Heather Richardson
@hnrichardson.bsky.social
Professor/Scientist (she/her) | glia and greyhound enthusiast | own opinions | no DMs
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Health agencies purge Trump-targeted programs and websites
NIH spares grants so far, but ‘data apocalypse’ erupts at CDC
www.science.org
The reckless assaults on DEI are not only morally wrong, they will irreversibly undercut science, technology, healthcare, and our economy. “Our country is quite literally hobbling ourselves by canceling these programs” - Dr. Bhalla @needhibhalla.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I've been waiting for this.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation
The results of an independent autopsy for Renee Good have been released as part of a law firm's civil investigation, two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
6abc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I've been waiting for this.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window.
It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
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this was disappointing but not surprising to read and I hate that I have to repeat: there is NO conflict between pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion and hiring people based on merit.
“The idea behind DEI was very simple, that the composition of institutions should reflect the public they serve...But I think the left took it too far."
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
Which of Trump’s upheavals in U.S. science are likely to stick?
A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay
www.science.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
this was disappointing but not surprising to read and I hate that I have to repeat: there is NO conflict between pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion and hiring people based on merit.
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Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
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"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..."
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..."
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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I’ve been shaking with grief tonight - you know this little boy is in some horrible place right now crying for his mommy and daddy.
That’s what Donald Trump is doing - destroying the lives of children.
That’s what Donald Trump is doing - destroying the lives of children.
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I’ve been shaking with grief tonight - you know this little boy is in some horrible place right now crying for his mommy and daddy.
That’s what Donald Trump is doing - destroying the lives of children.
That’s what Donald Trump is doing - destroying the lives of children.
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(4) If you are arrested, you simply must do the following:
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 AM
(4) If you are arrested, you simply must do the following:
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
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(2) Now even more than ever, we need to use the buddy system. Give them your name, trusted contacts' phone/Signal, and attorney's info, if possible. If one person is doing closer observation or intervention, the other needs to hang back. That way, if someone is arrested, you can get them help.
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
(2) Now even more than ever, we need to use the buddy system. Give them your name, trusted contacts' phone/Signal, and attorney's info, if possible. If one person is doing closer observation or intervention, the other needs to hang back. That way, if someone is arrested, you can get them help.
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(1) Get set up with an attorney before you go out, if at all possible. ICE has started asking if people they arrest have an attorney and, if they say no, denying access to the lawyers doing ad hoc jail support. Get a name and phone number. Memorize both of possible, write their number on your arm
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 AM
(1) Get set up with an attorney before you go out, if at all possible. ICE has started asking if people they arrest have an attorney and, if they say no, denying access to the lawyers doing ad hoc jail support. Get a name and phone number. Memorize both of possible, write their number on your arm
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🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
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As usual, Trump minions have voted for corporations and against the wishes of Americans. @wessiler.bsky.social explains how we got here: wessiler.substack.com/p/boundary-w...?
Thank you to all who wrote their House reps. The fight for Boundary Waters now moves to the Senate. I'll keep you posted. 🌎
Thank you to all who wrote their House reps. The fight for Boundary Waters now moves to the Senate. I'll keep you posted. 🌎
Boundary Waters Mine Vote Highlights Ryan Zinke’s Hypocrisy On Public Lands
Montana Congressperson whipping votes in support of toxic mine that threatens nation’s most popular Wilderness
wessiler.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 PM
As usual, Trump minions have voted for corporations and against the wishes of Americans. @wessiler.bsky.social explains how we got here: wessiler.substack.com/p/boundary-w...?
Thank you to all who wrote their House reps. The fight for Boundary Waters now moves to the Senate. I'll keep you posted. 🌎
Thank you to all who wrote their House reps. The fight for Boundary Waters now moves to the Senate. I'll keep you posted. 🌎
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UPDATE: The US House just passed H.J.Res.140. The bill overturns the 20-year mining ban protecting the beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota. It's the nation’s most visited wilderness, sustains 17,000 jobs, and generates more than $1 billion in sales every year.
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 PM
UPDATE: The US House just passed H.J.Res.140. The bill overturns the 20-year mining ban protecting the beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota. It's the nation’s most visited wilderness, sustains 17,000 jobs, and generates more than $1 billion in sales every year.
