Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 23m

Have they … met geese ever

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 24m

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

7 17

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 24m

Heaven forfend that there should be any other reason for this therapy

good goddess

UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care @ucliehc.bsky.social · 7h

New research: Early menopause and surgical menopause impact women’s labor market trajectories 💼

This study suggests that hormone therapy within the early years of the final menstruation may help women remain employed.

#menopause @elsa-study.bsky.social

journals.lww.com/menopausejou...

journals.lww.com

2

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

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.

buff.ly

220 4.7K 12K

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 30m

“I’m all that and a bag of Keebler Chips Deluxe”

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 59m

“It’s sort of a reverse Pinocchio thing. Every time I say something fascist, I shrink by 1/1000th of an inch. Darndest thing.”

3

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1h

All of the examples of the formal greeting it gives require that a name follow, which is not done in the email itself thx

1 3

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 14h

Brilliant Minds this weak has a non-speaking “severely” Autistic character.

The situation makes it look like the Autistic person might have done something harmful … but I am guessing it won’t be that way.

The episode is using the term nonspeaking and talks avoht AACs.

1 1 24

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

42 1.3K 2.5K

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1h

Weirdly, that email does not follow its own advice

1 2 8

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12h

I don't know that this is the *most* unethical thing David Frum has ever done, but in terms of professional *journalistic* ethics? Whooo boy

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

5 140 600

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21h

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

160 900 1.7K

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 13h

Yep. Banned an autistic Black man for an image description that described ... the image.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

42 120

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 13h

endlessly embarrassing that the powers that be here banned Link. just disqualifying.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

5 130 550

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

850 8.9K 16K

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

34 470 2.1K

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

And to seek relief in a functioning bathroom for that matter what a weird weird obsession these people have with toileting

Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1d

One legal expert called SB 8 “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history, It tries to shut down the basic right of every citizen to seek relief in our courts, which is one of the basic principles of American democracy."

How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions

A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”

www.texasobserver.org

1 7 22

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

I love this movie so much

1 2

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

The U.S. press isn't capable of admitting this clearly, but Bari Weiss was hired to turn CBS into a right wing propaganda machine and troll operation

Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm

It’s super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their “Conservative viewpoints silenced” now own or control most major U.S. media companies. Almost as …

www.techdirt.com

14 100 360

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

What could 10,000 ICE jackboots each cost to recruit, Michael? $3,000,000? Wait, that cannot possibly be right *checks math*

"The [ad] campaign... is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year."

Oh wow oh fuck jesus christ what the shit

ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforc...

apnews.com

15 110 320

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

“Just like being tall, all autistic people, regardless of how their status arises, could benefit from the same kinds of considerations and accommodations for shared autism-associated traits”

buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

There are many roads to what we humans view as "being tall," but in the end, the outcome is, well, being tall. We don't spend a lot of time discussing tall people as being "profoundly tall" or subdividing them in some way based on their tallness. We don't have pages of handwringing in the news media and scientific literature about how to
prevent tall people from existing or indirectly implying that aim by going on and on about causes. We don't perseverate in op-eds and 24-hour news channel commentary on how tall
people discompose us at movies and public events because we can't see over them. We don't talk about how distracting tall people are, how much space they require just to exist, or what a burden their clinical needs are on
society, and we don't ask why we have to have tall people around at all when they are just so much trouble for not-tall people (te he clear. Llive with and

them. We don't talk about how distracting tall people are, how much space they require just to exist, or what a burden their clinical needs are on
society, and we don't ask why we have to have tall people around at all when they are just so much trouble for not-tall people (to be clear, I live with and love several tall people). And one other thing: You can't take the tallness out of someone, not in any ethical way.
"Tall" is just what they are.

3 6

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder: informed consent is always required for a vaccine. Shared clinical decision making just creates confusion and decreases uptake, without improving informed consent.
And if you use this approach towards childhood vaccines, you will exacerbate the Trump/Kennety outbreaks.

Tweet from Jim O’Neill claiming ACIP covid recommendations bring back informed consent.

2 13 40

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

Your dog hates you

1

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 1d

every time i am ever critical of bluesky it's because i enjoy my time here, have nicely made a home for myself, and want the place to succeed. i'm on my hands and fucking knees begging them to stop walking into rakes like please for the love of allmo just look down at the ground to avoid the rakes.

10 170 1.1K

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

270 4.4K 15K

Reposted by EerilyPhD 👻

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 1d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

20 720 2.1K