Claudia Astorino

How Trump’s executive order could criminalize homelessness: ‘Terrifying’ Broad language could allow cities to lock up unhoused people as aid is cut and housing costs soar, experts warn

Trump says all unhoused people in DC must leave "immediately." It comes soon after his executive order on involuntarily committing anyone the administration deems to be homeless, mentally ill, or using substances. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

>lmao our DEI training is being led by an AI chat bot >I hate it here reply: jesus christ reply: cursed statement >"as a reminder I am not a human" >jesus

teacher friend starting up school again this year

Anas Al-Sharif pictured with his two young children that he is holding. They are all smiling.

Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.

Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:

RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal

“…make my blood a light that illuminates the path to freedom for my people and family.”

oh my god this is devastating

Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they’re suing. - The Current A group of incarcerated transgender women and men have sued Georgia corrections officials, challenging a new law that prevents them from receiving gender-affirming medical care, arguing that it violat...

thecurrentga.org/2025/08/09/t...

finGAR lickin good!

Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.

The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office.

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oh my goodness, congrats!!!!! 🎉

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

There's something particularly awful about this because yeah, all my friends who have gone into public health and medical research are super nice nerds who just want to make the world better...

...and for that, some folks think they should die.

my friends are the smartest, nicest, kindest people on this planet who dedicated their lives to helping people they don’t know.

and someone tried to murder them in their offices where they sat because of anti-vaccine lies and hatred.

have i told you that i think rfk jr. should resign

anyways i routed my morning walk past CDC this morning, and there was a bullet hole in the window by my old cubicle. that was a weird feeling!

Just read that again: AI tech bosses are choosing not to have children because they don't think the world will be around much longer.
WHY are we inviting this monstrous tech into all levels of education? Why are we blithely going along with Big Tech as it tells us we cannot do without AI?
WHY?

How is the CDC literally getting SHOT UP — arguably due to the platforming of misinformation by federal leaders— not bigger news?

CDC employees told me the shooting at CDC was much worse than initial police reports suggested. More than 40 bullets hit buildings. “It’s a miracle more people weren’t hit,” said one staffer who was locked down in a building for hours last evening.

A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr. CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Everything we know about the fatal shooting near CDC headquarters The shooting comes amid an already tumultuous time for CDC staff.

Everything we know about the fatal shooting near the CDC headquarters in Atlanta.

200 days in, checking in on HHMI funding opportunities:

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program - not accepting applications

Gilliam Fellows Program - not accepting applications

Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program - not accepting applications

Investigator Program - not accepting applications

Columbia University students plan to build tent encampments this week, sources say Plans were discussed in a meeting Tuesday night in Brooklyn, where participants wore masks and identified themselves only by their Signal handles.

This is your regular reminder that end-to-end encrypted communications will not protect you against members of your group chat sending screenshots to NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This is absolutely chilling. "Right-leaning" is, of course, an extreme understatement.

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Here’s my top line overview:

Baltimore City schools face federal probe into alleged antisemitism The U.S. Department of Education says it will investigate Baltimore City Public Schools following a complaint that alleged several acts of antisemitism.

Under the guise of fighting antisemitism we’ve watched the Trump Administration dismantle, takeover & cow universities. So emboldened, we are about to see the Trump Admin try their hand at dismantling a public school system using the same bogus cover.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Suzanne Collins: In my book I invented the Hunger Games as a
cautionary tale

Mr. Beast: At long last, we have created the Hunger Games from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Hunger Games

One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!

An even bigger deal: it appears that all federal grant announcements are frozen until a new review process is developed.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

One more effort to politicize federal grantmaking.
*Grants must by approved by a political appointee, working with OMB.
*"Discretionary awards must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities."
*Cannot "promote anti-American values"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Israel announces plan to retake Gaza City in another escalation of the war Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City.

BREAKING: Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City in an escalation of war.