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Sonia Shah

@soniashah.bsky.social

Homegrown science journalist/author, The Next Great Migration (2020), Pandemic (2016) + more. 2024 Guggenheim fellow. Bylines NYT Mag, New Yorker, The Nation, etc. Writing a new book on human exceptionalism! www.soniashah.com

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a huge loss πŸ’”

01.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah ok so now, according to the party of DOGE, the healthy functioning of the federal government is, in fact, super important for the well-being of Americans?

I like this turn of events

01.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social,I asked Steve Bannon directly if he thinks Miller will now unleash the state on groups that describe ICE as "authoritarian," and he said: "Yes," adding that Miller is "in charge." cc @mcopelov.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2009...

27.09.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1621    πŸ” 479    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 17

The two middle aged joggers on the side street are TERRIFYING.

27.09.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 847    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 4

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

27.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16763    πŸ” 5200    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 45
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I’m in Boston. This ad just came on TV

22.09.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1629    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 708    πŸ“Œ 241

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.

It got about four minutes during the hours it was happeningβ€”less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

21.09.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6856    πŸ” 2639    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 108

firmly believe it wasn't what kimmel said about kirk's killer that made dollhands so mad.

it was showing this clip and adding: "He's at the 4th stage of grief, construction ... This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish."

19.09.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1719    πŸ” 282    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 14

@indivisiblebaltoco.bsky.social @indivisiblebaltimo.bsky.social

18.09.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sinclair Broadcasting, which is cracking down on Kimmel, controls local stations that reach 40% of US households but instead of giving us local news they give us right-wing culture wars

Read what Kimmel actually said

Then pledge to boycott at tinyurl.com/dontfeedthefox

18.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

17.09.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 24241    πŸ” 7231    πŸ’¬ 1106    πŸ“Œ 498
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of β€˜free speech’ sure had a change of heart.

Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of β€˜free speech’ sure had a change of heart.

We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...

17.09.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3909    πŸ” 1038    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 24
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ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show β€˜indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

i’m 70% β€œthis is the bad place” and 30% β€œyou chucklefucks are such goddamn crybabies that you can’t handle jokes from JIMMY KIMMEL?”

17.09.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2486    πŸ” 383    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 38

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

17.09.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 15165    πŸ” 5981    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 139
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BREAKING: ABC has announced it is pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air β€œindefinitely” to censor the host after comments he made Monday night about the "MAGA gang" doing everything to claim Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin was "anything other than one of them."

Here is the clip:

17.09.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 19
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air β€˜Indefinitely’ The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

17.09.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9148    πŸ” 2774    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 245

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

17.09.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 61441    πŸ” 17810    πŸ’¬ 1781    πŸ“Œ 723
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The VP is on the TV yelling about defunding this fine and storied magazine. I have no idea which article he objected to but rn seems like the right time to subscribe if you haven't already and just read all of 'em

@thenation.com

subscriptions.thenation.com/TNA/?f=Site0...

15.09.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @postguild.bsky.social ❀️

15.09.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1202    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

i'll be presenting an AFFIRMATIVE case for migration as a life-saving adaptation--NOT a crisis that requires police-state tactics--today at @towsonu.bsky.social

(DHS is hoping to recruit TU students into their anti-migrant efforts later this month)

events.towson.edu/event/the-ne...

12.09.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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plus a canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with my one and only zb <3

12.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How lovely NYC is in September! and what a blast to hang out with the excellent @johnvaillant.bsky.social, author of some of my most beloved books AND ALSO a fellow Obie!

12.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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No, it isn’t.

This is probably the most offensive page in his birthday book, among many contenders.

09.09.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip.

And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.

07.09.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8009    πŸ” 2277    πŸ’¬ 510    πŸ“Œ 122

The other thing about the RFK Jr hearing is just the entitlement, how dare you question me, the smugness...

04.09.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1836    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 17

@govwesmoore.bsky.social please bring this to Maryland!

04.09.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Northeastern states consider regional approach to vaccine guidance after CDC changes Shifting national vaccine policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has Massachusetts and other states exploring a regional approach.

@wesmoore.bsky.social Maryland needs to get on this!

www.nbcboston.com/news/local/n...

03.09.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Q: What is your message to President Trump?

EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: I don't want to send a direct message to him. I'm already scared enough.

03.09.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2905    πŸ” 803    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 50
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How migrant crises are political fabrications

Watch the whole conversation on "The missing piece in the story of migration" on TED.com or www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAFB...

02.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ Joyous defiance is my favorite kind of defiance ❀️

29.08.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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