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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Tennille Nicole Allen @tennillenallen.blacksky.app · 8d

There are multiple assignments I’ve retired now that I can’t recommend a number of federal websites or most major newspapers in good faith.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 8d

No lie.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 8d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 12d

Censoring words, suppressing research, and silencing scientists doesn't change reality. Climate change will affect everything from intensifying weather patterns to disrupting our global supply chains.

Treating it as "That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named" will only make us woefully unprepared.

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22d

Goodbye, Disney+!

Bless All The People Boycotting Disney

Thou shalt defend free speech.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Ari but spooky!!!!! 🎃🏳️‍⚧️🐾 @ari.puppy.gay · 28d

every conservative accusation is a confession

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TractorHandler @tractorhandler.bsky.social · 28d

Meanwhile Dowd gets fired for giving an accurate account of Kirk's actions and words.

This is a dangerous game the peeps in charge are playing.

a bunch of stuffed animals with their mouths open in front of a window

ALT: a bunch of stuffed animals with their mouths open in front of a window

media.tenor.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Sep 6

Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

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Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · Sep 3

Spread the word 😃
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱

Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Charity lives in the Fascist States of America, Ph.D. @cherrityg.bsky.social · Aug 29

Quelle surprise

Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · Aug 29

A bombshell report from @mapthepower.bsky.social‬ has uncovered the names of those funding the super PACs attacking Zohran. The list includes companies like AirBnB, the owners of the New York Giants, and New York's richest man.

Their collective net worth? Over $369 billion dollars.

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pumpkin spice itati|agnostic to the optics @itativcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

PUBLIC ADVOCACY IS A PRIORITY over RESEARCH

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."

www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.

UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

www.nbcnews.com

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · Aug 28

“This is not normal, and I think a lot of people don’t see the damage that is being done.”

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."

www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.

UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

www.nbcnews.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Aug 15

There is a lot less news reporting coming out of Gaza since Israel killed the entire Al Jazeera team of journalists.

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

sc.edu

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Charity lives in the Fascist States of America, Ph.D. @cherrityg.bsky.social · Aug 12

OMFG release the Epstein files you ferociously stupid clowns

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Aug 12

Trump is mowing down the guardrails of democracy—and the institutions built to stop him are watching with the sound off.

trib.al/atdbdam

Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared

It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

trib.al

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · Aug 11

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

eeb.msu.edu

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 9

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25

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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · Jul 29

Devastated to see the NSF postdoctoral research fellowship in biology archives. This is a transformative creative opportunity and a path to the professorship for many (including myself). Postdocs are highly trained and often in the newest techniques which spur innovation.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

www.nsf.gov

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 3

An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

Roles reversed: A veteran Gaza aid worker pleads for survival

An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

n.pr

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · Aug 2

How to stop this:

1. Don't look away

2. Call your member of Congress (whether they're DEM/GOP/IND) and give them an earful

3. Keep doing that over and over

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 2

Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions.

Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.

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Charity lives in the Fascist States of America, Ph.D. @cherrityg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Asking similar questions for NSF… the DOGE takeover has destroyed the divisions in favor of AI research.

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Charity lives in the Fascist States of America, Ph.D. @cherrityg.bsky.social · Jul 30

Good god this is SO misleading. Fucking shame on you.

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