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grairdan.bsky.social

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Maybe they'll take the Albertan separatists too.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners? TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country

MAGA can't resist rooting for the Empire when watching Andor, right?

Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Seems (to me) very likely that this will happen, and that they will invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military to crush protests. Worth thinking now about what to do when it gets here.

America has long been the number-one destination for the worlds smartest people. That is rapidly changing, and if the American scientific community has to rely on products of the American education system, they're fucked.

Michael Wong@miquai.bsky.social

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

At the risk of trying to ascribe logic to Trump's addled brain, he may have struck a more respectful tone regarding Canada yesterday because he had decided to go all in on annexing Greenland.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“I never take military force off the table.” #Greenland Via @nbcnews.com @kristenwelker.bsky.social

To the all the people who are enjoying the crackdown on DEI, Pronouns, and pro-Palestinian sentiments, please remember that authoritarianism doesn't just stop at the point *you* believe is an acceptable amount of authoritarianism.

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