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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you MIT

Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 2h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

"“It feels like the efforts of a couple of generations of scientists who have worked extremely diligently to produce the world’s most highly vetted assessments has been set aside with no path forward.”

Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

PFNA has the same molecular structure as PFOA (or C8, of Dark Waters fame...) but one more CF2 group, so the perfluorinated chain is one carbon longer. Same as PFOA, PFNA doesn't break down via natural processes, and lingers in the environment forever, as far as we know.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

You heard that right - there is NO SAFE LEVEL of PFOA in drinking water... yet we are being denied information on the toxicity of PFNA, one of its closest chemical relatives.

Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

The EPA-set ideal level of PFOA in your water (the MCLG) is 0 ppt because PFOA is a known human carcinogen. The MCL (feasible max level) is 4 ppt. There is no reason to think PFNA would be very different in terms of toxicity given the similar structure. Regulating PFNA is common sense.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2h

This is always the way in the human rights and civil rights world. It's one key reason why my work in those areas for many years was recording abuses and gathering evidence as events occur.

It's extraordinarily difficult to piece events together later w/o contemporaneous records to mine for clues.

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

PFNA has the same molecular structure as PFOA (or C8, of Dark Waters fame...) but one more CF2 group, so the perfluorinated chain is one carbon longer. Same as PFOA, PFNA doesn't break down via natural processes, and lingers in the environment forever, as far as we know.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2h

I have been worried about this for a while - whatever we're seeing isn't the half of it. We won't know the true story till much later, and then whoever's in charge will get to decide what stories we tell, what history we know.

Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 2h

It is impossible—even for those of us who spend a pathological amount of time every day working on CBP, ICE, and DHS—to fully track these agencies’ misdeeds.

Transparency trails years behind, if we are lucky and persistent. Someday, the accounting from this period will be terrible.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2h

I keep learning of months old horrors and I follow this stuff very closely. I’m sure the level of brutality and misconduct has not fully reached the public. The population cleansing agents are out of control.

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 12h

They should just give it to Obama again so Trump explodes

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 15h

This article does a fantastic job of summarizing Hegseth's many attacks on the military, and on anyone who isn't a straight white male serving. Please give it a read!

The military is smarter, more ethical, and more well-rounded with diverse SMs - all descriptors that the regime is fighting against.

ACLU @aclu.org · 15h

All servicewomen serving in combat roles already have to meet stringent gender-neutral physical standards.

But Secretary Hegseth is intent on smearing those women as unqualified — and pushing all women out of military service.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Moves to Push Women Out of the Military

From eliminating the Pentagon’s gender advisory committee to misrepresenting women’s combat readiness, Hegseth’s record shows a clear campaign against women in uniform.

www.aclu.org

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 19h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18h

Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.

It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.

It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 22h

can someone please make an explainer on how to remove the new "AI features" from like every app and program in existence? plz thx.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

Documenting what has been lost... and what still could be found with a renewed commitment to science in America.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

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

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 1d

Chicagoans still marching on Michigan Ave chanting "up up with liberation, down down with deportations!"

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2d

"Extorting our universities to comply with ideological demands and quell freedom of speech is not only anti-democratic; it threatens our ability to teach and study freely, and thus the very bedrock of academia in the United States of America." -- please sign if you agree...

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 2d

"The greatest crisis of American civil-military relations in modern history is now under way."

Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 2d

Must-read @radiofreetom.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

California is the 4th largest economy in the world. It’s time it and other blue states used their economic clout to fight Trump’s agenda.

The latest from @clarajeffery:

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 2d

JOIN us on 10/18 and stand up for science and democracy! There will be over 2300 events across the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and internationally for you to make your voice heard!

Interested in speaking at a local event? We will be hosting a training on 10/14 — stay tuned for details!

Poster image with a large blue star and three red stripes, text reads: "No Kings Rally, Stand up for science and for democracy! Find and join your local no kings rally! October 18th, 2025, Nationwide" At the bottom is a URL which reads: www.nokings.org

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 3d

Join me in donating to get the word out big-time in PA!

@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 3d

@pgh-health-science.bsky.social is working to get billboards up in the Pittsburgh area to educate about this issue. Please donate to maddogpac.com/cart if you want to help.

apnews.com/article/penn... supreme court battles move to Pennsylvania, where 3 Democratic justices hope to keep seats

State supreme court battles move to Pennsylvania, where 3 Democratic justices hope to keep seats

Republicans and Democrats have begun pouring money into an election this November for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 4d

What's to weigh? It's a no.

It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.

Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Colleges weigh whether to sign on to Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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