Kristin
@kdbedell.bsky.social
Hockey fan living with Vascular and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
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Believe survivors.
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More than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists were fired by the Trump administration last year. Grant cuts affected more.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
More than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists were fired by the Trump administration last year. Grant cuts affected more.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
"A few dozen got jobs in other countries" is not a serious solution.
There are not enough jobs in the whole world. The result will be less science, not the same science just elsewhere.
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ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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Monday, February 16, at 7:00 pm ET for the launch of Power in Solidarity — a four-part, skill-building training series designed to help you organize effectively, take meaningful action, and build lasting power for immigrant justice. actionnetwork.org/events/train...
Training Series: Power in Solidarity
Movements don’t win by chance; they win with skill, strategy, and solidarity. Join the Solidarity Organizing Initiative for a dynamic four part skill training, 'Power in Solidarity,' where we’ll learn...
actionnetwork.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Monday, February 16, at 7:00 pm ET for the launch of Power in Solidarity — a four-part, skill-building training series designed to help you organize effectively, take meaningful action, and build lasting power for immigrant justice. actionnetwork.org/events/train...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Black farmers are getting shut out by the Trump administration.
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, says the WH told him, they are “moving away from DEI and small farm issues, and they were focusing on large-scale white farms… because they produce the most food.”
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, says the WH told him, they are “moving away from DEI and small farm issues, and they were focusing on large-scale white farms… because they produce the most food.”
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Black farmers are getting shut out by the Trump administration.
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, says the WH told him, they are “moving away from DEI and small farm issues, and they were focusing on large-scale white farms… because they produce the most food.”
John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, says the WH told him, they are “moving away from DEI and small farm issues, and they were focusing on large-scale white farms… because they produce the most food.”
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Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Take time to read the entire thread.
Here is a thing:
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Take time to read the entire thread.
If you do not read French: the extrajudicial killings at sea are still happening in the Pacific. A new strike killed two people.
Déploiement naval américain dans le Pacifique contre le narcotrafic : une nouvelle frappe contre un bateau fait deux morts
Déploiement naval américain dans le Pacifique contre le narcotrafic : une nouvelle frappe contre un bateau fait deux morts
Au moins 128 personnes ont été tuées et 37 bateaux détruits depuis septembre et le début de la campagne américaine de frappe contre des embarcations de trafiquants présumés dans les Caraïbes.
www.lemonde.fr
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
If you do not read French: the extrajudicial killings at sea are still happening in the Pacific. A new strike killed two people.
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On this day in 1917, Congress passed an Immigration Act that banned racial groups deemed "undesirable" from entering the U.S., and primarily barred Asian people.
Feb. 5, 1917 | Immigration Act Bans Asians, Other Non-White People From Entering U.S.
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
On this day in 1917, Congress passed an Immigration Act that banned racial groups deemed "undesirable" from entering the U.S., and primarily barred Asian people.
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Support a trad published book on a large independent press from me!
Hey y'all did you know I'm a Black writer? I'm sure I never mentioned it before. Here's where you can get your Black History Month on by supporting by books. Here's my debut novel from my neighborhood bookstore!
bookshop.org/p/books/none...
bookshop.org/p/books/none...
None But the Righteous: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Support a trad published book on a large independent press from me!
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Support a trad published book from an itty bitty Black press I wrote!
And here's the novella I released last year from them too!
Fes is a Mirror: a novella
a novella
bookshop.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Support a trad published book from an itty bitty Black press I wrote!
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The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
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Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
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Billionaires should not exist, but it's getting really annoying watching people cling to damn near anything to avoid addressing the twin dancing elephants of antiblackness and transphobia in the room.
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Billionaires should not exist, but it's getting really annoying watching people cling to damn near anything to avoid addressing the twin dancing elephants of antiblackness and transphobia in the room.
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The National Guard is still on the streets of DC.
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The National Guard is still on the streets of DC.
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Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling.
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling.
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The #2026MMM TOURNAMENT PAGE IS A GO!!! Exactly *one* good thing is happening right now, and this is it.
As per always on this most holy of mammal holidays, Groundhog's Day, March Mammal Madness launches our annual tournament page! #2026MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The #2026MMM TOURNAMENT PAGE IS A GO!!! Exactly *one* good thing is happening right now, and this is it.
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Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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As a labor union representing independent media workers, we feel it's important to name that both Lemon and Fort are independent journalists, and that the targeting of independent journalists should be treated with the same gravity as the targeting of those with institutional backing.
Don Lemon was not the only journalist arrested -- Georgia Fort was as well. Don Lemon has the resources to come out of this just fine. Georgia Fort may not. Let's make sure the focus is on both of them.
"As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago and now I'm being arrested for that," Indipendent journalist Georgia Fort said. "It's hard to understand how we have a Constitution, Constitutional rights, when we can just be arrested for being a member of the press."
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
As a labor union representing independent media workers, we feel it's important to name that both Lemon and Fort are independent journalists, and that the targeting of independent journalists should be treated with the same gravity as the targeting of those with institutional backing.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Today I learned about the Orangeburg Massacre. Thank you, @michaelharriot.bsky.social , for taking the time and energy to safeguard Black history and to teach it.
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Today I learned about the Orangeburg Massacre. Thank you, @michaelharriot.bsky.social , for taking the time and energy to safeguard Black history and to teach it.
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Congratulations to @heymrsbond.com and thank you for always advocating for students
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Congratulations to @heymrsbond.com and thank you for always advocating for students