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Mary Feeney
@mkfeeney.bsky.social
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Professor, traveller, cyclist, skater, science policy junkie. Reluctant Phoenician. Interested in all things public sector

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4h
More people in the US lost jobs bc of the moral panic around tasteless social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s murder than have been punished for appearing in the Epstein files or for participating in his sex trafficking operations. The latter’s been going on for >10 yrs!
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 4h
More people in the US lost jobs bc of the moral panic around tasteless social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s murder than have been punished for appearing in the Epstein files or for participating in his sex trafficking operations. The latter’s been going on for >10 yrs!

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Janet Murray, Alan Richardson , and 2 more

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 8h
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

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10h
I'm sure this program does great things for these students. But why is our solution to structural inequalities in education always to create more programs & longer educational training for these students, instead of fixing the issues that leave them still at a disadvantage post-bachelor's degree?

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10h
PostBac, PreDoc, PostDoc. How many ways can the American university (re)package education? Are US degree programs so weak, we need to supplement before & after? Or so elitist, applicants need more assistance to get admitted? Or is this a new, cheap labor model for underfunded academic science?
Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac Program | The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies | University of Pittsburgh
This two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including pell eligible, first g...
www.asgraduate.pitt.edu

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 13h
What happens if we all (or a large proportion of us) refuse to answer the citizenship question? Can citizen resistance to these and other types of checks, make life in the US safer for non-citizens?
Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census
The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
www.npr.org

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 1d
pretty stunning chart

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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 3d
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 3d
If you find a version not on the Nazi platform, please share it!

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 3d
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.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d
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.

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Rebecca Solnit, Rosie A. Fisher , and 12 more

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 6d
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Reposted by Mary Feeney

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Sam Eifling @sameifling.bsky.social · 7d
A man shot his way into a Phoenix family home. Kids and called 911. The dad subdued the attacker. Everyone told police. Then a cop responding to the scene shot the father.

Read @zhbuchanan.bsky.social on the footage + audio from a deadly police shooting.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Phoenix cops were told danger had passed before mistakenly killing dad
Christian Diaz Rendon had wrestled a crazed home intruder to the ground before a Phoenix cop killed him on Jan. 26.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com

Reposted by Mary Feeney

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See A Germ @seeagerm.bsky.social · 7d
It's been almost a year now, but the Trump administration lifting the Domino's sugar ban early in their administration made clear exactly how they feel about forced labor (hint: they *love* it). It flew under the radar at the time with so much else going on. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/b...
Trump Administration Quietly Lifted Ban on Dominican Sugar Company Over Forced Labor
www.nytimes.com

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 9d
Vance’s plane full of American food to Italy offers weak reparations for the tons of cheese, pasta & wine Americans haul back from Italy each day
hockeybroad.bsky.social HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 10d
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 9d
Apparently one can take large bottles of water through security, if one works at the airport. I get that TSA is mostly theater, but what are we even doing? If only we had some data on disgruntled employees in the US taking violent action in the workplace or likelihood of bribing a low wage worker

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 9d
US sports media celebrating Lindsey Vonn skiing with a torn ACL reveals so much about what is wrong with American sports culture. Competing with an injury does not make one a hero - it's dangerous & unnecessary. Surely the US has other talented, healthy skiers eager to compete at an Olympics

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jonathan Wolff, Mary Feeney , and 11 more

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HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 10d
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.
J.D. Vance and his family are attending the Winter Olympics in Milan with an exceptionally large security and logistics operation. Their entourage includes a fleet of 14 aircraft and a motorcade of 100 vehicles navigating tightly secured streets. Eleven of the planes are carrying his delegation, staff, former athletes, and security personnel, while one aircraft is dedicated solely to food supplies. Two additional planes transported armored vehicles across the Atlantic.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10d
I used to think AI had no business in academic peer-review journals. But now that I'm regularly seeing manuscript reviews focused primarily on copy edits & editorial decisions based on tallying reviewer votes rather than thoughtful assessment, I'm starting to see an obvious role for AI

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10d
Bummer for Erin - who’s not only a lovely person but an active member of the roller derby community which is notable for its inclusiveness.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 10d
This video offers real insights into the messaging ICE officers receive within their ranks
1) they are more transparent & acting the same as previous administrations
2)undocumented people in the US are voting & ICE is removing fraudulent voters
3) "blue-state" media is anti-ICE
unicornriot.bsky.social Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 10d
NEW VIDEO: Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.

Reposted by Mary Feeney, American Library Association, Karin Wulf

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d
NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.

But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 10d
NEW VIDEO: Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
Two observers talk with this agent who mentions “blue state media” and “voting rights.” Recorded at 4 p.m. on February 4.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 12d
Geesh, we're now at the stage where AZ policy makers are being harder on ICE than democratic leadership in Congress. Jeffries and Schumer are complete stooges...

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 12d
This is spot on! Mayors & Councils around Arizona work tirelessly to prevent homeless shelters, social services providers, abortion clinics etc from prime locations, but somehow missed the $70M DHS purchase of a building for the purpose of storing & abusing humans
azrww.bsky.social Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 13d
Residents are chiding the council and mayor for saying they had no idea this facility was being bought by DHS. “It was your job to know,” said a speaker who called the council “failures.” Another said they wouldn’t be making these “we can’t do anything” excuses if it was a proposed homeless shelter.

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 12d
Sale of a $70M storage facility (next to a high school) to DHS to be used as an internment facility is trying major push back from the town. Earlier this wk the mayor said he knew nothing about it.

Surprise is NOT a liberal place in Arizona. This level of protest in normie AZ is incredible!
azrww.bsky.social Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 13d
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 13d
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Reposted by Mary Feeney

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 13d
Residents are chiding the council and mayor for saying they had no idea this facility was being bought by DHS. “It was your job to know,” said a speaker who called the council “failures.” Another said they wouldn’t be making these “we can’t do anything” excuses if it was a proposed homeless shelter.

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Steven S. Smith, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 2 more

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 13d
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.