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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 1d

I know it is not enough, not by a long shot, to insist on the precision of language or inclusion of terms.

But laws of the nation are, finally, words and how they are interpreted. and so I worry when illegal diktats are not named as such--especially by media, trained to use ‘alleged’ until verdict

Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of all the CDC experts who received these notices, and all the retired ones who helped shape the centers and modern epidemiology as we know it.

Thank you.

these RIFs are illegal. and/but the attrition and loss is real—especially when lawmaking and lawkeeping (by top court) is absent.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it: we are hard at work on a deep dive into how the Trump Administration's policies are affecting biodiversity.

bioGraphic's news editor, @colinschultz.bsky.social, wants to know: what do you, our readers, want to know more about this topic? What questions do you have?

Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 6d

1/ 🧪🍃🐙📰 We @biographic.bsky.social have been hard at work for the past 8 months developing a deep, rich, behind-the-scenes feature story exploring how the Trump Administration's cuts to international conservation are affecting biodiversity on the ground.

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Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) @aoos-alaska.bsky.social · 4d

Thinking of everyone in Kotzebue braving this storm — stay safe! 💙🌊

View local water level data (not all data is up to the minute):
🔗 water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#metadata/100...

More info: awlw.aoos.org

@alaskaskies.bsky.social @alaskawx.bsky.social

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 4d

“We need so many people to care, so many people to say that, ‘I am willing to make financial and social sacrifices, professional sacrifices, in order to build a better world.’Whoever is questioning whether or not they should do that, I want them to know that they can, and it’ll be okay”

I miss Link

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 4d

thank you for describing this generation we get to inhabit. And for your pet rescue work!

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 8d

Thursday 10/9 at 1 PM Central, @sciencewriting.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on covering scientific funding chaoes with @stephaniemlee.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.

Sign up: connector.casw.org/event/casw-c...

CASW Connector Chat: How To Cover Ongoing Chaos in Science Funding - CASW Connector

CASW Connector's next Chat comprises top reporters discussing funding cuts and reinstatements, related lawsuits plus database Grant Witness.

connector.casw.org

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

Unacceptable to put the costs of the AI boom on the backs of families struggling to pay their bills. It’s a crisis.

Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

www.eenews.net/articles/dat...

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

www.eenews.net

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 6d

Wow.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

‘The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year… Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade’
on.ft.com/4pTQ3US

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

on.ft.com

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 7d

Books!

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 8d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt