I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
An Uzbek man, tortured by his govt, spent two years in ICE detention waiting on asylum claim. Separated from, lost track of wife and daughter. Claim denied, he attempted suicide, then disappeared.
Deported to Uzbekistan.
From @mariannedhe.bsky.social
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/asylum-seeke...
One of Iran's goals with this war is to make the US withdraw from the region. They're actually having a fair amount of success doing that.
Russia had great success pushing US to withdraw from Afghanistan--& this is the kind of targeting that RU likely helped with.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...
China's government is now deploying AI in transnational repression against dissidents and exiles, and all of us:
A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT accidentally revealed a global intimidation operation. CNN, Feb 25, 2026. www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/p...
Mariko Bennett
David Ho
Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence.
Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...
Just a quick note about how amazing Professor Reiss is...
SHE IS LIVE POSTING A CONFERENCE THAT SHE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT IN A FEW MINUTES!
Magnus Fiskesjö
Jeremy Berg
Jon Atkins
Kori Schake
Thomas Nguyen, DO
www.rusi.org
Significant numbers of advanced munitions have been expended, revealing that battlefield dominance matters less than the industrial capacity to replenish critical stockpiles.
Purported to be the E-3 AWACS destroyed in Saudi Arabia by an Iranian attack. Photos from Air Force amn/NCO/snco FB
Says Prof. Ana Santos Rutschman in #CHLS2026's symposium on A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy in @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social: Lyme disease: bacterial infection spread through the bite of backlogged ticks. Can be very serious.
A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating U...
