Mikki Kendall

@karnythia.blacksky.app

Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.

So today's grilled broccoli salad has pepitas, cranberries, bacon, red onion, apple, and a dressing made with Greek yogurt, harissa paste, Dijon mustard, honey, and red wine vinegar. Y'all...

A new story for our month-long Statelessness Spotlight, about "unregistered" people in Syria and more broadly about the way xenophobia, political pandering to majority groups, and bureaucratic cowardice can lead to devastating effects. globalvoices.org/2026/07/16/t...

The ‘unregistered’ in Syria: A life of lost opportunities

A Kurdish medical student recounts her educational journey as an unregistered person in Syria. Following a January 2026 decree, they can now be granted citizenship.

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Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4w ago

There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...