M Ra
@mitrara.bsky.social
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If anyone is unsure of the mechanisms by which the Brown-Trump agreement facilitate government oversight of course evals, I’ve laid it out here in response to a skeptic.
Sure! It’s not obvious if you don’t know how course evals, title vi/vii/ix complaints, employment privacy laws, gov’t oversight of agreements like this work. The agreement facilitates gov’t oversight of course evals in 3 ways.
(1) Brown has agreed to send course evals to the feds [1/5]
(1) Brown has agreed to send course evals to the feds [1/5]
July 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If anyone is unsure of the mechanisms by which the Brown-Trump agreement facilitate government oversight of course evals, I’ve laid it out here in response to a skeptic.
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The administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem breaks down the shaky legal grounds the Trump administration is using to prosecute the Palestinian activist, including a rarely used legal provision “enacted primarily to target Eastern European Jewish Holocaust survivors."
March 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem breaks down the shaky legal grounds the Trump administration is using to prosecute the Palestinian activist, including a rarely used legal provision “enacted primarily to target Eastern European Jewish Holocaust survivors."
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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One of a few quotes from me in the piece:
February 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
One of a few quotes from me in the piece:
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What a surprise 👀?
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit
The majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color, LGBTQ+ people and other demographics, according to a…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What a surprise 👀?
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The Social Security Administration, headquartered near Baltimore, shuttered two offices, terminating or putting on leave nearly 200 federal employees. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/soci...
Social Security Administration closes offices, cutting nearly 200 employees
The moves come after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, entered Social Security last week.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Social Security Administration, headquartered near Baltimore, shuttered two offices, terminating or putting on leave nearly 200 federal employees. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/soci...
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Last night, every single swing district Republican voted to cut Medicaid so they can shovel cash to their billionaire backers.
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Last night, every single swing district Republican voted to cut Medicaid so they can shovel cash to their billionaire backers.
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Call Governor Kathy Hochul to demand she reverse her decision. Be nice. Don’t name call or cuss out her staff—don’t give her a reason to justify the cancellation. Use your smart words.
518-474-8390
518-474-8390
A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
February 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Call Governor Kathy Hochul to demand she reverse her decision. Be nice. Don’t name call or cuss out her staff—don’t give her a reason to justify the cancellation. Use your smart words.
518-474-8390
518-474-8390
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Medicaid covers:
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Medicaid covers:
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
- 40% of children
- 41% of births
- 60% of nursing home residents
-23% of non-older adults with mental illness ppl
- 25% of adults 19-64 yo with disabilities
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In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."