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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 4h
🧪Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history
Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research
www.science.org
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 4h
🧪‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 5h
"Society as a whole will have to treat videos with as much skepticism as people already do words"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes
www.nytimes.com
lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 5h
🧪 "... highlighting how a single local fossil, preserved for decades in a museum and re-examined with modern technology, can reshape the understanding of the region’s natural history and past extinction events".
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...
Toronto’s Subway Deer Enigma Unmasked With DNA Analysis
www.nytimes.com
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
www.theguardian.com
lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 2d
🧪"In doing so, Arnold has mastered the art of a good apology: one that doesn’t veer into excusing oneself; that gives context where relevant; but accepts full responsibility and moves on".

www.theguardian.com/science/2020...
Nobel prize winner demonstrates the best way to apologize
Unfortunately there aren’t Nobel prizes for good apologies – but Dr Frances Arnold’s words should be an example to all of us
www.theguardian.com
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging
Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals
www.theguardian.com
lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 4d
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In ‘holding the line on healthcare’, activists say Democrats answered the call to do something
In a rare display of unity, Democrats embraced the risky politics of a government shutdown to rein in a president whom many say may be a threat to US democracy
www.theguardian.com
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d
Oh, that’s a good one.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d
“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

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bangs. "They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 7d
In MD, a burial plot is discovered with the bodies of more than 200 black boys linked to a state juvenile detention facility with a history of abuse & neglect from the late 1800s.

Delegate @jeffrielongjr seeks the truth behind what happened to these young boys.

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MD Lawmaker BLOWS LID Off State’s HORRIFYING COVER-UP
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 7d
What I.C.E. and this Administration are doing to brown-skinned people is a crime.
It’s a sin.
It's inhumane.
It's not pro-life.
It’s not Christian.
It’s not making America great.
It's wrong by any measurement decent people use.
And it’s time we said it.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...
The I.C.E. Atrocities Should Be the Final Straw for Decent Human Beings.
This should be the final straw for us, America.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 6d
Institutions, Faculty Oppose Plan to Limit Foreign Students’ Time in U.S.

Commenters from across numerous sectors say they fear that the new rule, which would require international students to get visa extensions, would be a barrier for the vast majority of students. https://bit.ly/3VKIeTV
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference in New York. She is a light-skinned woman with long dark hair, standing behing a podium with the seal of the Department of Homeland Security on it.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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lenint.bsky.social @lenint.bsky.social · 6d
www.wired.com/story/the-tr...
The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready
As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.
www.wired.com
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midcarp.bsky.social @midcarp.bsky.social · 7d
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7d
For more on the Trump official who's been dreaming about this shutdown "since puberty," read @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social's excellent deep-dive into Russell Vought.

He's one of the "key figures leading us into a new and violently authoritarian future.”
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midcarp.bsky.social @midcarp.bsky.social · 7d
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d
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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7d
“This damages the reputation of the independence and trustworthiness of the federal statistics that the BLS puts out."

One of the many casualties of the government shutdown is the critical jobs report administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics—and much maligned by Trump.
The shutdown means no jobs data—conveniently for Trump
"To lose this source of data at this critical time, it's just a real problem."
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NPR @npr.org · 8d
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7d
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 7d
Last week, the U.S. Energy Secretary falsely claimed “there are not oil and gas subsidies.” 🙄

In reality, "nothing even comes close” to fossil fuel subsidies, @whitehouse.senate.gov told @emdashsanders.bsky.social.

A new @oilchange.bsky.social report calculated them to be $34.8 billion annually.
The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief
Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.
www.exxonknews.org
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