@gr8ful4bflies.bsky.social
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Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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The idea of birthright citizenship
On the culture of a constitutional clause
the.ink
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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New interview: I talked to @chrislhayes.bsky.social about how attention became the new oil and gas, and how you can wrest it back from extractive oligarchs who are Trump’s new BFFs.
the.ink/p/pay-attent...
the.ink/p/pay-attent...
Pay attention to this
Author and MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes on why your attention is so valuable, how oligarchs try to steal it from you, and how together we can wrest it back
the.ink
January 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New interview: I talked to @chrislhayes.bsky.social about how attention became the new oil and gas, and how you can wrest it back from extractive oligarchs who are Trump’s new BFFs.
the.ink/p/pay-attent...
the.ink/p/pay-attent...
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It is not accurate to blame Israel alone for the genocide in Gaza. It is funded by the USA. With weapons made in the USA. That’s why we will carry these banners tomorrow outside Lockheed Martin — with images of the devastation and the horror… that say “Made in the USA.”
April 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It is not accurate to blame Israel alone for the genocide in Gaza. It is funded by the USA. With weapons made in the USA. That’s why we will carry these banners tomorrow outside Lockheed Martin — with images of the devastation and the horror… that say “Made in the USA.”
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
t.co/LeABrGqDei
April 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
t.co/LeABrGqDei
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
t.co/LeABrGqDei
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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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).
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).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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).
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).
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Pete Buttigieg explains why we need DEI:
"Maybe nobody alive today is responsible for some of the injustice that has shaped what it’s like to live in this country, but all of us right now are responsible for doing something about it."
"Maybe nobody alive today is responsible for some of the injustice that has shaped what it’s like to live in this country, but all of us right now are responsible for doing something about it."
March 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pete Buttigieg explains why we need DEI:
"Maybe nobody alive today is responsible for some of the injustice that has shaped what it’s like to live in this country, but all of us right now are responsible for doing something about it."
"Maybe nobody alive today is responsible for some of the injustice that has shaped what it’s like to live in this country, but all of us right now are responsible for doing something about it."
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"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," said Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," said Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Imagine cheering on people in power who are actively targeting and harming the hungry, the poor, the sick, the elderly, the veteran, the disabled, the different, and the stranger and still somehow expecting people to believe you follow Jesus.
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Imagine cheering on people in power who are actively targeting and harming the hungry, the poor, the sick, the elderly, the veteran, the disabled, the different, and the stranger and still somehow expecting people to believe you follow Jesus.
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New “Sell Your Car” flyer image just dropped
March 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New “Sell Your Car” flyer image just dropped
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A good part of my job is to read extremely concerning studies in order to compose cross-sectional view of What's At Stake and work out ways to engage stakeholders
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows
www.scientificamerican.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A good part of my job is to read extremely concerning studies in order to compose cross-sectional view of What's At Stake and work out ways to engage stakeholders
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
This is, without hyperbole, the most concerning thing I have read in a long time www.scientificamerican.com/article/micr...
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This cut to school lunch and food bank programs will screw not just low-income Americans but also small farmers in local communities who are already struggling to make ends meet.
📰 USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
politico.com/news/2025/03...
📰 USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This cut to school lunch and food bank programs will screw not just low-income Americans but also small farmers in local communities who are already struggling to make ends meet.
📰 USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
politico.com/news/2025/03...
📰 USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
politico.com/news/2025/03...
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I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...
Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar
The scale of corruption in Trump’s White House has been stunning and unprecedented.
www.chrismurphyct.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...
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just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
thedigradio.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
just an incredible episode. Make time for it.
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DEI always had within it the seeds of its own destruction. Once programs were separated from a logic of remedying inequality they could easily be reframed as creating inequality.
The White House called the revocation of Executive Order 11246 “the most important federal civil rights measure in decades." I wrote about this tactic of co-opting the language of racial equality to cement racial INequality in my NYT Mag cover story last year called "The Colorblindness Trap."
The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
DEI always had within it the seeds of its own destruction. Once programs were separated from a logic of remedying inequality they could easily be reframed as creating inequality.
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The Trump regime has frozen, slashed, threatened & otherwise obstructed tens of billions of dollars in funding that universities receive from the government. The result: Grad school is in trouble, the latest signal that the future of the university is under threat www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Grad School Is in Trouble
The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Trump regime has frozen, slashed, threatened & otherwise obstructed tens of billions of dollars in funding that universities receive from the government. The result: Grad school is in trouble, the latest signal that the future of the university is under threat www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Grace Kim is a career civil servant who wasn’t imminently planning to retire, I’m told.
Choosing Steffensen from the private sector seems like an obvious step towards privatizing social security.
Choosing Steffensen from the private sector seems like an obvious step towards privatizing social security.
February 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Grace Kim is a career civil servant who wasn’t imminently planning to retire, I’m told.
Choosing Steffensen from the private sector seems like an obvious step towards privatizing social security.
Choosing Steffensen from the private sector seems like an obvious step towards privatizing social security.