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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 3d

Authoritarian tactic #1: Control information and suppress dissent. An authoritarian regime works to control the public narrative—and to suppress facts, evidence, and information that threaten its power or agenda.

Attacks on Science

Disappearing data. Silenced scientists. We've tracked threats to the federal scientific enterprise for decades.

www.ucs.org

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 3d

As expected, unfortunately.

If ever you needed a reason for never using GISAID ever again (as a data producer or data user - we're both), look no further.

Time to move on to more trusted and transparent solutions.

Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 3d

CovSpectrum

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · 7d

do we have to?

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 12d

Hundreds of residents of Oxford, Mississippi, turned out at a No Kings protest against the Trump administration on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Here are some photos of those who showed up and the protest signs they carried.

Photos: No Kings Protest in Oxford, Mississippi

Hundreds of residents of Oxford, Mississippi, turned out at a No Kings protest against the Trump administration on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 12d

We are taking legal action to ensure Adelita Grijalva is sworn in. I will not allow Arizonans to be silenced or treated as second-class citizens in their own democracy.

Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · 19d

Still on Facebook? If so, why?

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 19d

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 19d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 20d

The executive is usurping a core Article I function, this should be treated with the same amount of alarm as if he declared he's disbanding Congress, because that's functionally what he's doing/done

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 20d

Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.

Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · 21d

More inflatable costumes, please.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 22d

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 26d

www.eventbrite.com/e/revolution...

Revolutions Are Made of Love Launch Celebration!

Join us for a night of art, community, and celebration as we launch Revolutions Are Made of Love

www.eventbrite.com

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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · Oct 3

I cannot tell you what it means to get this shout out from someone I have looked up to for my entire career. Thanks, Steve. 🙏

Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · Oct 3

Mathematician Chad Topaz's new book looks at America's criminal legal system through the lens of data science. Pre-order at www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Ju...

Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change

Amazon.com: Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change: 9780691276151: Topaz, Chad M.: Books

www.amazon.com

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · Oct 2

When the camera turns around after she flips him off and the whole class is behind her. Goals.

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · Oct 2

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Oct 1

This is a ratfuck to keep the case alive in a very friendly venue, and potentially end telemedicine prescriptions of abortion pills nationwide. *1 in 4* abortions reported in the US last year were done with mifepristone via telehealth

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Oct 1

NEW: Judge Matt Kacsmaryk transferred ongoing lawsuit against the FDA over abortion drug mifepristone to the Eastern District of Missouri. (Trump DOJ said AGs of Missouri, Kansas, Idaho couldn't sue in TX.) Denies motions to intervene from AGs of TX, FL, LA
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

screenshot of order from this docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65768749/state-of-missouri-v-us-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
Case 2:22-cv-00223-Z Document 273 Filed 09/30/25
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION
STATE OF MISSOURI, et al.,
Intervenor Plaintifts,
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants,
and
DANCO LABORATORIES, LLC, et al.,
Intervenor Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Before the Court are Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Intervenor-States' Amended Complaint ('Defendants' Motion) (ECF No. 218), filed January 18, 2025, and Intervenor-Defendant Danco Laboratories, LLC's Motion to Dismiss Intervenor-States' Amended Complaint ("Danco's Motion) (ECF No. 221), filed January 28, 2025 (together, the "Motions"). The Court granted Intervenor Plaintifis leave to file a consolidated response to the Motions. BCF Nos. 226, 227. Intervenor Plaintiffs responded to the Motions on February 20, 2025. ECF No. 228. Defendants and Danco replied on May 5, 2025, after the Court granted a deadline extension. ECF Nos. 247, 248, 241. On August 22, 2025, Texas and Florida also moved to intervene. ECF No. 254. Louisiana followed suit on September 19, 2025. ECF No. 264.
The Motions are now ripe. Having considered the Motions, briefing, and relevant law, the Court GRANTS Defendants' Motion and DENIES as MOOT Danco's Motion. The Court also DENIES as MOOT Texas, Florida, and Louisiana's Motions to Intervene. This case is TRANSFERRED to the Eastern District of Missouri under 28 U.S.C. Section 1406(a).

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · Sep 30

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · Sep 29

Half the things I see say I need to be doing more to save democracy and half say I should less so I don’t burn out and die. Where is the line, Cheryl?

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Palmetto State Abortion Fund @psabortionfund.bsky.social · Sep 29

Good news: y’all have already raised $300!

Bad news: she’s measured further along and the cost has gone up. She needs a total of $3,400 now in addition to the $1,000 we already pledged. Our goal is now $2,500 to raise for her and we will cover the rest of the balance.

Palmetto State Abortion Fund @psabortionfund.bsky.social · Sep 29

We have a minor in need of an extra $1950 for their appointment today. We already contributed $1000 — we can cover the balance as long as we can raise $750 today! www.DonorBox.org/support-the-fund

Donate to Palmetto State Abortion Fund | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)

*While we assist abortion seekers from other Southern states as well, the information below pertains to South Carolina.* Since launching in late 2021, PSAF has supported over 1,500 people in accessing...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 26

That presidential tweet about Tylenol and vaccines is completely crazy. How are there no guardrails??? This is so so dangerous and I need these democrats to stop dicking around and at least vocalize some resistance and sanity. This is beyond.

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · Sep 21

It never occurred to me until right now that if he governs by tweet, he is definitely managing via DM.

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · Sep 21

Less somber here than he was at the US Open.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 21

Trump: Charlie Kirk was like a son to me.

Also Trump: Laughs and chats through Charlie Kirk’s memorial service and eulogies.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Sep 19

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt.

Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · Sep 19

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Greta Knits @gretaknits.bsky.social · Sep 17

More for #RoseWednesday 🌱
The same rose, a few hours later, in better light 😊

An afternoon shot of a 'Double delight' rose. The deep red is beginning to fade to a lighter shade, and the creamy yellow is emerging.

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · Sep 16

🔬 Help Us Improve Early Lyme Disease Detection! 🦠

#LymeDisease #ClinicalStudy #MedicalResearch #PointOfCare #Diagnostics #Research #VolunteerOpportunity #HealthInnovation #BostonUniversity #LymeDiseaseDetection🧪

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Cathie Klapperich @cathieklapperich.com · Sep 16

It's perfect square day. 9/16/25. I loved perfect squares so much in junior high I made up a song about it. The chorus was, "PERFECT SQUARE!!" 🧪 It was a banger, I promise.

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