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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Jasmin @batevodevo.bsky.social · 7d

Beautiful story and experiments 😻 congratulations 🎉, this is awesome biology! It's so crazy that embryos can be 'old'

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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 7d

See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well.

youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...

Pritzker calls for Trump to be removed from office

YouTube video by NBC Chicago

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 8d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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Ani Wales @aniwales.bsky.social · 7d

This is America

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 9d

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Jasmin @batevodevo.bsky.social · 11d

Bring back the WWJD bracelets for MAGA 😆

Jasmin @batevodevo.bsky.social · 12d

So predictable 🙄

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Blue In A Red State @bluenredstate.bsky.social · 13d

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 14d

On October 6, please join me, @richardsever.bsky.social, @rachelzamzow.bsky.social, and @gabestein.com for a virtual panel: how can we make sure open science advances not just science itself, but society’s understanding of, trust in, and willingness to invest in research? Register here:

How Can Open Science Practices Increase Trust In Research? | Shorenstein Center

Join representatives from each stage of open science for a frank discussion of how each part of the publishing process must adapt to make sure open science advances not just science itself, but societ...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says

The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.

www.nbcnews.com

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StuckInRedMO @ktc2.bsky.social · 15d

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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 17d

Just saying

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 24d

That view is exceptionally naive.

As @narosenblum.bsky.social and I wrote last fall, “basic scientific research [is] a long-term investment, one that only governments have the time horizon to make, and it brings enormous payoffs.”

It can’t just be moonshots and looking for unicorn behemoths.

Basic Science Is The Foundation Of Future Cures

Injecting partisan politics into American basic science would be terrible for the US: for the economy, and for development of future treatments for diseases like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.

www.infotimes.us

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 17d

“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it”
@nhannahjones.bsky.social

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20d

The Trump administration has attacked diversity programs, historical discussions of slavery, civil rights and more as he pressures civic institutions to de-emphasize race. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project, discusses what led to this movement. nyti.ms/4msq3x8

A quote from Nikole Hannah-Jones, a domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine covering racial injustice and civil rights: "No court and no law has ever said that DEI – or diversity, equity, inclusion – or working on diversity is illegal. It is not illegal. It doesn't have to be. Right? Because all you have to have is the threat that your university will be harmed, your organization will be targeted, you may be sued."

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17d

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats to Aurelie Hinterman aurhin.bsky.social, Chase Bolt chasebolt.bsky.social, and Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social!

Coverage in NYTimes by @carlzimmer.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/s...

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Aurelie Hintermann @aurhin.bsky.social · 21d

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust

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Aubrey Hicks @aubreyhi.bsky.social · 21d

Labor unions doing the work the UC should be doing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

University of California students and faculty sue the Trump administration

White House using civil rights laws to wage campaign against school system to undermine free speech, says suit

www.theguardian.com

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🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 22d

me to my students: LLMs are like your worst ex. They will LIE to you with the most serene, most confident face

one of my students, quietly: I hate that guy so much

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22d

BREAKING:

A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

www.latimes.com

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