Dawn Strachan
@dcovstr.bsky.social
Daily balancer of the fine line between compliance and chaos (RCRA, DOT, ESG). CF mom, shite dog agility handler, wannabe scuba-diving adventurer, soccer enthusiast, feral cat wrangler, chemist, AI whisperer (who else is going to keep the robots in line?).
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The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
COLLINS: If you have a healthcare plan, why not have that out there to talk about in the public so people can hear it?
MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists
MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
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The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, a boisterous laugh, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the likelihood that their president raped children.
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, a boisterous laugh, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the likelihood that their president raped children.
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Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
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Sarcasm aside, it's perhaps worth pointing out that the evidence suggests that weather disasters reduce economic growth for decades - the idea that there's rapid bounceback, or even extra growth stimulated by recovery, has proved wrong
www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...
We all get poorer every time a climate disaster strikes
Long-term economic effects of global warming could be far greater than thought, making many countries poorer and hurting even those of us spared direct impacts
www.newscientist.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sarcasm aside, it's perhaps worth pointing out that the evidence suggests that weather disasters reduce economic growth for decades - the idea that there's rapid bounceback, or even extra growth stimulated by recovery, has proved wrong
www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...
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Here’s the way to think about climate change that I learned from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social:
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Here’s the way to think about climate change that I learned from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social:
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
We’re creating an increasingly chaotic and dangerous world, sending our children and grandchildren there, and they’re never coming back.
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Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”
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October 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
October 5, 2025
This is my kid’s CF story. It’s also the story of how university research changes lives. It’s why I will never shut up about why gutting science is bad. Right now there are scientists working on something that will change the life of someone you love. youtu.be/9yELVmRJjVw?...
Breath By Breath: Living With Cystic Fibrosis
YouTube video by University of Iowa Health Care
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is my kid’s CF story. It’s also the story of how university research changes lives. It’s why I will never shut up about why gutting science is bad. Right now there are scientists working on something that will change the life of someone you love. youtu.be/9yELVmRJjVw?...
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Trumpnomics: Get tariff money from US consumers on Chinese goods. Our farmers can’t sell their products because the Chinese refuse to pay our tariffs. China buys from farmers in Argentina instead. We send Argentina $20 billion. Then we pay our farmers to throw their crops away.
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trumpnomics: Get tariff money from US consumers on Chinese goods. Our farmers can’t sell their products because the Chinese refuse to pay our tariffs. China buys from farmers in Argentina instead. We send Argentina $20 billion. Then we pay our farmers to throw their crops away.
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I don't know why, but this XKCD had me rolling. Like it was symbolic of life or something
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I don't know why, but this XKCD had me rolling. Like it was symbolic of life or something
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Reminder that "not acting" shapes the future as much as "acting" does and that not choosing is a choice.
September 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reminder that "not acting" shapes the future as much as "acting" does and that not choosing is a choice.
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When finance ignores nature, it drives ecosystem loss and systemic risks. But guided by ecological realities, it can help safeguard the life-support systems we all depend on. A new iScience review shows how systems thinking can align capital with ecology: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
When finance ignores nature, it drives ecosystem loss and systemic risks. But guided by ecological realities, it can help safeguard the life-support systems we all depend on. A new iScience review shows how systems thinking can align capital with ecology: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
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Being anti vaccines for babies is one of the surest signs of a declining civilisation. There could be no clearer evidence on childhood vaccination saving lives and preserving health and yet we’re being distracted by debating this issue.
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Being anti vaccines for babies is one of the surest signs of a declining civilisation. There could be no clearer evidence on childhood vaccination saving lives and preserving health and yet we’re being distracted by debating this issue.
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Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.
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You know how sometimes we find toxic waste that’s been haphazardly dumped decades ago and think, “what the fuck were they thinking?” That’s how the future will think about almost everything we’re doing in 2025.
September 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You know how sometimes we find toxic waste that’s been haphazardly dumped decades ago and think, “what the fuck were they thinking?” That’s how the future will think about almost everything we’re doing in 2025.
When I was in college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to major in so I explored lots of different classes. One of them was a genetics class at NCSU that I completely fell in love with and it’s the reason I chose to study science.
August 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When I was in college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to major in so I explored lots of different classes. One of them was a genetics class at NCSU that I completely fell in love with and it’s the reason I chose to study science.
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Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
August 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.