Our leaders and institutions failure to signal to the American people that January 6th was a hideous act of treason will be viewed as a truly historically-horrible strategic error.

Quinta Jurecic@qjurecic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Immediately after Jan 6, Trump’s approval ratings tanked to the lowest point of his first term (to roughly where they are right now, in fact). It was only as time went on, and elite institutions signaled that maybe it hadn’t been such a big deal, that people stopped caring as immediately

While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.

Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."

This is dangerous. The minute you start limiting what can and can not be studied, you start biasing your results. Just because you don’t like - say climate change - doesn’t erase it. Ignoring a problem, limiting what words can be used negatively impacts research & our ability to understand the world

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is the NIH grant screening disfavored words list published by Nature: media.nature.com/original/mag...

This is the NIH grant screening disfavored words list published by Nature: media.nature.com/original/mag...

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong

Adding pointless administrative burdens to deter legal immigration

Mark Histed@markhisted.org · 3mo ago

If their goal is to choke off economic advantages from the US’s university system it’s hard to think of a more effective way. Scientists and other academics come to the US to study— then stay in the US often via green cards, to start companies, do unique work, and contribute to the US economy.

It me

Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 5mo ago

Make It Myself xkcd.com/3233/

My hatred is infinite. There is no such thing as too much punishment for him and his supporters.

The UnPopulist@theunpopulist.net · 5mo ago

Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers

A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

king5.com

Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.

The sitting President just called for the end of an entire civilization. It’s time to impeach him.

Donald Trump is deranged. He must be impeached and removed from office. Republicans who don’t stop him will have blood on their hands, and anyone who carries out an order to bomb civilian targets will be complicit in war crimes and will be held accountable.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will … We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end”

Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached.  When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?

I hate the too-cool-for-school attitude of dismissing this with a "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance. The pressure should be put on them, the message should be unrelenting that this is what must be done and they're the ones refusing to do it. Don't act like they don't have agency.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If only a dozen Republicans in Congress found the will, they could impeach and remove him today.

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

Trump is completely unhinged. He's lashing out with no plan, threatening horrific war crimes after already bombing a girl's school. It's making the entire world, including the United States, less safe. Every Republican enabling him is responsible. Congress must act.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will … We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end”

Obviously not a substitute for Congress doing its job, but now would be a good time for Clinton, W, Obama, and Biden to say something jointly.

Republicans in Congress support this. It’s that simple

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Unhinged

Trump’s unhinged threats of violence and genocide are inexcusable.   He is a warmonger, escalating the conflict for his own profit and consolidation of power.   My Republican colleagues can't keep turning a blind eye. He must be stopped and impeached.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5mo ago

Breaking news: President Trump said “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran doesn’t accept his deal to open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Eastern time tonight, pledging destruction by midnight if not.

That was a multi-day story. The story where the former top general who served as Trump's chief of staff warned he was an insane fascist got buried on A14 and never mentioned again. In retrospect, perhaps more important than the Walz thing idk.

The media told us, based on the amount of coverage they devoted to it, that the number one military-related issue of the 2024 campaign was whether Tim Walz retiring from the National Guard after 21 years was too soon or not.

Provides some insights into what is happening (or rather what is not happening) with regard to federal science grant making.

Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wondering why NIH and NSF aren't making new grants? We explain what's happening at OMB. www.science.org/content/arti...

Thing is, it is hard to tell how/where/who wanted this. Like anti-vaccine sentiment, this level of slash and burn appears to be enthusiastically backed by a very narrow slice of right wing elites. And we're in a spot where knowledge that this has happened is very, very low.

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.

I love that Trump's toadies are wearing comically large shoes because the boss bought them and they're too chickenshit to mention that he guessed the wrong size.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6mo ago

hmm

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner

Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

nashvillebanner.com

We seem to have collectively decided, gradually and mostly out of apathy, that presidents can launch flagrantly unconstitutional wars of choice without congressional approval and there just won’t be any consequences. Would be nice if this is where we start reversing the trend.

the US once again sending the message loud and clear: never negotiate, just get nukes. Never compromise, just get nukes. Never give in to sanctions, just get nukes. what could go wrong