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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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Reading a great overview of the research on conspiracy thinking & this stands out to me today: "The literature strongly suggests that conspiracy theories must align with a person’s existing set of predispositions to be adopted." 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Understanding Conspiracy Theories
Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years, and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we ask three s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reading a great overview of the research on conspiracy thinking & this stands out to me today: "The literature strongly suggests that conspiracy theories must align with a person’s existing set of predispositions to be adopted." 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Incredibly proud and grateful for @everylibrary.bsky.social support of @defendresearch.bsky.social through it's public signing of the declaration at DefendResearch.org www.infodocket.com/2025/11/17/e...
#StandupForScience #DefendResearch #Resist #Censorship #AcademicFreedom
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#SanFrancisco folks, I'm giving a #LecturesOnTap talk on 12/9 about U.S. gov #censorship & the assault on knowledge. The latest misinformation about vaccines & autism from the CDC/RFK, Jr. shows how critical this topic is. Please spread the word! #DefendResearch
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Lectures on Tap- U.S. Government Censorship and the Assault on Knowledge
Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in SF bars.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#SanFrancisco folks, I'm giving a #LecturesOnTap talk on 12/9 about U.S. gov #censorship & the assault on knowledge. The latest misinformation about vaccines & autism from the CDC/RFK, Jr. shows how critical this topic is. Please spread the word! #DefendResearch
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So great to have @everylibrary.bsky.social sign and support the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship! defendresearch.org
EveryLibrary Institute Signs Declaration to Protect Academic #Research from U.S. Government #Censorship
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November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So great to have @everylibrary.bsky.social sign and support the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship! defendresearch.org
Scholars are fighting #censorship by the U.S. government and their own institutions--support them by taking action to #DefendResearch! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor! defendresearch.org #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm
www.chronicle.com/article/secr...
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Opinion | Secret Rules Now Govern What Can Be Taught in Florida
I was told I had to change my course materials, but there was no law to back that up.
www.chronicle.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scholars are fighting #censorship by the U.S. government and their own institutions--support them by taking action to #DefendResearch! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor! defendresearch.org #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm
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Massive gratitude to @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org for defending higher education and first amendment rights. 💪 👏🏼
BREAKING: We won a court order blocking Pres. Trump’s attempt to stifle First Amendment rights and gain political control over the University of California system.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
The President can't force people to think or believe only the way he does. This is a key victory for our clients and the rule of law.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Massive gratitude to @democracyforward.org and @aaup.org for defending higher education and first amendment rights. 💪 👏🏼
An incredible, critical victory in defense of education, research, and knowledge!!!! Thank you @aaup.org and UCLA faculty!!! #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #DefendResearch
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
An incredible, critical victory in defense of education, research, and knowledge!!!! Thank you @aaup.org and UCLA faculty!!! #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #DefendResearch
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Genuinely curious if this law censors Indiana University Press from publishing a book on MAGA and white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Genuinely curious if this law censors Indiana University Press from publishing a book on MAGA and white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Like you give away tax cuts to big corporations and the richest Americans?
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Like you give away tax cuts to big corporations and the richest Americans?
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Kudos to @nejm.org for their work to #DefendResearch against censorship by launching this effort. The undermining of MMWR is a tragedy. #Academictwitter #PublicHealthTwitter
#StandUpForScience Sign the declaration to defend research @defendresearch.bsky.social!
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#StandUpForScience Sign the declaration to defend research @defendresearch.bsky.social!
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NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Kudos to @nejm.org for their work to #DefendResearch against censorship by launching this effort. The undermining of MMWR is a tragedy. #Academictwitter #PublicHealthTwitter
#StandUpForScience Sign the declaration to defend research @defendresearch.bsky.social!
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#StandUpForScience Sign the declaration to defend research @defendresearch.bsky.social!
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“If UC won’t stand up for research, we will. That’s why we’re rallying to let management know that we refuse to give up on science." Shame on UCSF—bring back our laid-off colleagues at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases!
UC workers crash elite dinner, confront UCSF chancellor over layoffs
More than a dozen demonstrators staged an unannounced protest outside a high-profile dinner with the UC San Francisco chancellor at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Tuesday evening.
www.sfgate.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“If UC won’t stand up for research, we will. That’s why we’re rallying to let management know that we refuse to give up on science." Shame on UCSF—bring back our laid-off colleagues at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases!
