@wireman-autumn.bsky.social
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still wild to me that UBI isn’t like the default left of center position
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
still wild to me that UBI isn’t like the default left of center position
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According to the CBC, Israel said filming Gaza from above would “jeopardize flights.”
CBC agreed to follow Israeli censorship order on Gaza aid drop flight
According to the CBC, Israel said filming Gaza from above would “jeopardize flights.”
therealnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
According to the CBC, Israel said filming Gaza from above would “jeopardize flights.”
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I wish that Marco Rubio will not have another night of peaceful, restful sleep. May the screams of thousands of dying infants haunt him every night for the rest of his miserable time on earth.
#usaid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#usaid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I wish that Marco Rubio will not have another night of peaceful, restful sleep. May the screams of thousands of dying infants haunt him every night for the rest of his miserable time on earth.
#usaid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#usaid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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These are the people ensuring your water is safe & air breathable.
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump
The letter is rare public criticism from agency employees who could face blowback for speaking out against a weakening of funding and federal support.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
These are the people ensuring your water is safe & air breathable.
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
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Looks like the post I QT’ed was deleted. This is the article that was shared: apnews.com/article/pale...
July 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Looks like the post I QT’ed was deleted. This is the article that was shared: apnews.com/article/pale...
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People are asking what are the most affected states. Here is a PDF: learningpolicyinstitute.org/media/4722/d...
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
People are asking what are the most affected states. Here is a PDF: learningpolicyinstitute.org/media/4722/d...
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Hi. Hello.
It is not normal to talk about YOUR ALLIES in this way. This is fascism.
Hope this helps!
It is not normal to talk about YOUR ALLIES in this way. This is fascism.
Hope this helps!
Trump on the European Union: "They're nasty. They're very nasty ... we have the cards far more than they do."
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hi. Hello.
It is not normal to talk about YOUR ALLIES in this way. This is fascism.
Hope this helps!
It is not normal to talk about YOUR ALLIES in this way. This is fascism.
Hope this helps!
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I feel like this isn’t getting enough attention…because this is CRAZY????
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times
June 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I feel like this isn’t getting enough attention…because this is CRAZY????
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times
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Given that Greater #Lafayette #Indiana is a college town, and #Purdue, a "research one" university, is very much a #STEM school, the conclusion is clear: everyone in our blankety-blank #Wabash river watershed should be fightin' hard for science this summer. It's our bread & butter! #RiseUp
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This thread about how to feel better after being blasted with bad news and fascist actions under this horrible regime provides what we need to do to feel more in community and ready to continue the fight. Thank you, Colette, for reminding us we are the majority!
Here is my weekly pep-talk covering:
1. Why you feel so tired/overwhelmed/discouraged/sad about ~everything~ and
2. What you can DO to feel better.
Read this, internalize it, share it with your friends. We are in this together and we are NOT the minority.
a thread 🧵 1/x
1. Why you feel so tired/overwhelmed/discouraged/sad about ~everything~ and
2. What you can DO to feel better.
Read this, internalize it, share it with your friends. We are in this together and we are NOT the minority.
a thread 🧵 1/x
June 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This thread about how to feel better after being blasted with bad news and fascist actions under this horrible regime provides what we need to do to feel more in community and ready to continue the fight. Thank you, Colette, for reminding us we are the majority!
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We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps
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This was such a good book.
I arrogantly thought I knew a lot about measles and the history of vaccines.
I didn’t.
I learned a ton and so will you.
Fascinating and sadly timely.
I arrogantly thought I knew a lot about measles and the history of vaccines.
I didn’t.
I learned a ton and so will you.
Fascinating and sadly timely.
BOOK NEWS! Booster Shots is available for preorder! Measles, the world’s most infectious virus, evolves with us – aided by poverty, war, and neglect. Its resurgence spotlights our ongoing failure to protect children and suggests a way forward. I’m excited for you to read it! Preorder at link in bio.
June 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This was such a good book.
I arrogantly thought I knew a lot about measles and the history of vaccines.
I didn’t.
I learned a ton and so will you.
Fascinating and sadly timely.
I arrogantly thought I knew a lot about measles and the history of vaccines.
I didn’t.
I learned a ton and so will you.
Fascinating and sadly timely.
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Per this lawyer, the mother of 3 US citizens, among others, has been abducted by “bounty hunters” at gunpoint, brought to CBP, where they demanded she sign deportation papers without seeing a judge.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
June 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Per this lawyer, the mother of 3 US citizens, among others, has been abducted by “bounty hunters” at gunpoint, brought to CBP, where they demanded she sign deportation papers without seeing a judge.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
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this is disturbing, but i’m enjoying thinking about a reverse situation where a Christian gets elected in a majority Muslim country and a bigoted legislator smears him by calling him “little Jesus”
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
this is disturbing, but i’m enjoying thinking about a reverse situation where a Christian gets elected in a majority Muslim country and a bigoted legislator smears him by calling him “little Jesus”
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So important! Please contact your Republican senators, especially Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). 🙏 amplify!
As Robert Kuttner writes, the NIH will need support from Republican Senators to avoid draconian cuts to its FY2026 budget.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
prospect.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So important! Please contact your Republican senators, especially Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). 🙏 amplify!
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An anti-science administration hellbent on uprooting and dismantling 75+ years of American leadership in science.
Why? To what ends? Who benefits when the White House makes it ever harder, if not impossible, to retain talent, advance use-driven research, and train the next generation of innovators?
Why? To what ends? Who benefits when the White House makes it ever harder, if not impossible, to retain talent, advance use-driven research, and train the next generation of innovators?
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
An anti-science administration hellbent on uprooting and dismantling 75+ years of American leadership in science.
Why? To what ends? Who benefits when the White House makes it ever harder, if not impossible, to retain talent, advance use-driven research, and train the next generation of innovators?
Why? To what ends? Who benefits when the White House makes it ever harder, if not impossible, to retain talent, advance use-driven research, and train the next generation of innovators?
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We’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models.
If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social
Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social
Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
HiTOP Teaching Hub
Information about HiTOP self-report measures, including HiTOP-PRO, the harmful substance use module, and B-HiTOP
www.hitop-system.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models.
If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social
Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social
Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
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Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
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Trump’s EPA wants to lift a ban on asbestos.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
June 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump’s EPA wants to lift a ban on asbestos.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
Asbestos is banned in over 50 countries due to comprehensive research showing that it causes cancer.
This is another policy move that will make America sicker.
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418 anti-science actions since inauguration.
66 just this month.
The Trump admin is trying to dismantle science in the US via executive orders, loyalty tests for scientists, rigged reports & MUCH more.
Find ways to fight back with action here: zurl.co/VGoKG
zurl.co/GTS25
#StandUpForScience
66 just this month.
The Trump admin is trying to dismantle science in the US via executive orders, loyalty tests for scientists, rigged reports & MUCH more.
Find ways to fight back with action here: zurl.co/VGoKG
zurl.co/GTS25
#StandUpForScience
Science Under Fire in Washington
We’re seeing an even more obvious effort from the Trump administration to co-opt science in its efforts to undermine scientific integrity.
zurl.co
June 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
418 anti-science actions since inauguration.
66 just this month.
The Trump admin is trying to dismantle science in the US via executive orders, loyalty tests for scientists, rigged reports & MUCH more.
Find ways to fight back with action here: zurl.co/VGoKG
zurl.co/GTS25
#StandUpForScience
66 just this month.
The Trump admin is trying to dismantle science in the US via executive orders, loyalty tests for scientists, rigged reports & MUCH more.
Find ways to fight back with action here: zurl.co/VGoKG
zurl.co/GTS25
#StandUpForScience
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You may have heard: a judge called Trump’s NIH cuts “palpable” discrimination. We’ve said it all along - these cuts are criminal, cost lives, & must be reversed. The courts agree.
Sign our letter of support for the Bethesda Declaration & help us restore science to the people:
zurl.co/PnkPd
Sign our letter of support for the Bethesda Declaration & help us restore science to the people:
zurl.co/PnkPd
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
zurl.co
June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You may have heard: a judge called Trump’s NIH cuts “palpable” discrimination. We’ve said it all along - these cuts are criminal, cost lives, & must be reversed. The courts agree.
Sign our letter of support for the Bethesda Declaration & help us restore science to the people:
zurl.co/PnkPd
Sign our letter of support for the Bethesda Declaration & help us restore science to the people:
zurl.co/PnkPd
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The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
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New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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When $50M gets handed out behind closed doors, scientists speak up.
NIH’s autism research push is raising serious transparency concerns. Science deserves open, accountable processes, esp under Trump, whose cronies have pushed misinformation about autism causes.
zurl.co/QxCxQ
#StandUpForScience
NIH’s autism research push is raising serious transparency concerns. Science deserves open, accountable processes, esp under Trump, whose cronies have pushed misinformation about autism causes.
zurl.co/QxCxQ
#StandUpForScience
Why autism researchers aren’t convinced NIH can keep science and politics separate
A new $50 million NIH initiative to find the causes of autism faces questions about transparency and independence.
zurl.co
June 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
When $50M gets handed out behind closed doors, scientists speak up.
NIH’s autism research push is raising serious transparency concerns. Science deserves open, accountable processes, esp under Trump, whose cronies have pushed misinformation about autism causes.
zurl.co/QxCxQ
#StandUpForScience
NIH’s autism research push is raising serious transparency concerns. Science deserves open, accountable processes, esp under Trump, whose cronies have pushed misinformation about autism causes.
zurl.co/QxCxQ
#StandUpForScience