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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9m

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 17m

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 2m

A popular platform for 2026 would be

Dismantle SCOTUS.
Abolish ICE.
Rebuild the Constitution.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

The fight here with Gorsuch and Kav vs Nelson is whether the "use" of race automatically means "discrimination" on the basis of race.

That's interesting to me, because it's basically the white folks telling on themselves. They cannot see a "use" of race that isn't synonymous with discrimination.

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 2m

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

The fight here with Gorsuch and Kav vs Nelson is whether the "use" of race automatically means "discrimination" on the basis of race.

That's interesting to me, because it's basically the white folks telling on themselves. They cannot see a "use" of race that isn't synonymous with discrimination.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 33m

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1h

Ha ha, trick question: it's those same parties benefiting from disillusionment who are saying you shouldn't trust democracy, that it's corrupt. We call these "populist" parties.

There's tons of work on populism, but everyone agrees it's associated with rhetoric that makes distrust commonsensical.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 5h

I have been concerned for years that red states will limit the ability of public university employees to attend conferences if the association takes a strong stance in favor of DEI. We're marching closer to that point, and it will hit education schools hard.

Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds

The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...

www.insidehighered.com

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 53m

Huh, I wonder why the GOP is currently in full freakout mode trying to rebrand No Kings as being antithetical to core American values

Google Trends search showing that searches for No Kings is relatively high as it is not dwarfed by searches for "Life of Showgirl" -- Taylor Swift's latest album.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 53m

Transgender people are under brutal assault by Trump & his allies — they’re trying to erase trans people entirely.

California is having none of it. This week, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signed into law two major bills I authored to protect trans people: 🧵

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 53m

This is utter nonsense. The status quo gives MAGA nimby councilmembers disproportionate power to block housing that benefits the entire city.

I trust Zohran with the power to approve housing far more than Vickie Paladino. Vote YES on the pro-housing ballot initiatives

Adrienne Adams @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social · 58m

Ballot proposals 2, 3 and 4 take power away from everyday New Yorkers, giving it to unelected mayoral appointees and developers. Don’t be misled to give away your community’s power. Learn more at whatsonmyballot.nyc

Your Neighborhood Is On The Ballot

whatsonmyballot.nyc

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 1h

Finally, I think that it is becoming internalized by (some) young women. Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country. But there are signs of regression. Many feminist positions once taken-for-granted are now debated among young women (e.g., women’s paid labor). 19thnews.org/2025/10/gen-...

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

19thnews.org

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 1h

I believe that widespread harassment and constant threats of violence have silenced many once-prominent feminist voices in online spaces, and I think that this has had adverse downstream consequences for young women on social media, who see misogyny normalized and promoted to them.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 54m

Sotomayor: "race is *always* a part of redistricting efforts."

Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 58m

Pretty sure that *NO KINGS* is a "foundational truth[] of this republic."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · 6h

Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible.

Not too long ago, this would have been unthinkable. Yet we now have an administration so filled to the brim with utter incompetence that it boggles the mind.

It’s not just that she did this, but also the content. There are better things for an asst press secretary to be doing…

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 18h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 1h

Science is a social activity and I'm very much looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at the upcoming Geological Society of America / Paleontological Society conference!

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

My memory is quite the opposite. “No kings” has actually worked out really well for the American economy for centuries.

It’s the arrival of a would-be king that has shut everything down.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 1h

Johnson has never heard of anything

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: A judge in Florida issued a restraining order against Cory Mills for threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Do you think this is an ethical violation?

MIKE JOHNSON: I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I've been a little busy.

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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 1h

I swear to God if these guys just did nothing the military would definitely be on their side during the autocoup but they seem insistent on trying to make the military opposed to them

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1h

The easy answer is that once there is a complete lack of racially polarized voting, Section 2 self-sunsets. But we aren't there yet.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

Kavanaugh looking to find the "end point" when the Court no longer has to worry about the intentional use of race to create black districts.
I'd say "WHEN WHITE FOLKS STOP INTENTIONALLY USING RACE TO DECREASE BLACK VOTING POWER" but he thinks white people doing that is cool.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

this is today's Supreme Court oral argument on the Voting Rights Act in a nutshell

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 3h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1h

this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Roshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 3h

I'm recruiting a postdoc for my group (based in beautiful Eugene, OR). Please get in touch if you're interested, esp if you'd like to chat at #ASHG25!

Roshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · Aug 6

We'll primarily work at the intersection of statistical and population genetics, and we also have active projects related to the ethical and social implications of human genetics (ELSI). Please get in touch if that's a combination that sounds interesting to you!

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