There's no way to do science as long as Kennedy holds power. There's no amount of evidence that can convince him of anything, and if you think there is you're playing the wrong game. Science is downstream of the institutions, therefore, science cannot be neutral about the institutions.

TFW you are picturesque, but also unaffordable.

After the State of the Union Address, House Republicans immediately introduced a bill that would ban books at schools and libraries nationwide. The bans would, of course, target queer titles (and people). www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

A judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to halt telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide. Telehealth abortions made up 27% of all abortions in 2025 and have helped people access care in states with bans. The law firm that helped end Roe v. Wade is involved:

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

If an increasing unpopular leader, known for shaping reality w/ lies, wanted to subvert democracy, would they: A) complain that the polls are “fake news”, B) threaten polling organizations into silence, C) sow distrust in election results, or D) find ways to disenfranchise voters of the other party?

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: i got easily tricked by a moron and it took me years to realize it THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year. Five organizations invested in the freedom to read highlight what's happened in the world of book censorship in 2025. bookriot.com/book-censors...

I’m old enough to remember when teachers got fired for being critical of Charlie Kirk on social media after his assassination. But it’s apparently ok for the President to speak this way about a deceased private citizen.

How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm? Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg. w @bingbrunton.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

No one could’ve predicted that putting a lot of Opus Dei weirdos on the Supreme Court would end our democracy

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

When Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern send material asking for donations, do they include links to a Trump SuperPAC so donors don't have to bother with a middle man?

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court! A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so. Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy

Wanna see a visual on the result of the Republican attack on public health? I’ve got you covered. This is from Pew Research Center’s most recent survey, showing a 27% drop in Republican support for school vaccine requirements from 2016-2025.

*Every single* institution, organization, and individual who caved into Trump already looks worse for having done so. And every one that stood up continues to look better.

Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

In a nearly illiterate editorial, WaPo defends Trump's ballroom project, without revealing the fact that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, is a principal funder of the project. Shameful conduct all around. bsky.app/profile/bgru...

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Is Trump gonna lose his job for saying this about St Charlie?

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future. Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them. bookriot.com/library-elec...

Apparently this is a thing? 💙⚓️

Yup. We don't have a lot of levers against the billionaire takeover of civic space, but we do have our attention and our consumption choices.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

In case we forget because so much happens every day, I think it's pretty clear they knew EXACTLY whom they blew up because Vance said as much and I hope someone will report on this

The Red Sox are going to the playoffs! ❤️⚾❤️ youtu.be/5apEctKwiD8?...

Woo Hoo! Red Sox are playing in October!

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

“They should accept it because they looked a little Mexican. It’s the price of a free society.” Kavanaugh, J., concurring.

Actually we seem to be living in this world

My statement on House Resolution 719 on Charlie Kirk.

This is so good, but everything else in the world is so bad

The real story here — that this happened after a threat from the federal government — is completely absent from this headline. Again, the press is so in the tank for Trump — and/or scared — that they don’t even have solidarity for their own.

That motherfucker on Fox News said we should execute homeless people

this is quite genuinely insane, and I want to believe the backlash to this will be severe