Afro Tapp
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The volunteers are just as determined despite the reality of the dangers they may face, Mauricio Morales writes.
Dispatch from Sumud Flotilla: Sailing into ‘yellow zone’ en route to Gaza
The volunteers are just as determined despite the reality of the dangers they may face, Mauricio Morales writes.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The volunteers are just as determined despite the reality of the dangers they may face, Mauricio Morales writes.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Not just in acting, a number of fields. www.instagram.com/reel/DJHqYRb...
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May 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is a great start. Thanks John. 46 Lisa Stone Martin发布了一篇小红书笔记，快来看吧！ 😆 5O07XT0eQHJCvHz 😆 xhslink.com/a/d6hUIhCgmP...
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Crucial training pipeline for Deaf scientists dismantled by NIH funding cuts | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Crucial training pipeline for Deaf scientists dismantled by NIH funding cuts
The one-of-a-kind initiative offered support from high school to postdoctoral levels
www.science.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Crucial training pipeline for Deaf scientists dismantled by NIH funding cuts | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
This is very interesting.
The ongoing archaeological work may finally produce the military honors the soldiers are entitled to. 🏺🧪
Mass grave of Black Union soldiers slaughtered during the Civil War may lie under a Kentucky soybean field, high-tech scans reveal
Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.
www.livescience.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is very interesting.
This is where we are. Explains the Southern strategy and how we have gotten here. youtube.com/shorts/63EF1...
The #1 Weapon Narcissist Used to Control You | Chase Hughes
YouTube video by Marc The Beginning
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May 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is where we are. Explains the Southern strategy and how we have gotten here. youtube.com/shorts/63EF1...
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H/t and thanks to @louiseseamster.bsky.social for talking to me about her work in this area…
But I am not joking. We don’t need to just remove pipes or test water to protect these kids. We need to prosecute bad actors. Tax the rich. And enforce existing policies.
But I am not joking. We don’t need to just remove pipes or test water to protect these kids. We need to prosecute bad actors. Tax the rich. And enforce existing policies.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
H/t and thanks to @louiseseamster.bsky.social for talking to me about her work in this area…
But I am not joking. We don’t need to just remove pipes or test water to protect these kids. We need to prosecute bad actors. Tax the rich. And enforce existing policies.
But I am not joking. We don’t need to just remove pipes or test water to protect these kids. We need to prosecute bad actors. Tax the rich. And enforce existing policies.
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*illegally directs
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.wbur.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
*illegally directs
This is true
May 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is true
Been boycotting them since their collusion in the first administration
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Been boycotting them since their collusion in the first administration
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Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview That Sparked Trump Lawsuit Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Outstanding Edited Interview’
Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview That Sparked Trump Lawsuit Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Outstanding Edited Interview’
The 60 Minutes interview that Trump alleges was “deceptively” cut by to favor Kamala Harris is now up for an Emmy.
www.mediaite.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview That Sparked Trump Lawsuit Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Outstanding Edited Interview’
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More insanity.
1. Collaborative research gave us vaccines for Ebola
2. Drugs for HIV
3. Malaria vaccines
4. Researched and enhanced tracking of emerging infectious disease threats.
And much more
This is another damaging own goal.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n...
1. Collaborative research gave us vaccines for Ebola
2. Drugs for HIV
3. Malaria vaccines
4. Researched and enhanced tracking of emerging infectious disease threats.
And much more
This is another damaging own goal.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n...
NIH halts funding for new projects with foreign collaborators, citing national security concerns
NIH announced it will no longer allow subawards to foreign institutions, as part of a national security-minded overhaul to how it manages research funding
www.statnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
More insanity.
1. Collaborative research gave us vaccines for Ebola
2. Drugs for HIV
3. Malaria vaccines
4. Researched and enhanced tracking of emerging infectious disease threats.
And much more
This is another damaging own goal.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n...
1. Collaborative research gave us vaccines for Ebola
2. Drugs for HIV
3. Malaria vaccines
4. Researched and enhanced tracking of emerging infectious disease threats.
And much more
This is another damaging own goal.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/n...
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Angela Davis also said that electing MVP Kamala Harris would open more space for radical struggles. Again, she is far more strategic than you so-called "activists". You all confuse temper tantrums for strategy and activism.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/ange...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/ange...
May 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Angela Davis also said that electing MVP Kamala Harris would open more space for radical struggles. Again, she is far more strategic than you so-called "activists". You all confuse temper tantrums for strategy and activism.
www.peoplesworld.org/article/ange...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/ange...
This should be illegal!
This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
May 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This should be illegal!
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"These bulldozers and vehicles were the backbone of our ability to serve the public, to clear rubble, to rescue survivors. Now, that backbone is broken," said a municipality official.
Israeli army destroys Gaza machinery used for rubble removal and body recovery | The National
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April 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"These bulldozers and vehicles were the backbone of our ability to serve the public, to clear rubble, to rescue survivors. Now, that backbone is broken," said a municipality official.
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"This is classic Trump. You create a crisis, then you say, well, actually, I'm going to back off, and the crisis is over, and you end up with yourself and the country worse than before you started."
@theprospect.bsky.social's Robert Kuttner explains Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs.
@theprospect.bsky.social's Robert Kuttner explains Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs.
April 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"This is classic Trump. You create a crisis, then you say, well, actually, I'm going to back off, and the crisis is over, and you end up with yourself and the country worse than before you started."
@theprospect.bsky.social's Robert Kuttner explains Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs.
@theprospect.bsky.social's Robert Kuttner explains Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs.
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I find this very interesting, similar to the people walking around with constitutions.
If anything, I'm disappointed in the conspiracy theoriests. We have a shadow government run by a billionaire who wants to put an implant in everyone's head, sending people to concentration camps and creating registration lists based upon people's medical history, but we don't hear a peep out of
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I find this very interesting, similar to the people walking around with constitutions.
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"The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline": Update on Abduction & Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk
“The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline”: Update on Abduction & Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk
A federal judge has ordered Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont as she seeks to challenge what her lawyers call her “unconstitutional detention” in an ICE detention center in Louisiana....
www.democracynow.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline": Update on Abduction & Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk
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I'm guessing the Market Gurus have doubts about 90 deals in 90 days.
April 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm guessing the Market Gurus have doubts about 90 deals in 90 days.
Are they going to try and shut down the NY Transit?
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Trump's transportation secretary thinks the New York subway is unsafe. But public transit is actually far safer than driving, in terms of both vehicle fatality and crime rates. Story by me, with graphics by @unamandita.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Are they going to try and shut down the NY Transit?
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🧪 Reports suggest US science agencies are paralyzed by Trump admin cuts and layoffs. Funding limits, staff shortages, and administrative burdens impede research at NIH, NOAA, and EPA, severely impacting operations and morale.
‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies
Researchers who spoke to Nature say they don’t have the money or staff to do fieldwork or process samples.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🧪 Reports suggest US science agencies are paralyzed by Trump admin cuts and layoffs. Funding limits, staff shortages, and administrative burdens impede research at NIH, NOAA, and EPA, severely impacting operations and morale.
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🧪 Reports detail how firms are acquiring legitimate scholarly journals and operating them preditorily, increasing fees and publication volume. This practice has led to these titles being delisted by major databases. #AcademicSky
Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue
Study finds dozens of journals that have hiked their fees and started churning out papers after being acquired by small, recently formed companies.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🧪 Reports detail how firms are acquiring legitimate scholarly journals and operating them preditorily, increasing fees and publication volume. This practice has led to these titles being delisted by major databases. #AcademicSky