Erika Hendra
@ekh77.bsky.social
Community college English Prof; Humanities/ LAS advocate, dog and cat mom; bookworm.
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
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Faculty senates are under attack from new legislation that sidelines faculty voices and undermines academic freedom. The latest AAUP report defends independent, representative governance as essential to higher ed’s integrity. @aaup.org academeblog.org/2025/11/18/i...
In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates
BY AFSHAN JAFAR We have recently seen accelerating legislative and political attacks on faculty governing bodies at state institutions, including legislation recently enacted in Indiana, Ohio, Utah…
academeblog.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Faculty senates are under attack from new legislation that sidelines faculty voices and undermines academic freedom. The latest AAUP report defends independent, representative governance as essential to higher ed’s integrity. @aaup.org academeblog.org/2025/11/18/i...
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NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
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I don’t know what you did to deserve this, America, but Tommy Tuberville might be about to sue you.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I don’t know what you did to deserve this, America, but Tommy Tuberville might be about to sue you.
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Another thing that's happened overnight is we've become fully aware of the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at these talks.
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Another thing that's happened overnight is we've become fully aware of the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at these talks.
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
Just sent this fax to Chuck Schumer, and Kristen Gillibrand is up next. Free and easy, link below, and feel free to steal this script!
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Democrats have spent 38 days trying to lower health care costs and reopen the government. Trump and Republicans completely control this process, and instead of looking for solutions they’ve defunded SNAP, interrupted commercial travel, and pursued political vendettas.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Democrats have spent 38 days trying to lower health care costs and reopen the government. Trump and Republicans completely control this process, and instead of looking for solutions they’ve defunded SNAP, interrupted commercial travel, and pursued political vendettas.
Chef’s kiss* article. My involuntary response to just hearing “The New York Times” is to eyeroll and keep scrolling. This article clarifies the pointed little ways the Times undermines its own integrity.
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 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Chef’s kiss* article. My involuntary response to just hearing “The New York Times” is to eyeroll and keep scrolling. This article clarifies the pointed little ways the Times undermines its own integrity.
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1/ Saw this, wanted to amplify this.
If you go to protests, or demonstrations, or are going to help those under threat from 🧊, or track & record 🧊, BRING A PEN & A NOTEPAD.
If something goes wrong, if you witness something awful, you should take photos and capture video.
But you must TAKE NOTES.
If you go to protests, or demonstrations, or are going to help those under threat from 🧊, or track & record 🧊, BRING A PEN & A NOTEPAD.
If something goes wrong, if you witness something awful, you should take photos and capture video.
But you must TAKE NOTES.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
1/ Saw this, wanted to amplify this.
If you go to protests, or demonstrations, or are going to help those under threat from 🧊, or track & record 🧊, BRING A PEN & A NOTEPAD.
If something goes wrong, if you witness something awful, you should take photos and capture video.
But you must TAKE NOTES.
If you go to protests, or demonstrations, or are going to help those under threat from 🧊, or track & record 🧊, BRING A PEN & A NOTEPAD.
If something goes wrong, if you witness something awful, you should take photos and capture video.
But you must TAKE NOTES.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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What's the difference between a President threatening to withhold money based on how people vote vs promising to give money in exchange for votes? In other words: how is this not illegal? Trump backs Cuomo, threatens to cut funds for New York City if Mamdani wins.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump threatens to restrict federal funds for New York City if Mamdani wins
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will restrict federal funds for New York City if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the city's mayoral elections that will be held on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What's the difference between a President threatening to withhold money based on how people vote vs promising to give money in exchange for votes? In other words: how is this not illegal? Trump backs Cuomo, threatens to cut funds for New York City if Mamdani wins.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
![• "We have no inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "It's at 2%. It's-- it's the perfect inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "Right now [grocery prices are] going down." Grocery prices are up 1.4% since
Trump came to office.
• "A year ago, we were a dead country." Not only did the US have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in both 2023 and 2024, but the Economist magazine called it "the envy of the world."
• "11,888 murderers were let into our country." Not only is this number inaccurate, but many of the non-citizens convicted of homicide either here or abroad came in during Trump's first term.
• "Washington, DC, was... almost like a crime capital of the world." In 2023, per PolitiFact, "at least 49 other cities in the world had higher homicide rates.
