Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like every time I see Rubio he looks a little more dead inside.

1

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Sarah Rose @thesarahrose.bsky.social · 1d

The ANTIFA/DSA bogeyman functions in this admin as the Bolshevik/Jew threats did in the 30s and 40s

1 1 4

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 1d

There is no America, according to these people. There's only Trump.

1 13

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

270 1.7K 5.7K

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 1d

That is going to be a serious pile of dog shit bags in a week.

1

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

310 3.3K 13K

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Dusty, taxidermic armadillo in American flag bandana makes case to replace Lee Greenwood.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Lee Greenwood makes his case to replace Bad Bunny

The Outrage Machine has been on overdrive lately, as it relates to the NFL's decision to tap Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

www.nbcsports.com

10 20 180

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

J Alley @alleyj.bsky.social · 2d

Reign of terror funded by our tax dollars

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

Trump signed an EO to combat "anti-Christian bias."

This week ICE shot a Christian Pastor, David Black & not one MAGA politician, pundit, or person has bothered to condemn it. Instead they celebrate it.

It was never about anti-Christian bias—it was always about fascism masquerading as Christianity

2 38 120

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

210 790 3.6K

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

330 8.8K 28K

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 2d

To “make” the proof. Jesus.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

94 280 1.5K

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

This cites seven outbreaks of listeria, salmonella, and cyclospora in food, which have caused dozens of illnesses, since July. In NO case has the contaminated food product been identified. In case you wonder how the reduction of the FDA's food safety labs has been working for us all.

Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

The following is a list of outbreak and adverse event investigations primarily being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams.

www.fda.gov

1 10 12

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 2d

Not just subsidies! Everyone would be able to get one of those space age med beds and live forever!

2 1 39

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

140 1.8K 4.7K

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

160 1.2K 5.2K

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

59 1.1K 3.8K

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, the Unipiper is kind of terrifying to the uninitiated.

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Mechanical Engineering Magazine @mengineeringmag.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Omar Yaghi, who collected a Nobel Prize in Chemistry this morning. @kaytsukel.bsky.social wrote about his work using metal-organic frameworks back in 2023.

www.asme.org/topics-resou...

Hand-held Device Takes Water from the Air Using MOFs - ASME

A new hand-held device can harvest water from the air even in desert conditions.

www.asme.org

1

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

440 2.6K 4.6K

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 4d

DHS should be embarrassed.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

1

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats @mengineeringmag.bsky.social!

2

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Jeffrey Winters @jeffreywinters.bsky.social · 4d

Incredibly proud of my old crew at @asmedotorg.bsky.social @mengineeringmag.bsky.social for nabbing two Eddies last night. Best little magazine no one’s ever heard of. Onward and upward.

Sarah Alburakeh and Louise Poirier with the trophies for best single issue and best body of work.

1 2 1

Reposted by Kayt Sukel

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4d

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

19 790 1.8K

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 5d

Well, that’s something.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5d

The Supreme Court just denied Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal with no noted dissents: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

1

Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 5d

I will never understand the desire to demonize affordable healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

KERNEN: Watch your colleagues in some of the red states wimp out and decide that we're gonna pretend that we care and we're gonna renew these subsidies

HASSETT: Right. Well, a lot of people share your opinion about Obamacare

1 1