Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jen Schneider

@jendschneider.bsky.social

1.3K followers 2.6K following 53 posts

Erstwhile rhetorician and cultural critic. Personal account. There are not enough Tums in the world right now

Videos

Education 19%

Engineering 16%

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Jen Schneider

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Jun 28

I really need to figure out the right way to get this poem tattooed on me because it has gotten me out of the hole that is not my grave entirely too many times and I think everyone needs to read it this week billmoyers.com/story/poetry...

Poetry Month: WHAT RESEMBLES THE GRAVE BUT ISN’T - BillMoyers

Always falling into a hole, then saying “ok, this is not your grave, get out of this hole,” getting out of the hole which is not the grave...

billmoyers.com

25 94 320

Reposted by Jen Schneider, Matt Bowden

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Apr 6

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

910 4K 22K

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · Apr 4

One of the things about the time Trump, et al ambushed Zelensky in the Oval Office is Trump kept telling him, "you don't have the cards." He truthied this about China today, what do I see here? Zelensky doesn't have "cards" & China "played it wrong"? A telling "game" metaphor.

Trump: “You’re, right now, not in a very good position. You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position –”

Zelenskyy: “From the very beginning of the war —”

Trump: “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards.”

Zelenskyy: “I’m not playing cards. I’m very serious, Mr. President. I’m very serious.”

Trump: “You’re playing cards. You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III.”

trump truthie: CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED--THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!

8 38 140

The Economist @economist.com · Apr 3

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

490 5.4K 12K

Reposted by Simon L. Lewis, Éric Gilbert, Olivier Klein , and 12 more Simon L. Lewis, Éric Gilbert, Olivier Klein, Helen Gunter, Bulgaria, Aaron Gerow, Allyn Fives, Jen Schneider, Thijs Heus, Steffen Ganghof, Christian Rauh, Travis Longcore, Duncan Morrow, Konrad J. Kuhn, Raphaël Soubeyran

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 3

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

930 14K 28K

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Mar 22

🔴Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be

American columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda turns to Václav Havel’s dissident essays from 1978, 'The Power of the Powerless', to learn how people can find a collective way back from democratic ruin

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-b...

Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be

American columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda turns to Václav Havel’s dissident essays from 1978, 'The Power of the Powerless', to learn how people can find a collective way back from democratic ruin

www.bylinesupplement.com

10 92 200

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Mar 22

In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about.

A thread/

28 410 1K

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Tony Gallagher, Nev Jones , and 5 more Hilde Van den Bulck, Tony Gallagher, Nev Jones, Tanya Heikkila, Jen Schneider, Kath Albury, Yara Mekawi, Dominique C. Bergmann

WIRED @wired.com · Mar 18

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

freedom.press

1.6K 24K 92K

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Charlie Hunt @charlesrhunt.com · Mar 14

🧵I think there are many members of Congress who either don't understand, or don't care to understand, how central it is to their job description to show representational leadership even if there's few to no good policy outcomes that can result.

1 3 8

Reposted by E. Richard Gold, Jen Schneider

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Mar 7

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

86 1.8K 4.6K

Reposted by Steven Roberts, Micaël Castanheira, Jen Schneider , and 2 more Steven Roberts, Micaël Castanheira, Jen Schneider, Mary E. Stuckey, Arlene Dávila

dan sinker @dansinker.com · Feb 24

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

750 7.3K 25K

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · Feb 19

For folks who are feeling overwhelmed and don't know where to start (and maybe especially journalists who've been trained to believe that civic activism is out of bounds, and are now questioning that for yourselves), a resource some very smart friends of mine put together: www.mycivicworkout.com

1 12 32

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 11

Oh dear

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 7

What happens to this site if cats turn out to be vectors, God help us all

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Feb 6

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

www.nytimes.com

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 7

This is an important essay.

1 8

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Feb 6

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

www.nytimes.com

6 42 81

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 6

Correct

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 6

I love this and would also buy a print!

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 6

She loves you too, I’m sure of it

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Feb 6

Barbara says hiiiiiiii

Close up of middle aged black lab named Barbara, aka, Bubbe

1 19

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Laurel Oldach @laureloldach.bsky.social · Jan 29

Literally every time I have filed this story (4x this week), something happened to change it before my editor had a chance to look.

But here’s WTF happened at NIH this week (so far)

cen.acs.org/policy/US-fu...

US funding freeze memo rescinded, NIH confusion persists

Acting NIH director Memoli clarifies communication restrictions as White House moves to freeze US government grants

cen.acs.org

19 37

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Jan 29

Anyone get transferred from Blue Cross to Regence when the state switched over last year? Anyone all of a sudden having a lot of basic, run of the mill claims denied on what seem like absurd grounds? Just curious

1 2

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Jan 21

When my social battery runs out 7 minutes into the function

22 84 1.4K

Reposted by Jen Schneider

Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · Dec 24

Christmas carolers perform in the Kyiv subway during an air raid alert, where the subway also serves as a shelter.

🎥: kristinadoroshenko/Instagram

6 67 250

Reposted by Jen Schneider

David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.social · Dec 10

“Orange Variee”, orange perfume set with eight spikes inside.

Made in 1925 for the company Le Parfum de Marcy, Les Lilas, Paris, it is in painted ceramics, glass and enamel, 6 cm tall, private collection.

17 120 730

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Nov 29

Yes. Idaho

Reposted by Mimí Sheller, Jen Schneider

Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · Nov 24

ACLU is hiring an Algorithmic Justice Fellow to work on cutting edge projects focused on digital rights — the work will interrogate how automated systems are being used in high stakes areas. www.aclu.org/careers/appl...

Careers at ACLU

Join our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.

www.aclu.org

1 130 290

Reposted by Amanda Farrin, Jen Schneider

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · Nov 21

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

2.2K 6.5K 58K

Jen Schneider @jendschneider.bsky.social · Nov 19

I love to know this!