Suzanne Asher
@sashduck.bsky.social
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We apologize for the lack of alt text because we pulled this from elsewhere, but thought you should know that the Friends of BLS have issued a statement calling on Congress to reinstate Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and protect the bureau's integrity. ✊
August 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We apologize for the lack of alt text because we pulled this from elsewhere, but thought you should know that the Friends of BLS have issued a statement calling on Congress to reinstate Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and protect the bureau's integrity. ✊
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Great stuff here from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social. If you’re a person who is unable to keep your mouth shut in the face of injustice and tyranny, you’ve probably been racking your brain to figure out what’s going on. This helps.
No, You're Not Crazy: It's Brand Protection
And it's tragic.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Great stuff here from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social. If you’re a person who is unable to keep your mouth shut in the face of injustice and tyranny, you’ve probably been racking your brain to figure out what’s going on. This helps.
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The fact that the same countries that have been screaming“cancel culture” anytime some student shouted at a speaker are now poised to do things like [checks notes] make Wikipedia inaccessible, is really a bit on the nose wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations – Wikimedia Foundation
Next week, on 22 and 23 July 2025, the High Court of Justice in London will hear the Wikimedia Foundation's legal challenge to the Categorisation Regulations of the United Kingdom (UK)'s Online Safety...
wikimediafoundation.org
July 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The fact that the same countries that have been screaming“cancel culture” anytime some student shouted at a speaker are now poised to do things like [checks notes] make Wikipedia inaccessible, is really a bit on the nose wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...
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A couple months ago professional actors (including Gary Farmer!!!!) performed the article I wrote on long COVID. You can now listen to the recording thanks to @wnyc.org
Long Covid Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care | Specials | WNYC
The acclaimed actors perform "Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care," written by Rebecca Nagle for The Atlantic.
www.wnyc.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A couple months ago professional actors (including Gary Farmer!!!!) performed the article I wrote on long COVID. You can now listen to the recording thanks to @wnyc.org
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“Many millions of Americans love Trump because he routinely humiliates people. It validates their own actions. They live vicariously though him, imagining the humiliation they could inflict if they were given greater power. He also normalizes the behaviour.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/#...
The Politics of Humiliation
The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Many millions of Americans love Trump because he routinely humiliates people. It validates their own actions. They live vicariously though him, imagining the humiliation they could inflict if they were given greater power. He also normalizes the behaviour.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/#...
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The current administration's systematic dismantling of our research infrastructure—402 documented attacks in just 6 months—represents more than policy disagreement. It's an abandonment of the principle that knowledge should serve the common good and expand opportunity for all communities.
We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Science and Democracy Under Siege
Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions
www.ucs.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The current administration's systematic dismantling of our research infrastructure—402 documented attacks in just 6 months—represents more than policy disagreement. It's an abandonment of the principle that knowledge should serve the common good and expand opportunity for all communities.
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Happy Bastille Day! It's always important to remember the holiday's most important message: no matter how bleak things look, never stop standing up to Nazis.
La Marseillaise Casablanca
YouTube video by Andrew Barbin
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Bastille Day! It's always important to remember the holiday's most important message: no matter how bleak things look, never stop standing up to Nazis.
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Hi! Former VC lawyer and certified political economist here.
This is 100% true - university research subsidized by the federal gov't is directly or indirectly the foundation of most tech startups.
Destroy the federal funding or the universities and it all falls apart.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
This is 100% true - university research subsidized by the federal gov't is directly or indirectly the foundation of most tech startups.
Destroy the federal funding or the universities and it all falls apart.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
Silicon Valley VCs sit atop a system where federal and state governments spent more on basic research of all kinds than most other countries in the world combined, and then take the ideas that come out of that and take it the last mile. An important function, but they disproportionately benefit.
July 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hi! Former VC lawyer and certified political economist here.
This is 100% true - university research subsidized by the federal gov't is directly or indirectly the foundation of most tech startups.