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Lol. Bay Area police chief commuting from Idaho. ACAB
California police chief accused of living at station, commuting to work from Idaho
https://abc7chicago.com/post/millbrae-police-chief-eamonn-allen-accused-living-california-station-allegedly-commuting-work-idaho/18077492/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/millbrae-police-chief-eamonn-allen-accused-living-california-station-allegedly-commuting-work-idaho/18077492/
California police chief accused of living at station, commuting to work from Idaho
Can a police chief work for a city if he's living 646 miles away? Concerns were raised that a chief is allegedly living at the station during workdays -- and commuting to Idaho when he's off.
abc7chicago.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Lol. Bay Area police chief commuting from Idaho. ACAB
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This is correct.
His cult keeps saying “well, he was elected president, he doesn’t have to follow the rules now” but the correct attitude is “well, he was elected president, and therefore he has to follow the rules.”
He even swore an oath to do that. Honest!
His cult keeps saying “well, he was elected president, he doesn’t have to follow the rules now” but the correct attitude is “well, he was elected president, and therefore he has to follow the rules.”
He even swore an oath to do that. Honest!
He was elected president, and as president, his highest duty is to ensure that the laws of the land be executed faithfully. His job is to uphold the constitutional order, not tear it down and remake it in his image.
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is correct.
His cult keeps saying “well, he was elected president, he doesn’t have to follow the rules now” but the correct attitude is “well, he was elected president, and therefore he has to follow the rules.”
He even swore an oath to do that. Honest!
His cult keeps saying “well, he was elected president, he doesn’t have to follow the rules now” but the correct attitude is “well, he was elected president, and therefore he has to follow the rules.”
He even swore an oath to do that. Honest!
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CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.
SNAP benefit cuts will hit CT harder than any other state, data says
CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.
ctmirror.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.
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"Thomson Reuters ... has provided ICE with access to its [CLEAR] platform. CLEAR creates individual profiles of people by aggregating and connecting thousands of datasets full of typically hard-to-find information, such as court records, business filings, driving records and social media."
"Ahead of Thomson Reuters annual shareholder meeting in June, @bcgeu.bsky.social submitted a proposal raising concerns about the company’s AI product and its ties to President Donald Trump’s terror campaign against immigrants."
@mauriziogro.bsky.social reporting on one path of shareholder activism.
@mauriziogro.bsky.social reporting on one path of shareholder activism.
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
inthesetimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Thomson Reuters ... has provided ICE with access to its [CLEAR] platform. CLEAR creates individual profiles of people by aggregating and connecting thousands of datasets full of typically hard-to-find information, such as court records, business filings, driving records and social media."
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Working on a series of Frogby MBTA mini comics for MICE! One for each of the lines. Combining two of my favorite things: public transit and a little frog pal
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Working on a series of Frogby MBTA mini comics for MICE! One for each of the lines. Combining two of my favorite things: public transit and a little frog pal
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NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
"What a sick world." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
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Purdue’s Student Paper in response to the news:
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Purdue’s Student Paper in response to the news:
Excellent news! It's great to finally see higher ed institutions publicly standing up and pushing back!!! More, please!!!! #Resist! #HigherEducation #Academia
MIT, Brown, Penn, and now USC have all rejected the compact. As we like to say, courage is contagious.
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Excellent news! It's great to finally see higher ed institutions publicly standing up and pushing back!!! More, please!!!! #Resist! #HigherEducation #Academia
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I was having a discussion about that Politico article and the “young” men involved in the racist, misogynistic, and violent discourse.
Part of our discussion was how long white men stay “young” and are excused for their “youthful” indiscretions.
Yeah, youth ain’t the explanation.
Part of our discussion was how long white men stay “young” and are excused for their “youthful” indiscretions.
Yeah, youth ain’t the explanation.
NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was having a discussion about that Politico article and the “young” men involved in the racist, misogynistic, and violent discourse.
Part of our discussion was how long white men stay “young” and are excused for their “youthful” indiscretions.
Yeah, youth ain’t the explanation.
Part of our discussion was how long white men stay “young” and are excused for their “youthful” indiscretions.
Yeah, youth ain’t the explanation.
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Uncomfortable facts left out of the movie Landman:
The oil industry uses solar to power their oil fields, and it’s cheaper 😏
The oil industry uses solar to power their oil fields, and it’s cheaper 😏
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Uncomfortable facts left out of the movie Landman:
The oil industry uses solar to power their oil fields, and it’s cheaper 😏
The oil industry uses solar to power their oil fields, and it’s cheaper 😏
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This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.
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Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.