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Caro Lynn
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Mom, wife, scientist, #UCLA professor, 🧶 crocheter. Work-life imbalance. Very long-distance commuter. Seismologist. Geophysicist. Geosciences. Planets.
#ULiège alumnus
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windbarb.bsky.social
Literally gagging at this.

Whether 15, 8, or 5, they are all CHILDREN. A 15-year-old is not "barely legal" - she is a CHILD. Not legal. Not OK. Pre-pubescent or post-pubescent, they are all children. Do not normalize this.
accountablegop.bsky.social Republican Accountability @accountablegop.bsky.social · 6h
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
🧶 cowgirl is done!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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lorak.bsky.social
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?

$2733.15 a month.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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khrisnin.bsky.social
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

Please Use it and SHARE!

ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ok-but-still.bsky.social
wow, which common vaccine was it?
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29d
BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown
Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown
The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.
abc7.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Senator Roland Gutierrez

THIS BULLSHIT TWEET
BY ABBOTT
I CANT KEEP QUIET ANYMORE
August 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being. officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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aunz.theconversation.com
Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.
Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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chillocean.bsky.social
Alaska Earthquake Center posted a nice explainer video with some of the video reconnaissance following the recent #landslide and #tsunami in Tracy Arm, south of Juneau, Alaska. It’s a whopper! 🧪⚒️
Early View of Tracy Arm Landslide Features
YouTube video by Alaska Earthquake Center
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
That's easy!
August 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
Nothing like a second trip to the ER to make our vacation great again. #MOVGA. Did I get that one right?
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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edithrojas.bsky.social
US customs stopped me and put me in a room for questioning The woman didn’t like it when I told her I was on vacation Asked me if I was on drugs. Did drugs or had drugs on me? In my carryon or backpack. What was the issue? I traveled for 5+ weeks without checking a bag and how I could afford it. 1/2
August 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
geocaro.bsky.social
New 🧶friend finished! Pattern from Hobbii’s Picapau 🐞
August 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
Someone is having a tantrum again
August 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking. (Pssst - federally funded science saves lives) 🧪
August 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
geocaro.bsky.social
That is just fantastic...
dangaristo.bsky.social Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jul 31
Internal NSF email: "[W]e have been instructed to suspend all active awards to UCLA with immediate effect and to not make further awards to the institution until the issue has been resolved."
July 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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seismosocam.bsky.social
Did you know that part of the Apollo missions to our moon included seismic data collection? A new #BSSA study presents a new automated workflow for these data. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
July 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM