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Professor, SUNY (English, INDS) focusing on lit/theory/culture/media. Virginia Woolf studies/modernism. Opinions my own.

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and not to mention, after we lifted sanctions on Russia.... unbelievable. shameful.

14.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

Can you imagine having to participate in a 3hr virtual court hearing while in active labor?

It happened in "Florida, a state that has pushed to expand medical freedom for those who wish to avoid vaccines or fluoridated water, while constricting the rights of people in various stages of pregnancy."

14.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 12
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How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.

How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank
The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

14.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon’s Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told

Pentagon’s Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told
Experts condemned the U.S. campaign at a human rights meeting in Guatemala, and the Trump administration condemned the meeting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon

the entangled web of criminality...
Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon
Josh Nass, a lawyer and lobbyist, had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive pardoned by the president late last year.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/u...

14.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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14.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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March 13, 2026 Despite reports that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence that permits it to target U.S.

HCR on the global assessment of the US bungling of negotiations with Iran, the incompetence of Witkoff and Kushner... and much more. March 13, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

14.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today.

You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

13.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1118 πŸ” 761 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 52

They’re all a bunch of cornered hacks and they can’t stand to be told to stop breaking the law.

13.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 628 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 4

The American Sociological Association has formally positioned itself as a genocide collaborator.

14.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

Corruption. Soliciting cash on the backs of the power built and created by the American people www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

14.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 1846 πŸ” 735 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 58
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Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world’s most vital shipping lane.

β€œThe president and some advisers were surprised at the breadth and scope of Iran’s retaliation, which included missiles and drones launched at regional countries from Azerbaijan to Oman.

β€œAllies in the Gulf are privately furious with the U.S.”

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

14.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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It’s Women’s History Month. Rather than post factoids I’m just gonna post a picture and a name and y’all can google why they’re important. Knowledge for you without a lot of free labor from me. Win win.

Today’s prompt is Judith Jamison

14.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 459 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1
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E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas

…Government for the People

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

14.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 9
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No Kings Day is two weeks away and we’ve already surpassed the total number of events from October’s historic protests. Join us in the streets again on March 28 for the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

14.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1205 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 28
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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

14.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 11669 πŸ” 5321 πŸ’¬ 854 πŸ“Œ 377
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Just another grift...

14.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 692 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s β€œmost powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims...

The Federal Parent Locator Service contains sensitive details about individual children, and it’s meant for finding people who owe child support.

Granting access to DHS would violate a federal law that explicitly limits its use, officials said.

13.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 672 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16
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Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released The Texas Democrat has used his perch in Congress to highlight sympathetic cases in his push to free detainees and call attention to the consequences of President Trump’s immigration agenda.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, has used his perch in Congress to highlight sympathetic cases in his push to free detainees and call attention to the consequences of President Trump’s immigration agenda.

14.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 642 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
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War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Israel issued mass evacuation orders and ramped up its airstrikes on the militant group Hezbollah.

In just 10 days, more than 800,000 people in Lebanon have been displaced by an Israeli military offensive, just over a year since the last conflict uprooted over a million Lebanese from their homes. That’s one in every seven people in the tiny country.

14.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
President Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise $5 billion or more from foreign governments and others for his private equity firm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

14.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

did he talk about the $1billion/day war in Iran, I wonder?

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Pregnant migrant girls held at Texas center criticized for inadequate care Since July, the Trump administration has been sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in Texas. Some of the administration's own chil...

Since July, the Trump administration has been sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by ICE to a Texas group shelter. Some of the administration's own child welfare officials object to this policy, saying the facility lacks specialized care the girls need.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

14.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT Might Have a School Shooting Problem A researcher was able to coax AI to provide pointers for a hypothetical "Nerf ambush" that could easily be translated into instructions for a school mass shooting.

Researcher David Redman recently published an exchange he had with ChatGPT that shows how the system can plan a school shooting.

His experiment exposes the dangerous gaps between how AI systems are designed to prevent harm and how they can behave in practice.

14.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

It is so hard to be trans right now, y’all. Like, I can’t speak for everyone but I’m white-knuckling it pretty much constantly at this point. I hope cis people are understanding how much is at stake for us in this moment: It’s literally our right to exist as ourselves that is being stripped away.

13.03.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 1473 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 8
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Michigan synagogue attack highlights rise in antisemitic violence Investigators in suburban Detroit are searching for a motive behind Thursday's attack on a synagogue and school. The FBI called it β€œa targeted act of violence against the Jewish community," and it has...

Michigan synagogue attack highlights rise in antisemitic violence
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon

Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon
A presentation from a headhunting firm aimed to recruit Wall Street investors to the Pentagon by offering β€œunmatched access” to gov't officials and fund-raising opportunities among foreign sovereigns
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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Why Has This Columbia University Protester Been in ICE Detention for Nearly a Year? Leqaa Kordia's family worries about her health after she was briefly hospitalized last week. DHS refused to give them information about her condition and she is still 'very sick.'

BREAKING: Exactly one year since she was detained, an immigration judge has just ordered the release of Leqaa Kordia β€” the last Columbia protestor still in ICE detention.

DHS has kept her, despite a magistrate judge recommending her release and an immigration judge already *twice* ordering so.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Demand for Student Race Data

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Demand for Student Race Data
A group of Democratic attorneys general had sued to overturn the Trump administration’s new policy that demanded the past seven years of student application data. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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Federal Judge Blocks Order Ending Deportation Protections for Somalis

Federal Judge Blocks Order Ending Deportation Protections for Somalis
The judge said she was staying the order indefinitely in large part because the Trump administration had been unprepared to defend it in court.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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