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Jonathan Winawer
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 1d
“Polish pro-democracy forces won only when they agreed to leave aside their bitter divisions over abortion until after they had succeeded.”

Solidarity politics wins.

Purity politics loses.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d
Clear essay about the importance of coalitions and pushing back against a sense of inevitable loss.

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Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 1d
Every single university needs to firmly stand united on this.

This has always been the plan.

Divide and make examples of specific universities, then attack every single center of higher education in the country.

Fascists always come for the academics first. Then the judges. Then...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d
As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

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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...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve been sitting with this the last few hours. It’s really hitting me just how fucking depraved you have to be to respond to an inquiry about an abducted child with a screenshot of a post on elon musk’s hellsite smearing this kid who has no ability to defend himself. It’s unfathomable.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d
Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d
Good post with a good argument about universities and the "compact", basically the same argument that applies to law firms

If this is how the leadership responds to extortion threats that go against their values, why would you trust them to protect your interests?

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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 2d
No kings day, Oct 18.
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Steve Engel @sengelweb.bsky.social · 2d
On our lawn today! #bluelawnsigns #blueboards @standupforscience.bsky.social
Are you sick + tired of the senseless attacks on public health? (Goodbye Medicaid - hello measles!) Peaceful Rallies in Twin Cities + Nationwide Sat. Oct. 18 NoKings.org
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
Meanwhile in the US:

Trump’s War on ‘Windmills’ Is Hitting Red States Hardest

The president’s loathing for the wind energy industry threatens jobs in Republican states like Iowa in particular.
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Trump’s War on ‘Windmills’ Is Hitting Red States Hardest
The president’s loathing for the wind energy industry threatens jobs in Republican states like Iowa in particular.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
"Renewable energy helps China power 30,000 miles of high-speed train routes and its growing fleet of electric cars. At the same time, cheap electricity enables China to manufacture even more solar panels, which dominate global markets and power artificial intelligence data centers."
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

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Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
I don’t know about “only”, but yes it is a good source among a dwindling pool of good sources.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d
Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
I’m referring to the citation list at the end of the article, not the in-text citations.
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 3d
Minor Sunday gripe: Why do some scientific journals truncate author lists? For example TiCS and TiNS list “first author, et al” for any paper with 3 (!) or more authors. It can’t be about space: they do this both for PDF and online layout. Who does this serve? Curious if there’s a good reason.
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 6d
On behalf of a friend raising funds to support counseling services that aim to improve mental health for the survivors of Gaza war.

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2025 NYC Gaza 5K
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Textbook stuff
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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d
New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud reut.rs/4750yfz
New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d
If your core "enemy" is "anti-fascists" what does that make you?
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 6d
I really don’t care, do you
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Marla Feller @mfeller.bsky.social · 6d
AMAZING!! 🎉👏👁️🧠🤓
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UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · 7d
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 8d
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Morningside Heights-Manhattanville” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 8d
I wanted to share my reasons why I think it is of paramount importance to attend a No King’s protest on October 18, and to make the case to everyone you know to do the same.
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 9d
I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
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Letter Regarding Compact
MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 9d
Erich is not a sensationalist. And yet this is pretty dark. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
Trump's Plan
To invoke the Insurrection Act
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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 9d
Don’t help him become the first to pull it off."

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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 9d
"So what can people and institutions do? Resist. Don’t make concessions in the hope of buying MAGA off. Don’t mute your criticisms in an attempt to seem even-handed. As far as I know, no wannabe autocrat has managed to consolidate power while being as unpopular as Trump is right now....

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Jonathan Winawer @rewaniw.bsky.social · 9d
Just another Monday morning...

State Terror, American Style open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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