Star Bustamonte
@divinedisturber.bsky.social
News correspondent for The Wild Hunt, co-host of The 4:15, and co-owner of House of Black Cat Magic.
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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Steve has stolen my phone. I keep getting sent these.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Steve has stolen my phone. I keep getting sent these.
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“What is the light in our lives? Who brings joy and pleasure to our being?” writes Clio Ajana. “Despite the rash of sales for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, & Cyber Monday, there is more to life than shopping.”
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December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“What is the light in our lives? Who brings joy and pleasure to our being?” writes Clio Ajana. “Despite the rash of sales for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, & Cyber Monday, there is more to life than shopping.”
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The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
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Holy smokes, you do not want to miss @micahloewinger.bsky.social’s interview with Cam Higby. I feel like we’re all thirsty for journalists who actually *push back*, as Micah repeatedly and skillfully does here.
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Holy smokes, you do not want to miss @micahloewinger.bsky.social’s interview with Cam Higby. I feel like we’re all thirsty for journalists who actually *push back*, as Micah repeatedly and skillfully does here.
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There’s no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
Senator Murray Condemns Egregious Use of Force by ICE as Constituent is Mauled by Attack Dog, Demands Release from NWIPC to Receive Appropriate Medical Care - Senator Patty Murray
***(WARNING: Graphic Content) Photos of Wilmer’s injuries, photos of Wilmer and his children, and partial video of his detainment are available to the press HERE*** Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There’s no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
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It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
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The term "Orwellian" is as abused as "peace," but this use of "peace" is as fully Orwellian as anything outside 20th century fascism or Stalinism.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The term "Orwellian" is as abused as "peace," but this use of "peace" is as fully Orwellian as anything outside 20th century fascism or Stalinism.
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Happy Krampusnacht to all that celebrate! 👹
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happy Krampusnacht to all that celebrate! 👹
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
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What are we doing here folks
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What are we doing here folks
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Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
The new US National Security Strategy makes for scary reading. I wrote about how the US wants to support forces in Europe to tear itself apart back in November 2024, and last May. This NSS confirms that's exactly the US objective for Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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This is what every district should be doing, starting with NJ, not least bc by stripping the makebelieve US Attorney, you increase Todd Blanche's legal exposure for the bullshit still going on, most notably in the LaMonica McIver case.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is what every district should be doing, starting with NJ, not least bc by stripping the makebelieve US Attorney, you increase Todd Blanche's legal exposure for the bullshit still going on, most notably in the LaMonica McIver case.
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Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I don’t know who needs to hear this
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
ALT: a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
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The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
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Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB
You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress]
electionlawblog.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359
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At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.