Peter Suber
Open access, research culture and communication, academic life, US politics.
I post to #Mastodon more than #Bluesky. But see my bridge account for the M posts.
https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
- Where Is The OUTRAGE ? Chump Must Be Held Accountable......
- James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
- email from the school district sending me to the parentvue login to get redirected to the public website where there is a link to the pdf of the monthly newsletter
- Now this in Minnesota federal court today: The DOJ attorney "admitted it has been like pulling teeth" to get ICE to comply with court orders. "The system sucks, this job sucks." "We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do." www.fox9.com/news/federal...
- Take a look at this insane image the Illinois College Republicans posted and then read their statement about how they're not trying to excuse or glorify violence.
- University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...
- If universities are going to suspend students for Gaza protests, they’d damn well better have an equivalent response for their white students when they advocate murder.
- University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...
- Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
- ICE is hated worldwide. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Milan on Saturday to protest the deployment of U.S. ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics. We see you, Milan, and we thank you. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks youtu.be/3rN4s2vxo-4?...
- Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system @gothamist.com @wnyc.org gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
- Spot on! 🎯🎯🎯
- I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
- 🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Donald Trump executive order "imposing new requirements for verifying the U.S. citizenship of people registering to vote or applying to receive absentee ballots." Another BIG Victory for the Democratic Party and free and fair elections!
- 😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.
- Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...
- A friend with Project HOME in Maine is asking for urgent help. With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction. This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
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- In videos posted on social media, one employee can be heard saying: “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” The agent responds, “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
- Dana Bash grills Bovino to provide any evidence that Alex Pretti "assaulted law enforcement" and Bovino has absolutely nothing
- New on the Archive: Gray, Aaron (2025) Hushing-up: a social epistemic practice for overcoming partisan ignorance. [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28004/
- Trump administration officials have claimed that Renee Good was a “domestic terrorist.” Here’s what the law actually says: bit.ly/49EiY8b
- Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
- We are proud to be launching our webinar series on the dangers of #censorship in research and education by hosting a discussion with @penamerica.bsky.social about their new report "America's Censored Campuses" Register soon and share! tinyurl.com/437aybub #DefendResearch #ScholComm #SciSky
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- Trump is wrong. The US already operates a major military base in Greenland today and monitors missiles and regional threats from there. Existing agreements with Denmark allow the US to expand its military presence as needed. Owning Greenland would not improve U.S. defenses.
- ‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began. From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
- American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances. Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
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- The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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- New York City turned OUT. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
- A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
- Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
- 👇Ice Officers are are murder for hire group!
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- A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
- A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
- The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
- Art by Kyle Bravo
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- Everyone understands that the Trump administration rhetoric towards Greenland, a sovereign nation, means that the Antarctic Treaty is effective dead right?
- Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."
