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Betsy Brown

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Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · last yr.

The newest budget numbers out of NSF are... not good. We're looking at worse than worst case scenarios for U.S. research universities. That's in addition to all the other attacks. Every person w/ a word processer and an hour of time should be penning an op-ed to their local papers this weekend.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: When we see people being pulled off the streets, when we see students at universities being grabbed, detained, and kidnapped, and when we see Kristi Noem filming this disgusting video, we’re looking at a nation we no longer recognize. We don’t want to be like that nation.

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 2y ago

Life under authoritarianism can feel normal—until dissent is silenced and fear takes hold. Routines continue, but freedoms erode. Only when people start disappearing—arrested without cause, taken in the night, or never heard from again—does the illusion of normalcy shatter. slate.com/culture/2025...

The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen

I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.

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🐧 🏔️@ilikehikes.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you want to do something 1) look up where your senator’s closest local office is 2) pick a time Monday to go 3) text friends and group chats that you’re going with the address and time. Ask people to come with you 4) Demands in doc. See “The Ask” section docs.google.com/document/d/1...

WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: SENATE STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT

WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT Register your event: https://indivisi.org/register-choose-to-fight TOOLKIT CONTENTS: WHAT’S HAPPENING? THE ASK HOW TO PLAN YOUR SENATE STATE OFFICE VI...

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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

Farewell and Thanks (Again) - Illegal Activity in the USAID Front Office Inbox Nicholas Gottlieb to amsofficercouncil, ALL, HCTM.ELR, Alpana, Danielle, Sheila, Sepideh, William, Anya, Stephanie, Lindsey - All: 4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) # Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process. I refused and have provided Acting Administrator Gray with written notification of my refusal. I have recommended in that written notification that his office cease ar desist from further illegal activity. It is and has always been my office's commitment to the workforce that we ensure all employees receive their due process in any of our actions. I will not be party to a violation of that commitment. I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with all of you at this Agency, which i treasure. Please be kind and considerate of my staff at hctm.eir@usaid.gov. who will be very short-staffed and pressed over the coming months. Until you hear otherwise, Kirsten Gunsolus will be acting in my absence. If you would like to stay in touch, I can be reached a wish you all the best. Sincerely, Nicholas Gottlieb Director, Employee and Labor Relations US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HCTM, Rm. 4.07A RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523 USAID gov | @USAID
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Henk van Ess@henkvaness.bsky.social · 2y ago

Breaking: Meta ends fact-checking, presumably because reality is now optional. Coming soon: gravity is just a theory, and the moon is actually a giant space cookie. Critical truth update failed: installing flat earth patch. #MetaVerse​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Meta ends fact checks as it prepares for Trump era

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election “a cultural tipping point.”

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