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#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN
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1/We are one year into the second Trump administration. Three to go.
To mark the occasion, I took a look back at what I was thinking and writing about a year ago. The most surprising takeaway is how predictable this last year we have lived through was from the outset.
To mark the occasion, I took a look back at what I was thinking and writing about a year ago. The most surprising takeaway is how predictable this last year we have lived through was from the outset.
January 21, 2026 at 12:57 PM
1/We are one year into the second Trump administration. Three to go.
To mark the occasion, I took a look back at what I was thinking and writing about a year ago. The most surprising takeaway is how predictable this last year we have lived through was from the outset.
To mark the occasion, I took a look back at what I was thinking and writing about a year ago. The most surprising takeaway is how predictable this last year we have lived through was from the outset.
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I've helped with legitimate news outlet turnarounds. What's happening at CBS News is anything but. The Ellison's have gift wrapped the news network for Trump. The fake 'internal injuries' story was just the start of the MAGA makeover. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Goodbye Cronkite, Hello Trump.
The new owners of CBS and their handpicked propagandist are all-in on a MAGA makeover, eager to spin, spike, and edit (or not)news content to keep Trump happy. Who runs CBS now? Trump.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I've helped with legitimate news outlet turnarounds. What's happening at CBS News is anything but. The Ellison's have gift wrapped the news network for Trump. The fake 'internal injuries' story was just the start of the MAGA makeover. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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We’ve officially survived a year.
Great video summing up the insanity — and some hopeful advice on what we can do going forward.
Onward ✊🏼
Great video summing up the insanity — and some hopeful advice on what we can do going forward.
Onward ✊🏼
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
We’ve officially survived a year.
Great video summing up the insanity — and some hopeful advice on what we can do going forward.
Onward ✊🏼
Great video summing up the insanity — and some hopeful advice on what we can do going forward.
Onward ✊🏼
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Can we rally and get @nancylacore.bsky.social more followers
She’s running for Mace’s seat in SC.
Mace is vacating her position to run for gov 🥴
Let’s go!
She’s running for Mace’s seat in SC.
Mace is vacating her position to run for gov 🥴
Let’s go!
Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nav...
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nav...
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
Nancy Lacore served in the Navy for 35 years as a helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve.
abcnews.go.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Can we rally and get @nancylacore.bsky.social more followers
She’s running for Mace’s seat in SC.
Mace is vacating her position to run for gov 🥴
Let’s go!
She’s running for Mace’s seat in SC.
Mace is vacating her position to run for gov 🥴
Let’s go!
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One year in of Trump’s second term and it already feels like a decade.
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM
One year in of Trump’s second term and it already feels like a decade.
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
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🌵Just a Tuesday evening in Tucson. ✊🏼
January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🌵Just a Tuesday evening in Tucson. ✊🏼
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We don’t want Greenland.
We want healthcare.
We want healthcare.
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
We don’t want Greenland.
We want healthcare.
We want healthcare.
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🚨Holy Shit Federal Judges clapping back on DonDi & Halligan! Removing her name from filings, noting she’s
Illegally identifying herself as U.S. Attorney, dismissing her cases &
Today a Federal Judge posted a job opening for her role! 🏹 ❤️ 🎯
Team Comey/James Infinity
Team DonDi 0
Illegally identifying herself as U.S. Attorney, dismissing her cases &
Today a Federal Judge posted a job opening for her role! 🏹 ❤️ 🎯
Team Comey/James Infinity
Team DonDi 0
Lindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges
Lindsey Halligan, a Trump administration lawyer who was named head of a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia last year with instructions to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s pol...
ground.news
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 AM
🚨Holy Shit Federal Judges clapping back on DonDi & Halligan! Removing her name from filings, noting she’s
Illegally identifying herself as U.S. Attorney, dismissing her cases &
Today a Federal Judge posted a job opening for her role! 🏹 ❤️ 🎯
Team Comey/James Infinity
Team DonDi 0
Illegally identifying herself as U.S. Attorney, dismissing her cases &
Today a Federal Judge posted a job opening for her role! 🏹 ❤️ 🎯
Team Comey/James Infinity
Team DonDi 0
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...