Monita Chatterjee
@monitachatterjee.bsky.social
Science (cochlear implants, auditory and speech perception), dogs, reading, troublemaking
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We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations.
On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
➡️Find a good trouble event: social.demcast.com/s/65nTti3j
On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
➡️Find a good trouble event: social.demcast.com/s/65nTti3j
July 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations.
On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
➡️Find a good trouble event: social.demcast.com/s/65nTti3j
On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
➡️Find a good trouble event: social.demcast.com/s/65nTti3j
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It's unacceptable that the average Black woman has to work 6 months longer just to earn what a white man made last year—doing the same job.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.
July 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's unacceptable that the average Black woman has to work 6 months longer just to earn what a white man made last year—doing the same job.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.
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We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
July 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Support the EPA 🧪
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.
Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.
Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)
June 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Support the EPA 🧪
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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Time to get to work
Time to get to work
May 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Time to get to work
Time to get to work
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Masked agents of the state are now comfortable arresting citizens, including election officials, who challenge their operations
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Masked agents of the state are now comfortable arresting citizens, including election officials, who challenge their operations
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NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk is free from ICE custody. There was a delay as ICE sought to fit her w/ an ankle monitor, prompting a 2nd order from a federal judge clarifying that she was to be released without any monitoring or restrictions. She is with her lawyer; expected to return to Mass. tomorrow.
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk is free from ICE custody. There was a delay as ICE sought to fit her w/ an ankle monitor, prompting a 2nd order from a federal judge clarifying that she was to be released without any monitoring or restrictions. She is with her lawyer; expected to return to Mass. tomorrow.
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India approves two gene-edited rice varieties with improved salinity and drought tolerance. Heralding a new era of modern plant breeding in this major staple crop - article in Nature as below #plantscience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d44... as
India approves first genome-edited rice varieties
Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists have developed high-yield, stress-tolerant, climate-resilient rice varieties free of foreign DNA
www.nature.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
India approves two gene-edited rice varieties with improved salinity and drought tolerance. Heralding a new era of modern plant breeding in this major staple crop - article in Nature as below #plantscience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d44... as
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FYI.
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.
www.savensf.com 🧪🌎🦑
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.
www.savensf.com 🧪🌎🦑
Home | Savensf
www.savensf.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
FYI.
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.
www.savensf.com 🧪🌎🦑
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.
www.savensf.com 🧪🌎🦑
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I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
www.science.org
May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Brittany is getting the ball rolling. you should join her. #ScienceSky #MedSky 🧪🩺
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…
www.masslive.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Brittany is getting the ball rolling. you should join her. #ScienceSky #MedSky 🧪🩺
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Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
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I'm so proud of my 💙 friends & neighbors @coastaldemocracy.bsky.social who organized an Empty Chair Town Hall for our cowardly Rep, Buddy Carter - MIA since 2017.
I highly recommend anybody in a 🔴 district do this to give power back to constituents & shame your congressperson!
tinyurl.com/emptyTH
I highly recommend anybody in a 🔴 district do this to give power back to constituents & shame your congressperson!
tinyurl.com/emptyTH
April 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm so proud of my 💙 friends & neighbors @coastaldemocracy.bsky.social who organized an Empty Chair Town Hall for our cowardly Rep, Buddy Carter - MIA since 2017.
I highly recommend anybody in a 🔴 district do this to give power back to constituents & shame your congressperson!
tinyurl.com/emptyTH
I highly recommend anybody in a 🔴 district do this to give power back to constituents & shame your congressperson!
tinyurl.com/emptyTH
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I wish more people understood this:
The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I wish more people understood this:
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🎙️ A Life Line for the Trans community!?
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
April 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎙️ A Life Line for the Trans community!?
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline
The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police
open.spotify.com/episode/5WV1...
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“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Keep pushing back. Every win matters.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Anger, then relief after Pentagon restores Navajo code talker webpages
Navajo Nation leaders and families of code talkers had pushed back against the removals.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Keep pushing back. Every win matters.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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First, some good news!
Meetings for ALL advisory councils have not been posted in the Federal Register and the first council meeting was held yesterday.
The dates and links are in the dashboard.
2/n
Meetings for ALL advisory councils have not been posted in the Federal Register and the first council meeting was held yesterday.
The dates and links are in the dashboard.
2/n
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
First, some good news!
Meetings for ALL advisory councils have not been posted in the Federal Register and the first council meeting was held yesterday.
The dates and links are in the dashboard.
2/n
Meetings for ALL advisory councils have not been posted in the Federal Register and the first council meeting was held yesterday.
The dates and links are in the dashboard.
2/n
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📣 DC area folks! 📣
Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.
8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC
We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
🌎🌍
Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.
8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC
We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
🌎🌍
April 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣 DC area folks! 📣
Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.
8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC
We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
🌎🌍
Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.
8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC
We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
🌎🌍
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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We rise with Senator Cory Booker as he holds the Senate floor against Trump’s attempts to rip apart the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Stand strong, Cory! America is with you.
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We rise with Senator Cory Booker as he holds the Senate floor against Trump’s attempts to rip apart the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Stand strong, Cory! America is with you.