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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2h

Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 3/4

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 13h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

Gift link for those who want it: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 21h

I hope everyone who railed against having to prove they had a COVID vaccine to go to public events during a global pandemic because they “shouldn’t have to show documents” is just as furious about what ICE is doing right now.

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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.bsky.social · 22h

My 3yo loved it so much 😂

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.bsky.social · 1d

Is 3yr old too young for K-Pop demon hunters? Asking for a friend 😂

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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.bsky.social · 2d

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 21

How can Indigenous histories change our understanding of the medieval period?

Solveig Marie Wang shows how medieval stories reveal the Saami at the heart of the Nordic world — and why recognising their history matters in the fight against racism and far-right myths.

Reclaiming the Medieval Saami Past

Explore Saami history and its representation in medieval sources, challenging the myth of a purely White Middle Ages.

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 8d

I went to Disneyland to track the long, strange history of Disney and New Orleans—and how each has taught the other how to be.

gardenandgun.com/feature/the-...

The Curious and Twisty Love Story Between New Orleans and Disney

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously rese...

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 3d

The document is filed though, it's an official document of the Trump administration bashing Trump's immigration enforcement as dangerous to the food supply. Read it here:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States

The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing this interim final rule (IFR) to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary...

www.federalregister.gov

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 3d

This is all bullshit, by the way. There is no imminent risk of rotting crops, according to experts and farmworker unions. It's a ploy to cut wages (even below state minimum wages) for foreign workers, which will eventually hit U.S. workers too.
So much for America First!

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 3d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 3d

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 7d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.bsky.social · 3d

Any of my peeps has a physical copy of the Benson Chemical Calculations? #chemsky

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Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz @stemxicaned.bsky.social · 3d

Took me 90 rounds but I finally beat Chronos #Hades2

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 3d

A masked ICE agent sprayed Rev. David Black, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face outside the Broadview ICE facility.

Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Don’t be a piece of shit white nationalist like this Gestapo fuck.

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 3d

"How could someone the government says should be removed from the country have risen to lead the public school system of a large American city?"

That's a framing for a newspaper that's just one step away from being state media. Is that what the @nytimes.com wants?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

www.nytimes.com

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 3d

There's plenty of complexity to the story of Ian Roberts, the Black Iowa superintendent arrested by ICE.

But the way the @nytimes.com chose to frame this article is racist and shameful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

www.nytimes.com

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