Nobody who voluntarily draws a paycheck from ICE should be allowed anywhere near government or civil service. There's no innocent reason to apply to work for ICE, you did that because you wanted to hunt brown people

TFW you spend the morning watching old videos just to hear his voice and see him smiling and alive again, like he is in your mind. #cancersucks #griefsuckstoo

oh cool another DUI hire

I thought that my cringe by association was maxed out by Bobby Jindal. Then Vivek Ramaswamy. Then Usha Vance. But no one makes me want to apologize for my people more than Kash Patel. What a snively asshole who ticks all the negative stereotypes of an arrogant condescending self-centered Indian man.

Yet another acquittal 😡

Sovereignty defeated Journalism, and American Promise was left in the dust ...no no that's not 2025 that's the Kentucky Derby results

I'm seeing a lot of cynical reactions to this move from Cory Booker. And I get it!! But performative opposition is a necessary part of effective opposition from the minority. Not sufficient, but necessary. And our electeds need to know we notice when they do well and not just when they do poorly.

Goddamn right. It’s a stunt and I’m here for it. Do all the stunts. Act a fool. Make yourself seen. Be performative. Ham it up.

yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something. is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.

Dear university presidents: There’s no appeasing this administration or the rabid American right. They hate and resent you and everything you represent. They want to destroy you and your institutions. If they succeed, all is lost. Do you god damn job and stand the fuck up for your students.

I will be voting for Crawford tomorrow!

people should care about hypocrisy but Republicans have figured out that they actually don’t, and Trumpers exploit this loophole in our public discourse every single day

Schumer boldly taking the stand that if Trump continues to break the constitution he’s breaking, people other than Chuck Schumer will surely do something about it

I had forgotten what an insufferably colonial space Paleoanthropology was. Ew. Thank god for the #AABA and other subfields of bioanthropology for being 1000x better.

some helpful reminders: -not all jews support israel -criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic -being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas -arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment -violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad

It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

Brilliant piece by @fablabbu.bsky.social who I admire a lot, and his wonderful co-authors

Seriously? Bringing a bunch of people he fired to listen to him in person? That’s cruel. What’s your strategy, he’ll see them and suddenly feel…? The proper protest is to not go. He hates not having attention. Go home and hold town halls.

Bluesky may not be great for this yet. But i'm gathering reports/policies from universities, institutions, agencies on verification of #Indigenous membership/citizenship if anyone has any leads. So far, i have (and I'll add as i go): 🧵

Rachel is on fire tonight. We kind of know this but she’s connecting the dots and clearing away all the noise. We’re being run by a Russian asset.

It’s 7:00 and I miss Joy. @joyannreid.bsky.social Nothing can fill those shoes. @msnbc.com you’re insane. I hope your ad revenues tank.

Hey! I am happy to report that I was elected the next Chair of AAAS Section H - Anthropology 🎉

Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com

NIH thankfully coming to.the realisation of "hey, if Trump isn't complying with the law, what if we just didn't comply with his "law" either?" popular.info/p/breaking-n...

in america giant bodies of water can change their names, but trans people can’t

Once again: The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.

Them repeatedly breaking the law is important but not the story. I’m desperate for the conversation to be all about how we can react, and how humans have responded in the past, to lawlessness. What works? And I don’t care if it’s legal.

If you want to know how NSF has supported Science in your state see tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN... (and write your congresspeople).

@acstone.bsky.social let’s add this piece to the compilation where we show the value of all that is being slashed

Super Bowl USAID Save Foreign Aid

They did not just boo when Trump was shown during the anthem!!!!

My sister is one of the former senior admins at USAID and sent me this: Elon is spending $40 million of his money on tonite's Super Bowl on ads criticizing USAID with LIES. The USAID team (who has been fired) created the attached in response to his ads. PLEASE SHARE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Elon Musk’s staffers are still attempting to manipulate the Treasury payment system to halt the flow of funds following their recent losses. Reminder: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has restricted DOGE’s read-only access. No one is above the law.

Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”

One day of real protests outside and the people who were like "fuck you peasants we owe you no explanations" are now out there with (probably false) cya clarifications. Pressure works. Keep it up. They answer to the people, it is never ever the other way around. www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...

This hitler youth sequel sucks

Heads up, #BlueSci 🧪 Never talked to a reporter before? AAAS/@realsciline.bsky.social has a list of tips on talking to reporters: 🔗 - www.sciline.org/advice/5-tip... ☝🏼 That article is mostly about interviewed about your research, not politics, but many of the tips still apply.

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET. Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

New from 404 Media: inside the gov meeting where Musk ally laid out plans for data sharing across gov/AI. We got audio. In the call an employee pushed back and said the plan would be “illegal.” Musk ally said “we should still push forward and see what we can do.” www.404media.co/things-are-g...