Tonya Howe

There are several here I really want to see! 🧟‍♂️🔪🩸

Abolish ICE doesn't sound too radical now does it?

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP

📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI's massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.

Starting to get a handle on why Musk and the Broligarchs set out to demolish the United States government.

Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.

Mellon to help offset the funding cuts to the NEH for state humanities councils: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...

Acknowledgement of receipt of appeal (screenshot)

Today we filed our appeal to the NEH for wrongful grant termination. They gave us a month to get everything together—how long for the decision, do you think? Big hat tip 🎩 to my colleagues at UVA!

For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.

I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Not all heroes wear capes.

The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.

Two dictators in the Oval Office.

The email did not come from the email address identified in initial grant paperwork, either. At least not for us…

It all reeks. I’m sorry, Sheila. For everyone.

Update: I've heard that approximately 135 of the ~185 NEH employees have been placed on administrative leave. (but awaiting more information). Even though we've seen this playbook enacted many times over the past few weeks, it's still shocking.

Sooo, our NEH-ODH grant was canceled… from a non-official email address. We are appealing (don’t make it easy!) and my colleagues at UVA are fighting for the project thru institutional channels. But I’ll be talking about our work at the #DHSI25 mini-colloquium in May!

Read this article yesterday, felt physically ill www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

There’s a person in #costco singing a cry to hawk these yummy nut packets—she has a lovely voice, and I can hear it in a few places throughout the store. 🎵 “8.99 a pack!” 🎶

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

A design made for www.instagram.com/support_fede...

If only there had been some sign of what sort of guy Trump is:

I’m taking a glaze chem class! It’s kicking my ass. Here’s my second quadraxial—hopefully a nice semi-matte glaze, dark, with some speckles. Probably not the most interesting colorants, but I’m being positive. :)

Thanks for the shout out! Lmk if you want stickers to slap up around town. I’ll send you some!

Black and white image of a nuclear reactor and toxic waste barrels, with text reading “ The people who keep nuclear waste from killing us? Fired! (Cool cool cool. Totally cool.)”

New sticker! Check it out on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e... 💪

Thanks! I’m making a bunch of DIY stickers and leaving them places. I’m taking requests! 🤣

Black and white image of a cow and 2 chickens with text reading “They’re firing meat inspectors. Cool cool cool. Totally cool with that.”

Black and white image of Zelensky amid bombs that start to look like neckties, and text reading: “Why don’t you wear a suit? Do you even have a suit?”

Black and white image of Musk surrounded by dollar signs, and text reading “unelected racist has your SSN”

Black and white image of a surprised baby, text reading “IVF won’t be free—it’ll be illegal”

New side project! @stickit2em.everywhere (on Instagram for now) posting sticker and protest sign designs. Here’s a sampling! www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e...

Still seeing lots and lots of folks posting things like “don’t they know how devastating this will be!”

YES. THEY KNOW. It’s the WHOLE POINT.

A handmade placard reading USAID FOREVER against the Regan building

Supporters welcome USAID workers

Supporting USAID workers

Go down to 1300 Pennsylvania Ave and support #USAID workers as they empty their desks. Today til 7 and tomorrow (2/28), all day.

I made one—be careful with the roof, I need to replace it now after a few years!

We live in a pretty 💩 💩 💩 world @cignahealthcare.bsky.social #cigna

Melania could make a fine inspiration for Lady M, but one would have to avoid sympathizing her counterpart

Some DC theater company (…) needs to do MACBETH with the weird sisters as finance bros or maga nuts: “cruel are the times when we are traitors / And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumor / From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, / But float upon a wild and violent sea” 4.2.21-24)