Ethan White
Environmental data scientist/professor using technology to understand nature. #rstats, Python, open data, open source. he/him
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteJumping in to keep up with all the whistlemakers! Protopasta is ready to donate filament to keep the momentum going! Reach out to our support team at support@protoplant.com to find how you can be involved, too!
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteLong thread... and picking up from here gets right to the core.
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- Reposted by Ethan Whiteohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteIt's hard not to feel like a crazy person when I've been shouting about this at the top of my lungs for 5 or 10 years (even back on the platform where I nominally had half a million followers) and ... nothing happens. (I know @chrislhayes.bsky.social knows, but I'm not sure why it never resonated.)
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteI think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteWhen you hear politicians use the word “reform”… La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before. In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol… 1/ www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
- Reposted by Ethan White“You’re in the government database of people legally protesting the actions of the current administration” is a four-alarm fire, peeps.
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteIn the last year, my university self-terminated an institutional transformation grant they asked me to apply for (on women in STEM) and our NSF-BII proposal (256 pages) was returned because the program was cut (thanks DOGE). Today, our vision statement for a major foundation grant was rejected.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteNSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteI'm hearing from multiple people that students who submitted ecology GRFP proposals are having those proposals rejected without review, despite ecology being listed as an eligible field. If this is a programmatic change, this is devastating. Ecology is the study of Earth's life support systems.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteAmericans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteThere's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteA reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteI'm a resident of the Twin Cities. A small team and I spent 3 days sculpting this for a competition/festival in extremely cold temperatures. We were disqualified for political messaging and one of the organizers defaced it. I have no regrets and I have never been more proud to be Minnesotan. (cont)
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- If you’re calling your representatives this morning, and they aren’t answering and their voicemails are full (which happened to me this morning) you can look up the numbers for their regional offices in your state and reach them there.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteMy friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteAnd what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteUnrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon. Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteA moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteMood in minneapolis right now
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteThe guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteAs tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteYou have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
- JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
- Reposted by Ethan Whitein case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteAmazing! Way to go Minneapolis!
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteWatercolor inspired by xylem #sciart This one is cool because it's box-mounted, no framing required artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441...
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteMy loose info so far is that the Minneapolis General Strike today had about 80 unions sign on, and it might be one of the biggest labor actions in decades depending on your definition
- Reposted by Ethan White“fuck ICE” “and also with you”
- Reposted by Ethan White"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteAs clergy pray, arrests begin
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteNewly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteThis must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
- Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
- Reposted by Ethan WhiteIt's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...
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- Reposted by Ethan WhiteI guess this post escaped containment, so here's the local media with the partial, constantly updated list of closures. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
