on this work shines through 🔦
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I am like the last person in the anti-fracking community to post about this today bc it’s so cowardly, outrageous, and contrary to science that I…can’t even.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I am like the last person in the anti-fracking community to post about this today bc it’s so cowardly, outrageous, and contrary to science that I…can’t even.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
NY Gov Kathy Hochul just APPROVED both the NESE fracked gas pipeline pushed by Trump AND the fracked gas Bitcoin monstrosity at Seneca Lake.
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New from MDRC's Evidence First podcast!
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New from MDRC's Evidence First podcast!
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
Partnering with College Systems to Support Students:
A Conversation with Jonathan Lowe of @dallascollegetx.bsky.social & MDRC's DeShawn Preston
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Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
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their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts
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October 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Past administrations used #SNAP contingency funds to prevent benefit gaps. Despite clear legal authority, the current Administration refuses to do, putting 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past
The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
www.cbpp.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Past administrations used #SNAP contingency funds to prevent benefit gaps. Despite clear legal authority, the current Administration refuses to do, putting 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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As utility bills rise nationwide, the Trump administration is forcing retiring coal plants to keep operating and fast-tracking oil and gas projects, while trying to halt clean energy projects like solar and offshore wind. But clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels.
Energy Bills Are Soaring in America’s Coal Capital
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As utility bills rise nationwide, the Trump administration is forcing retiring coal plants to keep operating and fast-tracking oil and gas projects, while trying to halt clean energy projects like solar and offshore wind. But clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels.
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
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Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska
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Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Researchers, Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved ...
www.insidehighered.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
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When it comes toTrump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point, but anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
American Gulag
The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.
www.motherjones.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When it comes toTrump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point, but anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.
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This decision means SNAP participants who live in areas where jobs are scarce in CA, CT, DC, GU, IL, KY, MI, MT, MN, ND, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, VI, and WA will be at risk of being cut off SNAP by the program's harsh & ineffective work requirement even earlier than anticipated.
The megabill limited states’ ability to request waivers of this work requirement in areas with few jobs. But citing no legal authority, USDA announced on Friday that they will be revoking previously approved waivers in 30 days, accelerating this harsh policy in many states.
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This decision means SNAP participants who live in areas where jobs are scarce in CA, CT, DC, GU, IL, KY, MI, MT, MN, ND, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, VI, and WA will be at risk of being cut off SNAP by the program's harsh & ineffective work requirement even earlier than anticipated.
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in case you want some non bullshit about antifa here is something i wrote
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
We Keep Us Safe: On Antifa
This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...
buttondown.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
in case you want some non bullshit about antifa here is something i wrote
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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The Boundary Waters is an irreplaceable ecosystem of interconnected islands, lakes, and rivers.
But a proposed sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into these treasured waters.
But a proposed sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into these treasured waters.
A mining threat returns to the nation’s most visited wilderness
A sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into the Boundary Waters.
earthjustice.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The Boundary Waters is an irreplaceable ecosystem of interconnected islands, lakes, and rivers.
But a proposed sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into these treasured waters.
But a proposed sulfide-ore copper mine could bring irreversible pollution to the rivers and streams flowing into these treasured waters.
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Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.
October 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...