New York approves permits for controversial gas pipeline downstate www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

Elise Stefanik is officially in the race for governor but Bruce Blakeman is still "seriously considering" his own run www.capitolconfidential.com/p/stefanik-a... Plus: 5 things to know about Stefanik as she begins to introduce herself to voters statewide

The Counterinsurgency Dilemma... Foreign Fighter Influence on Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia -very interesting looking book coming out soon by @triciabacon.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

After Liberation... Women and the Politics of Expectations in Rebel-to-Party Transitions Very interesting looking book soon coming out by @hilarymatfess.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

What I Learned From the ‘New Globalists’ of an Optimistic Nation www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Another antisemitic incident in 🇫🇷 Where is the theater security? Imagine the poss disaster of open 🔥in a theater Video & caption From IG acct: @jonnydaniels "Insane footage from Paris as terror supporters disrupt the Israeli Philharmonic. There is no security in sight. Mayhem and madness."

A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Disruptions Light on Day 1 of Flight Cuts, but Duffy Warns of Worse to Come www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Court Denies President’s Bid to Halt Food Stamp Funding for Now www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts @us.theconversation.com Tracy Roof theconversation.com/who-gets-sna...

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...

Another Victim of the Shutdown: Tourism in the Nation’s Capital www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...

Live Updates: Hundreds of U.S. Flights Are Canceled as Shutdown Hits Air Travel www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews.com #SNAP #shutdown #hunger #poverty

📢 What shapes who works in Congress? Rutherford & Wu analyze 180K U.S. House staff contracts showing how legislators’ demographics, party, and competition shape staff representation. Nonwhite members hire more staff of color, while gender links are weaker. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 How does gender become a battleground in Türkiye? Bezirgan-Tanış shows how the Big Family Platform and allies cast gender and LGBTQ+ rights as Western threats to family and nation, while activists resist through legal and digital action. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Thursday! Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋 Say hi and meet new friends! ‘Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.’ -- Thurgood Marshall As Foxy says… We will be okay! ✌️ #StrongerTogether #BlueCrew

Striking evidence of the decline of the historian’s profession: the number of empty offices in my department

A Skeptical Supreme Court Puts Trump’s Economic Agenda in Question www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

No surprise, but take note www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...

Elections Show Trump’s Edge on the Economy Slipping www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for South Sudanese www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. to Cut 10% of Air Traffic at 40 Airports Over Government Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

A Big Win in California Propels Newsom www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

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Kindergarten vaccination rates jumped substantially in four states that eliminated nonmedical exemptions between 2015 and 2021. A new study found parents didn't simply shift to medical exemptions instead – they protected their children. buff.ly/okboz1y 🧪#VaccinesWork

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away. Rents are rapidly rising at trailer parks, or mobile home parks, due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms. A poverty law attorney explains: buff.ly/QHpnb1G

Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India buff.ly/z1BwawE

Artists often have to move between arts and non-arts jobs, teaching by day or bartending at night, just to keep their creative practice alive. A scholar who studies how artists earn a living explains how a creative career has become an increasingly risky pursuit buff.ly/rovjIuT

Monica's Place Sunday Starter Pack! 🌊💙🌊 I've gathered a collection of mutuals who have included me in SPs recently & more great Rebels, Resisters & Democracy Defenders for you to meet & connect with! #StrongerTogether 💙💪💙 Check it out! 👀 Vet 🧐, Follow 👣 & Repost! 🔄 Ty! 💙 go.bsky.app/MVdnenU

As I watch the stock market drop over 1% today on fears of an AI bubble, which I have increasingly believed is real, I believe it is important traders go back and watch the movie The Big Short about the financial collapse in 2008-2009.

Fellow Californians, if you haven’t yet VOTE! To all my fellow democrats and independents, taking back our democracy starts with today’s elections.

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life @us.theconversation.com Gabriela Radulescu theconversation.com/setis-noahs-...

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Halloween Becomes Another Target of the Kremlin’s Culture Wars The Russian authorities canceled a festival in St. Petersburg, branding it “Satanist,” as part of a larger assault on anything viewed as a Western influence www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...

In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Presses for End to Filibuster as Shutdown Nears Record www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Bomb Threats Briefly Close Some Polling Sites in New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

November SoTL Roundup @alpsblog.bsky.social @jeremymoulton.bsky.social activelearningps.com/2025/11/03/n...

All government shutdowns disrupt science − in 2025, the consequences extend far beyond a lapse in funding @us.theconversation.com @kennethmevans.bsky.social theconversation.com/all-governme...

Why can’t every country get along with each other? It comes down to resources, inequality and perception @us.theconversation.com Kaleb Demerew theconversation.com/why-cant-eve...

Trump’s squeeze of Venezuela goes beyond ‘Monroe doctrine’ – in ideology, intent and scale, it’s unprecedented @us.theconversation.com Alan McPherson theconversation.com/trumps-squee...

The Klan came to my PA hometown in 1950s. They terrorized black families & burned a cross on a hill above town. My father, uncles, and other men of our community ran the Klan out of town one night - roughly and permanently. I was told this at my Dad’s 1988 funeral, and I have to live up to it.

The Monthslong Legal Battle to Save Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Newly Released Recordings of Yitzhak Rabin: Israel Wouldn't Exist Without Military Might, but the Goal Is Peace - Israel News www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...