Christie
@fermicat.bsky.social
Loves cats and democracy. Medical physicist, board gamer, SF reader, native plant nerd. Exhausted by all the stupid.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This is a powerful essay that is well worth your time.
In the poverty of Trump’s American faith comes the impoverishment of our founding ideas — and the fractures ripping America apart
The destruction of the White House was visceral, sacrilegious
It profanes our secular American religion
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The destruction of the White House was visceral, sacrilegious
It profanes our secular American religion
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is a powerful essay that is well worth your time.
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They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
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Find your local No Kings event here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Find your local No Kings event here: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...
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On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
This is complete and utter bullshit. WTF, America? Land of the free? Home of the brave?
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is complete and utter bullshit. WTF, America? Land of the free? Home of the brave?
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Chicago’s mayor & governor react to the president declaring war on the city
September 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Chicago’s mayor & governor react to the president declaring war on the city
You can’t change the world, but you can make a difference on a tiny piece of it. Seeing all of the insects, birds and wildlife that come visit is peaceful and rewarding. #NativePlants #habitat
Honestly one of the best reasons I can give you to plant native plants right now is that everything fucking sucks & a lot of it feels (or is) totally out of our control (depending on who you are). One thing most people can do is plant a plant and then look at bees happily sipping on it.
June 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
You can’t change the world, but you can make a difference on a tiny piece of it. Seeing all of the insects, birds and wildlife that come visit is peaceful and rewarding. #NativePlants #habitat
Four years after starting this journey, my yard was certified as a native plant habitat by the Georgia Native Plant Society! With everything in this country so messed up and beyond my control, it is nice to be able to make a difference right here at home and see tangible results. #NativePlants #bees
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Four years after starting this journey, my yard was certified as a native plant habitat by the Georgia Native Plant Society! With everything in this country so messed up and beyond my control, it is nice to be able to make a difference right here at home and see tangible results. #NativePlants #bees
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No better way to build morale in the military than forcing troops to march down largely empty streets in a thunderstorm to celebrate a draft dodger’s birthday
June 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
No better way to build morale in the military than forcing troops to march down largely empty streets in a thunderstorm to celebrate a draft dodger’s birthday
My Stokes asters are finally big and abundant enough to provide cut flowers for the kitchen. It’s a little thing that made me happy this morning. 💕 #nativeplants
June 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My Stokes asters are finally big and abundant enough to provide cut flowers for the kitchen. It’s a little thing that made me happy this morning. 💕 #nativeplants
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Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...
SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Said it before, I’ll say it again. We shouldn’t privatize NASA. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/s...
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This. But for everything
Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.
Harvard was able to file a 72 page complaint less than 24 hours after Trump attacked foreign students. Guess they were expecting it
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This. But for everything
Radiation worker here. Monkeying around with the NRC for political purposes is a very bad idea. Letting DOGE anywhere near it is a worse idea. These people understand nothing.
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Radiation worker here. Monkeying around with the NRC for political purposes is a very bad idea. Letting DOGE anywhere near it is a worse idea. These people understand nothing.
Today I saw a lot of aphids on my Asclepius incarnata and immediately went to get a ladybug I had noticed earlier in a different part of the garden. It was really cool watching her feast after I moved her to the infested plant. That’s natural pest control, y’all. #nativeplants
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today I saw a lot of aphids on my Asclepius incarnata and immediately went to get a ladybug I had noticed earlier in a different part of the garden. It was really cool watching her feast after I moved her to the infested plant. That’s natural pest control, y’all. #nativeplants
Took some time on this rainy Saturday to enjoy my native plants. These are foam flower, green and gold, fox sedge, and columbine. 💕
May 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Took some time on this rainy Saturday to enjoy my native plants. These are foam flower, green and gold, fox sedge, and columbine. 💕
He thinks we elected him king. Ridiculous. 🙄🙄🙄
When you win the popular vote by the narrowest margin since Nixon. 👑
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
He thinks we elected him king. Ridiculous. 🙄🙄🙄
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Outside from dusk until well after dark, and saw a lot of fireflies high up in the canopy. Never noticed them so early in the year, but maybe because I never looked up. In June they are at ground level. Moral of the story? Look up! Even if you don’t expect to see anything. Look up.
April 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Outside from dusk until well after dark, and saw a lot of fireflies high up in the canopy. Never noticed them so early in the year, but maybe because I never looked up. In June they are at ground level. Moral of the story? Look up! Even if you don’t expect to see anything. Look up.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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It was all over the news when NIH tried to reduce indirect costs to 15%, but it was quickly blocked by the courts. DOE doing the same is just as devastating to universities. Not sure why this isn’t getting the same news coverage.
Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants
Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal
www.science.org
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It was all over the news when NIH tried to reduce indirect costs to 15%, but it was quickly blocked by the courts. DOE doing the same is just as devastating to universities. Not sure why this isn’t getting the same news coverage.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
Gardening is good therapy, and I’m supporting a local nursery. These will keep me outside in the sunshine this weekend. I’m also looking forward to receiving a bunch of native plant plugs that I ordered from Prairie Moon during the winter. Should arrive this month!
April 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Gardening is good therapy, and I’m supporting a local nursery. These will keep me outside in the sunshine this weekend. I’m also looking forward to receiving a bunch of native plant plugs that I ordered from Prairie Moon during the winter. Should arrive this month!
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"Trump cannot assuage the bond market. He cannot convince it that he is 'normal' and should be given the benefit of the doubt. He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it. The bond market is not like the Supreme Court or Paul Weiss or Columbia."
Trump Finally Met an Adversary Totally Immune to His Bullshit
And it’s not the Supreme Court.
www.thebulwark.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Trump cannot assuage the bond market. He cannot convince it that he is 'normal' and should be given the benefit of the doubt. He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it. The bond market is not like the Supreme Court or Paul Weiss or Columbia."
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Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong.
April 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong.