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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins

@knetterstrom.bsky.social

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Public Policy doctoral student. Interested in direct democracy, voting, Arkansas news & journalism. ❤️ native plants & FOIA. NFPW board. Past president of Arkansas Press Women. Ex journalist. Former 312 feral child, Cubs fan.

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · Aug 28

Dear libraries. This topic name will not help me find a non fiction book right now.

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 3h

Missouri is going bananas. And like Arkansas, they’re one of the 15 states where citizens have veto referendum power + constitutional amendments + state laws. Pay attention to what happens in Missouri.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h

BREAKING: Missouri state officials sue a pro-voting coalition, which is organizing a veto referendum to block Republican state lawmakers' new congressional gerrymander. The map notably split apart Black communities in Kansas City to buy the GOP one district.

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 4h

Before USAID was illegally dismantled by the regime, its budget for 2025 was $34 billion.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 4h

I hope you have a few minutes to rest today.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

Heather is looking to talk to Mississippians who are still using Bluesky despite the bluesky ban:

Heather Harrison @heatherharrison.bsky.social · 6h

If I've randomly followed you this week, I'm writing a story about the Bluesky ban in Mississippi. My editor @ashtonpittman.bsky.social gave me people's Bluesky handles who reached out & wanted to help with this story. I'm unable to DM many of you so please email me if you're still interested!

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 19h

Gay marriage in the United States before Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Bill Lee says Trump’s military-police occupation of Memphis “may never end.”

“We have just begun. We do know this is going to last for months… In fact, I will tell you that it will last forever.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

www.propublica.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 1d

I’m grateful for a refreshing night talking books with @halseanderson.bsky.social. And for my best friend LeAnne showing up to be a friendly face in the crowd. And to turn off my “pick kid up from band” alarm. I realized she did it the moment Laurie mentioned she used to set alarms to pick up kids.

Two women sit across from each other in big comfy chairs on a raised platform.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Future historians may well argue that the Jim Crow era, which, depending on how one periodizes, lasted for roughly 75 years, represented a longer time period than the modern civil rights era, which, even if one starts with Brown v. Board, is barely 70 years old.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Harper @cadaverformosus.bsky.social · 1d

if you’re an alum, tell the how you feel
if you’re a student, tell them how you feel
if your kid’s a student, tell them how you feel
if you’re a vendor, tell them how you feel
if you’re an athletics fan, tell them how you feel
if you use their hospitals, tell them how you feel

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 2d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Same. Same. And I do not know her phone number despite paying for it.

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 2d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

My teenager went to a “2000”-theme party and they handed over their phones to reproduce 2000 (even though I had a cell in 2000). Best part is she & friend got locked inside a camper and couldn’t call anyone for help. They crawled out an emergency exit.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

Screwworm, which is a major threat to cattle and is already affecting beef prices, is advancing toward our southern border faster than expected.

No wall will keep it out. And the USDA inspectors who monitor it are currently furloughed.

Cuellar: Furloughed USDA inspectors can’t check for New World screwworm

A South Texas congressman says U.S. Agriculture employees who are responsible for checking for New World Screwworms and ensuring the pest doesn’t cross the border have been furloughed and are not w…

www.borderreport.com

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Marci Baranski @ecomarci.bsky.social · 2d

Something I noticed being back in the US after 4 years in Bangkok is you need an app or login for *everything*. My heated mug, phone company, and thermostat need an app. I needed a password to check-in at the salon (I didn't remember it, that was fun).

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

It’s awful. I need 3 log ins to check my email.

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

My latest take is AI is the sin of greed reincarnated.

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 3d

I think we got ourselves into this state as a society by believing in the tool-sellers’ promises and now they are pushing a way to make the chaos more unaccountable and less connected to our actual desires (AI) as a solution to the problem they made

Nshrubs @nshrubs.bsky.social · 3d

I have 13 different accounts I have to log in to at school just to do my job. Email, SIS, reading curriculum, math curriculum, science curriculum, explore learning, employee online login, HR/contract login, PD login, Google drive login, parent square, staff resources login, OSPI/eVal login.

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

I have coworkers who have two emails for the same university system and the IT gods demanded they stop email forwarding from one account to the other “for security purposes.” No one cared about what made life easier for the employee.

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

I am grateful to know I’m not the only person. This stuff ruins my day.

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been yelling at trees every day. I don’t want to be tied to a phone.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 3d

I counted up the number of ways (platforms, accounts, apps) that people in my professional and personal lives plus healthcare systems and kid’s school are contacting me and uhh. This is objectively impossible.

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Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

This. X a billion.

Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 3d

it is so bananas - aside from @jessicacalarco.com I don't see anyone talking about the *level* of bureaucratic capacity necessary to navigate a job & family responsibilities these days

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Work “tech” ruins my day every day. The junk folder is just another inbox despite my best efforts to mark things as not spam.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 2d

School offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results.

“People seem really different in a good way at the end,” said Leslie Trundy, a Maine high school counselor and avid hiker. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

School offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results.

“People seem really different in a good way at the end,” said Leslie Trundy, a Maine high school counselor and avid hiker.

www.washingtonpost.com

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