• "[Biden] hardly went anywhere. Guy couldn't leave his bedroom." Not only did Joe Biden visit roughly as many countries in his term of office as Trump did in his first term, but Biden was the first US president to visit an active warzone - Ukraine - not under the control of US forces.
• "I made Middle East peace. For 3,000 years, they couldn't do it." There is no peace in Palestine, no peace deal in place, and it isn't a 3,000-year-old conflict.
• "Communist, not socialist. Communist. He's far worse than a socialist."
Zohran Mamdani is not a communist.
• "I can't give them $1.5 trillion so that they can give welfare to people that came into our country illegally." The Trump/GOP claim that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants has been repeatedly debunked.
• "They emptied their mental institutions and their insane asylums-- into the United States of America." Asylum seekers don't come from "insane asylums."
Obviously.
• "One thing I can tell you, the 2020 election was rigged." It wasn't. The courts agreed.
• "And a lotta people say when it's rigged you're allowed to do it again." A lot of people don't say this. The US Constitution doesn't, for sure.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreicrg2pdihe5ntgygv6uxk37yldeygsbewwpbsjw7a7xwqjohmap6i@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
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Gendered talk and expectations have infused the race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
A former Navy pilot and ‘Jersey guy’ face off for governor of New Jersey
Gendered talk and expectations have infused the race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
19thnews.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Gendered talk and expectations have infused the race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
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This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
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For years, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their own emissions.
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
For years, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their own emissions.
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates.
Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:
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Where are the Democratic Party and its donors?
This is a fantastic opportunity to put that fundraising apparatus and those billionaire donor networks to good use.
"This food package courtesy of the Democratic Party." stickers on every single box.
No means testing, just show up if you need one.
This is a fantastic opportunity to put that fundraising apparatus and those billionaire donor networks to good use.
"This food package courtesy of the Democratic Party." stickers on every single box.
No means testing, just show up if you need one.
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Where are the Democratic Party and its donors?
This is a fantastic opportunity to put that fundraising apparatus and those billionaire donor networks to good use.
"This food package courtesy of the Democratic Party." stickers on every single box.
No means testing, just show up if you need one.
This is a fantastic opportunity to put that fundraising apparatus and those billionaire donor networks to good use.
"This food package courtesy of the Democratic Party." stickers on every single box.
No means testing, just show up if you need one.
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Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.
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The federal govt. shutdown means visitors drive right past unstaffed entrance booths without paying the $35/vehicle fee. Acadia/other national parks are losing millions of dollars at a time when Trump admin cuts have taken a heavy toll on these “crown jewels.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/n...
‘They’re bleeding the parks dry.’ Many national parks are open during the shutdown, but entrance fee booths are closed. - The Boston Globe
At least $1 million in fee revenue is being lost every day, according to an outside estimate, starving parks of money needed for staff and projects.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The federal govt. shutdown means visitors drive right past unstaffed entrance booths without paying the $35/vehicle fee. Acadia/other national parks are losing millions of dollars at a time when Trump admin cuts have taken a heavy toll on these “crown jewels.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/n...
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Trump Administration Proposes Staff Cuts In Offices That Manage Grazing and Wildlife
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump Administration Proposes Staff Cuts In Offices That Manage Grazing and Wildlife
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/mjiE8Cp
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/mjiE8Cp
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PBS News Hour made history in 2013, when Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff became the first female co-anchor team on an American network nightly news broadcast, says Deema Zein.
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
PBS News Hour made history in 2013, when Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff became the first female co-anchor team on an American network nightly news broadcast, says Deema Zein.
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Nick Langworthy served as Chair of the New York Republican Party from 2019 to 2023.
During that time, he promoted and celebrated the New York Young Republicans. The same organization is now tied to the leaked group chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages.
During that time, he promoted and celebrated the New York Young Republicans. The same organization is now tied to the leaked group chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages.
October 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Nick Langworthy served as Chair of the New York Republican Party from 2019 to 2023.
During that time, he promoted and celebrated the New York Young Republicans. The same organization is now tied to the leaked group chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages.
During that time, he promoted and celebrated the New York Young Republicans. The same organization is now tied to the leaked group chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages.