@xoxo-aleksandra.bsky.social
From Twitter to Threads to Bluesky😢 Hope this is the last transition🫠
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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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A French university is offering funding to American scientists concerned about potential censorship under the Trump administration.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A French university is offering funding to American scientists concerned about potential censorship under the Trump administration.
🔗 www.404media.co/french-unive...
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“Mistakenly.” As if. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ given power to alter payments system
The incident prompted an internal forensic investigation that remains ongoing.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Mistakenly.” As if. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers leak cop manuals for departments nationwide after breaching major provider
Critics accuse the company of wielding outsized private influence on public policing.
www.dailydot.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
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And now is the time when we see what companies REALLY gots women’s backs,,, the world is watching 👀
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
Department of Education rescinds Title IX guidance that NIL payments must be proportionate
How Title IX would factor into schools' revenue-sharing decisions has been a lingering question.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And now is the time when we see what companies REALLY gots women’s backs,,, the world is watching 👀
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Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
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yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
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UPDATED The list of programs affected includes the USDA tribal food sovereignty program, Head Start, the VA suicide prevention and legal services grants, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, prevention programs within the Department of Justice. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump administration memo announces abrupt freeze on broad swath of federal payments
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will temporarily stop payments on multiple federal programs Tuesday evening, cutting off Americans who rely on what could be trillions in funding and likely setti...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
UPDATED The list of programs affected includes the USDA tribal food sovereignty program, Head Start, the VA suicide prevention and legal services grants, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, prevention programs within the Department of Justice. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
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The Trump administration is removing websites about gender identity across the internet.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Trump administration is removing websites about gender identity across the internet.
🔗 www.404media.co/trumps-admin...
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I saw that. One that's gone is the Gun Violence Prevention page.
January 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I saw that. One that's gone is the Gun Violence Prevention page.
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I can't shake how significant this moment feels. Every journalist now actively trying to excuse or rationalise Musk's expression of hate feels very much to me like they're almost literally doing the same movement.
I just hope they know that: they're announcing their position.
archive.ph/ABin9
I just hope they know that: they're announcing their position.
archive.ph/ABin9
January 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I can't shake how significant this moment feels. Every journalist now actively trying to excuse or rationalise Musk's expression of hate feels very much to me like they're almost literally doing the same movement.
I just hope they know that: they're announcing their position.
archive.ph/ABin9
I just hope they know that: they're announcing their position.
archive.ph/ABin9
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Donald Trump has instructed the Justice Department and DHS to rescind protections for transgender prisoners and immigrant detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act: theappeal.org/trump-execut...
‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn
Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.
theappeal.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Donald Trump has instructed the Justice Department and DHS to rescind protections for transgender prisoners and immigrant detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act: theappeal.org/trump-execut...
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TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different
When TikTok returned after being pulled from the U.S., hours before President Trump’s inauguration, users reported “free palestine” comments were being instantly removed.
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When TikTok returned after being pulled from the U.S., hours before President Trump’s inauguration, users reported “free palestine” comments were being instantly removed.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
TikTok Says It’s Not Censoring ‘Free Palestine’ Comments. Users See Something Different
When TikTok returned after being pulled from the U.S., hours before President Trump’s inauguration, users reported “free palestine” comments were being instantly removed.
🔗 www.404media.co/tiktok-free-...
When TikTok returned after being pulled from the U.S., hours before President Trump’s inauguration, users reported “free palestine” comments were being instantly removed.
🔗 www.404media.co/tiktok-free-...
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“Gaming” a woman in order to have sex with her is also a form of coercion
More examples:
More examples:
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Gaming” a woman in order to have sex with her is also a form of coercion
More examples:
More examples:
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Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action
Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.
www.globalcitizen.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
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Dear Media,
Do not report Trump plans to end birthright citizenship through executive order without mentioning a president cannot change the U.S. Constitution through executive order. Thank you.
Do not report Trump plans to end birthright citizenship through executive order without mentioning a president cannot change the U.S. Constitution through executive order. Thank you.
January 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Dear Media,
Do not report Trump plans to end birthright citizenship through executive order without mentioning a president cannot change the U.S. Constitution through executive order. Thank you.
Do not report Trump plans to end birthright citizenship through executive order without mentioning a president cannot change the U.S. Constitution through executive order. Thank you.
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President Biden issues preemptive pardons to Jan. 6 committee members and witnesses, Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley.
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Jan. 6 committee and witnesses, Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley
With just hours remaining in office, the president issued the pardons to protect people Donald Trump had threatened.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
President Biden issues preemptive pardons to Jan. 6 committee members and witnesses, Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley.
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Breaking news: President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to remove the US from the Paris climate accords and 'freeze' regulations. Follow live: www.ft.com/content/a6ce...
January 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Breaking news: President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to remove the US from the Paris climate accords and 'freeze' regulations. Follow live: www.ft.com/content/a6ce...
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Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
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TikTok CEO is attending Trump inaug. Wonder how much $ he had to sink into Trump’s wallet, perhaps via unregulated Trump coin, to seal the deal?
Tech bro oligarchs are enemies to democracy
Tech bro oligarchs are enemies to democracy
January 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
TikTok CEO is attending Trump inaug. Wonder how much $ he had to sink into Trump’s wallet, perhaps via unregulated Trump coin, to seal the deal?
Tech bro oligarchs are enemies to democracy
Tech bro oligarchs are enemies to democracy
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Goodbye Meta - Facebook, Instagram, Threads - Twitter, TiKTok
HELLO BLUESKY!
nerdist.com/article/blue...
HELLO BLUESKY!
nerdist.com/article/blue...
Bluesky Will Launch Flashes, a Photo Sharing App and Potential Alternative to Instagram
Follow Meta's fact-checking changes, Bluesky is creating Flashes, a photo sharing app that could potentially replace Instagram for many.
nerdist.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Goodbye Meta - Facebook, Instagram, Threads - Twitter, TiKTok
HELLO BLUESKY!
nerdist.com/article/blue...
HELLO BLUESKY!
nerdist.com/article/blue...
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Trump set the TikTok ban in motion
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
January 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump set the TikTok ban in motion
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
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Donald Trump is officially the first convicted felon to become US President.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Donald Trump is officially the first convicted felon to become US President.
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How the Trump administration celebrates MLK day
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How the Trump administration celebrates MLK day