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jennieburger.bsky.social
@jennieburger.bsky.social
Data geek. Design/art/architecture fan. Voting rights advocate. Public library groupie.
It’s not the Big Beautiful Bill. It’s not even the Big Bad Bill.
It’s the MAGA Murder Bill.
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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SB 37 one step closer to law: Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities’ courses and hiring under bill OK’d by House www.texastribune.org/2025/05/24/t... via @texastribune.org
Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities’ courses and hiring under bill OK’d by House
Senate Bill 37 would give more power to university regents, who are appointed by the governor, to vet and veto new curricula and administrators.
www.texastribune.org
May 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.
@washingtonpost.com They were not DEPORTED. Deported means sending them back to their country of origin. These people were sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, without any due process or any analysis as to whether they feared harm in El Salvador!
In America, EVERYONE has a RIGHT to due process - regardless of immigration status. It’s fundamental to our Constitution.

Deporting hundreds of people in secret by invoking a wartime proclamation is a blatant abuse of power by President Trump.
March 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
An insightful and important read
March 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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"Antisemitism in the Oval Office: A confrontation seen with a historian's eye"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
Antisemitism in the Oval Office
A confrontation seen with a historian's eye
snyder.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

sciencehomecoming.com
Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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They're using fear to bully you into compliance.

Fear of losing your job, your savings, your Medicare/medicaid, your rights, your freedom.

They're using fear to bully our allies, to break our alliances and promises.

What do they have to fear?

Nothing so far.

That needs to change.
February 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world

youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in Central America

youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Bought 66,000 metric tons of crops from American farmers and shipped them overseas to feed 8 million people on the brink of famine youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.

Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you have never been to the Texas Book Festival, mark your calendars for Nov 2025. A top two Austin cultural event, holding its own compared to many other book festivals. Significant Latinx author attendance & some bilingual sessions. Typically, glorious weather.

texasbookfestival.org/festival/
Festival – Texas Book Festival
texasbookfestival.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM