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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 14h

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: because the veteran prosecutor nominated by Trump as U.S. attorney and approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee after 8 months on the job found no basis for indicting James Comey or Letitia James, Trump replaced him 3 weeks ago with an insurance lawyer he met at one of his golf courses.

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 1d

Bonnie M. Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @anacweeks.bsky.social und Miki Caul Kittilson zeigen, wie PRR (populist radial right) parties zwar Frauenrechte thematisieren, wenn es wahltaktisch opportun ist, dabei ihre Positionen aber kaum bis gar nicht verändern:
doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 1d

#NeuesAusDerForschung

@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 2d

JUST OUT: "Boundaries and Cleavages: Elements of a Cultural Sociology of Political Divides."

OA: direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

It develops what the cultural sociology of group formation can contribute to research on political cleavages.

(And why "Somewheres vs Anywheres" really doesn't cut it.)

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 5d

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 2d

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2d

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

I wrote they’d do exactly this in a newsletter last week and I don’t know why this wasn’t bleedingly obvious to everyone with sense.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Martin Fehrensen @martinfehrensen.de · 2d

Wir haben ein wenig an unserer Seite geschraubt. Wer mag, kann gern mal einen Blick riskieren.

Weniger Verpackung, die sowieso nicht zu unserer Kernleserschaft passt. Weniger Add-ons, die keiner nutzt. Dafür klar und deutlich zeigen, was wir leisten.

www.socialmediawatchblog.de

SMWB

Die wichtigsten News und Debatten rund um Social Media, Tech & KI

www.socialmediawatchblog.de

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 3d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Ismail Küpeli @ismail-kuepeli.de · 3d

"In den kurdisch geprägten Stadtteilen Şêxmeqsûd und Eşrefiyê in Aleppo ist es nach einer Belagerung durch Einheiten der syrischen Übergangsregierung zu schweren Angriffen gekommen. Zwei Menschen starben, über 60 wurden verletzt. Die Lage bleibt angespannt"
deutsch.anf-news.com/rojava-syrie...

Zwei Tote und 60 Verletzte nach Angriff auf kurdische Viertel in Aleppo

Bei den Angriffen syrischer Regierungstruppen in den kurdischen Stadtteilen von Aleppo sind mindestens zwei Menschen ums Leben gekommen, über 60 weitere wurden verletzt. Das gab der Volksrat der be...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 3d

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 3d

Rarely has so much creativity been poured into the creation of euphemisms: "tradition-bucking, " "norm-breaking," etc. ...

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Leo G. Fischer 💯👏 @leogfischer.bsky.social · 3d

Ich war selber in einer Situation, in der ich monatelang die Post nicht öffnen konnte. Mein Strom war bereits abgestellt. Statt diesem Krieg gegen die Schwächsten im Land nicht in den Arm zu fallen, behandelt ihn die SPD als strategische Verhandlungsmasse.

Helena Steinhaus @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social · 3d

Das ist so kaputt. Aktuell wird darüber verhandelt, ob beim 2. oder 3. Terminversäumnis vollsanktioniert werden soll? Das wird jene hart treffen, die ohnehin nix zu lachen haben: Depressionen, Phobien, Krankenhausaufentahlt, usw. Bis dagegen erfolgreich geklagt werden könnte, würden Jahre vergehen.

"Ungeklärt ist etwa, ob man Betroffenen bereits beim zweiten oder erst ab dem dritten Meldeversäumnis die Leistung komplett, also zu 100 Prozent, kürzen kann." blau markiert, Screenshot der Rheinischen Post.

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Matthias Meyer @mmyr.bsky.social · 3d

Wichtiger Hinweis, danke!
Veröffentlichung scheinbar für 12/2025 geplant:

ARB - Der Entwurf des Siebten Armuts- und Reichtumsberichts ist im Ressortkreis abgestimmt

Das BMAS hat den Entwurf des Siebten Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht (7. ARB) der Bundesregierung auf der Grundlage wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und in Zusammenarbeit mit den Ressorts erstellt.

www.armuts-und-reichtumsbericht.de

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 ICE said Marimar Martinez “rammed their vehicles.”

Bodycam footage says otherwise.

It shows an ICE agent ram his own vehicle into hers, sneer “Do something, bitch,” and then shoot her.

We can never believe anything ICE accuses anyone of.

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Pyrrhat @pyrrhie.bsky.social · 3d

Szene von mr Bean. Er schreibt bei einer Klassenarbeit von seinem Sitznachbarn ab. Mr Bean hat den countryball UK und sein Sitznachbar den der USA angeheftet

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

nypost.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 3d

"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

www.theguardian.com

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Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social · 3d

Do men rely only on women to prevent pregnancies? How do masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraception intersect? Our project's final paper is part of this month's issue of Culture, Health, and Sexuality. Check it out here:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@tandfresearch.bsky.social

‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in Germany

This paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. Through twelve qualitative interviews, three of which were couple interv...

www.tandfonline.com

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