@lhowes.bsky.social
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files
After months of delay and amid a desperate cover-up attempt, House Democrats managed to force a vote for the FULL release of the Epstein Files! Now, we finally have a chance to learn the truth and mak...
act.indivisible.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...
It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I'm moving to another streaming platform that doesn't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/52mHvtqL
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
app.sosha.ai
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I'm moving to another streaming platform that doesn't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/52mHvtqL
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Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings
Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?
lol. lmao.
lol. lmao.
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings
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No Kings Day in June:
5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries
The sequel is going to be even bigger.
5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries
The sequel is going to be even bigger.
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
No Kings Day in June:
5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries
The sequel is going to be even bigger.
5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries
The sequel is going to be even bigger.
Labor Day rally, Knoxville TN #workersoverbillionaires #labordayrally #knoxvilleprotest small city turning out in a big way #knoxvilleindivisible
September 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Labor Day rally, Knoxville TN #workersoverbillionaires #labordayrally #knoxvilleprotest small city turning out in a big way #knoxvilleindivisible
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When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact.
Here’s how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.
Here’s how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.
How We Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies
When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact. Here’s how we did it.
www.propublica.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact.
Here’s how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.
Here’s how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.
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NIH FY26 #SCIMaP scorecards are now available for
* All states
* All districts
The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.
Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26
* All states
* All districts
The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.
Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
scienceimpacts.org
August 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
NIH FY26 #SCIMaP scorecards are now available for
* All states
* All districts
The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.
Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26
* All states
* All districts
The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.
Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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AMS State of the Global Climate in 2024.
Continent Scorecard
Nth America: Hottest on Record
Sth America: Hottest on Record
Europe: Hottest on Record
Africa: Hottest on Record
Asia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Australia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Antarctica: 2nd lowest sea ice
www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...
Continent Scorecard
Nth America: Hottest on Record
Sth America: Hottest on Record
Europe: Hottest on Record
Africa: Hottest on Record
Asia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Australia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Antarctica: 2nd lowest sea ice
www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...
August 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
AMS State of the Global Climate in 2024.
Continent Scorecard
Nth America: Hottest on Record
Sth America: Hottest on Record
Europe: Hottest on Record
Africa: Hottest on Record
Asia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Australia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Antarctica: 2nd lowest sea ice
www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...
Continent Scorecard
Nth America: Hottest on Record
Sth America: Hottest on Record
Europe: Hottest on Record
Africa: Hottest on Record
Asia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Australia: 2nd Hottest on Record
Antarctica: 2nd lowest sea ice
www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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While children are starving, the Trump Admin is literally setting food on fire — destroying 500
tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week.
Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.
tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week.
Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
While children are starving, the Trump Admin is literally setting food on fire — destroying 500
tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week.
Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.
tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week.
Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.
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Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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Federal workers across a dozen agencies are revealing how DOGE is dismantling essential services provided by the federal government: linktr.ee/FedsSpeakOut
July 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Federal workers across a dozen agencies are revealing how DOGE is dismantling essential services provided by the federal government: linktr.ee/FedsSpeakOut
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Thousands of research projects—some years in, with taxpayer money already spent—were wiped out by Trump’s budget cuts.
At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress.
zurl.co/1KB6I
#standupforscience
At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress.
zurl.co/1KB6I
#standupforscience
‘Science Fair’ of Lost Research Protests Trump Cuts
A protest at a congressional office building highlighted future research findings that vast cuts to science will erase
zurl.co
July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thousands of research projects—some years in, with taxpayer money already spent—were wiped out by Trump’s budget cuts.
At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress.
zurl.co/1KB6I
#standupforscience
At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress.
zurl.co/1KB6I
#standupforscience
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Capitol Hill just hosted a science fair with a twist:
🔬 Nobel winners & other leading scientists stood by posters showing their work — and the cuts now gutting it.
They came from across the country, many paying their own way, to call attention to the serious risks these cuts pose to our future.
🔬 Nobel winners & other leading scientists stood by posters showing their work — and the cuts now gutting it.
They came from across the country, many paying their own way, to call attention to the serious risks these cuts pose to our future.
Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair'
On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.
www.npr.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Capitol Hill just hosted a science fair with a twist:
🔬 Nobel winners & other leading scientists stood by posters showing their work — and the cuts now gutting it.
They came from across the country, many paying their own way, to call attention to the serious risks these cuts pose to our future.
🔬 Nobel winners & other leading scientists stood by posters showing their work — and the cuts now gutting it.
They came from across the country, many paying their own way, to call attention to the serious risks these cuts pose to our future.
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Impressive No Kings turnout in tiny Hamilton NY with the university students on break… #nokings #hamiltonNY overheard: “I didn’t know there were so many people in Madison County that feel the way I do!”
June 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Impressive No Kings turnout in tiny Hamilton NY with the university students on break… #nokings #hamiltonNY overheard: “I didn’t know there were so many people in Madison County that feel the way I do!”
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Reminder that 988 and the crisis text line are both connected to emergency services and can track location. The other numbers here are not!
You're not alone, please reach out for help if you need it! The cruelty is the point and we all need to stick together & use our resources to make it through.
You're not alone, please reach out for help if you need it! The cruelty is the point and we all need to stick together & use our resources to make it through.
Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms
June 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reminder that 988 and the crisis text line are both connected to emergency services and can track location. The other numbers here are not!
You're not alone, please reach out for help if you need it! The cruelty is the point and we all need to stick together & use our resources to make it through.
You're not alone, please reach out for help if you need it! The cruelty is the point and we all need to stick together & use our resources to make it through.
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Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...
app.wedonthavetime.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage