What a wonderful world
@monique99.bsky.social
Trying to focus on the positive. ❤️🌍🕊️🌈☀️🏝️🌺🪇
Science! 🧬🔬🌊🐙🌱🪺🐣🥐🍷📚💡💉📱✈️ 🧠🪐✨
❤️ Kindness ❤️
Science! 🧬🔬🌊🐙🌱🪺🐣🥐🍷📚💡💉📱✈️ 🧠🪐✨
❤️ Kindness ❤️
Loved this show!! Went to both 1994 and 1996 conventions in Minneapolis—so much fun!! I had planned one trip with others that also conflicted with a friend’s wedding, but I chose convention. I felt guilty but friend ended up getting divorced so I think I chose wisely! 😏 (And we are still friends! 😁)
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Loved this show!! Went to both 1994 and 1996 conventions in Minneapolis—so much fun!! I had planned one trip with others that also conflicted with a friend’s wedding, but I chose convention. I felt guilty but friend ended up getting divorced so I think I chose wisely! 😏 (And we are still friends! 😁)
🎉 “A good day for the rule of law”—Mark Joseph Stern of Slate, interviewed in Here & Now, WBUR, NPR
A federal judge deemed that Halligan’s appointment as AG was unlawful, meaning everything she did was invalid including indictments against James Comey and Letitia James
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
A federal judge deemed that Halligan’s appointment as AG was unlawful, meaning everything she did was invalid including indictments against James Comey and Letitia James
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Federal judge dismisses Trump DOJ's charges against Comey
A federal judge has dismissed the Justice Department indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, two of President Trump’s declared political enemies.
www.wbur.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🎉 “A good day for the rule of law”—Mark Joseph Stern of Slate, interviewed in Here & Now, WBUR, NPR
A federal judge deemed that Halligan’s appointment as AG was unlawful, meaning everything she did was invalid including indictments against James Comey and Letitia James
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
A federal judge deemed that Halligan’s appointment as AG was unlawful, meaning everything she did was invalid including indictments against James Comey and Letitia James
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The Montana Plan to undo the impact of Citizens United: “By harnessing our sovereign power over corporate charters, we can lead a state-by-state march that finally sidelines dark money everywhere.”—former Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/t...
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/t...
Transparent Election Initiative
A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for undoing Citizens United that ...
corpgov.law.harvard.edu
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Montana Plan to undo the impact of Citizens United: “By harnessing our sovereign power over corporate charters, we can lead a state-by-state march that finally sidelines dark money everywhere.”—former Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/t...
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/t...
Why I love Pope Leo, Reason #1 (and I’m not even Catholic, with ❤️ and ✊ for those who observe):
“At Pope Leo’s urging…Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in…a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-a...
“At Pope Leo’s urging…Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in…a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-a...
At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Why I love Pope Leo, Reason #1 (and I’m not even Catholic, with ❤️ and ✊ for those who observe):
“At Pope Leo’s urging…Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in…a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-a...
“At Pope Leo’s urging…Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in…a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-a...
🎉Awesome news! Congratulations to University of California faculty and staff via AAUP!! Showing how to “hold the line”—per Maria Ressa, journalist, winner of Noble Peace Prize and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
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 12:38 AM
🎉Awesome news! Congratulations to University of California faculty and staff via AAUP!! Showing how to “hold the line”—per Maria Ressa, journalist, winner of Noble Peace Prize and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
🎶“The name is Mamdani…”🎶
He is not throwing away his shot! 😉
He is not throwing away his shot! 😉
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🎶“The name is Mamdani…”🎶
He is not throwing away his shot! 😉
He is not throwing away his shot! 😉
Congratulations to Mamdani! 🎉 So happy for my ancestral “homeland”!
🎶”The greatest city in the world!” 🎶🎆
(My father’s side from NYC and mother lived there though raised in NJ, yet no other strong cultural affiliations with past immigrant family, so New York City it is!)
🎶”The greatest city in the world!” 🎶🎆
(My father’s side from NYC and mother lived there though raised in NJ, yet no other strong cultural affiliations with past immigrant family, so New York City it is!)
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Congratulations to Mamdani! 🎉 So happy for my ancestral “homeland”!
🎶”The greatest city in the world!” 🎶🎆
(My father’s side from NYC and mother lived there though raised in NJ, yet no other strong cultural affiliations with past immigrant family, so New York City it is!)
🎶”The greatest city in the world!” 🎶🎆
(My father’s side from NYC and mother lived there though raised in NJ, yet no other strong cultural affiliations with past immigrant family, so New York City it is!)
“We won”!!!
🎶 We won! (We won!) We won! (We won!)
The world turned upside down! 🎶
🎶 We won! (We won!) We won! (We won!)
The world turned upside down! 🎶
We won our lawsuit against the federal government for trying to force states to comply with its immigration policies or give up billions of dollars in funding for transportation.
This is a major victory to protect our communities and vital infrastructure.
This is a major victory to protect our communities and vital infrastructure.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“We won”!!!
🎶 We won! (We won!) We won! (We won!)
The world turned upside down! 🎶
🎶 We won! (We won!) We won! (We won!)
The world turned upside down! 🎶
OMG this entire story sounds like a side plot of Dr. Strangelove (read end to learn identity of intruder)
Tonight in 1962, as the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated toward direct confrontation, a sentry on patrol at Duluth Air Force Base in Minnesota thought he saw someone climbing the perimeter fence. He shot at the intruder and activated the base sabotage alarm, which by design automatically triggered ...
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
OMG this entire story sounds like a side plot of Dr. Strangelove (read end to learn identity of intruder)
The government shutdown as explained gamer style by now-independent journalist Paul Jorgensen! The new School House Games?!? (See also Jorgenson’s recent resignation video “letter” to Jeff Bezos! 😆)
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The government shutdown as explained gamer style by now-independent journalist Paul Jorgensen! The new School House Games?!? (See also Jorgenson’s recent resignation video “letter” to Jeff Bezos! 😆)
Post-protest sunset walk along cliffs near Half Moon Bay CA 🙂
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Post-protest sunset walk along cliffs near Half Moon Bay CA 🙂
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“AI is barely functional and … requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.”
This! My whole life I’ve been taught to turn off lights, don’t waste electricity, etc.… Same applies to water (especially in California). Yet the scale of use by AI makes these lifetime efforts seem for naught
This! My whole life I’ve been taught to turn off lights, don’t waste electricity, etc.… Same applies to water (especially in California). Yet the scale of use by AI makes these lifetime efforts seem for naught
Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“AI is barely functional and … requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.”
This! My whole life I’ve been taught to turn off lights, don’t waste electricity, etc.… Same applies to water (especially in California). Yet the scale of use by AI makes these lifetime efforts seem for naught
This! My whole life I’ve been taught to turn off lights, don’t waste electricity, etc.… Same applies to water (especially in California). Yet the scale of use by AI makes these lifetime efforts seem for naught
So true!
And faulty “training data” is like pouring a glass of muddy water in a tub—now it’s all dirty
And faulty “training data” is like pouring a glass of muddy water in a tub—now it’s all dirty
The more we use this technology, the more we necessarily turn over not only our data and our privacy but the basic things we need to survive. Meanwhile, reality is totally reshaped by LLMs as increasingly authoritarian media is pumped out as training data. Nothing could be more useful to them.
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So true!
And faulty “training data” is like pouring a glass of muddy water in a tub—now it’s all dirty
And faulty “training data” is like pouring a glass of muddy water in a tub—now it’s all dirty
Yes!! 👏 Academic freedom!!
M.I.T.
BROWN
PENN
USC
UVA
"Hold the line!"
—advice per Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of "How to Stand up to a Dictator"
M.I.T.
BROWN
PENN
USC
UVA
"Hold the line!"
—advice per Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of "How to Stand up to a Dictator"
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yes!! 👏 Academic freedom!!
M.I.T.
BROWN
PENN
USC
UVA
"Hold the line!"
—advice per Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of "How to Stand up to a Dictator"
M.I.T.
BROWN
PENN
USC
UVA
"Hold the line!"
—advice per Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of "How to Stand up to a Dictator"
🏆
“This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy”
“This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy”
VICTORY!
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the state’s 2023 Election Procedure Manual (EPM), citing the “need for clarity in upcoming elections.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the state’s 2023 Election Procedure Manual (EPM), citing the “need for clarity in upcoming elections.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Win for Voters, Arizona Supreme Court Tosses GOP Challenge to State’s Election Manual
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🏆
“This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy”
“This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy”
“JUST SHOW UP”
No Kings Day, October 18, 2025.
“We the People” showing up for Community, Solidarity, Free Speech, Due Process, Democracy, Rule of Law, etc. etc.! ✌️❤️
Where? Find locations and details:
www.nokings.org
No Kings Day, October 18, 2025.
“We the People” showing up for Community, Solidarity, Free Speech, Due Process, Democracy, Rule of Law, etc. etc.! ✌️❤️
Where? Find locations and details:
www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“JUST SHOW UP”
No Kings Day, October 18, 2025.
