Nathaniel Gregory<p>Starting with the repealing of all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> policies & specifically attacking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programs</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaces</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a> meant to promote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, the administration is trying to limit the ability of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonwhite</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> to express themselves or feel welcome on campus.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a></p>
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hulvr.com/@gedvondur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gedvondur</span></a></span> </p><p>yup</p><p>and we need to keep track of all the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> alterations to govt sites erasing contributions made to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoC</span></a></p><p>because "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>"</p><p>because "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woke</span></a>"</p><p>really?</p><p>plain simple historical fact is some sort of manipulation you have to fight, you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> morons?</p><p>they're the manipulators. reality hurts their feelings</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> hurts their precious precious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>, so they have to erase history</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5223544-trump-executive-order-revises-american-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/opinion/white-hous</span><span class="invisible">e/5223544-trump-executive-order-revises-american-history/</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>"Despite his avowed support for vulnerable people, Bhattacharya’s tenure has seen such <a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> swept up in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a>’s attack on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>. Grants for health disparities research have been terminated left and right, sometimes affecting the very topics he’s said are worth studying. When confronted, he claimed, incorrectly, that such cuts hadn’t happened." <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/nih-director-jay-bhattacharya-shifting-dei-record/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/08/01/nih-di</span><span class="invisible">rector-jay-bhattacharya-shifting-dei-record/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a></p>
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3<p>I asked <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/craiyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>craiyon</span></a> to produce an image with <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Captain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Captain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/BenjaminSisko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminSisko</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> operator on the <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/holodeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holodeck</span></a> for my <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/GRcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GRcon</span></a> keynote and it just couldn't do it! I tried at least a dozen times and I even threw the reference image below at it but it still consistently produced images of <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/whitemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitemen</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/hams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hams</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> captains. If <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is the future, it sure looks like the past. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/afrofuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>afrofuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
C Silva ❌ 👑<p>My niece is applying for a Fulbright grant to complete a research project with a sebbatical abroad. She has to run her application through an AI DEI language detection program to assure there is no hint of DEI in her project. If there is she is certain to be denied. <br>Horrifying. <br><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpism</span></a></p>
Denise G<p>Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, AP-NORC poll shows</p><p>The poll finds 45% of U.S. adults think Black people face high levels of discrimination, down from 60% in the spring of 2021. There was a similar drop in views about the prevalence of serious discrimination against Asian people.</p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/poll-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-discrimination-7b285f32b2e1f4e95a86f5ecaf130774" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/poll-dei-di</span><span class="invisible">versity-equity-inclusion-discrimination-7b285f32b2e1f4e95a86f5ecaf130774</span></a></p>
Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>"...in April, she was one of thousands of NIH employees laid off by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency...Geller has intellectual and developmental disabilities and is part of a program for disabled adults that allows her to enjoy some independence in apartment living while receiving assistance from counselors and medical professionals."</p><p><a href="https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/disabled-nih-federal-worker-layoff/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/2</span><span class="invisible">9/disabled-nih-federal-worker-layoff/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>LinkedIn has quietly stripped explicit protections for transgender and nonwhite users from its English-language hate speech rules.</p><p><a href="https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/linkedin-removes-transgender-hate-speech-protections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/</span><span class="invisible">linkedin-removes-transgender-hate-speech-protections/</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>WELL!!</p><p>A new report shows the combined purchasing power of Black & Latino consumers is too great for companies to ignore DEI efforts. Black & Latino Americans have a combined spending power of $6 trillion, according to the National Urban League.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpendingPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpendingPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOYCOTTSwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOYCOTTSwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LatinoLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LatinoLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-consumers-dei/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">blackenterprise.com/black-cons</span><span class="invisible">umers-dei/</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Oversight Project: Project 2025 targets UNC-CH over LGBTQ+ inclusive course materials<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/project-2025-creators-target-university-over-lgbtq-inclusive-course-materials" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/projec</span><span class="invisible">t-2025-creators-target-university-over-lgbtq-inclusive-course-materials</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNC</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation#Oversight_Project" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heri</span><span class="invisible">tage_Foundation#Oversight_Project</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a><br>Collaborate/advocate/educate/resist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticSocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DACA</span></a> immigrant Javier Diaz Santana has hearing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>, recalls "terrifying" arrest w/#ICE agents shouting commands he could not hear or understand, decided an interpreter.</p><p>“It is a travesty of justice, in my opinion,” the attorney for said.<br><a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/daca-immigrant-with-disabilities-recalls-terrifying-ice-arrest/3753758/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbclosangeles.com/news/local/d</span><span class="invisible">aca-immigrant-with-disabilities-recalls-terrifying-ice-arrest/3753758/</span></a></p><p>In other scintillating Trump/MAGA/#GOP news, Trump has ripped away a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deaf</span></a> scientist's grant b/c <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>.</p><p>Who better to understand what <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deaf</span></a> people need, what works, what doesn't, than a deaf scientist?</p><p>These ppl are stupid.</p>
petersuber<p>Wow. University and its president support DEI. Trump admin investigates them. Faculty write a resolution in support of the president and DEI policies. Trump admin investigates those faculty too.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/justice-department-george-mason-faculty-senate-investigation.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/just</span><span class="invisible">ice-department-george-mason-faculty-senate-investigation.html</span></a> </p><p>"In a letter sent on Friday, the Trump administration said it would seek drafts of the faculty resolution, all written communications among the Faculty Senate members who drafted the resolution, and all communications between those faculty members and the office of the university’s president…Free speech advocates quickly denounced the move as an attack on academic freedom."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
A. Rivera<p>More evidence of what is wrong with Kansas. </p><p>> Kansas public universities end LGBTQ , DEI programs <a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/kansas-universities-end-lgbtq-dei" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">advocate.com/news/kansas-unive</span><span class="invisible">rsities-end-lgbtq-dei</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kansas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Irina<p>Repost with alt text (thanks, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GeriAQuin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GeriAQuin</span></a></span>!) <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
GeriAQuin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
Steven Saus [he/him]uspol
Bruce Mirken<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> makes another <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ShadowDocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShadowDocket</span></a> appeal to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to allow its racist cuts to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> supposedly related to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> but that actually illuminates critical issues. <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/116669" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medpagetoday.com/washington-wa</span><span class="invisible">tch/washington-watch/116669</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@FrankFrank" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FrankFrank</span></a></span> I agree with you but I can’t control what other people write. I can stop <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>. As to Jefferson have you listened to Tad Stoermer? Interesting take on the founding fathers as well as the opportunity before us. Only about 5 minutes long, link is to FB but you can still watch without going in..he is also in Substack and you might find him on YouTube..very interesting take on our history.</p>
Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>"The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.</p><p>The Justice Department argued a federal judge in Massachusetts was wrong to block the National Institutes of Health from making $783 million worth of cuts to align with President Donald Trump’s priorities."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-institutes-of-health-research-cuts-6b69c254bc245f0ec1c7ddf1af74281f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-natio</span><span class="invisible">nal-institutes-of-health-research-cuts-6b69c254bc245f0ec1c7ddf1af74281f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/biomedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biomedical</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paramount</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Skydance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skydance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPark</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 7/24/25</p><p>Today, Skydance Media promised to eliminate Paramount’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and to root out the “bias” at CBS News in order to win the administration's support for the merger. This afternoon, the FCC approved the deal.</p>
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