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itsnicholasnyc.bsky.social
@CUNY.edu Professor/Department Chair (Sex & Public Health). Research Ethics Nerd & IRB Chair. French Bulldog Dad. Brunch Fan. Politics Junkie. 80s Flick Aficionado. Posts=mine.
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Major media outlets @nbcnews.com @msnbc.com @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @cnn.com (those that are aligned with the first amendment & not their bottom line) should be re-airing videos of the #J6 riots instead of covering the peaceful protests in LA. This is not going to end well otherwise. #DUH

#DonnyTACOBreath #POTUS @lastword.msnbc.com

Which of these #DonnyTwoDolls would you cast in the TV show "Reality POTUS: Holiday Season?" #POTUS @lastword.msnbc.com

#PSC-CUNY #CUNY #NYCmayor

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks. Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats. Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so. We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”

I am deeply embarrassed by my alma mater. It’s easy to champion DEI in times of calm, but the real test is standing firm when those values are under assault by a fascist, wannabe autocrat. Shame on Columbia—and on any institution—that surrenders to this blatant attack on our fundamental freedoms.

@schumer.senate.gov, please vote NO on the CR! Vote in favor of what your constituents want! Give no concessions to the #MAGA #GOP!

Duly elected trans congresswoman (Sarah McBride) was misgendered yesterday & people are defending it using Trump’s EO. But we respect name changes for cis people all the time—Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t ‘Rafael,’ & no one argues. Basic respect isn’t up for debate, and LGBT rights shouldn’t be either. #LGBT

If the executive branch is ignoring legally appropriated spending, then our tax dollars aren’t being used as intended. Why should we be expected to pay taxes if the government won’t follow its own laws? #TaxDayReminder #taxday2025 #TaxDay

As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

@cuny.edu’s extraordinary showing in the new Carnegie Classifications is an affirmation of our tremendous growth as a research university over the past decade. Advancing scientific discovery with real-world public impact and training the next generation of researchers are both core to our mission.

This is what incompetency at the highest level looks like. Prepare yourselves now, folks. If this thing blows up it'll make COVID look like a day in the park. #BirdFlu #PublicHealth

Why is the legacy media (or any media for that matter) legitimizing #DOGE while also whining about Elon Musk not being an elected official. #DOGE is not a real thing and neither is Elon’s access. DO BETTER.

This administration is shameful and messy. We will all suffer as a result.

@kathyhochul.bsky.social needs to remove @ericadamsnyc.bsky.social NOW or we, the people of #NYC, will remove him in November (and eventually remove her next year). @democrats.org need to grow a spine--and fast.

The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument web page, removing the “T” in references to LGBTQ+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.

sPam Bondi loves states’ rights when she’s in Florida but can’t play by the rules as USAG. Go home, girl. You’re no match for NY. #DOJ @usdoj.bsky.social @kathyhochul.bsky.social #USAG

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

“At a public university, students & instructors have freedom of speech to engage in discussions from a wide variety of viewpoints—including conservative, moderate, liberal, & apolitical.” - Brian Evans, President of @texasaaup.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/tex...

Come work with us at York College/CUNY in NYC! Opening for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Public Health! #PublicHealth @cuny.edu #Academia #Professors #NYC #NewYorkCity #TenureTrack

The #GOP and @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social are no longer the party of law and order. #Democracy #Alarm

Racism in the US is now openly celebrated by the occupant of the highest office in the land. #POTUS #Trump #Racism

#Trump #POTUS #BackToTheFuture #Biff

I need the media to do better. Stop normalizing the hostile #takeover of our government as #DOGE. This is not a legitimate government entity. It’s a band of billionaire pirates with the goal of consolidating wealth among the richest in this country and robbing the underserved. #WakeUp #POTUS #Musk

Donald J. Trump is attending the Super Bowl so he can claim the ratings are all about him. Don’t fall for it. If you can catch clips later, do so. Do not feed into this fucker’s narcissism. #superbowl #SuperBowlLIX #SuperBowl2025 #POTUS #Autocrat #Trump

#FAFO #Hillary #KamalaHarris #DemocracyDies #Trump

Musk may hope for a Trump pardon over DOGE, but state laws can still get him. 🚨 PA: Illegal lottery ⚖️ CA: Labor violations 🌎 CA: Environmental crimes State AGs, do your job. Charge him. #NoPardonForThat #Trump #Musk

“Trump’s orders are about controlling ideas that can be discussed in the classroom, limiting & censoring faculty & students, & codifying into law the prejudices of the past. This nation has overcome attempts at authoritarianism before. We will do so again.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

This month we celebrate #BlackHistory. But make no mistake, we celebrate the history & contributions of every marginalized & minority community all year long in our commitments & actions. We will not bow down to those who attempt to silence &/or erase us in an attempt to elevate their mediocrity.

This is where we are. America in decline.

#WhatTariffs #TrumpFail

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Damn good question...

“We must sound the alarm on why Elon Musk, a private citizen, wields such access to all our critical data. This is yet another wake-up call that Trump and Musk are rapidly dismantling U.S. institutions—a step ever closer to authoritarian control.” trumptyrannytracker.substack.com/p/trump-tyra...

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

YRBS & other public health datasets are disappearing under Trump. Anyone filing a FOIA request? Should we coordinate? #FOIA #OpenData #YRBS

Remember they want you scared. They are desperately trying to terrify us into submission. Federal employees? Yep. Opposition? Yep. Their own Congress? Yep. Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.

"You might not like what we’re doing, but don’t you hate Democrats more?" is not a sufficient response, @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social

Trump’s EO is a glorified word salad of federal laws, designed to scare states into submission with empty threats of funding cuts. All bark, no bite—just culture war theatrics. #DoNotObeyInAdvance #POTUS #Education

Reupping this just cause democracy needs a leader and Capitol Hill Dems really not cutting it open.substack.com/pub/contrari...