Robert A. Hegwood
@rhegwood.bsky.social
Grant writer for Family Impact Network in Spokane WA. Ph.D. in Japanese histories of immigration and consumer culture.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The Atlantic Council has a great page for tracking recent US tariffs. The part I found really helpful is the section showing exceptions. There are many raw material categories that won't be tariffed. American consumers will foot the bill for these tariffs.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geo...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geo...
Trump Tariff Tracker
The Trump administration has embarked on a novel and aggressive tariff policy to address a range of economic and national security concerns.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Atlantic Council has a great page for tracking recent US tariffs. The part I found really helpful is the section showing exceptions. There are many raw material categories that won't be tariffed. American consumers will foot the bill for these tariffs.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geo...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geo...
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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IMPEACH AND REMOVE
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
Breaking: Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
Preorders won’t start April 9th as originally announced.
buff.ly
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
IMPEACH AND REMOVE
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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
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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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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Combined with other research showing heavy ChatGPT users become mentally dependent on it, new research finds that they become emotionally dependent as well
futurism.com/the-byte/cha...
futurism.com/the-byte/cha...
Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot
ChatGPT "power users," or those who use it the most, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot.
futurism.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Combined with other research showing heavy ChatGPT users become mentally dependent on it, new research finds that they become emotionally dependent as well
futurism.com/the-byte/cha...
futurism.com/the-byte/cha...
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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The Fulbright program is a national treasure and this is just so shitty.
(WOUB) - Funding cut off for Fulbright scholars in the US and abroad. woub.org/2025/03/07/f...
Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding
Fulbright scholars were among those in programs administered through the U.S. State Department who learned their funding has been frozen.
woub.org
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Fulbright program is a national treasure and this is just so shitty.
I was a Fulbright Japan recipient back in 2014 and can’t imagine the stress of having finds cut while you are abroad www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Study Abroad Funding Is Paused, Leaving Some Students Stranded
The Trump administration stopped State Department funding for scholarships like the Fulbright. Weeks later, it is still unclear when it may resume.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I was a Fulbright Japan recipient back in 2014 and can’t imagine the stress of having finds cut while you are abroad www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Hey, former #fulbrightjapan fellows, anyone heard what is going on with Fulbrighters there now given US budget cuts?
March 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hey, former #fulbrightjapan fellows, anyone heard what is going on with Fulbrighters there now given US budget cuts?
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What a front cover...
March 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What a front cover...
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These tariffs will hurt Spokane families.
They will make your groceries more expensive.
They will make your gas more expensive.
They will make your electricity bill more expensive.
They will make your rent more expensive.
These tariffs will do nothing but harm.
They will make your groceries more expensive.
They will make your gas more expensive.
They will make your electricity bill more expensive.
They will make your rent more expensive.
These tariffs will do nothing but harm.
Spokane consumers likely to see higher costs for cars, groceries, homes with new tariffs
Spokane consumers can expect to pay more for cars, lumber, appliances and electronics once President Donald Trump's higher tariffs on goods from China, Mexico and Canada kick in on Tuesday.
www.spokesman.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
These tariffs will hurt Spokane families.
They will make your groceries more expensive.
They will make your gas more expensive.
They will make your electricity bill more expensive.
They will make your rent more expensive.
These tariffs will do nothing but harm.
They will make your groceries more expensive.
They will make your gas more expensive.
They will make your electricity bill more expensive.
They will make your rent more expensive.
These tariffs will do nothing but harm.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Doing some research today and I am having a lot of trouble viewing data at data.census.gov. Fellow historians, are any of you having the same trouble?
data.census.gov
February 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Doing some research today and I am having a lot of trouble viewing data at data.census.gov. Fellow historians, are any of you having the same trouble?