Elif Andac-Jones
@elifandac.bsky.social
Sociologist | UW PhD | Boğaziçi alum | Georgetown U #MixedMethods, healthcare, equity, cancer, politics, social justice
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University presidents, the time is now! Unshackle the general counsel's office! File all the lawsuits! Release the faculty upon the op-ed sections! Write to your alumni, parents, and donors! You have nothing to lose but a tiny percentage of your enormous endowments... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
University presidents, the time is now! Unshackle the general counsel's office! File all the lawsuits! Release the faculty upon the op-ed sections! Write to your alumni, parents, and donors! You have nothing to lose but a tiny percentage of your enormous endowments... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
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Most of today's trending users are from Turkey 🇹🇷
The Top 1000 Users with the Most Followers Added in the Last 24 Hours | BlueFacts
View the trending users on Bluesky by total number of followers added in the last 24 hours, updated daily.
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April 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Most of today's trending users are from Turkey 🇹🇷
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Police abuse. Arbitrary arrests. Targeting of lawyers, journalists, and peaceful protesters. 🚨
What’s happening in Turkey is a direct assault on human rights and the rule of law.
Repression must stop. Free Mayor İmamoğlu. 📢⚖️
#Turkey #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw
🔗 www.omct.org/en/resources...
What’s happening in Turkey is a direct assault on human rights and the rule of law.
Repression must stop. Free Mayor İmamoğlu. 📢⚖️
#Turkey #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw
🔗 www.omct.org/en/resources...
Turkey: End Brutal Crackdown on Peaceful Protest and Human Rights…
In a joint statement, 13 international, regional and national civil society organisations, strongly condemn violations of the right to protest in Turkey,…
www.omct.org
April 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Police abuse. Arbitrary arrests. Targeting of lawyers, journalists, and peaceful protesters. 🚨
What’s happening in Turkey is a direct assault on human rights and the rule of law.
Repression must stop. Free Mayor İmamoğlu. 📢⚖️
#Turkey #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw
🔗 www.omct.org/en/resources...
What’s happening in Turkey is a direct assault on human rights and the rule of law.
Repression must stop. Free Mayor İmamoğlu. 📢⚖️
#Turkey #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw
🔗 www.omct.org/en/resources...
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Watch out, Turkey!
Pikachu made an appearance at the Hands Off! protest in Washington, D.C.
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Pikachu made an appearance at the Hands Off! protest in Washington, D.C.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Watch out, Turkey!
Pikachu made an appearance at the Hands Off! protest in Washington, D.C.
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Pikachu made an appearance at the Hands Off! protest in Washington, D.C.
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Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.
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I have a trans student who wrote to 2 individual Canadian unis to ask if they could apply late and quickly—both said yes and they got into both. They’re headed off to graduate school in the fall and I couldn’t be prouder or more relieved for their escape from the US.
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I have a trans student who wrote to 2 individual Canadian unis to ask if they could apply late and quickly—both said yes and they got into both. They’re headed off to graduate school in the fall and I couldn’t be prouder or more relieved for their escape from the US.
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Correct. NIH, and the cancer and other medical cures it generates, is being burned to the ground.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Correct. NIH, and the cancer and other medical cures it generates, is being burned to the ground.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
And we’d add: with that goes the whole US tech and biotech economy. Silicon Valley is in the US not elsewhere because of NSF, ARPA, NIH.
That word isn’t getting out widely.
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A post on our situation at IU, now up on Dailykos www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
DOGE terminated our NEH project grant, and what that means.
On Thursday evening we received notification that our open 3-year NEH grant, “Establishing an undergraduate Book Studies minor at Indiana University” was terminated, effective immediately. We were one...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A post on our situation at IU, now up on Dailykos www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
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If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is beautiful - as scientists are fired or lost their federal funding, Silenced Stories generates awareness and advocacy. #CantFireScience
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
If you have a story, share it here: forms.gle/XnC9kyp9uTaZ...
silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists
@silencedscience.bsky.social
This is spectacular-held a day before Eid/Bayram, with a significant number of residents having left the city already. The youth knows there is no going back...
NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!
Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel:
“Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is spectacular-held a day before Eid/Bayram, with a significant number of residents having left the city already. The youth knows there is no going back...
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#Turkey: We urge the Turkish authorities to let journalists do their job and free Swedish @etc.se reporter Joakim Medin, who arrived in Turkey yesterday to report on the massive protests.
We expect the Swedish government to inform us of Joakim's situation and to secure his release shortly.
We expect the Swedish government to inform us of Joakim's situation and to secure his release shortly.
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been detained in Turkey after arriving in Istanbul on Thursday to report on the current protests. We do not as yet know where or how he is, and we are imploring the Swedish government to take action to help us get Joakim home.
