@tezahud.bsky.social
MS Science teacher & big nerd that runs the school D&D club. Dual citizen, from the US but living in Aus now. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally and woke AF.
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🚨 This is not a drill. 🚨
Saturday Badge is 50% sold out. Repeat: HALF. GONE.
Act fast or spend PAX Saturday watching your friends post from the Expo Hall while you sit at home eating Vaseline on toast!
Book your badge now: events.ticketbooth.com.au/tickets/pax-...
Saturday Badge is 50% sold out. Repeat: HALF. GONE.
Act fast or spend PAX Saturday watching your friends post from the Expo Hall while you sit at home eating Vaseline on toast!
Book your badge now: events.ticketbooth.com.au/tickets/pax-...
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
🚨 This is not a drill. 🚨
Saturday Badge is 50% sold out. Repeat: HALF. GONE.
Act fast or spend PAX Saturday watching your friends post from the Expo Hall while you sit at home eating Vaseline on toast!
Book your badge now: events.ticketbooth.com.au/tickets/pax-...
Saturday Badge is 50% sold out. Repeat: HALF. GONE.
Act fast or spend PAX Saturday watching your friends post from the Expo Hall while you sit at home eating Vaseline on toast!
Book your badge now: events.ticketbooth.com.au/tickets/pax-...
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NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.
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"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.
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Unelected billionaire Elon Musk should not be acting as co-president of the United States and making $8 million a day from government contracts while he’s at it.
My new bill would crack down on conflicts of interest for Elon Musk and all Special Government Employees.
My new bill would crack down on conflicts of interest for Elon Musk and all Special Government Employees.
Democrat-sponsored bill seeks ethics checks on special government employees like Elon Musk
A new Democrat-sponsored bill seeks ethics checks on special government employees in the wake of Elon Musk's government influence.
abcnews.go.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Unelected billionaire Elon Musk should not be acting as co-president of the United States and making $8 million a day from government contracts while he’s at it.
My new bill would crack down on conflicts of interest for Elon Musk and all Special Government Employees.
My new bill would crack down on conflicts of interest for Elon Musk and all Special Government Employees.
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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We're living through a nightmare. (Yes, this is authoritarianism.)
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We're living through a nightmare. (Yes, this is authoritarianism.)
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
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RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
www.cbsnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...
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As markets melt down around the world, Congress could act right now to prevent an economic collapse before markets open on Monday.
The only thing standing in the way is a few spineless Republicans.
The only thing standing in the way is a few spineless Republicans.
April 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
As markets melt down around the world, Congress could act right now to prevent an economic collapse before markets open on Monday.
The only thing standing in the way is a few spineless Republicans.
The only thing standing in the way is a few spineless Republicans.
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"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man."
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
- Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC
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This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.
February 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.
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“if everyone would shut up about their own struggles and pretend that the blue collar white man is the universal subject, we could win” always reliably leads to an alliance with outright bigots and charlatans.
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“if everyone would shut up about their own struggles and pretend that the blue collar white man is the universal subject, we could win” always reliably leads to an alliance with outright bigots and charlatans.
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www.newsweek.com/will-nationw...
Oh a Newsweek article on the February 28th boycott.
Media's taking notice 🤔
#Trumpflation and anti DEI policies are hurting the corporations already.
They have made a choice,make them feel it too. They need our money we don't need their bS.
Oh a Newsweek article on the February 28th boycott.
Media's taking notice 🤔
#Trumpflation and anti DEI policies are hurting the corporations already.
They have made a choice,make them feel it too. They need our money we don't need their bS.
Will nationwide economic blackout on February 28 work?
An organization is calling for a nationwide economic blackout on major U.S. retailers to send a message about DEI.
www.newsweek.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
www.newsweek.com/will-nationw...
Oh a Newsweek article on the February 28th boycott.
Media's taking notice 🤔
#Trumpflation and anti DEI policies are hurting the corporations already.
They have made a choice,make them feel it too. They need our money we don't need their bS.
Oh a Newsweek article on the February 28th boycott.
Media's taking notice 🤔
#Trumpflation and anti DEI policies are hurting the corporations already.
They have made a choice,make them feel it too. They need our money we don't need their bS.
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Tim Snyder has correctly called the for-profit US healthcare system "an invitation to tyranny." Now, as fascism is taking over the country, US hospital and university administrators are among the first line of collaborators with the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters
“Authoritarian regimes often rely on doctors and other health workers to provide a facade of legitimacy and willing hands armed with scalpels, syringes, pens, or simply locks on doors,” writes Eric Re...
www.statnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tim Snyder has correctly called the for-profit US healthcare system "an invitation to tyranny." Now, as fascism is taking over the country, US hospital and university administrators are among the first line of collaborators with the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...
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There's some excellent information here. Also, that's the image you'll see if you're trying to find information about the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
journalistsresource.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There's some excellent information here. Also, that's the image you'll see if you're trying to find information about the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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Just a friendly reminder: studies show that DEI initiatives disproportionately benefit white women. So, every time Karoline Leavitt says DEI, she’s talking about herself.
January 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just a friendly reminder: studies show that DEI initiatives disproportionately benefit white women. So, every time Karoline Leavitt says DEI, she’s talking about herself.
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It would be weirdly comforting to believe he's just a Russian stooge, and certainly he and the whole GOP are all in on the same racist nationalist bullshit as Putin and his pals, but, no, he really IS that stupid and when it blows up in his face very soon, he will blame DEI because he's also racist.
How can anyone be this stupid? It has to be insidiously planned for collapse. I hate to be conspiratorial, but no one can be this dumb.
January 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It would be weirdly comforting to believe he's just a Russian stooge, and certainly he and the whole GOP are all in on the same racist nationalist bullshit as Putin and his pals, but, no, he really IS that stupid and when it blows up in his face very soon, he will blame DEI because he's also racist.
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Spent the day rushing around to download publicly available data sets from government sites for exactly the same reason. This is unbelievable.
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Spent the day rushing around to download publicly available data sets from government sites for exactly the same reason. This is unbelievable.
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Reading the news from the USA, it is clear that what we are witnessing is shock capitalism. The tariffs, the erasing of databases, the hunting of migrants, this is a man-made crisis that we annihilate the majority (yes, including its voters) and benefit a handful of extremely powerful people.
January 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reading the news from the USA, it is clear that what we are witnessing is shock capitalism. The tariffs, the erasing of databases, the hunting of migrants, this is a man-made crisis that we annihilate the majority (yes, including its voters) and benefit a handful of extremely powerful people.
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Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”
January 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”
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Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
January 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Firefighters from Mexico just arrived at LAX. They'll be joining 14,000+ personnel already battling the #PalisadesFire.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California is immensely grateful to our neighbors' support in the fight against the wildfires in Los Angeles.