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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7d

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 7d

Portland Frog gets it

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 7d

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 8d

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

scienceforeveryone.science

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine for a moment a world so dependent on data centers that every aspect of municipal infrastructure must be reshaped. Not around human need, but maintaining GPU farms that use exponentially more power and water with each build. Models are only growing, and our resources are only diminishing.

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Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 7d

If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 7d

If you can show up on October 18, you should. The country is shifting. The battleship is turning. And while, yes, usually mass street protests don't do much, there are exceptions.

And sometimes those exceptions go down in history.

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Stu. @stusteel80.bsky.social · 7d

If you're struggling there are people who will listen

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National Suicide Prevention - 0800 689 5652 (6pm to midnight)

CALM - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day)

Papyrus - 0800 068 4141 (under 35)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 7d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 7d

🧵🧵🧵

As for her call for non-academics to get involved: one thing you should do if you see attacks on academic freedom or administrators capitulating to Trump's extortion at your alma mater is to write the uni/college president & express your outrage. They need to hear from alumni ASAP. Template👇

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 7d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 7d

This nation STARTED as a protest against an authoritarian government.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 7d

We are celebrating our 6th annual virtual Food Justice Film Festival Oct. 23-26.

Watch four award-winning documentaries that highlight indigenous food sovereignty, BIPOC land reclamation and agricultural heritage, food access, and more.

It's free and open to all! Register today ➡️ bit.ly/3ICIt0o

a collage of five images, each with the header "Food Justice Film Festival 2025" and sub header "Elevating food justice through film and conversation. Online Oct. 23-26". The first image shows six photos including a fish swimming up river, people with their arms raised, and pictures of food.

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 7d

Resource Management Plans (RMPs) are the foundation of how we manage over 640 million acres of U.S. public lands.

They establish safeguards for watersheds, wildlife, and recreation areas, facilitate energy development, and provide a mechanism for harmonizing the needs of local communities. 🌲

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Kristi Hannam, PhD @byrdgyrl1.bsky.social · 7d

This thread is for 30 Rock lovers right here

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 7d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 7d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 7d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 7d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Also, a total lie that American students have been crowded out by international students. International students effectively subsidize the tuition of American students!

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Quite a feat to go from this to "and therefore universities must ban faculty and students from belittling conservative ideas"

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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John Fasullo @jfasullo.bsky.social · 8d

"By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history". The result - we are "essentially ending America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation,” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

www.nytimes.com

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Zachary J. Smith @vocabulist.bsky.social · 8d

In case anyone thinks this is paranoid, Trump’s junta has defined terrorism to include trespass, naming ICE agents on the internet, and whatever “civil disorder” is.

politically motivated terrorist acts such as organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder

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Paul Macklin @mathcancer.bsky.social · 8d

So proud of this multidisciplinary project, showing in particular the power of community science when enabled by user-friendly design, bolstering deep expertise.

In the 2024 solar eclipse, 11k observations from 1700 laypeople via a jointly developed, user-friendly smartphone app.🔭🧪

Community observations of bird behaviors across the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse, via a user-friendly smartphone app.

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 8d

I don't know who needs to hear this*, but you do not have to incorporate generative AI tools into your work. Depending on the nature of your work, it will not necessarily make your work better or more efficient.

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