The latest post on my WordPress blog: Loyalty (fiction, Star Wars Day) #flashfiction #microfiction #fiction #sciencefiction #starwars #starwarsday

https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/loyalty-fiction-star-wars-day/

So, they are also coming for pro #Ukraine / #AntiRussia students and professors. Evidence that #Trump is SUCKING UP to #Putin! WHERE WILL IT END?! #RESIST!

#KseniyaPetrova, Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to #AntiWar stance

The Insider
27 March 2025

"A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scientist’s friends, she now faces possible deportation to Russia, where she could be subject to political persecution over her anti-war stance.

"The news of her detention was shared on Facebook by her friend and colleague Cora Anderson. Friends of the scientist also launched a GoFundMe campaign, which has already raised over $14,000 to support her legal and living expenses.
'#Kseniia is in danger,' a person familiar with the case told the Telegram channel Mozhem Obyasnit’ (lit. “We Can Explain”).

"Kseniia, a Russian bioinformatics researcher, arrived in Boston from the #RepublicOfGeorgia in the spring of 2023 to work at Harvard Medical School. She had been compelled to leave Russia due to her outspoken anti-war stance, which could have led to criminal charges back home. While her surname was not disclosed in the original posts, Mozhem Obyasnit’ was able to locate her Facebook page, suggesting her name is Kseniya (Kseniia) Petrova, a graduate of MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology). Her page includes multiple posts criticizing the Russian government and denouncing the invasion of Ukraine. Petrova's page on Linkedin listed her as an associate researcher at Harvard Medical School working in Dr. Marc Kirschner's lab in the Department of Systems Biology.

"On Feb. 16, after returning from a trip to France, she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport, where her visa was revoked. When Kseniia stated that she feared persecution if she were to return to Russia, she was transferred to immigration detention, first in Vermont, then in Louisiana. She is now being held in an ICE detention facility, in a room shared with 80 other women. The exact reason for the cancellation of her visa has not been disclosed by her friends."

Read more:
https://theins.ru/en/news/280037
#Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistDOGE #TrumpIsABully #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #FreeUkraine #FreePalestine #FuckOligarchs #USPol #WorldPol

"The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained. ...

The directive, dated March 25, bears the subject line 'Enhanced Screening and Social Media Vetting for Visa Applicants.'”

~ Ken Klippenstein

#Trump #immigrants #ICE #students
/6

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social

"As U.S. President Donald Trump pledges to deport 'millions and millions' of 'criminal aliens,' thousands of federal law enforcement officials from multiple agencies are being enlisted to take on new work as immigration enforcers, pulling crime-fighting resources away on other areas -- from drug trafficking and terrorism to sexual abuse and fraud."

~ Reuters

#Trump #immigrants #ICE #NationalSecurity #students #fascism #FreeSpeech #Ozturk
/7

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-agents-diverted-trump-immigration-crackdown-2025-03-22/

From Tim Walz and Justin Rosario the Opinionated Ogre:

"So you tell me: When we curbstomp the fascists and they flee to Mother Russia, what is going to stop us from rebooting America the right way? Nothing. What incentive do we have to 'return to normal?' None. Normal is a country crippled by Republican greed and hate...
We should do exactly what Governor Walz says: Create the country we want, not the country we had."

#resistance #resist #fascism

https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/p/tim-walz-is-right-we-can-fix-it-and

The latest post on my WordPress blog: Darkness Falls (flash fiction) #flashfiction #fiction #microfiction #starwars #sciencefiction #dark

https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/darkness-falls-flash-fiction/

The latest post on my WordPress blog: Loophole (micro fiction) #fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #darkhumour #DarkHumor #vampires #horror #dialogue

https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/loophole-micro-fiction/

Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out

https://www.advocate.com/news/lesbian-mistaken-transgender-arizona-walmart

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The latest post on my WordPress blog: The City of Shadows, part two (fiction) #fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #vampires #DetectiveFiction #mystery #dark

https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/the-city-of-shadows-part-two-fiction/

It appears, UK Prime Minister Starmer still has not understood, the US is out of the alliance. Starmer:

"The UK will work to ensure we keep the US and Europe together. We cannot allow any divisions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face."

In my view, the solution is not to fantasize that Trump could be Biden. The solution is to realize that the US that was is gone, and Europe must now carry the torch of freedom on its own.

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/europe-will-not-take-part-in-us-russia-talks-ukraine-kellogg

If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/

By photoeightyeight
Source: Pixabay

#photography #trees #silentsunday

Arbre Ensoleillé
By Jonathan Pradillon ©

#art #trees #painting #mastoart

Chrystal Light
By Erin Hanson ©

#art #landscape #nature #painting #mastoart

Nolleendorfplatz
By Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

#art #mastoart #painting

:clippy:

The latest post on my WordPress blog: The City of Shadows, part one (fiction) #fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #vampires #dark #DetectiveFiction #noir

https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/the-city-of-shadows-part-one/

Democrats reax: Connecticut Sen Chris Murphy wrote on X: "He’s totally lost it."
"I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza.. But the media.. will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people."

"The palpable incompetence & stupidity of the administration." 🤦‍♂️
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-dictatorial-dreams-tripped-up-by-the-democratic-problem-of-public-opinion-231134277965

Scientists found a faster way to brew sour beer—with peas. The yeast cannot metabolize sugars derived from peas, thus promoting the growth of essential bacteria. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/pea-sugars-can-speed-up-sour-beer-brewing/