Mike Babyak
LightNews LightNews
banner
mikeab.bsky.social
Mike Babyak
@mikeab.bsky.social
110 followers 450 following 68 posts
Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. Human rights, biostatistics, philosophy of science, soccer, Hindustani slide guitar, lute, classical guitar

Production and promotion for Pt Debashish Bhattacharya
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Mike Babyak
classconsciousjack.bsky.social
Emptywheel makes great stuff.
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
musicologyduck.bsky.social
ok dang some strong video editing here
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · Oct 7
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
kairyssdal.bsky.social
Oh
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · May 13
Sean Duffy changed his wife's flight on Monday to avoid Newark Airport and then made a TV appearance on Tuesday insisting it's safe to fly from there.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Would you let your family fly out of Newark?
gizmodo.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
dandrezner.bsky.social
Wow who could have foreseen these difficulties oh that’s right every foreign policy expert not affiliated with MAGA. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
qjurecic.bsky.social
per Van Hollen, El Salvador wouldn't let him into CECOT, which seems notable given that multiple House Republicans have photos of themselves inside grinning and giving a thumbs-up Abu Ghraib-style
April 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
mikeab.bsky.social
Maybe take your own advice?
hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · Apr 14
When authoritarianism comes knocking, be Harvard, not Columbia.

“No govt — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private univs can teach, whom they can admit & hire, & which areas of study & inquiry they can pursue.” Alan Garber, Harvard’s pres

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article)
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
mrdavehill.bsky.social
With all this talk of tariffs, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Donald Trump is also a rapist.
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
drnickiw.bsky.social
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.

The website to check linked in the reply.

www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
nesbotetc.bsky.social
Sen. Booker (D-NJ) Currently in Hour 13 of Senate Filibuster - general protest against Trump
www.resetera.com/threads/11...
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
dansinthedark.bsky.social
Looks like a bad day to buy a new cyber truck... #teslatakedown
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
mikeab.bsky.social
Some good stuff ahead. #DebashishBhattacharya has written a bunch of new material to play w Steve #Kimock. He’s been hanging out rehearsing and recording in Kimock’s studio for the past few weeks.

#Hindustanimusic #slideguitar #guitar #improvisation #fusion
Steve w Gibson guitar facing Debashish, who sits on a dais w his Hindustani slide guitar in front of him.
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
kenwhite.bsky.social
This is how law firms should do it.
kekerllp.bsky.social Keker, Van Nest & Peters @kekerllp.bsky.social · Mar 22
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
“Trump’s new Executive Order underscores how far removed this President, Attorney General and Administration are from our nation’s Constitution and bedrock values. Our liberties depend on lawyers’ willingness to represent unpopular people and causes, including in matters adverse to the Federal Government. An attack on lawyers who perform this work is inexcusable and despicable. Our profession owes every client zealous legal representation without fear of retribution, regardless of their political affiliation or ability to pay. We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie’s challenge to the Administration’s executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration’s erosion of the rule of law.” – John Keker, Robert Van Nest, Elliot Peters, Laurie Carr Mims, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Partnership
March 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
joshtpm.bsky.social
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
nytpitchbot.bsky.social
In just over a month, DOGE has trimmed over $8 billion from the federal budget. This means it will take only 529 more months of mass layoffs and eliminated services to cover the $4.5 trillion in forthcoming tax cuts. Where does Elon Musk go for his apology?

by Marc Thiessen
March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
mmasnick.bsky.social
An important follow up to his first post about how we're absolutely in the middle of a coup, @brockm.bsky.social explains how simply calling out the truth in the face of a bombardment of lies is critical. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/t...
To Stop The Coup, We Must Be Clear About The Truth: Two Plus Two Equals Four
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the ultimate act of rebellion comes when Winston Smith insists that two plus two equals four, defying a system that demands he accept whatever re…
www.techdirt.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
prochoicenc.bsky.social
Looks like we've got a couple of Ginni Thomases right here in North Carolina 🤬

We know everything is a destructive storm right now, but don't sleep on what's happening with the NC Supreme Court race, y'all!

#JusticeAllisonRiggsWon #ncpol

ncnewsline.com/2025/01/31/s...
Spouses of NC Supreme Court justices gave maximum contributions to the GOP judicial candidate • NC Newsline
Spouses of North Carolina Justices that may decide a state Supreme Court race gave maximum donations to the Republican candidate
ncnewsline.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina trial court DENIES Republican Party motion to throw out 60,000 votes cast in the November 2024. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections II
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
nytpitchbot.bsky.social
The invasion of Iraq, which I supported, was one of the great shitlib crimes in American history. But I'm ok with Donald Trump, who I do not support, invading Greenland.

by Glenn Greenwald
January 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
jonathancohn.bsky.social
Republican misinformation around vaccines is deadly. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Childhood Vaccination Rates Were Falling Even Before the Rise of R.F.K. Jr.
The declines began with the pandemic, well before routine vaccines became part of the national political conversation.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
drlaurahaynes.bsky.social
Excellent thread👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
jeffjarvis.bsky.social Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Jan 13
And here is the #GoodTimes bringing its reporting to the danger presented to our very lives by RFK Jr. et al with solid reporting.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...
January 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
juddgreenstein.bsky.social
Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?
May 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
backheeled.com
Mauricio Pochettino's USMNT squad for the annual January camp is here 🇺🇸

Who's on the list? And who's worth watching as the U.S.'s pair of friendlies near?

Read ⤵️
www.backheeled.com/mauricio-poc...
Mauricio Pochettino’s January USMNT squad: Seven players earn first call-up
Pochettino has an extended camp in Florida to evaluate a largely domestic-based roster ahead of two friendlies later this month.
www.backheeled.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
jeffjarvis.bsky.social
You elected him fools. This is no "populist movement." It is the chumping of the working class by the oligarchs.
Trump’s Tariff Plan to Hit Affordable Cars the Hardest The U.S. car industry has a ‘big case of anxiety’ about the president-elect’s proposed 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada
December 26, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Mike Babyak
davidcorn.bsky.social
NEW: To implement his 2.0 extremism agenda, Donald Trump will have to implement police state tactics. I explain in this article. Please read and share widely.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump will need a police state to Implement his agenda
It's going to get very ugly.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM