Let's be clear: She knew. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social knew long before so many others.

“For decades, the media did not cover Epstein. They covered *for* Epstein.” From 2022, from the chapter “Epstein Wasn’t the First”, featuring Landon Thomas Jr.

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social had the goods on Trump, Epstein, and others years ago. Read her book "They Knew." It will curl your hair when you read the details.

Wouldn’t be surprised if new Lincoln WC had some hidden cameras installed during remodel-would venture to say it’s part of his motivation. That’s a go-to Trump move re: Mar a Lago & TT. Those ‘free’ condos he gave Miss Universe & Apprentice contestants came with a cost. Pervert.

Another fantastic essay by @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social. Noel gets to the heart of what makes Trump such a danger. Wonderfully written; searingly insightful. In a nutshell: pay attention to the aesthetics; they tell us much about Trump's deformed character. noelcasler.substack.com/p/breakdown?...

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. This is bigger than politics. It’s about putting the health of Americans first." - Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Needed some light relief

I hope America can awaken to what is happening. As someone who has traveled to China six times since 2010 on behalf of my university, I have witnessed the meteoric rise of these Chinese universities. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Good grief, the Edmonton school board has gone full bonkers, removing books from shelves. The perfect irony is in removing Brave New World, 1984, and The Handmaid's Tale. globalnews.ca/news/1135609...

This clip needs to be spread far and wide. Of all the insane things he has said and done in the past few days, this is perhaps the most chilling. Right out of Orwell's 1984.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Have you seen this clip of RFK Jr.? Truly, the Orwellian death of expertise. bsky.app/profile/rpsa...

You can't get much more honest about the potential (and increasingly likely) dangers ahead than this short clip from one of the world's leading experts. We all should be following her and her colleagues.

Everyone should absolutely watch the clips of today's Cabinet meeting posted by @atrupar.com Truly surreal. Utterly dystopian. The sycophancy! The ignorance. Total buffoonery. Hard to imagine how this group could be any worse than they already are.

Not so subtle dig against Zelensky.

Anne Applebaum has it exactly right: Trump has no cards. Zero cards. Zero interest in ending the war (beyond seeing himself get a Nobel). Putin owns him. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"The U.S. has no cards because we’ve been giving them away. If we ever want to play them again, we will have to win them back: Arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the lethal drone swarms, break the Russian economy, and win the war. Then there will be peace."

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Such a timeless classic ... and so relevant today.

Again, as an arts educator, I can't stress enough what a incredible posting this is from @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social One of his best. He gets to the heart of the power of the arts and how Trump represents a threat to the arts.

This one of Noel's best ever postings. An amazing piece about the power of the arts ... and how Trump can (will likely?) destroy much of what The Kennedy Center offers. Trump's ignorant attacks on the arts are as dangerous as his attacks on science and education.

Chilling to the core. Nazism comes to America?

The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.” (ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)

Tariffs already causing woes for U.S. business: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.” For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.

Trump's attacks on higher ed have consequences : Stanford University will cut $140 million from its operations and may lay off employees as it contends with “significant budget consequences from federal policy changes” including reductions in research www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

“I represent 67,000 pediatricians, and let me be clear: this bill will devastate children’s health,” said Dr. Susan Kressly, President of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social “Kids are 22% of our population—but 100% of our future. We cannot afford to fail them.” Call your senators and demand a NO vote.

I cannot overemphasize how mind-bogglingly, brain-meltingly, galactically stupid it is to burn coal for electricity

Calvin & Hobbes banned. "This leaves no room for educators and librarians to curate collections that reflect the real world ...." Indeed. And these legislators are clearly delusional and out of touch with the real world.

Interesting comments on the limitations of AI and how things could get worse if it starts feeding off of itself. open.substack.com/pub/jenhitze...

A bit of context: we hit 1.0 degree C in 2017. We're now at 1.24 C ... and now projecting hitting 1.5 C as soon as 2028 (as opposed to about 2032 to 2040, as previously forecast).

Meanwhile, while Trump rants on about trans folk, here in Canada, we take a different approach ...

Sad. Pathetic. Delusional. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

wow -- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com chokes up while talking about how the Trump administration is killing kids who relied on USAID to get life-saving medicine

Yurong 'Luanna' Jiang rocks it at Harvard Commencement. A message to America and to Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBn...

" ... a deliberate destruction of education, science, and history, conducted with a fanaticism that recalls the Dark Ages that followed Rome’s fall." Yup. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Please listen to Scott Pelley

Nobody should be surprised by what's going on with Trump et al. these days. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been naming this for many years. She and folks like @anneapplebaum.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social, and Dr. Jason Stanley--all experts on authoritarianism--give details.

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a @reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility. 11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

The Extreme Weather Report, April 24, 2025: This is your weather at 1.5°C/2.7°F of global warming from burning oil, gas, and coal. #extremeweather #weathersky #wx #news

More attacks on education. No surprise, eh? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...

Another great line from the article: "And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended."

Yeah, we know a thing or two about humour, creativity, Canadian history and culture, and we have a fierce desire to protect our sovereignty.

Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.

This article gets it right: the dangers we are facing as a result of Trump's desire for revenge. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

We need to pay attention to this. It's a global phenomenon. In the academic work I do, we help students re-gain their (contemplative) focus, and they really appreciate it.