Heather
@cerrdwyn.bsky.social
Geeky kid moving soon to New Hampshire.
My cats are my joy. Autistic. Queer. Pagan. Gamer chick. Nature lover. My fellow white women give me a headache.
Liberal. Hillary was right. Kamala was amazing. I'm still with both
My cats are my joy. Autistic. Queer. Pagan. Gamer chick. Nature lover. My fellow white women give me a headache.
Liberal. Hillary was right. Kamala was amazing. I'm still with both
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potential message: the GOP just raised taxes by $6 trillion
potential message: the GOP is kidnapping and trafficking people for things they MIGHT say
dem message: the GOP might be insider trading—a thing you associate nancy pelosi with—and we're sending them a nice letter asking them for evidence
potential message: the GOP is kidnapping and trafficking people for things they MIGHT say
dem message: the GOP might be insider trading—a thing you associate nancy pelosi with—and we're sending them a nice letter asking them for evidence
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
potential message: the GOP just raised taxes by $6 trillion
potential message: the GOP is kidnapping and trafficking people for things they MIGHT say
dem message: the GOP might be insider trading—a thing you associate nancy pelosi with—and we're sending them a nice letter asking them for evidence
potential message: the GOP is kidnapping and trafficking people for things they MIGHT say
dem message: the GOP might be insider trading—a thing you associate nancy pelosi with—and we're sending them a nice letter asking them for evidence
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.
March 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.
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Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Was Pete Hegseth drunk when he added a journalist to a group chat where Trump officials were discussing Top-secret plans for upcoming attacks on the Houthis?
The Senate Armed Services Committee should immediately call him to testify at a hearing on the matter.
The Senate Armed Services Committee should immediately call him to testify at a hearing on the matter.
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Was Pete Hegseth drunk when he added a journalist to a group chat where Trump officials were discussing Top-secret plans for upcoming attacks on the Houthis?
The Senate Armed Services Committee should immediately call him to testify at a hearing on the matter.
The Senate Armed Services Committee should immediately call him to testify at a hearing on the matter.
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When you go to these protests, please do not use AirBnB
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you go to these protests, please do not use AirBnB
How's this making America Great again? Someone, tell me.
February 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How's this making America Great again? Someone, tell me.
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If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you live in:
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
● Alaska
● Alabama
● Arkansas
● Florida
● Georgia
● Indiana
● Iowa
● Kansas
● Louisiana
● Missouri
● Montana
● Nebraska
● South Carolina
● South Dakota
● Texas
● Utah
● West Virginia
You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case.
dredf.org/protect-504/
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”What we’re seeing: deliberately obscured payment-blocking capabilities being added to absolutely critical government infrastructure by an inexperienced developer with minimal oversight. In cybersecurity terms, that’s not just a backdoor — it’s flashing warning lights of an approaching catastrophe.”
February 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
”What we’re seeing: deliberately obscured payment-blocking capabilities being added to absolutely critical government infrastructure by an inexperienced developer with minimal oversight. In cybersecurity terms, that’s not just a backdoor — it’s flashing warning lights of an approaching catastrophe.”
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Costco is definitely the place to shop. Pass it on.
February 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Costco is definitely the place to shop. Pass it on.
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a court order is well and good, but unless someone’s there to block the fucking door, elon musk’s incel clown posse are going to bust through regardless.
February 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
a court order is well and good, but unless someone’s there to block the fucking door, elon musk’s incel clown posse are going to bust through regardless.
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I know I’m not a fancy political strategist but I’ve just got this slight feeling that “look at what hypocrites Republicans are on trade policy” might not be as effective a message to the average voter as “your kids might die because Donald Trump thinks it’s okay to feed cows chicken shit”
February 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I know I’m not a fancy political strategist but I’ve just got this slight feeling that “look at what hypocrites Republicans are on trade policy” might not be as effective a message to the average voter as “your kids might die because Donald Trump thinks it’s okay to feed cows chicken shit”
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"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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"Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions. In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity" www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Each year, NIH awards over 60,000 grants that directly support more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 different institutions. In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity" www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
The cruelty is the point.
The Trump Administration just cut billions of dollars from biomedical funding.
Because who wants to cure cancer? 🤷♂️
Because who wants to cure cancer? 🤷♂️
February 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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There's something so pernicious about the assertion that not-yet-teen girls should be forced into motherhood, and that Black children can be tried as adults, and yet that white men who are 25 should be coddled because they're just babies (who really like eugenics).
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There's something so pernicious about the assertion that not-yet-teen girls should be forced into motherhood, and that Black children can be tried as adults, and yet that white men who are 25 should be coddled because they're just babies (who really like eugenics).
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.
February 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.
This is fucking horrifying, and sad. The cruelty is the point with Trump and co, and it makes me despise him more.
February 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is fucking horrifying, and sad. The cruelty is the point with Trump and co, and it makes me despise him more.
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I gave the article a nice long 18th century-style title:
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
November 5, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I gave the article a nice long 18th century-style title:
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
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WE TOLD YOU, but all you wanted to do was call Joe and Kamala names. What a marvelous strategy, you're all brilliant.
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
WE TOLD YOU, but all you wanted to do was call Joe and Kamala names. What a marvelous strategy, you're all brilliant.
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social