Heather McDivitt
@heathermcdivitt.bsky.social
Philosophy prof, dog mom, and western NY native
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Funding cuts to PBS and NPR, attempts to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing, Colbert canceled.
Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.
Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Funding cuts to PBS and NPR, attempts to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing, Colbert canceled.
Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.
Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
![Screenshot of a list of the 27 specific grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 16 of them in whole or in part, highlighted in yellow and listed below:
"1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
3. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither [Partial]
4. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
5. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
6. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
7. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
8. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
9. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
10. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
11. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
12. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
13. [Partial], abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
14. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
15. [Partial], and destroyed the lives of our people.
16. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us [Partial]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3psimnw5xxta2n4h5qzxu55/bafkreifschk5h5rhi7ezooza77xgc5hzxi62up3eoqqift5btkt7kui4li@jpeg)
June 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
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When right wing media keeps calling Dems the enemy this is bound to happen.
Senseless tragedy in a broken country
Senseless tragedy in a broken country
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
When right wing media keeps calling Dems the enemy this is bound to happen.
Senseless tragedy in a broken country
Senseless tragedy in a broken country
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This is why we crush fascists
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is why we crush fascists
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I feel so many things, but mostly, I feel just an absolute wave of sadness for the evil that is taking over this country.
Hortman and her husband are dead, says Walz.
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I feel so many things, but mostly, I feel just an absolute wave of sadness for the evil that is taking over this country.
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Missing from Trump’s Truth Social account so far today: A single word about the dual shootings of Minnesota Democratic legislators.
Same goes for the official DHS and Noem accounts
Same goes for the official DHS and Noem accounts
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Missing from Trump’s Truth Social account so far today: A single word about the dual shootings of Minnesota Democratic legislators.
Same goes for the official DHS and Noem accounts
Same goes for the official DHS and Noem accounts
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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
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Martin Luther King Jr. was labeled radical by the white establishment. The FBI spied on him, trying to take him down.
He still chose nonviolence. Peaceful protest was his power—even when they called him dangerous.
“Radical” doesn’t mean you’re wrong… it means you’re getting close to the truth.
He still chose nonviolence. Peaceful protest was his power—even when they called him dangerous.
“Radical” doesn’t mean you’re wrong… it means you’re getting close to the truth.
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. was labeled radical by the white establishment. The FBI spied on him, trying to take him down.
He still chose nonviolence. Peaceful protest was his power—even when they called him dangerous.
“Radical” doesn’t mean you’re wrong… it means you’re getting close to the truth.
He still chose nonviolence. Peaceful protest was his power—even when they called him dangerous.
“Radical” doesn’t mean you’re wrong… it means you’re getting close to the truth.
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Today is flag day. Here is Trump violating the flag code by signing his name on it.
June 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today is flag day. Here is Trump violating the flag code by signing his name on it.
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Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Alternatively, “Thousands of Americans expected to take to the streets in defense of their neighbors and their democracy” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
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It’s hard to put into words just how comprehensively this bill is going to hurt public colleges and universities in Texas—especially UT.
Texas legislators just passed a bill that
gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.
gives politically-appointed regents control over faculty curriculum, hiring, & governance. It does what they accuse academics of doing: privileging ideas, biases, & agendas on political grounds, & silencing those that do not follow their ideology.
Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities’ courses and hiring under bill OK’d by House
Senate Bill 37 would give more power to university regents, who are appointed by the governor, to vet and veto new curricula and administrators.
www.texastribune.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s hard to put into words just how comprehensively this bill is going to hurt public colleges and universities in Texas—especially UT.
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They'd sooner kill us than spend a penny.
USDA rolls back plans to limit salmonella levels in raw chicken, turkey www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
USDA rolls back plans to limit salmonella levels in raw chicken, turkey www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
USDA rolls back plans to limit salmonella levels in raw chicken, turkey
The agency said the Biden-era proposal would have been a burden on businesses. Food-safety experts criticized the decision as an unwillingness to protect the public.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
They'd sooner kill us than spend a penny.
USDA rolls back plans to limit salmonella levels in raw chicken, turkey www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
USDA rolls back plans to limit salmonella levels in raw chicken, turkey www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Three students were wounded in a shooting on Tuesday at a Dallas high school where, almost exactly a year ago, a student was shot in the leg by a classmate, the authorities said.
4 Injured in Dallas School Shooting, Authorities Say
Three students were wounded by gunfire and a fourth also was injured when gunfire erupted at Wilmer-Hutchins High School on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Three students were wounded in a shooting on Tuesday at a Dallas high school where, almost exactly a year ago, a student was shot in the leg by a classmate, the authorities said.
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“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“McDonalds workers in Denmark make more than Honda workers in Alabama” is such a key point. It’s the institutions, stupid.
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Trump policies are going to cost Ohioans thousands of jobs. This is only the beginning.
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
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Microsoft not pursuing Licking County projects at this time
HEATH, Ohio (WCMH) — Microsoft has confirmed that it is backing down on building data centers in Licking County. In a statement released Monday, the company did not give a reason for stoppin…
www.nbc4i.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump policies are going to cost Ohioans thousands of jobs. This is only the beginning.
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
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38% of people living in Mike Johnson's district were enrolled in Medicaid last year.
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
April 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
38% of people living in Mike Johnson's district were enrolled in Medicaid last year.
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
Yet Johnson is pushing for devastating cuts to Medicaid — all to pay for tax cuts that will predominantly go to the rich.
Is there a better encapsulation of the Republican Party?
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"We are witnessing the construction of the ideological architecture to excuse violence and suffering on a mass scale. While the religious right attends to a moral justification, the secular right is hard at work on a pseudoscientific one"
@joolia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@joolia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"We are witnessing the construction of the ideological architecture to excuse violence and suffering on a mass scale. While the religious right attends to a moral justification, the secular right is hard at work on a pseudoscientific one"
@joolia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@joolia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Please follow this amazing woman and friend
She PASSIONATELY cares for ALL OF US
I was truly honored to be included with her yesterday
I was SO INSPIRED
A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS !!
Dear Heather, YOU ARE LOVED
@momsrising.org
@hboothgo.bsky.social
#MomSky
She PASSIONATELY cares for ALL OF US
I was truly honored to be included with her yesterday
I was SO INSPIRED
A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS !!
Dear Heather, YOU ARE LOVED
@momsrising.org
@hboothgo.bsky.social
#MomSky
April 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Please follow this amazing woman and friend
She PASSIONATELY cares for ALL OF US
I was truly honored to be included with her yesterday
I was SO INSPIRED
A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS !!
Dear Heather, YOU ARE LOVED
@momsrising.org
@hboothgo.bsky.social
#MomSky
She PASSIONATELY cares for ALL OF US
I was truly honored to be included with her yesterday
I was SO INSPIRED
A CHAMPION FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS !!
Dear Heather, YOU ARE LOVED
@momsrising.org
@hboothgo.bsky.social
#MomSky