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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Marc Lynch, Juan Cole

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Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Colin F. Camerer, Tom Shakespeare , and 2 more

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Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
Did ANYONE in the room say anything? ANYTHING?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Dawn J. Wright

maxinejoselow.bsky.social
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

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Honored to be among the more than 100 scholars who contributed to this @cssn.org global assessment of social and political obstruction to climate action, out today with Oxford University Press:
cssn.org/news-researc...
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Jan W. Mueller, Richard S.J. Tol , and 8 more

atrupar.com
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
I cling to Andrea Gibson's poetry:
Just to be clear / I don’t want to get out /without a broken heart. / I intend to leave this life / so shattered / there better be / a thousand separate heavens / for all of my separate parts.

Permission to fall apart and also to keep going. 💔

Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Iain Davidson, Amir Attaran , and 2 more

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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
I don't think this will work out the way you're hoping.

You might want to read this one: thecon.ai
THE AI CON
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
thecon.ai
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Nandita Sharma, Philip Nel , and 14 more

dem8z.bsky.social
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, American Library Association, Janet Murray , and 6 more

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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

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Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
Reposting this for @ingridm.bsky.social thread of links (next time you need evidence of a bunch of times white colonial science finally figured out a way to show what Indigenous knowledge holders have known for millennia).
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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 3d
poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Tim Stephens

ingridm.bsky.social
poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Diane Ravitch, Henry Jones

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It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

chaoskat.bsky.social
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Mary Bosworth, Ross Woods , and 2 more

ijayas.bsky.social
🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
Screenshot of LinkedIn’s menu: “How LinkedIn uses your data”. Near the bottom, is the option to turn off “Data for Generative AI improvement”, shown with a red arrow.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

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ICE abducted a 15-year-old autistic boy during a bathroom break and kept him hidden for nearly a week.
His mother thought he was missing. Even local police couldn’t find him because ICE never told anyone they had him.

He was selling fruit with his mom when he asked to use the restroom.
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
It's already a reality in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bangladesh!
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Nancy Kanwisher, Michael Wagner , and 11 more

angierasmussen.bsky.social
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Jonathan A. Eisen, Ben Bond‐Lamberty , and 2 more

virginiagewin.bsky.social
Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Lisa W. Fazio, Richard S.J. Tol , and 11 more

audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
Sending you so many hugs. Thank you for sharing Fergus with us.

Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Dustin Mulvaney, Anthony Burke

jennifermolidor.bsky.social
Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife
lostcoastoutpost.com
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by Erin O’Donnell

ezzyod.bsky.social
"All of the four tribes are connected to water, connected to the river," said CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores. "It means life for all tribal members. It's a living body of water."

Great piece from @debkrol.bsky.social

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river
The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.
www.azcentral.com
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

savethewye.bsky.social
“This is the largest legal action concerning environmental pollution ever brought in the UK. In a context where government and regulators have failed to prevent degradation of our rivers the court has become last avenue for justice”
@ollyholland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit
Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social
Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.
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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 7d
Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.
Oslo universitets­sykehus felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner
Forskere ved Oslo universitetssykehus har forsket på transpersoner uten godkjenning. Nå er de felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.
www.forskning.no
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell

thatingrid.bsky.social
This should be front page news

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, David Passmore, Kevin Carey , and 4 more

briantylercohen.bsky.social
This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
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Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Kimberly A. Prather, Juliet B. Schor , and 2 more

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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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