Jacy blue
@jacyblue.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, word lover. Native plant enthusiast. Rewilding curious. Full of bees.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
My kid's after school asked for collage and recyclable materials for art and, boy, they don't know what they just walked into.
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My kid's after school asked for collage and recyclable materials for art and, boy, they don't know what they just walked into.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
The fuck
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The fuck
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Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
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Some of the treatment amounts to torture, the report says, including Alligator Alcatraz’s use of “the box” — a 2×2 foot “cage-like structure people are put in as punishment” — which inmates have been placed in for hours at a time with their hands and feet attached to restraints on the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some of the treatment amounts to torture, the report says, including Alligator Alcatraz’s use of “the box” — a 2×2 foot “cage-like structure people are put in as punishment” — which inmates have been placed in for hours at a time with their hands and feet attached to restraints on the ground.
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"I wasn't able to let them know that I was going to get deported. I didn't even know I would be deported until I was on the plane."
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"I wasn't able to let them know that I was going to get deported. I didn't even know I would be deported until I was on the plane."
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
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This vile hate speech is dangerous.
The repeated targeting of @ilhanmn.bsky.social not only puts her and her family at risk, but also every Somali, every woman in hijab, every Muslim, and every woman of color.
Shameful.
The repeated targeting of @ilhanmn.bsky.social not only puts her and her family at risk, but also every Somali, every woman in hijab, every Muslim, and every woman of color.
Shameful.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This vile hate speech is dangerous.
The repeated targeting of @ilhanmn.bsky.social not only puts her and her family at risk, but also every Somali, every woman in hijab, every Muslim, and every woman of color.
Shameful.
The repeated targeting of @ilhanmn.bsky.social not only puts her and her family at risk, but also every Somali, every woman in hijab, every Muslim, and every woman of color.
Shameful.
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Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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They kidnapped a student to Honduras in shackles after a FEDERAL JUDGE ordered them not to. After they already defied a *different* federal judge earlier this year and trafficked all those men to Venezuela.
We're going to need our own Stolpersteins.
We're going to need our own Stolpersteins.
Lawyer says student who was removed despite a court order was 'deported in shackles'
The attorney representing a 19-year-old college student who was removed to Honduras despite a court order says she was "deported in shackles like she's a murder suspect."
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
They kidnapped a student to Honduras in shackles after a FEDERAL JUDGE ordered them not to. After they already defied a *different* federal judge earlier this year and trafficked all those men to Venezuela.
We're going to need our own Stolpersteins.
We're going to need our own Stolpersteins.
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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MA Rep. Seth Moulton said he would continue to press ICE to improve conditions at Burlington, adding "there's no excuse that they have not had sleeping mats from June until now." @wbur.org @moulton.house.gov www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Moulton says 'inhumane' conditions persist for detainees at ICE Burlington office
Moulton said people are still sleeping on the floors, as there are no cots. But there are fewer people being held there -- about 10, down from close to 50 in June.
www.wbur.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
MA Rep. Seth Moulton said he would continue to press ICE to improve conditions at Burlington, adding "there's no excuse that they have not had sleeping mats from June until now." @wbur.org @moulton.house.gov www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocked Trump’s order that would have dismantled the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
www.10tv.com/article/news...
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Federal court decision spells win for State Library of Ohio, libraries nationwide
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocked Trump’s order that would have dismantled the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
www.10tv.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocked Trump’s order that would have dismantled the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
www.10tv.com/article/news...
www.10tv.com/article/news...
Ha-ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a romance fan when their stories are on the line!"
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Ha-ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a romance fan when their stories are on the line!"
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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The man without a neighborhood
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#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
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#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The man without a neighborhood
www.universalhub.com/2025/man-wit...
#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
www.universalhub.com/2025/man-wit...
#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
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those who crow about “parents’ rights” will celebrate this. but it directly undermines one basic prerogative parents and caregivers have, which is to nurture their children’s free development by affording them the access that books provide to the diversity of ways of living and being in the world. 📚
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
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Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
those who crow about “parents’ rights” will celebrate this. but it directly undermines one basic prerogative parents and caregivers have, which is to nurture their children’s free development by affording them the access that books provide to the diversity of ways of living and being in the world. 📚
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‼️Leonard Peltier also sent us a WRITTEN STATEMENT in addition to the video that we watched at National Day of Mourning 2025. Here's what he wrote:
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
‼️Leonard Peltier also sent us a WRITTEN STATEMENT in addition to the video that we watched at National Day of Mourning 2025. Here's what he wrote:
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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UPDATE: After nine months of unjust detention in an Israeli prison, Mohammed has been released.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
Right now, Mohammed Ibrahim, a US citizen, is being held in an Israeli prison.
His health is deteriorating. The circumstances are desperate.
The United States must use every avenue available to secure the release of this Palestinian American child.
His health is deteriorating. The circumstances are desperate.
The United States must use every avenue available to secure the release of this Palestinian American child.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
UPDATE: After nine months of unjust detention in an Israeli prison, Mohammed has been released.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.