Does anybody know anything about this? www.cape.co

French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Trump and Musk are going after Columbia for "antisemitism" and Hopkins for "DEI" and Penn for "trans spts". Why those issues? Because this is the start of an authoritarian soft takeover of ALL universities. Those issues are just politically convenient because they draw some support from Dems. 1/

One of the hardest things about being a progressive in 2025 is not realizing that certain people you love would have been Nazis in the 1940s, but that they would have been one of the German citizens who had to be dragged to the concentration camps before they believed the Nazis had been that bad.

Fascinating that someone as single-mindedly power hungry as Gavin Newsom was incapable of recognizing that he COULD have become an extremely powerful anti-Trump warlord almost instantly if he’d gone hard in that direction. Instead, he irretrievably shot himself in the dick by starting a podcast.

Should be a clear lesson from reconstruction, imo

I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard. Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.

That is exactly the right take. Advocating for things like Universal Healthcare (aka, everyone getting to benefit from our labor) is critical to regain public trust in our guild.

1. Germany has issued a travel advisory for trans and GNC people who wish to travel to the United States. International Pride organization InterPride has done likewise. Travel may be dangerous with visa restrictions. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Universities need to treat the Trump administration's hostage lists as organizing lists. A large majority of the universities on these lists should issue a JOINT public response making clear that they won't give in and why they're right not to. That creates space for the rest of the sector to join.

republicans are treating blue cities and states like we're conquered territory to be plundered and destroyed. looted. it's an intolerable situation and the idea that any democrats are willing to vote for this is outrageous.

She doesn't mention cloture specifically. But I think it's clear what Pelosi is saying here. And I think her saying it is a pretty big deal.

serious answer: the sabotage of reconstruction

Think about that 60-some-year-old South Korean senator who was literally climbing over walls to vote for impeachment as martial law was imposed in the country and then looking at…. Chuck Schumer.

Awesome to see my good friend & amazing scientist Jeff Dangl share with Jonathan Jones and Brian Staskawicz the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for their pioneering work on plant disease resistance 🧪1/n wolffund.org.il/jeffery-l-da...

When the occasion demands the Machiavellianism of a McConnell but all you have to offer is the ‘make nice’ of a Schumer Like I’ve said before… Disney characters who don’t know they’re trapped in a Tarantino film

Note the HHS letterhead.

Out of genuine historical curiosity, what would happen if someone were to assassinate Chuck Schumer?

This is 24 hours apart. Never forget this. They are liars. Their resistance is fake. They want to be powerless so they can reap the rewards of pretending to resist while risking nothing and attempting nothing. They are the reason the country is where it is and we won't be safe until they're gone.

in the united states of america you can choose between the party that wields power even when they haven’t won it and the party that refuses to wield power even when they have

It is time to get creative in torturing US Senators. They presumably go to restaurants, get on planes, go in and out of cars, and other tasks that leave them publicly available. Every minute of that (yes, even with their families) should be the greatest misery anyone has ever known without violence.

Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them. We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.

i'll eat shit, i genuinely did not think schumer would force members of the caucus to go out on limbs for days and then fuck them, even if i think he makes good arguments for it. incredibly poor leadership, and i don't think he can lead the caucus, especially if we ever get the majority back.

Sen. Adam Schiff on the House-passed funding bill: "One thing is certain, if we pass this continuing resolution for the next half year, we will own what the president does. I am not willing to take ownership of that."

@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.

this is what they may say in a matter of months in order to enact a ban on federal funding from going to anyone who provides gender affirming care — hospitals, doctors, insurers.

The irony is that in an age of jet fighters and guided missiles and tanks, inculcating a culture of abusive violence is actually damaging and counter-productive to mlitary effectiveness, but it persists anyway because these ideas are very difficult to kill once they've permeated everyone's brains.

Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE. To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.

in the runup to the Ukraine war, US conservatives were jacking themselves off to footage of Russian VDV guys doing hand to hand combat. Then 90% of those guys were wiped out in the first day of the war because it turns out hand to hand combat isn't very important if they shoot your helicopter down

I fixed NSF's flowchart...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️

Nothing is more alienating from protest-- and ultimately movement itself-- than a stranger assuming they are in a position to make you feel guilty about doing something you are not able to do safely (or safely for your family).

This is really good.

Thank you for putting this together.

I can well understand wanting to out-group horrible people who you would otherwise identify with. Nobody wants that stank on them, after all. But the whole underlying concept that the in-group are automatically virtuous is one of the most toxic and destructive ideas that humans ever came up with.

genuinely incredible that it's this high when the media most centrists and liberals consume is still insisting on "wow! nation amazed by the manly muscular moves of musk's team of geniuses" with "nerd scolds warn trump's moves may violate protocol" on A17

1000%. There is no one coming to the rescue except ourselves. I did something unique this week but i didn't do it alone and i was guided by the knowledge (however terrifying) that no one else was going to act if I didn't and so i did everything in my power to stop the biggest of the crises

Great post by former HHS General Counsel @sbagen.bsky.social — a must-follow on our current predicament and a must-contact for journos writing about Trump health moves such as this one, NIH’s effort to slash allowable “indirect costs” on grant awards. I have two further thoughts below. 🧵

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"One cannot turn back the clock but one can move it forward."

People sitting in these study sections - ask why these applications are being taken out? If provided no answer by the SRO, ask bluntly if these applicants are being taken out on the basis of their race. If no answer, refuse to move forward with the review until an answer is provided...

Yes. "Anti-DEI" is just another word for segregation. I hope that programs, schools, and PIs at my school and elsewhere will stand up for *all* their students with whatever power they have.

the casual way average people matter more than the political media class cannot be understated.