Madhusudan 🦉 Katti

Madhusudan 🦉 Katti

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Director of Science, Tech, & Society • Editor of ESA Bulletin • 2x-tenured Immigrant Prof @ Land Grab Univ • Public Scientist • Reconciliation Ecologist • Humanist • Writer • Dad to ⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ kids • Alien of Extraordinary Ability • Indian cultural baggage

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Meanwhile eight states, seven Democratic trifectas (CA, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, NM) and Vermont, took a lesson from the pandemic and made universal free school meals permanent.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Notice France didn’t “reject identity” Didn’t bargain Didn’t deride concerns about imperialism Didn’t treat concerns about inequality as grudges didn’t say soft voice bullshit Protect immigrants Feed babies TAX THE RICH

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'Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse' Thinking a lot about this poem today.

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For months now, the death toll in Gaza hasn’t made sense compared to the number of bombs dropped and population density. Now The Lancet estimates, based on past conflict data, that the number of Palestinians killed could be up to 186,000.

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ah yes reservoir dogs, in which things famously go great for the characters

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Thank you Kylian for saving the French democracy. No doubt who I am going to be rooting rest of the the way in #EURO2024

French elections: Mbappé says voting is 'urgent' after 'catastrophic' resultswww.lemonde.fr Star French forward Kylian Mbappé had previously called on young French people to vote at this 'crucial moment,' on Sunday, June 16, joining his team-mate Marcus Thuram in speaking out against the far...

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honestly I think motives matter MORE when doing charity. philanthrocapitalism only reinforces inequality.

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What they are overlooking in this article is everywhere these expats are based, provide free or cheap healthcare and transportation because their voters (and unions!) encourage it instead of tax cuts like in the US. apple.news/AqMXhmo3nSBS...

Boomers are leaving America to retire abroad in droves because the U.S. is just too expensiveapple.news

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People who believe nothing you post has impact- have no idea how to use a platform & they may also have an interest in discouraging you from speaking out. Online activism matters. Look at what they did to Twitter. Twitter was previously one of the most important communication tools on the planet.

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I feel like the trick with Project 2025 is exactly the same as the WGA strike. little snippet screencaps going viral all over normie social media that make some shocking thing you had no idea about instantly digestible to anyone regardless of their information level or background

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This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

tom nichols—of all people???—just made a good point: you have to talk about P2025 in simple real people terms. not policy wonk terms.

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

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Review: Catching up with "Doctor Who" and Ncuti Gatwa’s stellar freshman season. The "Sex Education" actor brings sparkling energy, charisma, and superb style to the role. arstechnica.com/culture/2024...

Review: Catching up with Doctor Who and Ncuti Gatwa’s stellar freshman seasonarstechnica.com The Sex Education actor brings sparkling energy, charisma, and superb style to the role

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I am imagining it making a hilarious “BOI-ING!” sound as it popped off

I for one am glad the Cybertruck exists bc what other vehicle is out there providing nonstop hits like this

As long as I’m not driving in the adjacent lane!

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And here's Jane commenting on Twitter about an embroidery I made for a friend out of a quote of mine they liked. I like to remember her this way.

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"The core of organizing is raising expectations." - Jane McAlevey

The 🟦 Doctor

Yeah, I remember that from the old bird site. Classic.

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Ever wondered where the first ever stars came from? www.sciencefocus.com/comment/jame... 🔭🧪

Here’s how we're understanding the origins of the first stars in the Universewww.sciencefocus.com The James Webb Space Telescope is helping us learn more about the formation of the earliest stars in the Universe.

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Le Pen's party (RN) got 143 seats. While a record, that's far (very far) from the 289 they hoped for to govern. How?! Hundreds of Left & Macronist candidates dropped out to help each other block the RN. And millions of voters then voted strategically to get that job done.

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Damn. Imagine voting strategically to prevent the worst possible outcomes…

Le Pen's party (RN) got 143 seats. While a record, that's far (very far) from the 289 they hoped for to govern. How?! Hundreds of Left & Macronist candidates dropped out to help each other block the RN. And millions of voters then voted strategically to get that job done.

Thank you!

Meanwhile, in Iran: www.npr.org/2024/07/06/n...

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoffwww.npr.org Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.

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Liberation, the main center-left daily in France, is out with tomorrow morning's cover about left's first place. "C'EST OUF" ("It's Crazy!")

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For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Still waiting.

Will wait for a single news outlet to call on Robinson to withdraw from the race.

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Will wait for a single news outlet to call on Robinson to withdraw from the race.

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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The story of the French election is not the left compromising to back the center and stop the far right. That's arguably the story of Macron's presidential election, but not this. The story of this parliamentary election is left and center both compromising to stop the far right.