Mars
@pscmars.bsky.social
Just prepping for Threads to meltdown
Update: Well, that didn't take as long as I thought. If we were mutuals on Threads, I'd love to reconnect here!
Political Science PhD Candidate focused on American voting behavior as it relates to gender.
Update: Well, that didn't take as long as I thought. If we were mutuals on Threads, I'd love to reconnect here!
Political Science PhD Candidate focused on American voting behavior as it relates to gender.
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@pscmars.bsky.social
· Sep 24
Stronger (from the Netflix Series "We The People")
YouTube video by Janelle Monáe - Topic
youtu.be
Something to remember...
On the plus side, new family lore is being born.
On the negative, it’s about to be “the thanksgiving I checked myself into the psych ward”
But really. In an uber on the way to the ER. Driver has no idea that he’s saving a life right now. (Thank you to everyone working today - it matters)
On the negative, it’s about to be “the thanksgiving I checked myself into the psych ward”
But really. In an uber on the way to the ER. Driver has no idea that he’s saving a life right now. (Thank you to everyone working today - it matters)
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On the plus side, new family lore is being born.
On the negative, it’s about to be “the thanksgiving I checked myself into the psych ward”
But really. In an uber on the way to the ER. Driver has no idea that he’s saving a life right now. (Thank you to everyone working today - it matters)
On the negative, it’s about to be “the thanksgiving I checked myself into the psych ward”
But really. In an uber on the way to the ER. Driver has no idea that he’s saving a life right now. (Thank you to everyone working today - it matters)
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all, except those financially suffocating social science.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all, except those financially suffocating social science.
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S/O to everyone grief is tapping the shoulder of this morning 🫂🫂💕
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
S/O to everyone grief is tapping the shoulder of this morning 🫂🫂💕
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Even if this were true I’m not sure it even… matters? In the sense that U.S. troops were, for a hot second, greeted as liberators by a good number of civilians in Iraq because the Saddam dictatorship was so traumatizing for millions, but that - for good reason — evaporated very quickly
"One guy, it doesn't matter who, swears there's a poll out there that says people want to be invaded." What kind of sourcing is this lol
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Even if this were true I’m not sure it even… matters? In the sense that U.S. troops were, for a hot second, greeted as liberators by a good number of civilians in Iraq because the Saddam dictatorship was so traumatizing for millions, but that - for good reason — evaporated very quickly
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Martin Kragh: Throughout 2025, the Kremlin has used the prospect of peace negotiations as a tool to subvert the threat of new sanctions, or otherwise hinder a development considered contrary to Russian interests.
sceeus.se/publikatione...
sceeus.se/publikatione...
The 28-point plan and its implications - Sceeus
SCEEUS Commentary | The 28-point plan and its implications | By Martin Kragh
sceeus.se
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Martin Kragh: Throughout 2025, the Kremlin has used the prospect of peace negotiations as a tool to subvert the threat of new sanctions, or otherwise hinder a development considered contrary to Russian interests.
sceeus.se/publikatione...
sceeus.se/publikatione...
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A man told me he only dates women & trans women. I told him that’s redundant. Trans women are women, you can just say you’re only into women. He didn’t understand so I said: what if someone said to you, I only date men & Black men? He was like, that would be really weird. Exactly bro. Exactly.
a man is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words now you got it
Alt: a man is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words now you got it
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A man told me he only dates women & trans women. I told him that’s redundant. Trans women are women, you can just say you’re only into women. He didn’t understand so I said: what if someone said to you, I only date men & Black men? He was like, that would be really weird. Exactly bro. Exactly.
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Imagine how bad Trump’s design intentions have to be in order for an architect he “hand picked” to hate it.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Imagine how bad Trump’s design intentions have to be in order for an architect he “hand picked” to hate it.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Trump’s design instincts have always been awful.
Never forget, before he was the worst president of all time, he was probably the most shady, awful land developer of all time.
Abolish ICE
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Abolish ICE
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
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We can all have this.
Go to a shelter.
Go to a shelter.
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We can all have this.
Go to a shelter.
Go to a shelter.
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"She thought she was going to go home, see her family, fly back, take her finals, and now she's sitting in Honduras"
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"She thought she was going to go home, see her family, fly back, take her finals, and now she's sitting in Honduras"
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If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
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Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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"Identity politics are not about dividing groups and comparing them. It's about building solidarity across groups and coalition-building, recognizing the commonalities across different forms of problems and what you do together," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Identity politics are not about dividing groups and comparing them. It's about building solidarity across groups and coalition-building, recognizing the commonalities across different forms of problems and what you do together," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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The obvious question of "500 more troops to do what?" has no good answer, but many bad ones.
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The obvious question of "500 more troops to do what?" has no good answer, but many bad ones.
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This is like demanding that someone jump out of a plane before they’re given a parachute. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
US demands peace deal before security guarantees for Ukraine
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that President Donald Trump will negotiate long-term assurances for Ukraine’s safety.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is like demanding that someone jump out of a plane before they’re given a parachute. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...