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nsousanis.bsky.social
If anyone wants them for this Saturday October 18 #NoKings protests, these elements from my comic on Due Process are all available on my site for downloading/printing, sharing in whatever form folks want. Be Loud for Democracy!
spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/
A small comics panel, with a drawing of a King ace of spaces playing card drawn in the style of traditional playing cards, but with the features of King George III, and the upper portion resembles Trump. Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence are written small around the card. Each of these phrases refers specifically to the injustices imposed by the King (and connect to this current moment – references to Tariffs, to transporting us overseas…) single image closeup on the face of lady justice, in the background, all dark, human figures, faceless prisoners, seated, packed tightly together, bodies merging into a sea of heads, with each figure’s head another’s back. At top in large letters right above her head, text reads "Due process is not optional" A smaller caption box centered on her face where her blindfold would be reads: "No matter who you are."
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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himalmag.bsky.social
The aid that global health has depended on so much and for so long was never purely humanitarian. It was always strategic: it came with strings attached. @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social writes:
Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back
Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health but we can fight back
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July 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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electricbluesfan.bsky.social
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👉 AIRBORNE DISEASE: DANGER DENIED 👈

Crawford Kilian's review of Carl Zimmer's new book reveals how we rejected a century's worth of evidence on airborne disease transmission despite proof—and continue to do so today at the cost of millions of lives.
#Airborne #Disease #PublicHealth #Science
May 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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propublica.org
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP

📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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thetyee.ca
Little has been said about post-secondary education this election. But students themselves are paying attention.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
What Post-Secondary Students Want this Election | The Tyee
They fear US-style deportations for political expression and want federal funding to fix higher ed’s deficit ‘crisis.’
thetyee.ca
April 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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letha-b.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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kateclancy.bsky.social
It must be difficult to see all the capaciousness that comes with being queer – all the potential, the joy – and compare it to your own small life, one increasingly defined by a toxic, rigid definition of masculinity that requires aggression, cruelty, and isolation. At the same time, you have to work to be left behind in these moments – to see the possibilities of queer futures as excluding you rather than enjoying all it has to offer in terms of how we understand what it means to be a person, a family, a community.
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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ebeinke.bsky.social
Fyi: "The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, etc."
This org is publishing and hosting them for download so people still have access:

open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM