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While Canada and the US rejected their far right governments during recent elections, the US continues its rapid slide into authoritarianism. Last week brought more mayhem and Resistance Kitty wrote it best:
“We are not in Kansas anymore, folks - we’re in an authoritarian fever dream with bad spray tans and worse policies. But guess what? Resistance isn’t a one-day protest. Its a daily sabotage of the unjust.
Be petty. Be loud. Be ungovernable”
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Check out the #savesnf movement
weekly wins
No to capitulation
Maine funds unfrozen (Maine refused to ban transgender athletes from competing in school sports)
Attacking law firms is unconstitutional
No to authoritarianism
No to deporting international students
Reversal of student visa terminations (thanks to the dozens of restraining orders issued by judges)
No to retaliation against students and academics
Release of Mohsen Mahdawi ordered by federal judge
Rümeysa Öztürk's case ordered to be moved to Vermont, but transfer is paused
Mahmoud Khalil's case can move forward in federal court
ACLU affiliates won temporary restraining orders in several states and forced the administration to restore revoked visas
Yes to solidarity
AGU and AMS pick up the momentum on the cancelled National Climate Assessment
Universities stand together to oppose the current administration
weekly wonder
Check out these tattooed tardigrades
check it out
Tales from the Hill - some lessons from visiting elected officials in DC
Yikes, the administration is launching their own “science” journal
Loss of opportunity when grant are cancelled
Rapid response bridge funds for folks who lost NSF funding
perennial reads
How democracies defend themselves against authoritarianism - a Center for American Progress report
Why Protests Should Be Promises by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
A dystopian vision for us and our children
book nook
Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford (and check out the amazing graphical work of Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler)
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
all ears
Pharmaceuticals are getting in our waterways and changing fish behavior (NPR Shortwave podcast)
On raising girls while covering the White House (Longest Shortest Time podcast)
We got the beat
This sea lion’s got the beat
watch this
Many cases of blatant corruption in the 1st 100 days of the administration
…by the way
Science was intentionally politicized
🙃 Will you accept 30 hours of transfer credit from the Dark Side?