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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

..respectfully resist Kirk's legacy. He said many horrible things that should not be sugar-coated, but he didn't deserve to die for it, especially on a college campus where civil discourse is paramount to innovation.

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

..literature around those concerns to better refine a proposal into actionable policy backed by pluralistic evidence.

It's ironic to feel empathy toward someone who debated that empathy was toxic to his vision of the American way of life and would probably hate that I've done so, but I must..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

..alone, and the over 45,000 victims of gun violence deaths in the US EVERY YEAR.

Your legacy cannot stop me from reaching across to people I disagree with and investing the time to earnestly listen to their concerns and limitations toward my proposed solutions and critically review the..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

..legacy cannot stop me from turning my thoughts and prayers into actionable faith by advocating for common sense gun laws to protect gun violence victims like yourself, the two school children of Colorado that also died that day on the US's 100th school shooting just 3/4ths through this year..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

death, state and federal House Speakers and their families, poll workers, capital police officers, embassy workers, civilian casualties in the Putin/Ukraine and Netanyahu/Hamas wars, ICE detainees, educators, transgender kids, and even our current sitting president among so many others.

Your..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

..toward you along with the wife and two children you left behind without a husband and father.

Your legacy cannot stop me from acknowledging our shared humanity along with victims of political violence including the HBCU students and faculty that received terrorism threats soon after your death..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · 23d

Sorry, Charlie, but while you left a legacy of dehumanizing people you disagreed with, vilifying empathy, justifying gun violence as necessary for personal freedoms, and prioritizing soundbites of "owning" debates over pluralistic problem solving, your legacy can't force me to not feel empathy..

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Aug 20

Regardless of the barriers thrown at us, it is the responsibility of healthcare providers to work with their patients to determine the treatment best for our patients’ health and for educators to work with their students to determine the course content best for our students’ learning.

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Aug 20

Evidence over politics ✊🏻🇺🇸

American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from CDC #vaccine recommendations for the first time in 30 years in opposition of the current administration’s misinformed political overreach.

#healthcare
#HigherEd

publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...

AAP Immunization Schedule

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule published August 19, 2025 can be found here.

publications.aap.org

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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · Jul 9

ACTION NEEDED -- The #Ohio House is pausing their Summer break and returning for a one-day Session on 7/21 ‼️ 🚨

open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...

@howthingsworkoh.bsky.social

ALERT — Ohio House Session scheduled for July!

They're coming back to ruin everyone's Summer...

open.substack.com

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jul 5

Dead count is at least 24, but I’m having doubts that “there would have been no way to foresee this” if the National Weather Service still had equipment and personnel to more accurately predict the severity of the storms forming early Thursday..
www.reuters.com/business/env...

Texas flash flooding kills at least 13 people, leaves 20-plus young campers missing

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said authorities were searching for 23 girls listed as unaccounted for among more than 700 children who were at a summer camp when it was swept by floodwaters.

www.reuters.com

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Jul 4

In APHA v NIH, filed in April, in response to abrupt defunding of NIH grants, Judge Young ruled that the termination of some of the NIH grants was illegal & ordered that they be restored.

Essentially, you can't terminate funding if you can't define the reason.

🧪🔗 arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI

A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.

arstechnica.com

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Jul 3

An assault on immigrant communities is an assault on *America itself.* Immigrants *are* the American story—builders, dreamers, defenders.

If you come for them, you're not defending this country—you’re desecrating it. Don’t dare call it patriotism. It’s cowardice in red, white, and blue
#VoteHellNo

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Big Deficit Bill is still being discussed in the House, may likely include amendments that need to go to back to the Senate. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.

The 5 calls app identifies your representatives, provides main and local office phones, and a script if you need.
5calls.org

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jul 1

Even then, asking the courts to not even investigate the matter is suspicious as hell. They probably are guilty of exploiting multiple teachers in similar ways or maybe even something worse if they’re panicking over the state even looking into the issue.

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jul 1

It’s one thing to claim a “minister” doesn’t uphold the values of your sect, it’s an entirely different thing to fire a teacher for reporting all their worked hours when you want to exploit younger employees for unpaid labor.

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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · Jun 30

Governor DeWine still hasn't signed #Ohio's budget bill‼️

Legally, he must sign it by midnight TONIGHT (6/30)⏰️ But he can veto (AKA remove) anything he wants from the bill before he signs it.

Keep demanding vetoes of the worst items:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 30

SB 16/HB 5337 threatens the voting rights of all Ohioans. Use @standupamerica.com’s tool and urge your state representative to vote NO on SB 153/HB 233:

act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...

#theresistance
#ohio
#NoKings

Send a letter: Stop SB 153 / HB 233 in Ohio

The Ohio SAVE Act will make it harder for eligible voters in the state to make their voices heard. Email your lawmakers today to stop this bill.

act.standupamerica.com

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Lauren Merry Vale (they/she) @pixielauren.bsky.social · Jun 26

The repeal effort of Ohio's anti-higher-ed law, SB 1, failed to collect enough signatures.

Shame on Ohio's Democratic Party and the unions that did not help with the signature drive. Faculty in Ohio have lost the right to strike.

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campaign to block anti-DEI education bill lacks voter signatures

Senate Bill 1 now is set to take effect on Friday after a repeal campaign missed a deadline to submit hundreds of thousands of signatures.

signalakron.org

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 24

The damage done through pre-compliance is already problematic but there’s hope yet: bsky.app/profile/nick...

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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · Jun 23

Everyone working to overturn #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) has done incredible work 🔥

I saw that petition everywhere I went all over the state. Every event. Every festival. You all are freaking grassroots badasses no matter the outcome 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

www.statenews.org/government-p...

Opponents of anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio's public universities to submit repeal petitions Thursday

The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes at public universities.

www.statenews.org

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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · Jun 23

🗣️HEADS UP!

The House Judiciary Committee just added a last minute hearing to the calendar for 10am tomorrow to vote on SB 56 -- legislation to rollback our adult-use cannabis rights.

📲Tell your Representative to vote NO: action.aclu.org/send-message...

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Ohio Conference AAUP @ohaaup.bsky.social · Jun 23

Opponents of anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio's public universities to submit repeal petitions Thursday

The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes at public universities.

www.ideastream.org

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Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 24

The damage done through pre-compliance is already problematic but there’s hope yet: bsky.app/profile/nick...

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 24

The final signatures are being scanned in, but if our reported numbers are accurate then we are projected to have SUCCEEDED in collecting the signatures needed to against OH SB-1 as the first all-volunteer group to achieve a referendum under Ohio’s most restrictive petition process!

We’re not out..

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 24

The damage done through pre-compliance is already problematic but there’s hope yet: bsky.app/profile/nick...

Nicholas Denton, PhD @nickdenton.bsky.social · Jun 24

The final signatures are being scanned in, but if our reported numbers are accurate then we are projected to have SUCCEEDED in collecting the signatures needed to against OH SB-1 as the first all-volunteer group to achieve a referendum under Ohio’s most restrictive petition process!

We’re not out..

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