Tamara Stawicki, PhD
@tamarastawicki.bsky.social
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I study hair cells & cilia genes in zebrafish and disappear into the woods in my free time. Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer.
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It seems we're doing intros given all the people either coming over or returning here from the bad place. So here's a little about new followers. I'm a Neuroscience Faculty member at Lafayette College, a small liberal arts college in eastern PA.
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And a heartbreaking story of someone impacted by this cruelty. Who benefits from this? It's just cruelty for the sake of cruelty. bsky.app/profile/rosa...
rosalafersousa.bsky.social
Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Today's ICE horror, shooting a praying priest in the head with nonlethal munitions: bsky.app/profile/nich...
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
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Here’s video of the incident
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Another shooting where the ICE narrative doesn’t match body cam footage. Thankfully the victim didn’t die this time bsky.app/profile/gbro...
gbrockell.bsky.social
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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tamarastawicki.bsky.social
This ones border control slamming a man to the ground for standing to close to him: bsky.app/profile/lord...
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
And the story of a reporter arrested for reporting on a No Kings protest back in June. He's been detained by ICE since then and today was deported. He had been in the US since 2004: bsky.app/profile/aclu...
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
And already there is more. A family stopped at gun point. ICE smashes a window to get in despite the presence of a baby in the car. Again refusing to show a warrant bsky.app/profile/alex...
alexjungle.bsky.social
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
And this of course, is just a subset of stories most of which happened while cameras were running. Who knows how many crimes and horrors have been committed we've never heard about? If anyone has any idea what we can do try try to stop this before more people get hurt please let me know...
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And the story of the man who would go on to become the second victim of the shooting at the ICE facility in Texas was shackled to his hospital bed while unconcious and fighting for his life. A man who had been here since his teens and only crime was a DUI. bsky.app/profile/clar...
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That time ICE admitted to detaining people based on how they looked and then tied to pretend the journalist had just taken it out of context, causing said journalist to release the whole interview: bsky.app/profile/chip...
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A thread with some of the declarations from the Guatamalen children that were taken out of their beds in the middle of the night to be deported: bsky.app/profile/reic...
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation.

Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
7. At all of the shelters visited in the middle of the night, ProBAR staff witnessed children who had been pulled out of their beds. They were confused and scared. At Hands of Healing Los Fresnos, one young girl was extremely distraught, crying and repeatedly saying that she could not go back to Guatemala. At New Hope McAllen, one young girl was so scared that she vomited and asked to speak with a clinician. At Urban Strategies Alamo, one young teenager was scared that he might end up murdered like one of his family members. At Compass Connection in Harlingen, an attorney was able to meet with only one child. None of these children’s parents in their home country had requested their return. ProBAR’s client and named Plaintiff ARMD was at Compass Connection, but he was transported to a plane without notifying me as his attorney of record.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Photojournalists and women being slammed to the ground in NY: bsky.app/profile/brad... and bsky.app/profile/brad...
bradlander.bsky.social
Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
A story covering multiple ICE atrocities...them raiding an entire apartment complex, dragging the residents to the street (kids included) in the middle of the night, and a US citizen who has now been detained twice by ICE for the crime of working construction while brown: bsky.app/profile/chri...
chrislhayes.bsky.social
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
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tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Here is Kat Abughazaleh who is running for Congress talking about what is happening at the Broadview Immigration processing center: bsky.app/profile/benc.... This is the facility where ICE shot pepper rounds at a reporter's vehicle just for driving in the area: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/b...
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Here is video of a Chicago alderwoman being arrested for asking to see a warrant when ICE came to arrest someone in a hospital with a broken leg that had to be transferred to a trauma center for surgery: bsky.app/profile/eric...
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
It seems every time I log onto Bluesky there is a new story of video of ICE doing something horrible. Its all so horrific and I can't help but feel hopeless, having no idea how to stop it. So I'll do one of the few things I can, share some of what is happening to make sure folks are aware.
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Government shutdowns hit the DC area very hard. Consider throwing some money at Capital Area Food Bank-they are already struggling to keep up in the face of rising demand and food costs and reduced support. They will be busy in the days and weeks to come. give.capitalareafoodbank.org
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tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Can't imagine they appreciated flying across the world to be called fat either.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Guessing there was a lot of "this meeting could have been an e-mail" energy in that room.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
I have gotten a text, multiple mailers, and regularly see Facebook ads telling me to vote no, but have yet to see anything from Democrats telling me to vote yes. All leaving me worried about the outcome
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
I mean look at the life on this plant
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
I shall never understand the obsession with mums when we have such spectacular fall blooming #nativeplants
A small brown skipper on a purple aster A mix of purplish and light blue flowers White flowers with yellow and pink centers Yellow goldenrod in the forefront with some pale blue asters in the background
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
I missed World Dense Breast Day. I have a family history of breast/ovarian cancer & extremely dense tissue. I am lucky to have insurance that covers supplemental screening with no copay/deductible. Though we recently switched to self insured which exempts us from state law, so 🤞 that remains true.
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Supposed to be talking about DNA cloning in my Gene Editing FYS tomorrow, but... students are working on a misinformation paper, so how do we not talk about Autism and Tylenol?!?!? Then the Huntington's Gene Therapy news dropped, and how amazing is that... So much to talk about, so little time.
tamarastawicki.bsky.social
Saw someone on TV the other day with Make America Not Embarrassing Again apparel and I want some