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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 8h

You cannot reason with these arguments, they aren't there for that purpose. You need to shift the narrative, imagine and tell a different story. Through the roof and underground.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 8h

I expect many things to get worse in material terms for many people, but the poor justifications of ANYTHING they do, from the lack of logic to the inconsistent and self-serving arguments and the ignorance of history and facts in general have been the worst one could imagine from the very beginning.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

Trump just posted what looks like an old DOJ memo about President Kennedy’s use of the National Guard in Alabama to desegregate schools in 1963.

It’s a gross comparison, given the fact that Trump is basically George Wallace and he wants to use the Guard to invade cities, not advance civil rights.

Trump: U.S. Code. Those provisions authorize the President, when faced with such unlawful obstructions against the authority of the United States as existed in Alabama, to "call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary" (10
U.S.C. § 332) and to use
"the militia or the armed forces,
or both, or
• other means" (10 U.S.C. $ 333). The
militia of the United States includes the national guard, meaning the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the several states. 10 U.S.C. § 311 and $ 101 (9), (10), (12) .
In furtherance of the President's order the Secretary of Defense immediately called into active military service all of the units and members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Alabama to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders.
This call was transmitted by the Secretary of the Army, acting by direction of, and under delegation of authority from, the Secretary of Defense.
Copies of the Department
of the Army message (No. D.A. 340638, June 11, 1963) were furnished immediately to the Governor of Alabama and to the commanding officers of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the State of Alabama.
It is apparent that the Alabama National Guard was properly called into federal service pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
§5 332-4, and in accordance with the procedure provided in those sections. Since the call to federal service did not invoke the authority of 10 U.S.C. $ 3500, referred to by Mr. Bowen, the procedure prescribed by that section was
not
used.
I trust that the foregoing information will be of
assistance to you.
Sincerely,
¡enera.
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10/7/25,

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 10h

Ah. Well, that will fuck the ENTIRE network of flights. Not just in the US either.

CNN @cnn.com · 10h

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 9h

The only ones that count.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 9h

Actually I think you should go one step further and bestow honors upon whoever you like exactly as they still do to this day. Get people to start campaigning for one of your OBEs.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10h

Not good.

“The case is community-acquired and not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may currently be circulating”

Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 10h

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of mumps in an individual on Hawaiʻi Island. The case is community-acquired and not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may currently be circulating on the island.
health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...

DOH CONFIRMS CASE OF MUMPS IN HAWAIʻI COUNTY

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of mumps in an individual on Hawaiʻi Island. The case is community-acquired and not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may cur...

health.hawaii.gov

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 12h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of the science is already there, but I agree with you, it is not recognition.

PM2.5 polluters disproportionately and systemically affect people of color in the United States

Nearly all major emission categories contribute to the systemic PM2.5 exposure disparity experienced by people of color.

www.science.org

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 18h

At the risk of angry-posting, I hope we learn something from this given the *extensive* environmental justice and environmental concessions that were made to "protect" the programs

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 19h

🚨 Breaking: Heatmap has obtained a new internal DOE grant termination list that includes the two major DAC hub awards — Oxy/1PointFive's South Texas DAC Hub and Heirloom/Climeworks' Project Cypress in Louisiana.
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

heatmap.news

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 18h

Did you see this?
It is ridiculous that it is basically impossible to study this stuff on site.

Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22h

This story is absolutely bonkers.

“There is a “crazy hole in our food safety system” that prevents the FDA from entering Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) to sample for pathogens that have caused an outbreak in people”.
Let the stewards of the land poison us galore.

Julian A Nowogrodzki @plantnerd.bsky.social · 22h

Factory farm dust could be the missing link in a major food poisoning outbreak, thanks to a "crazy hole in our food safety system”

Natasha Gilbert reports: sentientmedia.org/factory-farm...

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 21h

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22h

Our children is not learning Ronald ☹️

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22h

I feel a bit like a broken record these days honestly

a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud "

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud "

media.tenor.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22h

This story is absolutely bonkers.

“There is a “crazy hole in our food safety system” that prevents the FDA from entering Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) to sample for pathogens that have caused an outbreak in people”.
Let the stewards of the land poison us galore.

Julian A Nowogrodzki @plantnerd.bsky.social · 22h

Factory farm dust could be the missing link in a major food poisoning outbreak, thanks to a "crazy hole in our food safety system”

Natasha Gilbert reports: sentientmedia.org/factory-farm...

How Factory Farm Air Pollution Can Spread Dangerous Bacteria

Factory farm dust can spread E. coli and could have sparked a large food poisoning outbreak in 2018, a new study shows.

sentientmedia.org

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22h

If they end up using CCC funds again after having done that the first time and then shamelessly criticizing Biden for using that pot of money for the climate smart partnerships, it would be as big a travesty as if they used tariff revenues (AKA US consumers’ money).

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Joseph Britt @zathras5.bsky.social · 22h

Trump, having wrecked US farmers’ export markets, prepares another bailout.

“Republican lawmakers have estimated that, this time around, farmers could need as much as $50 billion in economic support. Where that money will come from remains an open question.” Link via @profsecchi.bsky.social

Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 23h

Just a reminder that there’s peer-reviewed evidence that in the last go round of aid to farmers because of tariffs, the payments they got were higher than the losses.
Pretty much the epitome of inefficiency and rent-seeking behavior. The Chinese aren’t going to buy 🇺🇸 ag products for a looong time.

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

www.nytimes.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 23h

Just a reminder that there’s peer-reviewed evidence that in the last go round of aid to farmers because of tariffs, the payments they got were higher than the losses.
Pretty much the epitome of inefficiency and rent-seeking behavior. The Chinese aren’t going to buy 🇺🇸 ag products for a looong time.

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

www.nytimes.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

#goals

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

Food aid helps farmers on the production side and rural people in blue AND red states on the consumption side. Read this to learn details. If you can, donate to ProPublica - they do amazing work.
The US ag system has been dominated by white rich people forever. The kakistocracy is making it worse.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

I do not know very much at all about how Islam works re: core tenets, but the I DO know the catholic church has been very opportunistic (in the biological sense) about its approach, particularly in the global South, in part as a response to protestant churches, which provide real resources/cash...

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

They will not make cardinal or rise in the ranks except if a real conservative becomes pope - unlikely at this time - so their punishment is just not to make it to the inner circle.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

It's very much a core belief - lefebvre was excommunicated - but the church doesn't like to go to such lengths for individuals, even high visibility opposers such as bishops - who challenge the pope on specific issues. Think of excommunication as the nuclear option. These guys kept their jobs.

Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops: Don’t Deny Biden Communion Over Abortion (Published 2021)

www.nytimes.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

Since Vatican II conservative catholics have either gone head on against the pope (like lefebvre) or quietly undermined the papal edicts in regards to social justice, use of Latin, respect for local conditions and traditions etc. US converts exhibit both behaviors quite strongly.

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