Incredible thread. The level of in person community-building and mutual aid that came out Minneapolis is unprecedented in modern American times.

I am a PhD sociologist who works outside academia and I approve this message.

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

I presume journalists are looking into CJ Roberts' ties to energy interests???
So "odd" that a judge would be focused NOT on the law but on the potential costs to power producers. 💰 🤔

The Wayback Machine has been an incredibly helpful tool over the past year or so, given all the concerns about the potential for disappearing data.

@nytimes.com should reconsider this highly questionable move.

Highlighted in red: "Political interference is inappropriately shaping or interfering in the conduct, management, communication, or use of science for political advantage or such that it undermines impartiality, nonpartisanship, or professional judgement"

"HHS works to promote a culture of scientific integrity by creating an empowering environment for innovation and protecting scientists and the process of science from inappropriate interference. Scientific findings and products must not be suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and must not be subjected to political interference or inappropriate influence. The responsible and ethical conduct of research and other scientific activities requires an environment that is safe and free from harassment and discrimination" Highlighted in red are "suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes", "subjected to political interference", and "inappropriate influence."

"HHS works to promote a culture of scientific integrity by creating an empowering environment for innovation and protecting scientists and the process of science from inappropriate interference. Scientific findings and products must not be subjected to interference or inappropriate influence and must not be inappropriately suppressed, delayed, or altered. The responsible and ethical conduct of research and other scientific activities requires an environment that is safe and free from harassment and discrimination." Highlighted in green are "subjected to interference or inappropriate influence" and "inappropriately suppressed, delayed, or altered."

Text, with "political" highlighted in red to indicate removal: I. Protecting Scientific Processes Scientific integrity fosters "honest scientific investigation, open discussion, refined understanding, and a firm commitment to evidence" (OSTP 2010). It also enables consideration and documentation of differing scientific opinions. Practices that support scientific integrity may include peer review and open science. Science, and public trust in science, thrives in an environment that prevents political interference and inappropriate influence from impacting scientific data and analyses and their use in decision making. It is the policy of HHS to: 1. Prohibit political interference or other inappropriate influence in the design, proposal, conduct, review, management, evaluation, communication about, and use of scientific activities and scientific information. Prohibit inappropriate restrictions on resources and capacity that limit and reduce the availability of science and scientific products (e.g., manuscripts for scientific journals, presentations for workshops, conferences, and symposia) outside of normal budgetary or priority-setting processes or without scientific, legal, or security justification. 3. Require that leadership and management ensure that covered individuals engaged in scientific activities can conduct their work objectively, free from political interference or other inappropriate influence, and free from retaliation.

HHS just published an update to its Scientific Integrity Policy. Notably, it has removed the concept of political interference, and no longer calls it out as something specifically to be prevented.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul... (deletions in red, insertions in green)

thanks again joe manchin!

New claims for unemployment insurance down 5% to 207K in week ending 4/11, modest level, signaling the low-fire side of the low-fire, low-hire, employers-standing-still-like-deer-in-the-headlights labor market continues.

What the death of Direct File tells us about state capacity We CAN have nice things - if we want them

New, from me: American taxpayers will spend billions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars — not to pay their taxes, but to report them to the government.
Thank Trump, who killed Direct File, a free tax high-quality reporting tool that IRS had built. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

All honor to the Hungarian people for showing the way.

💪🏻 nice work @crampell.bsky.social

Bot activity is picking up again. MAGA accounts (many of them automated or coordinated) are flooding social media with AI photos and videos right now. Two things they’re pushing hard is fake crowd shots to make massive protests look empty, and fabricated imagery to make peaceful demonstrators

The University of Michigan has been measuring consumer sentiment since 1952. We just got the first Iran-afflicted measure for April, and it's at the lowest level ever recorded.

Well, one sociologist would say that to help men find work, we need to get "manly men" to let go of the idea that "girly" jobs are a threat to their masculinity.

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

2 cats in a cat bed

Cat "sharing" for #Caturday

DHS says it has body-cam footage related to Pretti shooting in Minneapolis The lawsuits aim to prevent federal officials from destroying evidence related to Alex Pretti’s killing and to end the surge of immigration officers in Minnesota.

It's been 66 days since agents killed Alex Pretti.

DHS has body-cam footage.

They haven't released it.

66 days and counting.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

BREAKING: President Trump has issued an unlawful executive order attempting to severely restrict mail-in voting.

The Constitution is clear: Only the states or Congress can change election laws.

Opinion | Padma Lakshmi: The Decision That Would Create a Permanent American Underclass

Padma Lakshmi: The Decision That Would Create a Permanent American Underclass www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...

The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions 9.12.25

I started covering this last year, and I can't overstate how important this is: the Trump administration officially labeled some of the most commonly-used forms of birth control as 'abortion' jessica.substack.com/i/173447780/...

Great example of good cmu to the public about science:

"The economy is not musical chairs or the hunger games." Immigrants aren't taking finite chairs they are bringing more chairs to the table.

Seattle Mariners show new lineup facing first lefty starter Veteran Rob Refnsyder is making his Seattle Mariners debut in the leadoff spot against the Cleveland Guardians.

The #Mariners are showing a new lineup while facing a left-handed starter for the first time this season with veteran Rob Refnsyder making his team debut in the leadoff spot.
sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

Face mask ban for police in Washington is signed into law • Washington State Standard SEATTLE — Law enforcement officers in Washington state can no longer cover their faces to conceal their identities.

Once again, Washington State is leading the way as one of the first states to officially ban federal agents from wearing face masks.

Now, we need to vote to put real guardrails — including no masks — in place for ICE and CBP on the federal level.

3 goals as Governor this year: Seahawks Super Bowl win (done), bring back the Sonics (progress), and importantly, Mariners getting to the World Series. The road to that last one starts today. Good luck Mariners!

Good thing walks get you to the same place as a single. ⚾️

I know institutions don't love me, I just wish they wouldn't remind me so often.

Trump is holding TSA pay hostage all to try to disenfranchise tens of millions of American citizens over delusions of voter fraud.

Rein in ICE. Pay TSA. NO to the SAVE Trump Act.

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