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In my most misanthropic moments, I feel like society consists of way too many people who heard stic of Dead Prez say "you would rather have a Lexus" and then just took off to seek profit, because yes they would rather, and they totally missed the alternative "or justice."

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I am not a federal employee, but I am an editor—if any federal employee needs help writing their letter, DM me immediately. I’d be happy to read/edit it for you. This is the politics of cruelty, and I will not participate.

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Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

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Firings happening right now at the NSF.

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Mindy Misener (my spouse) & Lily Rockefeller did a fantastic job co-editing their first issue of the journal LETTERS. Just behind the cover (linked), you'll find timely words from them that also offer multiple entry points to this selection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual art.

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Last year, I went from having as my statewide office holders the cool kids on the billionaire playground of Montana to having maybe the most telling-it-like-it-is senator in the country right now.

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So many AI takes out there. This one was worth the read.

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Sinatra on the red scare & the HUAC in 1948: “How long will it be before we're told what we can say and cannot say into a radio microphone? If you make a pitch on a nationwide radio network for a square deal for the underdog, will they call you a Commie?…Are they going to scare us into silence?”

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This is so close to the stated justification for Indian Removal--that it would be better for the Cherokees and others Natives to be moved West of the Mississippi--although not even Andrew Jackson stooped to calling the "Trail of Tears" majestic.

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ICYMI: Find PFAs, asbestos, and natural history collections in the latest list of #EnvHist Worth Reading from @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/02/11/e...

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Want to get out of that Tesla? There may be no way to avoid taking a bath on resale, but that will only get worse from here. The good news is that there are screaming deals on lots of non-Tesla EVs. Leases are especially cheap and you won't get burnt by resale again: www.carfax.com/blog/electri...

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I promised you guys more of these. Here is one that I find particularly great. Materials: plastic, metal, wiring, and human tears. (See ALT text for full transcript of the sign).

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if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives

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If you told 2005 Kirke that in twenty years he'd be positively reconsidering MapQuest...

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We apparently missed "Gulf of America Day" yesterday. But at least one person celebrated by sending us an aggressively hand-drawn map revision. Unfortunately, MapQuest does not accept submissions in crayon.

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We are melting phone lines. GOP senator Lisa Murkowski admits call volume to Congress is 40 times above normal. The Senate will vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination this week, and we could also see votes on Robert Kennedy Jr. & Kash Patel. Keep calling your senators: www.nixthenoms.com?source=bluesky

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The case for international sanctions against the US A 🧵:

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THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE! Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!

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Just confirmed minutes ago: Elizabeth Warren will be joining us tomorrow at the CFPB. Details below. Please come if you can, and please do register because it helps with planning for crowd size. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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If you are in or near Washington DC, this is the place to be. Tomorrow/Monday.

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how much will your state's economy be decimated by withdrawn NIH funding? here's a handy fact finder; call your reps, especially your rep reps and tell them www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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This was an encouraging balance to all the (also important) critiquing of Dem congressional leadership I see on here. And it reminded me that @runforsomething.bsky.social is out there trying to get good people into all levels of elected public service.

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It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

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Comrade card for 1/30/2025. Evergreen from @prisonculture.bsky.social.

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Do people celebrating the OMB memo rescission know something I don't about how easy it'll be for grant mgmt offices to regain confidence? As far as I can tell, the OMB message of "actually it's just about the anti-DEI, anti-climate EOs" has significant limitations for dethawing funds.

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Scientists -- I'm looking to talk to researchers about how all this uncertainty around paused grant reviews and a potentially massive freeze on federal funding is affecting you and your research plans. DM, email or reach out on signal.

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