Karen Berkley
kjb3310.bsky.social
Karen Berkley
@kjb3310.bsky.social
Neuroscientist (retired), current interests: prescribed fire, eco restoration, blacksmithing, boat building, hiking, kayaking, reading …
Good-sized, energized crowd today (19 Apr 2025) in Port St. Joe, FL, population 3,375.. :)
April 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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February 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No more donations from me, and I am telling them why: 🤬
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hoping they will print this image on T-shirt, hat, stickers, etc.
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Is it too late? Hope not. Please tead this entire thread. Thanks Chad Loder.
In my self-defense classes I focus on how most people are socially conditioned to follow the norms of a civilized, polite society — and there is a MENTAL SHIFT required to use violence to defend from violence.

I'm reminded of this while watching our elected officials dithering and delaying. 1/
February 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From Banksy Art Forever’s FB page:
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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New Live Poll Lets Pundits Pander To Viewers In Real Time
New Live Poll Lets Pundits Pander To Viewers In Real Time
YouTube video by The Onion
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January 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This action (among many others) is devastating, terrifying , and insane. How, how can we stop this destructive descent?

www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Bad news is coming in fast and furious today.

The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/01/22/t...
The Chaos Continues Apace: The NIH Edition
I don’t have any firm confirmation but over on BlueSky there are reports emerging that the new Administration’s halt of “communication” from any government agency until a po…
drugmonkey.scientopia.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Amongst good and truthful reporting of awful news, The Guardian always has something else: www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Snowfall, wildfires and the world’s largest flower – photos of the day: Wednesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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@theatlantic.com’s writers and editors are on Bluesky. Follow us for ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM