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matthewboedy.bsky.social
Professor of Rhetoric. Bonhoeffer, Merton, and @aaup
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1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

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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

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Per @politico.com: USDA has paused the 1890 Scholars Program, a beloved, decades-old initiative designed to get high-achieving students into technical jobs in ag conservation, food systems & more. Scholarship supported nearly 100 students from HBCUs last year.

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Open the schools. Just for this one guy. Like that Adam Sandler movie

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 1 day ago • 55 comments

Open the schools. Just for this one guy. Like that Adam Sandler movie

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Per @politico.com: USDA has paused the 1890 Scholars Program, a beloved, decades-old initiative designed to get high-achieving students into technical jobs in ag conservation, food systems & more. Scholarship supported nearly 100 students from HBCUs last year.

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Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

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You don’t say..

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Reposting Trump's lies, Christian "thought leader" Charlie Kirk adds to the lie by stating Zelenskyy "marched" Ukraine into slaughter. Will Kirk repeat the lie in a church during his "pastors summitt" visit to Gainesville, Georgia? Will his host Jentezen Franklin rebuke the lie?

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This is why government is not meant to be run like a business.

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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This is why government is not meant to be run like a business.

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The Seven Mountains Mandate is the Biggest Story the Media is Missing coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/02/davi...

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🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

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The Seven Mountains Mandate is the Biggest Story the Media is Missing coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/02/davi...

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Check out our unpacking @aaup.bsky.social of the executive orders affecting higher education with what YOU and WE can do to fight them: How Should We Respond to Executive Power Abuses? open.substack.com/pub/academic...

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#Florida is home to about 94,000 federal workers, including scientists, nurses, doctors etc. One with USGS says he & colleagues are weighing how they’ll preserve public access to data on coastal erosion and water levels if they’re forced out www.tampabay.com/news/busines...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

If you haven't read it, my 2017 post, "Send the interns," has been passed around lately because it gives blunt advice to the White House press corps. pressthink.org/2017/01/send...

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Bill in #Florida Senate to block local govts from any say in building official presidential library for guy who never reads, President Convicted Felon, passes first committee. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/19/s... via @orlandosentinel.com

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