Diana Hunt (she/her)
@dkathunt.bsky.social
Scientist, photographer, runner, hiker, lover of books, film, musicals/plays, New Zealand and the great outdoors.
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very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"
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Sometimes men really do mistake other men's misogyny for virtue—they think it's evidence of intellect or integrity.
Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Sometimes men really do mistake other men's misogyny for virtue—they think it's evidence of intellect or integrity.
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The Harvard Crimson is INCREDIBLE. WOW.
Prominent Harvard alumnus and donor Gerald Chan coordinated with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 to explore building a Boston-area extension of Tsinghua University, according to DOJ emails.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Jeffrey Epstein, Gerald Chan Coordinated on Proposed Tsinghua University Campus in Boston | News | The Harvard Crimson
Prominent Harvard alumnus and megadonor Gerald L. Chan coordinated with child sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein in late 2016 to explore establishing a Boston-area extension of Tsinghua University,…
www.thecrimson.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The Harvard Crimson is INCREDIBLE. WOW.
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*laughing hollowly* remember when all the magazines wrote thinkpieces about how Me Too had "gone too far"
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
*laughing hollowly* remember when all the magazines wrote thinkpieces about how Me Too had "gone too far"
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So many more receipts soon! Coding like a madwoman over here
This is very detailed and technical, but TLDR, Kant is bringing the receipts of the insane size of the organized anti-trans news campaign and how Google and other search engines were gamed into service.
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 AM
So many more receipts soon! Coding like a madwoman over here
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From THEY KNEW:
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
From THEY KNEW:
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$40 an hour for what would probably be one of the sixty most accomplished fiction writers in America
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
$40 an hour for what would probably be one of the sixty most accomplished fiction writers in America
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Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Autocratic regimes hate the free press. They hate journalism because they don’t want to be held accountable. These Minnesota journalists are being targeted because journalism has prevented this administration from doing even more insane things in Minnesota. Remember it was video that proved lying …
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“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
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Massachusetts has a Democratic supermajority. Governor Healey has no real challengers. Bill would protect crime victims from ICE. But Black and Latino Caucus head Andy Vargas said caucus has “met with the governor and legislative leadership… but have not yet received commitments of support.”
Black and Latino Caucus pushes immigration reform legislation
Members of the Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus are advancing legislation that would bar state and local police from cooperating with civil immigration enforcement cases.
flipsidenews.net
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Massachusetts has a Democratic supermajority. Governor Healey has no real challengers. Bill would protect crime victims from ICE. But Black and Latino Caucus head Andy Vargas said caucus has “met with the governor and legislative leadership… but have not yet received commitments of support.”
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No vote tonight on the funding deal because — and I am not making this up — Lindsey Graham was insisting on undoing this so he can personally enrich himself to the tune of millions in taxpayer dollars
Unanimous vote in the House to repeal provision letting Senators sue the US over the Jan 6 probe and get millions of dollars
Genuinely endearing how much the two chambers hate each other. A true Legolas/Gimli meme for House members against their true enemy, the Senate
(will be part of the minibus)
Genuinely endearing how much the two chambers hate each other. A true Legolas/Gimli meme for House members against their true enemy, the Senate
(will be part of the minibus)
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 AM
No vote tonight on the funding deal because — and I am not making this up — Lindsey Graham was insisting on undoing this so he can personally enrich himself to the tune of millions in taxpayer dollars
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Marty Baron wasn't wrong when he said this admin would try and arrest journalists for doing their job.
Don Lemon arrested here for ...
*checks notes*
... going to church.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Don Lemon arrested here for ...
*checks notes*
... going to church.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Marty Baron wasn't wrong when he said this admin would try and arrest journalists for doing their job.
Don Lemon arrested here for ...
*checks notes*
... going to church.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Don Lemon arrested here for ...
*checks notes*
... going to church.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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was that not already banned
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 AM
was that not already banned
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It’s so heavy when you are going to get groceries and you find a car sitting with its windows broken out and it’s empty but still running and someone’s stuffed animals or pictures or papers are just laying all over the road. I have personally seen at least five of these in the last three days alone
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It’s so heavy when you are going to get groceries and you find a car sitting with its windows broken out and it’s empty but still running and someone’s stuffed animals or pictures or papers are just laying all over the road. I have personally seen at least five of these in the last three days alone
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Important clarification: The point of making the Melania doc was to transfer a $28 million bribe into her pocket. That's it.
That they couldn't be bothered to make a decent movie, and are gilding the grift even more by selling Limited Edition Melania Popcorn Buckets, is just the Trump brand.
That they couldn't be bothered to make a decent movie, and are gilding the grift even more by selling Limited Edition Melania Popcorn Buckets, is just the Trump brand.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Important clarification: The point of making the Melania doc was to transfer a $28 million bribe into her pocket. That's it.
That they couldn't be bothered to make a decent movie, and are gilding the grift even more by selling Limited Edition Melania Popcorn Buckets, is just the Trump brand.
That they couldn't be bothered to make a decent movie, and are gilding the grift even more by selling Limited Edition Melania Popcorn Buckets, is just the Trump brand.
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🆕 @science.org
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
🆕 @science.org
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I think @mollyjongfast.bsky.social is correct.
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I think @mollyjongfast.bsky.social is correct.
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Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
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It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...
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Authoritarian theater is expensive
President Donald Trump’s sweeping deployment of National Guard troops to several major cities across the United States cost taxpayers approximately $496 million from June through December last year, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. https://cnn.it/45B7Ckc
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Authoritarian theater is expensive
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
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These are death squads. They are trying to add restrictions to death squads.
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM
These are death squads. They are trying to add restrictions to death squads.
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It's the end of the month. Lots of folks haven't been able to work all month because of ICE. They will be evicted in a few days. @governorwalz.mn.gov could stop this right now.
i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It's the end of the month. Lots of folks haven't been able to work all month because of ICE. They will be evicted in a few days. @governorwalz.mn.gov could stop this right now.
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IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it