Dr. Bort
@brettakulon.bsky.social
Former biophysicist; current biotech consultant. Grew up in a library, but also in the woods.
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Just sent this to Chuck Schumer. Fingers crossed!
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just sent this to Chuck Schumer. Fingers crossed!
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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This is easy to mock but the general electorate has been the shocked_pikachu.jpg too many times for me to think they have object permanence.
Finally it will be clear to people that Republicans oppose Obamacare.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is easy to mock but the general electorate has been the shocked_pikachu.jpg too many times for me to think they have object permanence.
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We really needed that brainstorming session. Got about two inches of brainrain.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We really needed that brainstorming session. Got about two inches of brainrain.
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Imagine if Ernest Hemingway spent his final years writing mean public telegrams about Howard Hughes we are fortunate enough to be living through that
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Imagine if Ernest Hemingway spent his final years writing mean public telegrams about Howard Hughes we are fortunate enough to be living through that
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Joyce Carol Owns
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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We might be getting some kind of single payer system sooner than anyone anticipated, this is going to get obliterated on contact with reality
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We might be getting some kind of single payer system sooner than anyone anticipated, this is going to get obliterated on contact with reality
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excuse me I have been actively soliciting Edmund Fitzgerald memes for years
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
excuse me I have been actively soliciting Edmund Fitzgerald memes for years
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EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
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Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
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I'm not sure if it was you or someone else who noted that the GOP is in zugzwang - sure, the Dems capitulating isn't good for *them*, but the Republicans have no good moves at all.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm not sure if it was you or someone else who noted that the GOP is in zugzwang - sure, the Dems capitulating isn't good for *them*, but the Republicans have no good moves at all.
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I'm both angry and optimistic
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I'm both angry and optimistic
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Senate Democrats are like “with your donation of $25 or more, we will help Donald Trump kill you”
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senate Democrats are like “with your donation of $25 or more, we will help Donald Trump kill you”
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Had Schumer been replaced after the spring fiasco you wonder if the result would have been different. He is not a wartime consigliere
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Had Schumer been replaced after the spring fiasco you wonder if the result would have been different. He is not a wartime consigliere
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The thing about "rotating villain theory" for me is I think every sitting Democrat should face a primary anyway
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The thing about "rotating villain theory" for me is I think every sitting Democrat should face a primary anyway
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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i think Senator Lander has a ring to it
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
i think Senator Lander has a ring to it