@francescahersh.bsky.social
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Call Sen Cory Booker and thank him and his staff. Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
Oh man, imagine we had been filibustering like this for the Hegseth nomination? For Vought? For RFK? Instead of treating it like business-as-usual?
We can't change the past, but let's give them all the positive reinforcement to say YES GOOD JOB, MORE OF THAT
We can't change the past, but let's give them all the positive reinforcement to say YES GOOD JOB, MORE OF THAT
April 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Call Sen Cory Booker and thank him and his staff. Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
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Replace Chuck Schumer with Cory Booker.
That’s it.
That’s the skeet.
That’s it.
That’s the skeet.
April 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Replace Chuck Schumer with Cory Booker.
That’s it.
That’s the skeet.
That’s it.
That’s the skeet.
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National park staff at #Yosemite are taking a stand against federal budget cuts, hanging a massive distress flag on #ElCapitan to call attention to the funding crisis affecting public lands.
February 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
National park staff at #Yosemite are taking a stand against federal budget cuts, hanging a massive distress flag on #ElCapitan to call attention to the funding crisis affecting public lands.
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NEW: Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz says he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Trump’s nominees for the State Department, in protest of Elon Musk and Trump’s move to shut down USAID.
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz puts a hold on Trump's State Department nominees
The move comes after Elon Musk said he and Trump would shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz says he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Trump’s nominees for the State Department, in protest of Elon Musk and Trump’s move to shut down USAID.
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look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
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My @newyorker.com piece on the ongoing, likely unconstitutional funding freeze at USAID now imperiling millions: “This is not a pause. It is a destruction.”
USAID is also where the Administration is testing out its playbook for eviscerating other agencies.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
USAID is also where the Administration is testing out its playbook for eviscerating other agencies.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance
The potential for devastation is made plain by another order, concerning the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My @newyorker.com piece on the ongoing, likely unconstitutional funding freeze at USAID now imperiling millions: “This is not a pause. It is a destruction.”
USAID is also where the Administration is testing out its playbook for eviscerating other agencies.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
USAID is also where the Administration is testing out its playbook for eviscerating other agencies.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Happy MLK and Inauguration Day!
January 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Happy MLK and Inauguration Day!
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I mean really WTF is biological sex? When scientific definitions of sex, even just human sex, change depending on context and level of analysis?
Sooooo if this whole "biological sex" EO is really happening, biologists are going to make as much noise about it as possible, right?
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I mean really WTF is biological sex? When scientific definitions of sex, even just human sex, change depending on context and level of analysis?
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Here's what we know so far about the EO details: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@hencarnell.bsky.social & I will have more coverage as we learn more. We're also looking to learn how folks are taking care of each other and themselves right now. Please get in touch with tips and stories.
@hencarnell.bsky.social & I will have more coverage as we learn more. We're also looking to learn how folks are taking care of each other and themselves right now. Please get in touch with tips and stories.
Trump declares war on transgender people
"We are not going anywhere, and we will fight back against these harmful provisions with everything we’ve got."
www.motherjones.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Here's what we know so far about the EO details: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@hencarnell.bsky.social & I will have more coverage as we learn more. We're also looking to learn how folks are taking care of each other and themselves right now. Please get in touch with tips and stories.
@hencarnell.bsky.social & I will have more coverage as we learn more. We're also looking to learn how folks are taking care of each other and themselves right now. Please get in touch with tips and stories.
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In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents.
Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI killings
The Native American activist says he did not receive a fair trial in the slayings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents.
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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Also worth noting: the M5.8 happened near the Geysers Geothermal Field, which is extremely active with small earthquakes, and very responsive to larger ones.
I've heard people joke that sneezing too hard could trigger an earthquake at the Geysers!
I've heard people joke that sneezing too hard could trigger an earthquake at the Geysers!
December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Also worth noting: the M5.8 happened near the Geysers Geothermal Field, which is extremely active with small earthquakes, and very responsive to larger ones.
I've heard people joke that sneezing too hard could trigger an earthquake at the Geysers!
I've heard people joke that sneezing too hard could trigger an earthquake at the Geysers!