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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 14h

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans. The nation deserves a health and human services secretary who is committed to scientific integrity…”

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 23h

Soulless behavior by small, vile people with so little else going for them that they terrorize helpless men, women and children asleep in their beds to feel big and important. Pathetic.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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

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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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David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 23h

In the oversaturated attention economy, few things are more valuable than genuinely, directly getting to the goddamn point.

David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 23h

Truly chilling...

As in these folks are obviously being super chill.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 2d

Currently looking for an @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social member with a broad familiarity with the JVP and related literature plus a warm, engaging talk-show-host kind of personality. (Yes this is Comms Committee recruiting.) Comment or message me suggestions if you've got any!

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ALT: a man in a blue suit and black shirt stands in front of a cbs sign

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 3d

Kate is liveblogging a highly unusual Sunday evening federal court hearing as Portland, Oregon and California attempt to block the Texas and California National Guards from being sent to Portland. (The administration is also trying to send the Texas Guard to Chicago.)

Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 3d

1) Trump-appointed judge rules admin cannot deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland 2) Trump admin deploys California Guard there instead, circumventing her ruling 3) CA joins Portland/Oregon in filing for a second temporary restraining order 4) judge schedules emergency hearing (about to start)

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d

"All universities have to do now is do nothing—no accepting the compact, no counter-offers, nothing—and the government will be left with no more power to coerce and control the First Amendment-protected activities of major American universities than it has today." balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 5d

The question journalists need to be asking is: WHY is the government trying this?

It’s because they want to control universities in unlawful ways that courts will not allow; it’s not working; so they’re trying to get universities to sign up “voluntarily” for unlawful levels of government control.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3d

The community members record, let the target grab them and move away from ICE vehicle, throw or kick away agents' stuff but they almost never touch the agents and never apply any force to them.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

Violent thugs are terrorizing Americans and they were sent by the White House.

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David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 3d

This. These antisocial anger-monsters always need an external target for their malice. Consequences for their damage isn’t a consideration, just self-satisfaction that they are good and right and others and bad and wrong.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3d

So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d

Last week, Missouri GOP leaders blocked a voter-led ballot measure to stop the state's new Trump-approved gerrymander, a move that a voting rights expert says is part of a broader national effort to undermine direct democracy. https://bit.ly/3Ky0Ofw

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 4d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone know where I might find this year's list of herpetology-minded labs that are taking students?

I would also take any other related list for other taxa.

Thank you!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 3d

The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org

Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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David Levering @biogeoverse.bsky.social · 4d

Yet another reminder that if Frank Castle were real he'd definitely be surprising these assholes in their houses in the middle of the night to "talk about" their "branding" errors.

IDK Metcalf @idkmetcalf.lol · 4d

I don’t think Kash Patel’s personal challenge coin could be any funnier, this shit is just hats on hats on hats

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