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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

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Harvard alum here to say that what happens to Univ of Maine and other public universities like it is way more important than anything financial that is happening to Columbia right now because Columbia can withstand the financial storm. and our public unis serve people Columbia wouldn’t sniff at.

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I always thought it would be the Reps that would be fractured by the far right. But maybe it’s the Dems that need to be fractured. Moving to the right is not working for anyone except the right. They’re all rowing in the same direction.

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Mahmoud Khalil (1 of the lead negotiators during the Columbia U encampments), has been detained by the DHS & has had his visa & green card revoked by the State Dept for his advocacy for Palestine. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d... Sign the petition to release him here: shorturl.at/Lm86S Please share.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 16 days ago • 598 comments

"Woke" comes from a 1930s Leadbelly song about the Scottsboro boys. Woke meant to keep your eyes open and not trust people (not to end up like the boys). faroutmagazine.co.uk/blues-guitar...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

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“The Witkoff plan…made no mention of the troop withdrawal that was part of the original truce agreement in January. Hamas said the proposal made clear that Israel was seeking to disavow the deal it previously signed.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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A reminder for these times.

submitted 24 days ago • 674 comments

The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

submitted 26 days ago • 627 comments

Caught Cecile McLorin Salvant at Chicago Symphony Center last week. What a show!

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One of my favorite types of spaces.

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Section 3e of the NSF Act - “…and to avoid undue concentration of such research and education.” If you want to read for yourself the charge that Congress gave the NSF: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... @drrubidium.bsky.social shared on TT and just couldn’t keep it to myself!

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I am beginning to make plans to start supporting local farmers, especially Black farmers near me. How I'm doing that? BLACK FARMERS INDEX. The Black Farmers Index is "dedicated to bringing business and visibility to Black farmers." You can donate to them! blackfarmersindex.com

submitted 36 days ago • 7 comments

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

submitted 37 days ago • 147 comments

Don’t know if anyone else read the letter and caught that it contradicts the majority opinion in SFFA, which allows discussion of racial identities in essays to be used as a factor in admissions. They’re trying to rewrite an already very conservative SCOTUS opinion www.ed.gov/media/docume...

submitted 37 days ago • 18 comments

Heads up. Great resource today from @legaldefensefund.bsky.social.

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 38 days ago • 416 comments

I challenge you to read the actual descriptions of the grants on this list instead of assuming they all “advance neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

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This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

submitted 39 days ago • 1026 comments

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

submitted 39 days ago • 398 comments

“Publish that paper. Build that collaboration. Laugh with labmates. Science outlives dictators—but only if we stay in the fight.”

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If you're a chemist and you ever need to practice for an interview, email me instead of using an AI: [email protected] chemjobs chemsky 🧪⚗️

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

Here’s a nice story about a good thing that reaches and enriches lots of people at no cost.

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So the CDC released the latest maternal mortality report today. The 2023 rate was 18.6, down from 22.3 in 2022. Black mothers are still dying at much higher rates: 50.3, compared with 14.5 for white women, 12.4 for Hispanic women and 10.7 for Asian women. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/he...

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Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

submitted 52 days ago • 190 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

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“That paragraph was gone as of Thursday afternoon, as was the assertion that Rubin shows what can happen when “more minds” participate in science. The word “more” was replaced with “many,” shifting the meaning.” 🧪 🔭 www.propublica.org/article/vera...

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A Black woman named Aliyah was struggling to find work. So, she catfished herself and made a fake profile on LinkedIn named "Emily." Emily had the same qualifications as Aliyah but received 57.9% of interview invites while Aliyah received 8.9% This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.

submitted 58 days ago • 74 comments

A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 60 days ago • 4 comments

Yup, this is what I keep trying to tell people

submitted 60 days ago • 4 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 63 days ago • 945 comments

Scrolling the clock app on its way out… ended on the most perfect post. #tiktokrefugee

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