“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

Guess who is once again displaying their ability to hyperfocus on being a hater? It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts. Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome! www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...

BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)

Anyone else have word docs just disappearing recently? It has happened three separate times to me this week, and it has never happened to me before.

The National Guard is still on the streets of DC.

Few things give me as much pleasure as remembering how mad Charles Murray got over the SPLC extremist profile I wrote on him

Oh! “A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming.”

Because undermining legitimate science IS part of authoritarianism. It’s a hydra with lots of heads, each one trying to destroy the pillars that support a functioning society w/ any shreds of justice…(more)

There are more important things than our science out here in the world AND we have the responsibility to stand up for our science so that it does not get used by the administration to harm the public. That's it. That's the fucking answer. 2/

Someone on LinkedIn just asked me "why scientists should care and mobilize" right now. But the answer is simple: BECAUSE IT IS THE MORALLY RIGHT THING TO DO. People are being killed in the street, our democracy is being eroded, & we are watching the onset of authoritarianism before our eyes. 1/

If a human wasn't willing to write it, I'm not willing to read it. God, I hate LLMs.

Everything that RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya and fellow anti-vaccine zealots have said about COVID vaccines is garbage, as proven by world class, international scientific studies.

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

A year ago tonight we lost this lovely, brilliant, young civil rights lawyer (& beloved daughter of a close knit family). We were so looking forward to welcoming Kiah in the fall as a new faculty member at Howard Law School. Sending love to her family & friends. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i...

This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.

NY/DC corridor media speeding right to the absolution of Trump and missing the fact that nothing has changed in Minnesota, despite his alleged change in tone

Don't watch the video unless you want to feel sick. But be very very angry because they executed a man who was just directing traffic.

Arrest ICE

Minneapolis says no to ICE.

If you are considering doing genomic research on children... don't. We are not yet able to prevent significant harm to participants and society.

Fantastic article on the current state of race science (with a guest appearance from @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social)

ARLINGTON, Texas — Less than a month after demanding the release of a North Texas father detained by ICE, the disabled son of that man has died without his father by his side. www.wfaa.com/article/news...

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Microsoft products seem to be getting worse with every update. Today, a Word Doc just wouldn't save no matter what I tried. Then I got a notification on Teams with nothing associated (no messages, calls, calendar invites, etc). Seems like the vibe coders are hard at work over there.

It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.

“We urge OU to publicly and unequivocally affirm the right of OU faculty and instructors to conduct teaching, grading, and research without political interference, unlawful mandates, or external pressures that hinder academic freedom.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

On January 20, we walk out EVERYWHERE. When leaders abuse power, we stop cooperating. On Jan 20 @ 2 pm local time, we walk out to defend our future and our freedom. Find an action near you at the link below. Higher ed workers, let’s show up. @womensmarch.com #FreeAmericaWO

Black Panthers have the right idea

K, the young kid blinded in one eye and almost killed by ICE, has a fundraiser to pay for medical bills here www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

I submit a lot of letters of rec yearly. Here's my process: After I agree, I ask them to schedule with me via my virtual calendar. I chat w them and take notes directly in a doc with my letterhead, signature block, and their name_LOR as file name. Then they fill out my google form for each letter.

Just had a power outage here in the suburbs of Silver Spring. Power to the whole neighbor was out for 40 minutes. Our verizon is also not back, so we were without internet.

Our statement on TAMU's policy applies to Dr. Bright's case. "The AAUP says this censorship goes far beyond what's required by Senate Bill 37 & Texas A&M system policies. AAUP shared that faculty are trained to facilitate critical analysis, not to manufacture consensus or dictate personal belief."

"We seem to be entering an age of state control armed only with the delusional hope that if universities hide and say nothing about all of the obvious ways in which the nation is slouching toward the demise of democracy, they will avoid political retribution."

How is this not inciting violence? Why must they remind ICE that they have immunity? One of their agents just shot a killed a woman in broad daylight and they’re effectively telling them to go ahead and do whatever they want because they’re above the law. Be safe Minneapolis.

ICE is now detaining Oglala Sioux Native American Tribe. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting. Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.

Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.

About the smearing of Nicole Renee Good, a new piece from me:

The fact that sawfish and sawsharks evolved the same rostrum convergently keeps me up at night.

SEEMS BAD apnews.com/article/arti...

Noem is once again trying to obstruct oversight at ICE facilities. This comes just days after we found out DHS LIED about a shooting in Maryland & we all saw the horrible killing of Renee Good. We cannot just hope for better. No more money for DHS without accountability.

The GOP is allowed to eviscerate and destroy organizations like the CFBP, CDC, NIH and CPB that serve all Americans but Dems are squeamish about even cutting the astronomical funding of ICE which serves naked GOP interests

Orders do not erase consequences. No one is above the law. Not now. Not later. Authority is not immunity. #SheShed #Voices4Victory

"The objective here is literally, physically to destroy this group." Experts in genocide prevention warn that current U.S. policies toward the trans community match historical patterns of mass atrocity. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

Is this a very small and very stupid thing to get angry about? Sure. But like every trans person in the US I'm not feeling great about this sort of shit lately. I was in school for so many years to earn this gender neutral title, give it to me, Cambridge Press. bsky.app/profile/acco...

Fox News is barely covering the protests in MN. They played that dumpster fire clip nonstop for weeks. Now they have people shouting obscenities at law enforcement, and they don't cover it? Because they know most videos are of ICE agents using extreme force against peaceful protesters.

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)

White supremacist talking points. No dog whistles.