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MarjeeC

@marjeec.bsky.social

Social scientist by day, writer of fiction dawn thru dusk. Reader of everything

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12h ago

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d ago

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

nytimes.com

ACLU@aclu.org · 5d ago

The Labor Department is poised to issue regulations stripping minimum wage and overtime protections for more than one million home care workers, disproportionately immigrant women who provide vital care to seniors and people with disabilities. Care work is real work. Care workers deserve fair pay.

Opinion | The Immigration Crackdown and the Plight of the Caregivers (Gift Article)

Readers describe a crisis for caregivers and families. Also: Canceling grants based on politics; no politics in uniform; rediscovering resilience.

nytimes.com

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d ago

looking at the headlines and reflecting once again on how all the smart, hard-working, honest people I know feel like they’re going at least a little insane in our era of total Stupid Immoral Asshole ascendancy

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

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Robert McNees@mcnees.bsky.social · 2w ago

Astronomer Vera Rubin was born #OTD in 1928. Her work on galactic rotation curves became one of the main pieces of evidence for the existence of dark matter and she deserved a Nobel Prize for it. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Image: Vassar College / Emilio Segrè Visual Archives

Black and white photo of a young Vera Rubin – likely in her teens or twenties – looking through the eyepiece of a long telescope. She wears a blouse or dress with short sleeves and a grid print. Her wavy hair is shoulder length, and there is a wall behind her composed of two-by-fours and wood boards. Her right hand touches the eyepiece, and her left hand is turning a small adjustment knob on the side of the telescope.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Day 53 in Albania and the streets are STILL alive! 🇦🇱🔥 What began as a fight over luxury resort developments has grown into a relentless daily movement in Tirana. Every single night, thousands take to the streets demanding real political accountability. The people aren't backing down! 🦩

NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo@originalist.bsky.social · 2w ago

"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police" "FBI warned White nationalists pervade law enforcement" "officers discussing who will kill dogs before they arrive" "Arrests at End of Shifts to Rake In Overtime $500,000 a year salaries American "law enforcement" statistics:

NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo@originalist.bsky.social · 2y ago

• Police solve just 2% of all major crimes • One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police • 10,000 family dogs are killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic") • Bodycam Catches Planting Drugs (parents lost their children due to these) • Why the NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year

Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · 2w ago

Murder by the state is in progress. It began with Renée Nicole Good & Alex Pretti, then Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, then Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. Each time, there is less alarm over the murder. This is how state terrorism gets normalized.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 2w ago

I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:

My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines

The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.

newrepublic.com

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2w ago

INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on. I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft. Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!
Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 2w ago

One thing being discussed in SFF circles is how SFF magazines are getting lots of AI-generated submissions purported to be written by authors of marginalized identities. A good example of how GenAI is not any kind of tool of equality or diversity, but really the exact opposite.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The other commissioner who approved the Paramount merger, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket..." www.propublica.org/article/para...

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...

propublica.org

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2w ago

the best day for the presidents of every R1 to hold a press conference screaming that higher ed is our second largest export and destroying it is economic sabotage and soft power detonation was Jan 21st 2025. the next best day is tomorrow.

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2w ago

a bad thing is running a phd program with brilliant international students who must reckon with a volatile xenophobic saboteur government in fresh ways every day, no thank you, 0/10