Swedish journalist detained in Turkey
Joakim Medin has not been heard from since Thursday lunchtime
www.etc.se
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Tufts University student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
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apnews.com/article/rume...
Tufts University student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tufts University student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
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apnews.com/article/rume...
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BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey
Mark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later deported back to the UK, the BBC has said.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pikachu successfully evades police in Turkey
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pikachu successfully evades police in Turkey
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Erdoğan — whom Trump has called “a hell of a leader” — just locked up his main political rival as he continues to push Turkey towards full-blown autocracy.
We cannot turn a blind eye as dictatorial rulers subvert democracy around the world.
We cannot turn a blind eye as dictatorial rulers subvert democracy around the world.
Turkey lurches toward outright autocracy as Erdoğan’s main rival is jailed
Popular opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu calls for mass protests as he is thrown in jail and booted out as Istanbul mayor.
www.politico.eu
March 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Erdoğan — whom Trump has called “a hell of a leader” — just locked up his main political rival as he continues to push Turkey towards full-blown autocracy.
We cannot turn a blind eye as dictatorial rulers subvert democracy around the world.
We cannot turn a blind eye as dictatorial rulers subvert democracy around the world.
Powerful photography from mass protests in Turkey by Umit Bektas: widerimage.reuters.com/photographer...
March 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Powerful photography from mass protests in Turkey by Umit Bektas: widerimage.reuters.com/photographer...
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🔴Police violence in Turkey escalates as protests grow in response to the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu. Protesters face water cannons, rubber bullets, and pepper spray. The international community condemns the crackdown.
Police violence intensifies during protests in Turkey following İmamoğlu’s arrest
On 23 March, protests escalated across Turkey in response to the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. While
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March 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🔴Police violence in Turkey escalates as protests grow in response to the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu. Protesters face water cannons, rubber bullets, and pepper spray. The international community condemns the crackdown.
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We also must know that the Institute of Peace is NOT a government agency, although it does get congressional funding. It is a private nonprofit and Musk had no right to invade space!
Why is Trump trying to shut the U.S. Institute of Peace?
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g...
Why is Trump trying to shut the U.S. Institute of Peace?
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g...
Judge declines to immediately reverse Trump moves at U.S. Institute of Peace
Founded during the Cold War to project American soft power and foreign policy expertise, the federally funded nonprofit think tank is now in the White House's crosshairs.
www.npr.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We also must know that the Institute of Peace is NOT a government agency, although it does get congressional funding. It is a private nonprofit and Musk had no right to invade space!
Why is Trump trying to shut the U.S. Institute of Peace?
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g...
Why is Trump trying to shut the U.S. Institute of Peace?
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g...
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Opposition contender İmamoğlu arrested.
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
March 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Opposition contender İmamoğlu arrested.
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
Turkish people do not have much to lose at this point-the youth especially, have everything to gain back. If they can persevere, they can stop the dictatorship in its final attempts to dismantle whatever left of the Turkish democracy in practice.
In Turkey, thousands are standing up to protect their democracy after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor. 📢
As protests grow, opposition voices are being silenced—X accounts suspended, internet access restricted.
But the people are not backing down. ⚖️🇹🇷
#Turkey #Democracy #HumanRights
As protests grow, opposition voices are being silenced—X accounts suspended, internet access restricted.
But the people are not backing down. ⚖️🇹🇷
#Turkey #Democracy #HumanRights
March 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Turkish people do not have much to lose at this point-the youth especially, have everything to gain back. If they can persevere, they can stop the dictatorship in its final attempts to dismantle whatever left of the Turkish democracy in practice.
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NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
March 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
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The regime in Turkey keeps arresting people, including journalists and students. Last night, the police attack to the demonstrators was brutal. Solidarity..
March 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The regime in Turkey keeps arresting people, including journalists and students. Last night, the police attack to the demonstrators was brutal. Solidarity..
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Turkish court orders blocking of bianet’s X account
The order comes amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
bianet.org/haber/turkis...
The order comes amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
bianet.org/haber/turkis...
Turkish court orders blocking of bianet’s X account
The order comes amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
bianet.org
March 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Turkish court orders blocking of bianet’s X account
The order comes amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
bianet.org/haber/turkis...
The order comes amid a wave of online censorship targeting hundreds of accounts covering the protests following the İstanbul mayor's arrest.
bianet.org/haber/turkis...
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This is from Koç University in #Istanbul. Students are organising protests at universities, calling for a boycott against the AKP regime.
March 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is from Koç University in #Istanbul. Students are organising protests at universities, calling for a boycott against the AKP regime.