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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9h

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4qadGZG

MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's politica...

www.pbs.org

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Paves the way for the Monster Under the Bed Act

RepMTG:

The Sunshine State is getting it RIGHT! 🌞

Florida is shutting down dangerous weather modification and geoengineering schemes because our skies belong to the people, not globalist elites and their experiments.

Now it’s time to do the same nationwide. My Clear Skies Act will END chemical spraying, geoengineering, and weather manipulation across America for good.

No more tampering. No more lies. Just clear, God-given skies! 🇺🇸☀️
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🚨 BREAKING: Florida's airports are now closed to any weather modification and geoengineering activities under new state law, Florida AG says.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

I want to remind everybody that it is extremely not normal for academics to “flee” the United States.

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of people interviewed in the article are leaning into the "just following orders" approach.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 3d

The University of Arizona's faculty senate has voted to ask the UA president to reject the Trump administration's proposed compact. It's among an accumulation of voices who say not to be tempted by the good things in the compact due to its more fundamental threats.
tucson.com/news/local/e...

U of A Faculty Senate opposes Trump compact; provost says no decision yet

The University of Arizona Faculty Senate approved a resolution calling on the UA to reject the White House’s compact requiring ideological, political and financial commitments in return for federal fu...

tucson.com

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Peter Kelly @thepeterkelly.bsky.social · May 24

Dear Mr. Clegg

I have started a business, selling the contents of your house

I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house

Without this access my company will not be profitable

Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree

Please advise how I should proceed

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 4d

Happy to get a visit from a past student (class of 2010) who is now working as a physician's assistant in intensive care. The kids are alright!

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 4d

Say what you like. I'm allergic to wasp stings and nutria don't belong here. I'll accept the duck, assuming that it's native.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing

IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 7d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 7d

Pennings lab was thrilled recently to have a visit from my past PhD student, Chuan Kai Ho, now a Professor and Director in Taiwan, and two of his graduate students.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 8d

It will always baffle me how easily people will believe that the poor, the sick, the marginalized, and the immigrant are the cause for all their problems, rather than the people in the most powerful positions in their country who refuse to fix problems and exploit them instead.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

Pete Hegseth Rails Against Fat Generals
https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-rails-against-fat-generals/

“Hopefully this isn’t a return to the rail-thin ‘heroin chic’ generals of the ’90s.”

Abby Hackett, Unemployed

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

Trump: I am a very aesthetic person. I don't like some of the ships you are doing aesthetically. They say it is stealth. That's not stealth. An ugly ship is not necessary in order to say you are stealth.

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 12d

Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 13d

Gorgeous

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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 13d

Invertebrate zoology class had a great fie trip to the beach and marsh today. Hermit crabs were the stars of the show.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13d

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.

This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to get money for them, use a consignment (re-sale) shop for the most valuable stuff. If you want them to generate maximum revenue for charity, donate to a high end thrift shop. If you just want them gone, find the thrift shop closest to you.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14d

On Monday, I'm talking with Redwood Materials (the battery recycling company) about their new second-life battery program. They're collecting batteries &, before recycling them, placing them in grid-storage applications that can use their remaining energy.

Got any questions?

Recycler Redwood builds 63MWh second-life EV battery microgrid for AI data centre

Battery recycling and materials company Redwood Materials has launched business unit to repurpose second-life EV batteries for energy storage.

www.energy-storage.news

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

A lot of Tylenol consumed at the U.N. today

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