Destroy the federal funding or the universities and it all falls apart.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
This is 100% true - university research subsidized by the federal gov't is directly or indirectly the foundation of most tech startups.
Destroy the federal funding or the universities and it all falls apart.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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The teenagers worked in "atrocious" conditions that summer, six days a week, when it was often 100+ degrees. They learned firsthand about the work that farm workers do year after year, and they gained lifelong appreciation for those workers.
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The teenagers worked in "atrocious" conditions that summer, six days a week, when it was often 100+ degrees. They learned firsthand about the work that farm workers do year after year, and they gained lifelong appreciation for those workers.
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
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USDA funding was gutted and now the honeybees we need for food are being devastated by a crisis that scientists knew was coming but were powerless to stop
An extremely alarming tale of what happens when you don't have sufficient foresight and state capacity:
www.science.org/content/arti...
An extremely alarming tale of what happens when you don't have sufficient foresight and state capacity:
www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off
USDA research points to viruses spread by pesticide-resistant mites, indicating a worrying trend
www.science.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
USDA funding was gutted and now the honeybees we need for food are being devastated by a crisis that scientists knew was coming but were powerless to stop
An extremely alarming tale of what happens when you don't have sufficient foresight and state capacity:
www.science.org/content/arti...
An extremely alarming tale of what happens when you don't have sufficient foresight and state capacity:
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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Absolutely. 63% of nursing home patients in the US are paid by Medicaid. If these services are eliminated or cut, it will not only be devastating for patients, caregivers, and their families but also for many local businesses and economies. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
June 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Absolutely. 63% of nursing home patients in the US are paid by Medicaid. If these services are eliminated or cut, it will not only be devastating for patients, caregivers, and their families but also for many local businesses and economies. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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Audio excerpt from my discussion of Mafia States, in testimony to EU Parliament.
See @moisesnaim.bsky.social's 2012 paper on Mafia States for more information.
[Link to paper: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2012/0....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...
See @moisesnaim.bsky.social's 2012 paper on Mafia States for more information.
[Link to paper: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2012/0....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...
Prof Jagolinzer discusses the concept of Mafia States. Audio from testimony to EU Parliament
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Audio excerpt from my discussion of Mafia States, in testimony to EU Parliament.
See @moisesnaim.bsky.social's 2012 paper on Mafia States for more information.
[Link to paper: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2012/0....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...
See @moisesnaim.bsky.social's 2012 paper on Mafia States for more information.
[Link to paper: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2012/0....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...
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This is an outstanding article if you have an interest in defence procurement and the VC-backed companies who are looking to 'disrupt' it:
Curious about the role of VC influence in defence but no time to read my full research artice? I have a shorter version of the @finandsoc.bsky.social article on VC and military AI up now with @theconversation.com. Check it out! theconversation.com/the-silicon-...
The Silicon Valley venture capitalists who want to ‘move fast and break things’ in the defence industry
Enormous sums of venture capital money and influence is pouring into a defence industry which is being reshaped in the image of Silicon Valley.
theconversation.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is an outstanding article if you have an interest in defence procurement and the VC-backed companies who are looking to 'disrupt' it:
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Trump's Lysenkoism. By formalizing political control over agency science, Trump introduces a “doubt science” approach to shaping policy. Political apparatchiks will now manufacture uncertainty and confusion, cherry-pick studies that support their bigotries, and discard inconvenient results.
Fool’s gold
Already rocked by decades of political interference, corporate influence, mismanagement, and partisan efforts to undermine its authority, the expert bureaucracy, the “lifeblood” of the US administrati...
www.science.org
June 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Trump's Lysenkoism. By formalizing political control over agency science, Trump introduces a “doubt science” approach to shaping policy. Political apparatchiks will now manufacture uncertainty and confusion, cherry-pick studies that support their bigotries, and discard inconvenient results.
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The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