Carrie McDonough
@carrieamcdphd.bsky.social
Dogs' life. Rockstar. Environmental astronaut. Associate prof of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon (she/they; views my own).
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What I need people to understand is when legislators argue that professors should teach more and research less, it's not because they think our research is actually worthless. It's because they don't want anyone to be able to develop or disseminate expertise that goes against their party line.
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
What I need people to understand is when legislators argue that professors should teach more and research less, it's not because they think our research is actually worthless. It's because they don't want anyone to be able to develop or disseminate expertise that goes against their party line.
Whenever I have to do nonparametric statistics I just want to take my ball and go home
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Whenever I have to do nonparametric statistics I just want to take my ball and go home
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Please sign this petition to help Minneapolis get a Nobel peace prize.
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Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize
Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of Minnesota, on January 26, 2026 (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) The editors of The Nation are formally nominating the city of Minneapo...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Please sign this petition to help Minneapolis get a Nobel peace prize.
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actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
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It’s wrong at any cost, but for comparison they are spending as much on this as the government spends on the entire Federal Energy Management Program, which helps the govt save energy and money in buildings & fleets. We could’ve doubled that program but instead we’re paying for intimidation flights.
The Trump administration spent more than $40 million last year to send hundreds of migrants to at least two-dozen countries they weren’t from, a tactic Senate Democrats described as a costly strategy aimed at sowing fear and intimidation. https://wapo.st/4rhbvDJ
February 14, 2026 at 1:10 AM
It’s wrong at any cost, but for comparison they are spending as much on this as the government spends on the entire Federal Energy Management Program, which helps the govt save energy and money in buildings & fleets. We could’ve doubled that program but instead we’re paying for intimidation flights.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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“How can you go from science which was very, very strong in 2009 and is only stronger now in 2026 to saying science isn't strong enough to support it. You cannot. That's not a scientific judgment. That's a political judgment.” My statement in Time.
time.com/7377810/trum...
time.com/7377810/trum...
The History of the Endangerment Finding
The Trump Administration has repealed the landmark scientific finding that provides a legal basis for tackling climate change.
time.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
“How can you go from science which was very, very strong in 2009 and is only stronger now in 2026 to saying science isn't strong enough to support it. You cannot. That's not a scientific judgment. That's a political judgment.” My statement in Time.
time.com/7377810/trum...
time.com/7377810/trum...
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“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
The Trump administration has revoked the key rule allowing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. What's next? A big, stupid mess, reports @mollytaft.com:
The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
"it runs counter to the program’s goal of preparing the next generation of scientists by giving them a chance to have their ideas be subject to rigorous peer review.”
NSF's graduate research fellowship (GRF) program is designed to teach aspiring scientists how to write a winning grant proposal. So why are so many applicants being denied that learning experience? www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"it runs counter to the program’s goal of preparing the next generation of scientists by giving them a chance to have their ideas be subject to rigorous peer review.”
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"...what we’re witnessing is the express repetition of a project on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, and Chinese labor camps in the People’s Republic of China."
This is a piece you need to read and share while we can.
This is a piece you need to read and share while we can.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"...what we’re witnessing is the express repetition of a project on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, and Chinese labor camps in the People’s Republic of China."
This is a piece you need to read and share while we can.
This is a piece you need to read and share while we can.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change. n.pr/4asvw30
Trump's EPA plans to end a key climate pollution regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change. n.pr/4asvw30
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Send Elon to the moon now
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Send Elon to the moon now
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They should invent a United States government which isn’t run by corrupt racist pedophiles.
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
They should invent a United States government which isn’t run by corrupt racist pedophiles.
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
"Because what they have in store for our daughters isn’t just about policy and politics, but dimming their collective lights."
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
"Because what they have in store for our daughters isn’t just about policy and politics, but dimming their collective lights."
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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“Women will save democracy. I am absolutely 100% sure of that.”
This article is fantastic AND those of us who’ve been organizing since early December are oh-so-very tired.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
Time for the second wave of folks to jump in and take on more so we can rest a bit.
If you have capacity, plug in with whatever’s happening in your neighborhood.
The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...
www.glamour.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“Women will save democracy. I am absolutely 100% sure of that.”
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Thomas Merton's letter to a young activist:
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Thomas Merton's letter to a young activist:
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
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True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.
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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.