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“I don’t understand the cruelty.” Listen to this man.

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McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"

submitted 3 days ago • 618 comments

Things we’re no longer allowed to have as Americans: More than two dolls More than five pencils Covid shots National dignity

submitted 4 days ago • 317 comments

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

Responding to the mass cancellation of NSF grants, Fazio (@lkfazio.bsky.social), a researcher who studies misinformation: “What can US researchers do in this situation? One thing is clear: do not surrender to political pressure or abandon crucial research questions.”

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Please spread the correct information about Mayor Baraka's arrest. He had apparently been trying for a few days to visit the ICE prison and was rebuffed. Then the members of Congress tried to visit today and were made to wait in the waiting area for 90 minutes. Then 20 ICE Gestapo showed up...

submitted 15 days ago • 86 comments

(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.

submitted 15 days ago • 206 comments

We're already living under authoritarianism. It's not "coming" or "approaching" - it is here now. Lots of vulnerable people need help. These are serious times.

submitted 22 days ago • 36 comments

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 24 days ago • 33 comments

Duke University is planning to cut 10% of expenses—$350 million—which will entail hundreds of voluntary buyouts likely followed by involuntary staffing cuts. The university blames loss of federal funding, particularly grants. www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

submitted 24 days ago • 10 comments

Ennis said the university plans to discuss voluntary separations with hundreds of employees by May 21. The results of that program will be known by mid-July, he said, after which the university would turn to layoffs.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Suffice to say this wasn’t exactly the campaign message!

submitted 24 days ago • 299 comments

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

submitted 25 days ago • 326 comments

We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate! 1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions. "Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..." #defendhighered

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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

submitted 26 days ago • 1017 comments

This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm. Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

submitted 28 days ago • 28 comments

On June 16, make an impact by writing an op-ed for your hometown paper sharing your personal scientific journey, and the meaning of your work. Reaching a diverse readerhsip is how we gain support! #SciComm @sciforgood.bsky.social @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social Sign up: tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

“With their savings, they paid for expensive and extremely difficult in vitro fertilization process to have their daughter, he said.“

submitted 28 days ago • 246 comments

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submitted 28 days ago • 594 comments

They are deporting citizens and arresting judges

submitted 28 days ago • 13 comments

They’re arresting judges now

submitted 29 days ago • 3084 comments

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.

submitted 29 days ago • 1071 comments

Boil your shoes, eat pigeons, become governor of Gas Town, these fun and quick tips will have you navigating the next four years with ease

submitted 30 days ago • 28 comments

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

submitted 33 days ago • 842 comments

Good job team America www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 33 days ago • 228 comments

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes? Fuck ALL the way off.

submitted 33 days ago • 715 comments

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

submitted 32 days ago • 251 comments

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this incredible news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

submitted 33 days ago • 811 comments

Time for another digital security PSA with guitar … here’s “All the Small Things” but it’s about scrubbing metadata from your photos before you post them 🤘

submitted 34 days ago • 240 comments

Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

submitted 39 days ago • 21 comments

Need this every time

submitted 38 days ago • 122 comments

Breaking News: The White House is said to be planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, including NPR and PBS.

submitted 40 days ago • 91 comments

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

submitted 43 days ago • 2327 comments

UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off. We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos

submitted 46 days ago • 152 comments

🚨BREAKING: A three-judge panel in the North Carolina appeals court ruled Friday to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the state’s Supreme Court election unless they can fix their ballots in 15 days. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 50 days ago • 527 comments

Going back to the old saw that I've posted here a few times before. In a period of great uncertainly the best thing to do can be to devote yourself to whatever has the greatest chance of achieving something of lasting value.

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

🚨🚨🚨New from @nickmiroff.bsky.social: “The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 53 days ago • 15 comments

Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org

submitted 55 days ago • 12 comments

Don’t be overwhelmed Just do #OneThing each day to Build community Stand up against evil Love your neighbor Serve the oppressed Show compassion Advance justice Defend democracy Spread joy Today=Making new parody that hopefully checks a few of these boxes...check back soon...

submitted 57 days ago • 7 comments

I know we are exhausted from the no really this meets the textbook definition of fascism conversation, but exhibit G. There is a way to resist this both from inside museums and from outside by collectively choosing to learn, archive, and protect the knowledge they want to erase.

submitted 57 days ago • 16 comments

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

submitted 60 days ago • 463 comments

📣THIS WEEK on the #StandUpSpeakOut free online training series 📆 TOMORROW 12-1pm @right-to-remain.bsky.social Knowledge is Power: tinyurl.com/ycxbd5h7 - A basic overview of the asylum system & current law and practice - Intro to the RtR Toolkit - The difference between legal advice & legal support

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

As it’s now confirmed that Columbia is not getting their money back without collaborating with even more fascism, the only question at this point is whether the university’s leadership will roll back their fashy acquiescence or get even more fashy. Unfortunately I think we (still) know the answer.

submitted 62 days ago • 47 comments

Just a little brainstorming now will be very useful for the future

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

we're not throwing trans people under the bus for any fucking reason. None. There are two sides: the one that throws people under buses and the side that does not. Choose which one you are on.

submitted 67 days ago • 81 comments

It is ok to be worried. It is not ok to stop fighting for what is right. My latest. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 67 days ago • 124 comments

A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred. immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 68 days ago • 1333 comments