Ricky Roo
@rickyroo.bsky.social
• antizionist • antifascist • transgender nightmare • queer & trans health researcher • defunded by trump • very unprofessional account • jewish + staying חַי • OK + NM + CHI • 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ✡️ •
• get me outta here 🛸🛸🛸 •
• get me outta here 🛸🛸🛸 •
these people are literal nazis
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
these people are literal nazis
putting in the order request RIGHT. NOW.
Happy Book Day to me & @kevinlferguson.bsky.social & please have your school's library grab a copy of GENERATION X from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
putting in the order request RIGHT. NOW.
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Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
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at this point we need to call out the collaborators and enablers
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
teams that could have made revisions to build fundable applications will never get the chance to be mentored and grow because this administration hates knowledge
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
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this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
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Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
at this point we need to call out the collaborators and enablers
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
teams that could have made revisions to build fundable applications will never get the chance to be mentored and grow because this administration hates knowledge
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
teams that could have made revisions to build fundable applications will never get the chance to be mentored and grow because this administration hates knowledge
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
it’s so wild that program officers, some of the most experienced and knowledgeable civil servants, have been thrown into the fucking fire.
strip me of my funding, sure.
placing POs on administrative leave with no explanation?
things are somehow still getting worse.
strip me of my funding, sure.
placing POs on administrative leave with no explanation?
things are somehow still getting worse.
Who is Jenna Norton? Jenna is a friend + program officer who chose to speak, in her personal capacity, about the destruction going on at NIH. She was just placed on administrative leave; no reason was provided. Free speech? Not in this country anymore www.instagram.com/reel/DRA3e8-...
undefined on Instagram: "jmnortonI guess I hit a nerve because they just put me on “non disciplinary” admin leave. But let me be clear: this is retaliation …"
jmnortonI guess I hit a nerve because they just put me on “non disciplinary” admin leave. But let me be clear: this is retaliation for asserting my right to free speech guaranteed nder Pickering vs Board of Education.
www.instagram.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
it’s so wild that program officers, some of the most experienced and knowledgeable civil servants, have been thrown into the fucking fire.
strip me of my funding, sure.
placing POs on administrative leave with no explanation?
things are somehow still getting worse.
strip me of my funding, sure.
placing POs on administrative leave with no explanation?
things are somehow still getting worse.
enjoy destroying the biomedical research enterprise
god the stupidest, most racist people really do have the keys right now
god the stupidest, most racist people really do have the keys right now
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
enjoy destroying the biomedical research enterprise
god the stupidest, most racist people really do have the keys right now
god the stupidest, most racist people really do have the keys right now
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James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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G E N E R A L
S T R I K E
S T R I K E
What are voters supposed to do when neither of the parties are listening to them?
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
G E N E R A L
S T R I K E
S T R I K E
and for what? honestly. just bad decisions everywhere.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
and for what? honestly. just bad decisions everywhere.
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We have taken products off the market for being far less dangerous. We also have a clear signal that all the money we’re dumping into AI could be better spent addressing a serious mental health crisis.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have taken products off the market for being far less dangerous. We also have a clear signal that all the money we’re dumping into AI could be better spent addressing a serious mental health crisis.
this this this this this this
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
this this this this this this
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“AI views both suffering and care as computational problems.” 😮💨
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“AI views both suffering and care as computational problems.” 😮💨
this is sad as fuck
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
this is sad as fuck
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The Feds arent going to leave LA until at least 2028. The city is obligated to allow ICE / DHS / CBP to operate within the city due to 28 Olympics being a National Special Security Event (NSSE). Fascists are not going anywhere. No one is coming to save us except ourselves.
In case you didn’t know:
In case you didn’t know:
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The Feds arent going to leave LA until at least 2028. The city is obligated to allow ICE / DHS / CBP to operate within the city due to 28 Olympics being a National Special Security Event (NSSE). Fascists are not going anywhere. No one is coming to save us except ourselves.
In case you didn’t know:
In case you didn’t know:
hit em with a Jenna Maroney “Kill Yourself” meme and leave it at that
I love Bluesky because it's often fun but I hate it because I had to read a post where someone called Leslie Knope a neocon shill and to you I say it is a television show and it absolutely does not matter you sound like a maniac
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
hit em with a Jenna Maroney “Kill Yourself” meme and leave it at that
god bless data scientists for having the numbers and analyzing them
this administration will lie to you at every turn
this administration will lie to you at every turn
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
god bless data scientists for having the numbers and analyzing them
this administration will lie to you at every turn
this administration will lie to you at every turn
it’s so wild that it just seems like they’re never going to leave
and they’re gonna do this sort of creep across the country and it’ll just become normalized
none of this is normal
and they’re gonna do this sort of creep across the country and it’ll just become normalized
none of this is normal
Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.
Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
it’s so wild that it just seems like they’re never going to leave
and they’re gonna do this sort of creep across the country and it’ll just become normalized
none of this is normal
and they’re gonna do this sort of creep across the country and it’ll just become normalized
none of this is normal
ready to cast my vote goddamn it
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
ready to cast my vote goddamn it
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This would mean more if Illinois state police weren't harassing protestors.
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This would mean more if Illinois state police weren't harassing protestors.
Heather Dyche Accepts Opportunity with U.S. Soccer After 11 Remarkable Seasons Leading the Lobos
golobos.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
it’s impossible for anyone to hate trans people after they meet me 😇
I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
it’s impossible for anyone to hate trans people after they meet me 😇
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Too many of these election roundups are omitting Mary's landslide victory. Fortunately, Chicago sees Detroit (and always has):
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
City Council President Mary Sheffield wins election to become Detroit’s first female mayor
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Too many of these election roundups are omitting Mary's landslide victory. Fortunately, Chicago sees Detroit (and always has):
critical thinking abt certain ideas only
2/ As a former college professor, I now believe college isn't as important as I once thought it was. What's important is critical thinking, and the universities try to suppress that.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
critical thinking abt certain ideas only
leadership is so reliant on their algorithms and echo chambers. if they spent ANY time in their homes and with their constituencies, they’d understand that these politics can win anyfuckingwhere. you just have to give people the option.
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
leadership is so reliant on their algorithms and echo chambers. if they spent ANY time in their homes and with their constituencies, they’d understand that these politics can win anyfuckingwhere. you just have to give people the option.