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When you raise Jim Crow as an authoritarian system all the caveats come flying about
jztidecat.bsky.social Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · Oct 4
My favorite armchair comment is Americans don‘t understand authoritarianism, because so many of you don’t count Black people as Americans. Learn the history or shut up.
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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swin24.bsky.social
“President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States…” is the only way we knew how to start this piece.
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Aug 13
NEW: L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as Trump's team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
U.S. House votes to take California fish off endangered species list - Los Angeles Times
House Republicans vote to remove California fish from endangered species list
House Republicans vote to repeal a decision that placed a California fish, longfin smelt, on the endangered species list. Democrats and environmentalists condemned the action.
www.latimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Lately, I’ve realized that it’s hard to communicate the gravity of what’s happening in science right now if you’re not familiar with what the NIH does and the role it plays in funding research and training the next generation of scientists. This piece is my attempt to do just that. Check it out: 🧪
howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social How We Talk About Science @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social · May 4
In our newest piece, we take a deep dive into how the NIH works, the effects of recent executive orders and cuts to funding, and what we stand to lose if current political interference remains unchallenged. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/isabella...
What It Would Mean To Lose the National Institutes of Health
In this piece, we provide readers with an in-depth explainer of what the NIH does and how its mission is being threatened by current political interference.
open.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🧵🧪🏆🥇We've done it! We've raised atmospheric CO₂ concentrations to the point where, for the first time in human history, they have exceeded 430 ppm every day for a full week. It had become fairly certain that we'd reach this landmark sometime this month, but even so it's a fairly sobering moment.
May 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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npr.org
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
DC Metro Police have announced they're investigating the defacement of Teslas as potential hate crimes.

Their news release (faces obscured by me):
March 24, 2025 MPD Searching for Suspects in Defacing Private Property Offenses (Washington, D.C.) – The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying two suspects involved in defacing private property (hate/bias) offenses involving Teslas in the District. In the below offenses, the suspects wrote political hate speech on to the victims’ Tesla vehicles then fled the scene. • On Sunday, March 2, 2025, at approximately 2:29 p.m., in the 200 block of K Street, Northeast. CCN: 25030232 • On Sunday, March 2, 2025, at approximately 6:15 p.m., in the 3600 block of 11th Street, Northwest. CCN: 25420951 The suspects were captured by surveillance cameras and can be seen in the photos below: The male suspect was also involved in the below offenses: • On Saturday, March 8, 2025, at approximately 8:05 a.m., and on Friday, March 14, 2025, between 12:00 a.m. and 8:06 a.m., in the 600- 700 blocks of F Street, Northeast. CCN: On Sunday, March 9, 2025, at approximately 3:48 p.m., and on Monday, March 10, 2025, at approximately 3:48 p.m., in the 800 block of F Street, Northeast. CCN: 25035129 • On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at approximately 12:35 p.m., in the 600 block of G Street, Northeast. CCN: 25035658 Anyone who can identify these suspects or has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for a crime committed in the District of Columbia. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating these offenses as potentially being motivated by hate or bias. The designation can be changed at any point as an investigation proceeds and more information is gathered. A designation as a hate crime by MPD does not mean that prosecutors will prosecute it as a hate crime.
March 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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profgalloway.com
Don’t drink and text.
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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ukceh.bsky.social
Despite its vital role in carbon storage & flood protection, UK salt marsh is still being lost.

"It's only now that we're recognising everything they do and how important they are."

UKCEH’s Annette Burden contributes to @mongabay.bsky.social's #saltmarsh film

news.mongabay.com/video/2025/0...
Why are the British flooding parts of their coast?
SOMERSET, England — Steart Marshes, in southwest England, may not be the most picturesque nature reserve in the British Isles, but it is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating. Just over a decade ago...
news.mongabay.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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lgspace.bsky.social
Rewilding projects don't have to be done on a large scale. Small spaces such as gardens can also be made wilder to benefit nature - and simple actions, like leaving some grass to grow long, can really boost biodiversity.
More ideas: bit.ly/4bFeS0g
#worldrewildingday
Daisies growing in long grass, with a house in the background
March 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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NEW: A Trump-appointed leader hosted an all hands meeting today to detail his plans for a federal agency and show off a new AI tool. Employees were pissed—and willing to ask the hard questions, according to leaked chat logs obtained by WIRED: www.wired.com/story/gsa-st...
'We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Federal Workers Grill Trump Appointee During All-Hands
Leaked chats obtained by WIRED detail plans for the General Services Administration—and the staff's angry response.
www.wired.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Good work everyone
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 20
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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busbyj2.bsky.social
Why?
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Mar 21
BREAKING

The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk tomorrow on the US military’s top secret war plans in case a war ever breaks out with China.

Musk, through his various companies, has significant business interests in China.

Full Story: bit.ly/4bHl9Zr
March 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Little scooplet from me: The Trump administration has a plan to remake USAID. Part of that vision? Blockchain.

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain
“It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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More: Trump admin is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s DOGE — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries. From Gregory Korte:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down
The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency —...
www.bloomberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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bedoyausa.bsky.social
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The Trump administration has just removed a federal ban on contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, and drinking fountains.

This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Sarah Cooley is now on BlueSky @co2ley.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 18
SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.

Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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matthewfacciani.bsky.social
Not enough people realize how devastating it is for scientists to suddenly lose their funding. NIH and federal grants are highly competitive and are a huge boost to a scientific career. When funding is revoked, not only does the research halt, but salaries disappear, and livelihoods are upended.
March 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.

Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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busbyj2.bsky.social
Heard of an engineering scholar who had their funding cut because they study "polarization" of light. So stupid.
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM