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DrArchivalGenomics
@ehekkala.bsky.social
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🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hi! I study DNA from museum specimens and fossils to see how animals are responding to change in the environment. This is a cave in Madagascar where bones of extinct species can help us in our research #ScienceIsForEveryone #ScienceSelfie
Selfie of me at the entrance to a sinkhole with banyan tree roots in southwestern Madagascar. There are lots of fossils under there!
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 20h
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h
“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

The signs have appeared across some of D.C.’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods where federal immigration arrests have escalated.
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
www.washingtonpost.com
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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 14h
Bondi is hit w/ a formal complaint by ~70 law profs, attys, & 2 ex FL Supreme Court justices, filed w/ the FL Bar. They accused her of "serious professional misconduct" for firing the lead prosecutor in a critical case, for *criticizing Trump in 2017*.
#ProudBlue www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Bondi’s firing of federal prosecutor in Miami threatened to derail big Medicare fraud trial
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Miami federal prosecutor for criticizing President Trump on his blog when he was in private practice.
www.miamiherald.com
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 11h
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12h
Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h
"Making the rigged election claim to the military now, retroactively, is a half-step. By stating it as fact and forcing the general staff to accept it, he is laying the predicate to make such a claim directly to the military in the future."
“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military
Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.
www.thebulwark.com
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Heather Mac @trvlinjunkie.bsky.social · 11h
Yes!! Over 2500 locations set up for it. Find one near you at nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h
These layoffs are illegal and will be challenged in court. Keep resisting, Democrats.
Tweet from The Washington Post reads: “Breaking news: The Trump administration began laying off federal workers while the government is shuttered, fulfilling threats from President Trump to take advantage of the closure to shave off more parts of the federal workforce he dislikes.” Below is an image of Donald Trump speaking. Caption: “Trump administration begins laying off federal workers…”
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4d
“I don’t know if we’ve ever seen a major media organization do such an about-face this fast. This is the paper of Watergate, multiple Pulitzers, the Access Hollywood tape—the thorn in Trump’s side—now completely flipped.” -- @karenattiah.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/karen-attiah...
Star Columnist Fired by Bezos Says Billionaire Is Helping Trump Destroy Democracy
Washington Post star who got kicked out reveals how the Amazon boss ‘flipped’ the paper to suck up to Trump.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d
The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal
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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 9d
On the anniversary of his murder, when he was hacked to death by mercenaries hired by Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi is beautifully remembered by another writer they have tried to silence, Karen Attiah. Important reading for us all.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 9d
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
open.substack.com
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AndyC @andyc300.bsky.social · 3d
If you ever had an urge to take your anger in a positive direction, this is one way to do it and one of the better ones. You can what to do and how to do it/get started, from someone who is there right now and has paid a cost for it more than once.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 3d
There are still spots left for the fall session: www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d
This one featuring @karenattiah.bsky.social discusses how the broader center-to-left has failed to understand power, at both personal and organizational levels.

We have to seek power and use it in order to protect our beliefs.
To stop Trump’s authoritarianism, his opponents must understand and wield power
Karen Attiah, a victim of Trumpist purge at the Washington Post, discusses how liberals and progressives can get their groove back
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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 16h
Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 19h
Update on Missouri Democrats’ efforts to stop redistricting in that state.

@peoplenotpolsmo.bsky.social continues to lead the charge on gathering enough signatures for a referendum vote by December 11th, but they need more support.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.
Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.
www.politico.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22h
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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Lincoln Salute @lincolnsalute.bsky.social · Apr 9
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Lincoln Salute @lincolnsalute.bsky.social · Apr 9
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Lincoln Salute @lincolnsalute.bsky.social · Apr 9
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🕸godhatesyeeeest🕷 @godhatesyeast.bsky.social · 2d
in a similar vein
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13h
it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h
The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT
Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep
The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14h
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 13h
Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h
OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org
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