Educated, but on acid. A memoir about growing up on a hippie commune in the backwoods of Oregon in the shadow of the Holocaust. #Questpit #M

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

How is this making America great?

i will say again that given the trajectory of the white house so far, strident opposition a la 2017 would have absolutely been the most prudent and effective decision and the absence of that opposition in the first two months made things demonstrably worse.

We LOVE seeing contributors at AWP! Thanks for visiting, Ahsan Butt, @leahkorican.bsky.social & @arahko.bsky.social 💖

We’re not “heading” towards fascism. We’re there.

You know how much you love the "magic" of ILL? Defend it by defending IMLS.

BREAKING: A federal judge this morning issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport several Venezuelan nationals with no process. Subscribe to Law Dork for a full report, which is forthcoming: www.lawdork.com

Giotto, Allegory of Hope, c. 1304-1305, fresco, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

NEW: I heard from a *bunch* of federal employees tonight with more backbone that Chuck Schumer. Spread the word! "Shutdowns suck, but what we’re experiencing is something much much worse and now is the moment to stand against it or you’re abdicating your duty as an elected official.”

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

The new administrator of the E.P.A. is likely to reverse the long-standing federal position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger the public—a “truly and deeply disgraceful” form of basic science denial, Bill McKibben writes.

NEW: I talked to Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), who is a pediatrician, about the measles outbreak in Texas, the unvaccinated child who died and now-HHS Secretary RFK Jr. downplaying the whole situation, calling it "not unusual." She tore him apart. www.huffpost.com/entry/kim-sc...

“OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency." - US District Judge William Alsup says in ruling from the bench that the mass firing of probationary employees ordered by OPM was likely unlawful.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.

I really appreciate @marisakabas.bsky.social reporting on the trauma and physical and psychological effects of how Musk is harassing workers. This kind of workplace abuse wreaks devastating havoc on peoples' lives www.thehandbasket.co/p/musk-opm-5...

Put plainly, Musk has wasted 48 hours of the federal government’s time to fuck with people’s heads under the guise of achieving greater efficiency.

I subscribe. I liked that Marisa left substack and thought she did good work. Now she’s become one of the major conduits of information about what’s happening in our federal government. I’m going to re-up for another year and recommend it.

Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?

Done and done! Also, wtf?!?

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

Incredible news! The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order. The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care. ACLU statement here:

"Gaza development plan" is such an Orwellian turn of phrase, such an abuse of language to normalize a proposed ethnic cleansing

in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

ah trump’s merit in action. only certain people can be meritorious

A Manhattan Institute fellow just came out as trans. Not even being immersed in their anti trans propaganda can stop someone from coming out. Anyways, good for her for finding her truth. Now, if only she'd stop working for the people trying to eradicate us. www.jessicariedl.blog/p/yes-my-nam...

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Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing? DON'T DO IT. If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT. Document, document, document. Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document

Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department. www.politico.com/live-updates...

They’re looting NOAA now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

trump and musk's attempt to destroy USAID is much more significant than the violation of the tenure of office act AND ALSO it is a harbinger of an anti-constitutional seizure of power. *that's* why it matters.

dem governors should declare all-out-war on elon musk and forcibly seize any assets of his in their states.

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

For those who say Elon Musk’s neo-Nazi ideology is just a troll and not a deeply held belief, I give you the reality of what happens when you give him this kind of unchecked power. This is who he is, and it’s also who he associates with. Essential we discuss it as it is instead of whitewashing.

from tonight’s protest in Manhattan over NYU Langone’s choice to preemptively comply with Trump’s executive order impacting healthcare for trans youth under 19

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

This is murder.

www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n... Scientists need to call their congressional reps. Congress allocated funds!

NEW: CDC scrubs gender, equity references from public health material. Includes data sets. “Orwellian,” says one doctor. W @dtkeating.bsky.social and @fenitn.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...