Diana Hunt (she/her)
@dkathunt.bsky.social
Scientist, photographer, runner, hiker, lover of books, film, musicals/plays, New Zealand and the great outdoors.
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This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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This is why we need fully funded scientific research.
Two decades after a small Duke breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive — a rare outcome for metastatic disease. When researchers looked closer, they found the women’s immune systems still carried “memory” cells that recognised the cancer. buff.ly/MNeRhJh
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A 20-year-old cancer vaccine may hold the key to long-term survival
Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease. Scientists found their immune systems retained long-lasting memory…
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This is why we need fully funded scientific research.
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Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
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Iranians living in Massachusetts gathered outside the Boston Public Library this weekend, standing in solidarity with loved ones protesting in Iran.
📸: @Nimaashivaa
📸: @Nimaashivaa
February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Iranians living in Massachusetts gathered outside the Boston Public Library this weekend, standing in solidarity with loved ones protesting in Iran.
📸: @Nimaashivaa
📸: @Nimaashivaa
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ALERT: National Grid just filed for a major gas rate increase in Massachusetts.
The company is seeking $342M in additional revenue, with residential heating customers potentially seeing winter bills rise about $23 to $25 per month.
Public hearings start in March.
The company is seeking $342M in additional revenue, with residential heating customers potentially seeing winter bills rise about $23 to $25 per month.
Public hearings start in March.
February 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
ALERT: National Grid just filed for a major gas rate increase in Massachusetts.
The company is seeking $342M in additional revenue, with residential heating customers potentially seeing winter bills rise about $23 to $25 per month.
Public hearings start in March.
The company is seeking $342M in additional revenue, with residential heating customers potentially seeing winter bills rise about $23 to $25 per month.
Public hearings start in March.
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No field of study has had more predictive power for our current moment, and this of course is why they want to shutter it
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
No field of study has had more predictive power for our current moment, and this of course is why they want to shutter it
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For those who might want to use ChatGPT tools to help figure out colleges to apply to, a free, open source, non-AI alternative I made uses federal data and a Bayesian classifier to find colleges where students with similar interests & background actually graduate: collegetables.info/predict.html
As Students Turn to ChatGPT for College Searches, AI Visibility Becomes Priority
Students are using AI tools to decide where to apply to college, pushing institutional leaders to find ways to ensure that AI chatbots include their college in the conversation. https://bit.ly/4rA3ZnL
#EDUSky
Students are using AI tools to decide where to apply to college, pushing institutional leaders to find ways to ensure that AI chatbots include their college in the conversation. https://bit.ly/4rA3ZnL
#EDUSky
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
For those who might want to use ChatGPT tools to help figure out colleges to apply to, a free, open source, non-AI alternative I made uses federal data and a Bayesian classifier to find colleges where students with similar interests & background actually graduate: collegetables.info/predict.html
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i love how texas started this and was all “neener what you gon do” and a buncha blue states said “lol watch this”
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
i love how texas started this and was all “neener what you gon do” and a buncha blue states said “lol watch this”
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"make sure we have the right people voting" would have been an absolutely five alarm fire thing to say before we fell into this Overton hole (window feels long gone).
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"make sure we have the right people voting" would have been an absolutely five alarm fire thing to say before we fell into this Overton hole (window feels long gone).
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no one ever asked republicans for specific details on how “mass deportations” would work and now here we are
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
no one ever asked republicans for specific details on how “mass deportations” would work and now here we are
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now
Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act
joycevance.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
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Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
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I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
(3) But the Democrat view is also bad: while it's fine for people at Princeton and Harvard to study Latin and Sanskrit, public higher education is about job training and $ ROI. There is no room for the idea that curiosity-driven inquiry is a good that should be supported by the public.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
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At the same time that Healey is saying that we have enough money to give large corporations tax cuts for investments they make in Texas, she wants to bring back asset tests for welfare programs.
commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s...
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‘It just requires people to be destitute’: Healey draws criticism over push to tighten eligibility for safety-net program
Five years after lawmakers scrapped the asset limit attached to the Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled, and Children program, Gov. Maura Healey wants to bring it back at a higher threshold — a mov...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
At the same time that Healey is saying that we have enough money to give large corporations tax cuts for investments they make in Texas, she wants to bring back asset tests for welfare programs.
commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s...
commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s...
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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I think more Whoop users should know that the company's CEO is a MAHA eugenicist kook
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I think more Whoop users should know that the company's CEO is a MAHA eugenicist kook
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This is extremely outrageous when MA schools are running out of money, DTA is underfunded, MassHealth is underfunded, family shelters are underfunded, EOHLC is underfunded, etc. and simultaneously Maura Healey is campaigning on the platform of being the child of a single mom.
“[Sam] Altman appeared via video to help [Governor Maura] Healey announce that #Massachusetts will be the first state to roll out OpenAI’s ChatGPT software to all 40,000 employees of the executive branch of government.”
#mapoli
#mapoli
At launch event for new AI council, Gov. Healy says state employees will get access to ChatGPT
Gov. Maura Healey announced the three-year, $4.3 million annual deal with OpenAI at a Thursday event launching the Massachusetts AI Coalition.
www.masslive.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
This is extremely outrageous when MA schools are running out of money, DTA is underfunded, MassHealth is underfunded, family shelters are underfunded, EOHLC is underfunded, etc. and simultaneously Maura Healey is campaigning on the platform of being the child of a single mom.
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For a state that purports to pride itself on our education system(s), the utter lack of critical thinking demonstrated here and elsewhere is just mind-boggling.
“[Sam] Altman appeared via video to help [Governor Maura] Healey announce that #Massachusetts will be the first state to roll out OpenAI’s ChatGPT software to all 40,000 employees of the executive branch of government.”
#mapoli
#mapoli
At launch event for new AI council, Gov. Healy says state employees will get access to ChatGPT
Gov. Maura Healey announced the three-year, $4.3 million annual deal with OpenAI at a Thursday event launching the Massachusetts AI Coalition.
www.masslive.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
For a state that purports to pride itself on our education system(s), the utter lack of critical thinking demonstrated here and elsewhere is just mind-boggling.
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Today's anti-science pairing
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Today's anti-science pairing
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This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.