“We the People” showing up for Community, Solidarity, Free Speech, Due Process, Democracy, Rule of Law, etc. etc.! ✌️❤️
Where? Find locations and details:
www.nokings.org
No Kings Day, October 18, 2025.
“We the People” showing up for Community, Solidarity, Free Speech, Due Process, Democracy, Rule of Law, etc. etc.! ✌️❤️
Where? Find locations and details:
www.nokings.org
Solidarity! THIS is the way to “hold the line!”
—Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
—Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
Pentagon beat reporters have been handing in their press passes all day long today. It is one of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year.
October 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Solidarity! THIS is the way to “hold the line!”
—Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
—Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”
Really appreciate this summary by Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) of where we are with Supreme Court cases impacting the Voting Rights Act. Also grateful for his and his team’s efforts on all our behalf. 🙏
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
Supreme Court's SHOCKING New Agenda Revealed!
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Really appreciate this summary by Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) of where we are with Supreme Court cases impacting the Voting Rights Act. Also grateful for his and his team’s efforts on all our behalf. 🙏
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
youtu.be/0iKo6YdLxhA
🏆 Gotta celebrate the wins!
In addition to being released, “Soliman’s asylum status was reinstated and his application for a green card has been revived”
In addition to being released, “Soliman’s asylum status was reinstated and his application for a green card has been revived”
NEW: Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providin...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
🏆 Gotta celebrate the wins!
In addition to being released, “Soliman’s asylum status was reinstated and his application for a green card has been revived”
In addition to being released, “Soliman’s asylum status was reinstated and his application for a green card has been revived”
Mountain View, California showing up for 17x17K rally on Labor Day along El Camino Real! Forgot my sign but at least had my new tote from #ResistanceSummerSchool
#WeMove2025
#WeMove2025
September 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Mountain View, California showing up for 17x17K rally on Labor Day along El Camino Real! Forgot my sign but at least had my new tote from #ResistanceSummerSchool
#WeMove2025
#WeMove2025
Had a bit of summer night magic with SV Shakespeare. Words by a deceitful king eerily relatable, hundreds of years later:
“… alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself! ….
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
And if I die no soul will pity me”
(Richard III)
“… alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself! ….
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
And if I die no soul will pity me”
(Richard III)
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Had a bit of summer night magic with SV Shakespeare. Words by a deceitful king eerily relatable, hundreds of years later:
“… alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself! ….
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
And if I die no soul will pity me”
(Richard III)
“… alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself! ….
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;
And if I die no soul will pity me”
(Richard III)
“Workers over Billionnaires” protests on Labor Day! 💪 Need to update my signs! 🪧Solidarity!
This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest.
We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Workers over Billionnaires” protests on Labor Day! 💪 Need to update my signs! 🪧Solidarity!
And just received this sticker part of my “graduation present” to myself for inaugural 101 class! Best online class ever!
Now looking forward to Race, Media and International Affairs 102!!
#WeMove2025
#ResistanceSummerSchool
Now looking forward to Race, Media and International Affairs 102!!
#WeMove2025
#ResistanceSummerSchool
Enrollment for Karen Attiah’s classes just opened!! I just finished Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and highly recommend! Learning so much thanks to wonderful Professor Attiah, insightful guests, and also thoughtful classmates! 🌟
Some News!!
For those of you who have been waiting, I will teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 in the Fall!
Enrollment officially opens Monday, August 25th at 10 am EST.
Last time, we sold out 500 spots in 48 hours. Don't miss out!
karenattiah.substack.com/p/fall-enrol...
For those of you who have been waiting, I will teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 in the Fall!
Enrollment officially opens Monday, August 25th at 10 am EST.
Last time, we sold out 500 spots in 48 hours. Don't miss out!
karenattiah.substack.com/p/fall-enrol...
August 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
And just received this sticker part of my “graduation present” to myself for inaugural 101 class! Best online class ever!
Now looking forward to Race, Media and International Affairs 102!!
#WeMove2025
#ResistanceSummerSchool
Now looking forward to Race, Media and International Affairs 102!!
#WeMove2025
#ResistanceSummerSchool
“What ma[de] us great at CDC is following the science” 🧬
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(because undefined acronyms are a pet peeve)
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(because undefined acronyms are a pet peeve)
CDC staff held a “clap-out” on Thursday to honor three of the agency’s high-ranking officials, who resigned in protest after President Trump fired the director, Susan Monarez. nyti.ms/4oSxakJ
August 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“What ma[de] us great at CDC is following the science” 🧬
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(because undefined acronyms are a pet peeve)
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(because undefined acronyms are a pet peeve)