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an old co-author emailed me looking for a confirmation a non-existent paper supposedly authored by me that one of her students has cited in an essay... so i got curious and prompted gpt-4o “papers by abeba birhane”. it listed 9 papers none of which I authored

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

Photograph the sportsballs and learn to make better pictures of fast moving and unpredictable subjects. In addition to team sports we usually do things like fencing and boxing, too. sva.edu/academics/co... #photographyclass #sportsphotography @schoolofvisualarts.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Like huh it’s almost as if this information is inconsistent with the government’s representations in court that Amy Gleason, not Musk, is in charge of DOGE, and that agency heads, not DOGE, are responsible for the cuts

submitted 23 hours ago • 120 comments

Several others have aptly summarized this. Republicans now get a number where they can call Elon and ask for the law to be followed for things that were cut but which they want back. So Elon is in charge of federal spending. And you can go to him hat in hand.

submitted 20 hours ago • 121 comments

“European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: ‘Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.’”

submitted 6 days ago • 595 comments

Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.

submitted 6 days ago • 1959 comments

It's infuriating that the lives of tens of millions of people here and around the world are in the tiny hands of a vile, gutless, draft-dodging predator/felon who has never had a noble instinct in his life. I'll never forgive the people who voted for him.

submitted 5 days ago • 190 comments

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

submitted 6 days ago • 2267 comments

If nothing else, and way too late, people who believed that government does nothing of value are now getting some remedial civic education.

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

WSJ Editorial Board on JD Vance's meltdown today: "This was not the behavior of a wannabe statesman." www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

submitted 6 days ago • 1339 comments

In 2013, Trump tweeted that he wanted to be best friends with Putin. Nothing that happened today is a surprise. Trump has been looking to be Putin‘s wing man for a dozen years. This afternoon, he demonstrated his love for that tyrannical thug.

submitted 5 days ago • 122 comments

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

submitted 6 days ago • 856 comments

Warren: I think this is one of those things where they kind of build their alternative reality, and Elon spends all of his time with people who don't contradict him. You know, Elon, there's a whole real world out here, and the real world has some serious questions about what you're up to.

submitted 7 days ago • 90 comments

NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand

submitted 11 days ago • 136 comments

I needed to hear this voice and these words at this moment. "This chapter will not be written simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office or wealthiest among us. The American story will be written by you, by we the people." Thank you, VP Kamala Harris. #NAACPImageAwards youtu.be/bnmKwxjMKgs?...

submitted 11 days ago • 95 comments

We’re at a moment when the right is attacking women’s rights, dignity, and access to the public sphere—and when prominent voices in the left are working to delegitimize women’s liberation as a political project. The only way to respond to these betrayals is with solidarity. Join me in donating:

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of Cathy Harris atop the Merit Systems Protection Board, ruling that Trump's decision to fire her exceeded his authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 16 days ago • 89 comments

Watch Maria learn on-air Trump is blatantly lying about Zelensky approval numbers…

submitted 15 days ago • 40 comments

This is high-energy fascist propaganda. They're cutting programs & firing people without evaluating them. This is not about waste. It's about destroying government as a counterbalance to corp. power—getting rid of CFPB, USAID, folks at NIH/CDC, FAA, EPA, nuclear weapons security personnel, etc.

submitted 16 days ago • 78 comments

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

submitted 17 days ago • 47 comments

Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Six senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, resigned rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City's mayor Eric Adams reut.rs/4k18rbM

submitted 20 days ago • 39 comments

A huge decision from Judge Amir Ali, meticulously reasoned and utterly scathing, finding that Trump’s foreign aid freeze is almost certainly an illegal and arbitrary abuse of power. He orders the immediate restoration of all international assistance. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 20 days ago • 85 comments

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

submitted 43 days ago • 2398 comments

David and I went through a car wash while a Disco song played on the radio, which is, I believe, the middle aged version of clubbing.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

submitted 28 days ago • 2060 comments

There's more to being a successful professional photographer than taking pictures and getting paid - learn all the other stuff here! Sign up soon, classes start online evenings next week!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

submitted 31 days ago • 1699 comments

DOGE is a virus that’s actively and maliciously spreading through the Federal Government. It’s a weapon to allow Elon Musk to take over the basic mechanisms of government and bring them under his power. A constitutional crisis is unfolding now. Here’s what’s happening & how you can fight back. 🧵

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Amplifying!!!!!

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

submitted 29 days ago • 35 comments

Elon Musk has barged into DOL, which also oversees the Bureau of Labor Statistics—that's a huge deal. He could manipulate quarterly job numbers and much more. We are talking about MARKET MOVING INFORMATION! Do employers want Musk to have access to any of their confidential data?

submitted 28 days ago • 242 comments

Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06

submitted 29 days ago • 41 comments

Yup -- I'd say this headline covers it all. 🧪

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

One of Elon Musk’s handpicked operatives for his fake “Department of Government Efficiency” has been given complete access to critical payment systems at the Department of the Treasury, despite being only 25 years old. https://newrepublic.com/post/191117/elon-musk-25-year-old-aide-doge-treasury-de…

submitted 30 days ago • 32 comments

Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy." James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office

submitted 32 days ago • 772 comments

Hats off to @WIRED.com which is doing hugely valuable, dogged, deeply alarming reporting on the young coupsters of DOGE. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 32 days ago • 23 comments

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

submitted 32 days ago • 212 comments