Donovan P. German
@dgerman.bsky.social
Professor, at a University in CA. Nutritional physiologist, anything having to do with guts, including the microbiome. Mostly in marine systems. Bassist. Rock+Funk. Gators fan. Posts are my own.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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For 18 months, I had to keep the secret that I didn't just voice The Flying Dutchman in the SpongeBob movie, but I also played him in live-action sequences. The hours it took flew by thanks to superb makeup artists Gage Munster & Marcel Banks who were both so kind AND hilarious. 🤣 Thanks fellas! 🙏
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
For 18 months, I had to keep the secret that I didn't just voice The Flying Dutchman in the SpongeBob movie, but I also played him in live-action sequences. The hours it took flew by thanks to superb makeup artists Gage Munster & Marcel Banks who were both so kind AND hilarious. 🤣 Thanks fellas! 🙏
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
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Port Townsend Washington at the ICE/Gestapo protest yesterday.
This one shattered me.
Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf
This one shattered me.
Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Port Townsend Washington at the ICE/Gestapo protest yesterday.
This one shattered me.
Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf
This one shattered me.
Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf
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Read the Constitution sometime.
January 11, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Read the Constitution sometime.
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa
Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
#booksky
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A mother Pilot Whale carries the body of her dead baby. When a mother loses her baby, she carries it in her mouth for weeks, until it decomposes. This mourning process is known as requiem. [📹 Felipe Ravina Olivares]
January 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
A mother Pilot Whale carries the body of her dead baby. When a mother loses her baby, she carries it in her mouth for weeks, until it decomposes. This mourning process is known as requiem. [📹 Felipe Ravina Olivares]
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Jesse Ventura may be radical in some of his views but he is a true patriot. I'll stand behind Ventura any day.
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now'
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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January 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Jesse Ventura may be radical in some of his views but he is a true patriot. I'll stand behind Ventura any day.
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
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I want the world to know how ashamed I am. This is not what Americans want.
I recognize Greenland's sovereignty and their right to remain independent.
If Greenland was ever threatened, the real America would show up to support them and leave when it's over. That's what real allies do.
I'm sorry.
I recognize Greenland's sovereignty and their right to remain independent.
If Greenland was ever threatened, the real America would show up to support them and leave when it's over. That's what real allies do.
I'm sorry.
US will take Greenland the ‘hard way’ if it can’t do it the ‘easy way,’ Trump says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump continued his threats towards Greenland on Friday, as he insisted that if the United States did not act Russia or China would occupy it in the future.
www.cnn.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I want the world to know how ashamed I am. This is not what Americans want.
I recognize Greenland's sovereignty and their right to remain independent.
If Greenland was ever threatened, the real America would show up to support them and leave when it's over. That's what real allies do.
I'm sorry.
I recognize Greenland's sovereignty and their right to remain independent.
If Greenland was ever threatened, the real America would show up to support them and leave when it's over. That's what real allies do.
I'm sorry.
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Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
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Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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I think it's important to emphasize that RFK Jr is not in alignment even with most republicans regarding childhood vaccines. His primary purpose is to undermine the legitimacy of HHS and kill vulnerable people
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I think it's important to emphasize that RFK Jr is not in alignment even with most republicans regarding childhood vaccines. His primary purpose is to undermine the legitimacy of HHS and kill vulnerable people
So I guess congress doesn’t exist anymore? Y’all gonna do anything about the mad king?
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
So I guess congress doesn’t exist anymore? Y’all gonna do anything about the mad king?
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White House website gives distorted version of Capitol Riot. "...[it includes] brazenly false claims about the Capitol Police ‘escalating’ tensions with rioters by firing ‘tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters.’" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-j...
'Filled With Lies': Trump White House Releases False History of Jan. 6 | Common Dreams
Trump White House website revises history of Capitol riots, falsely blaming police and praising rioters. Critics denounce as dangerous revisionism.
www.commondreams.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
White House website gives distorted version of Capitol Riot. "...[it includes] brazenly false claims about the Capitol Police ‘escalating’ tensions with rioters by firing ‘tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters.’" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-j...
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A bird gets hit by a wind turbine. A 2012 study found that wind projects kill 0.269 birds per gigawatt-hour of electricity produced, compared to 5.18 birds killed per gigawatt-hour of electricity from fossil fuel projects/plants.
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
A bird gets hit by a wind turbine. A 2012 study found that wind projects kill 0.269 birds per gigawatt-hour of electricity produced, compared to 5.18 birds killed per gigawatt-hour of electricity from fossil fuel projects/plants.
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune