"Just weeks after ratifying a historic contract with the University, Penn’s graduate worker union has been officially chartered by the United Auto Workers." https://ow.ly/AFeT50YwsQH

Good news for graduate teaching assistants and researchers in the UC system! #unionstrong

EM-DAT is critical for climate change and health research.

Bernie Sanders “interviewing” Claude about privacy and AI is brilliant. Gathering massive amounts of data on you that AI uses to do dynamic pricing, ad targeting, etc. And clearly acknowledging we’re not consenting to it and it’s nearly fully unregulated. youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...

This is potentially huge. A whistleblower reported that OMB officials proposed transferring NCAR’s space weather program to a private, for-profit company, violating NSF’s public comment period and statutory limits.

Crying. I miss having a president who inspired hope and courage.

First year PhD life. Submitted my first abstract for a conference. Survived midterms. Led union bargaining. Parented. Ate rice for dinner (PhD stipends only go so far). Danced, a lot, as that’s how I stay sane.

Our economy is bleeding jobs. Prices are up, especially for gas. Yet the White House prioritizes tax cuts for billionaires, while launching a reckless new Middle East war. It doesn't have to stay this way - not if the American people make our voices heard.

This is 100% where I am at this point in the semester.

I want to walk you through why it’s nearly certain Trump’s Iran War is going to be a massive, deadly, trillion dollar failure. And why you should be furious he’s set us on this path.

"The Peace President."

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

No war with Iran.
 There was no imminent threat. There is no clear objective. I will NOT support a war of choice that puts American lives in harm’s way.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

What are we watching tonight that is not the state of the union?

James Talarico on Colbert: “I think Donald Trump is worried we are about to flip Texas.” Millions more people have watched the show he didn’t want broadcast on late night TV on YouTube. 12.6 this morning. Let’s keep going.

The FDA review process needs to be about science, not politics. Hopefully a step in the right direction.

The Trump administration withdrew a rule to make sure the products YOU use every day—like makeup and skincare—are tested for cancer-causing asbestos. Is this Making America Healthy Again??

I have COVID. It is still a thing, and still miserable. Pretty annoyed.

Freedom of speech is still a constitutional right, but it is under threat. Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

This week has been remarkably bad for climate and public health. The Trump administration’s rejection of science, whether we are talking about climate change or vaccines, will lead to death and disease. Why on earth would stop incentives for innovation?!

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

It is really that simple.

There is overwhelming evidence that air pollution endangers human health and causes climate change.

Another snow day in Rhode Island. Realizing there’s a whole season where I need no shoes. Only snow boots.

"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..." kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Incredible scene at Brown University as thousands of schools across the country stage walkouts to protest ICE’s reign of terror. History will remember who stood up and who stayed silent against state sanctioned murder.

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

The Providence community including many high school and college students turned out for a protest against ICE in 7 degree weather. We are calling for an end to ICE funding. Standing up for our constitutional rights. Protecting our neighborhoods.

The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

Heroes

ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

No more funding for ICE. Period, full stop. This cannot be allowed to go on.

We’ll say it again, ICE is terrorizing our communities. ICE is making us all less safe, less secure, and they are hurting and killing people in our streets. Senate Democrats MUST BLOCK ICE FUNDING this week. Please call your U.S. Senators (202) 224-3121 📞

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

The senate needs to block ICE and DHS funding! @whitehouse.senate.gov work with your colleagues to hold the Trump administration accountable and stop the violence!!

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Yes, extreme cold is climate change too!

Rhode Island, are we ready for this? The grocery store aisles have been empty for 2 days. We’ve gone to like 5 stores to stock up on enough snack food and wine to last a Texas ice storm and power outage (been there, done that, twice). Hoping New England is more prepared!

Anti-slavery is woke

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said. "Two of them are high-schoolers. "One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

We know where the sex offender lives.

Today, the House passed the appropriations bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and its ICE agency. DHS and ICE are terrorizing our streets, from the murder of Renee Good to the detention of a 5-year old. The Senate MUST reject this bill to protect our communities.

ICE targeting school kids in St Paul

More evidence that ICE is violating the law in support of the Trump admin’s racist and xenophobic aims. Defund DHS and ICE now! Shut down the government!