Kiki
@kikimusings.bsky.social
Keen observer of birds and the absurdity of human behavior. I purr for democracy, the US Constitution, competency, kindness, intelligence, sanity, science and the ever elusive “common” sense.
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Gotta love a good action plan surrounded with dry humor.
Well done!
Well done!
Things to do in the future:
1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague
2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again
3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch
1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague
2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again
3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gotta love a good action plan surrounded with dry humor.
Well done!
Well done!
Public outcry.
It works.
Let’s join Rachel and outcry the hell out of everything unconstitutional.
It’s our country to lose. Let’s choose to keep it.
It works.
Let’s join Rachel and outcry the hell out of everything unconstitutional.
It’s our country to lose. Let’s choose to keep it.
"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...
www.propublica.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Public outcry.
It works.
Let’s join Rachel and outcry the hell out of everything unconstitutional.
It’s our country to lose. Let’s choose to keep it.
It works.
Let’s join Rachel and outcry the hell out of everything unconstitutional.
It’s our country to lose. Let’s choose to keep it.
Watching while my peeps make posters (pawsters?) for this Saturday. They tell me that everyone’s involvement is important. As you can see, I’m ultra-excited.
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Watching while my peeps make posters (pawsters?) for this Saturday. They tell me that everyone’s involvement is important. As you can see, I’m ultra-excited.
😹
April 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
😹
So proud of his little red dunce cap.
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So proud of his little red dunce cap.
It took a jury of her peers two hours to reject her libel case against The NY Times.
I’m wearing a Cheshire cat grin, can you tell?
I’m wearing a Cheshire cat grin, can you tell?
Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times
After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It took a jury of her peers two hours to reject her libel case against The NY Times.
I’m wearing a Cheshire cat grin, can you tell?
I’m wearing a Cheshire cat grin, can you tell?
Sugar quietly shares that Hegseth is a risk to national security.
Sugar telling me what she read when she was included on the second Signal chat with Pete Hegseth
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sugar quietly shares that Hegseth is a risk to national security.
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In an open letter of support to the President of @harvard.edu, Max Planck President Patrick Cramer @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de has expressed his full support of the University in its stance against demands by the Trump administration to change its policies in order to retain federal funding.
April 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In an open letter of support to the President of @harvard.edu, Max Planck President Patrick Cramer @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de has expressed his full support of the University in its stance against demands by the Trump administration to change its policies in order to retain federal funding.
Yep
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Yep
Hegseth’s stupidity knows no bounds.
"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hegseth’s stupidity knows no bounds.
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Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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@maddow.msnbc.com Thanks for covering this evening the human banner featured in the LA Times' front page, but to clarify...the Impeach & Remove banner was on Ocean Beach in beautiful San Francisco!! All credit to Brad and Travis. Thanks. @msnbc.com www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Photos: Hundreds of S.F. protesters form human banner to spell out defiance to Trump
The group formed the words “IMPEACH + REMOVE” at Ocean Beach as demonstrations continued against President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Thanks for covering this evening the human banner featured in the LA Times' front page, but to clarify...the Impeach & Remove banner was on Ocean Beach in beautiful San Francisco!! All credit to Brad and Travis. Thanks. @msnbc.com www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Here's a first look at sea surface temperature data from the new NOAA ERSSTv6 dataset... this animation shows the yearly anomalies over the last 100 years.
Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb...
Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb...
April 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here's a first look at sea surface temperature data from the new NOAA ERSSTv6 dataset... this animation shows the yearly anomalies over the last 100 years.
Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb...
Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb...
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
