Mike Bongard
@kravlor.bsky.social
Dad, scientist, nerd. Dedicated to fusion energy science and its applications. Personal views shared here.
My mother worked in public health. I remember the pride she had when the US eliminated measles in 2000. Like me, she would have been utterly embarrassed and disgusted with what’s happening now.
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My mother worked in public health. I remember the pride she had when the US eliminated measles in 2000. Like me, she would have been utterly embarrassed and disgusted with what’s happening now.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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All on the whim of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
What a graph
July 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
All on the whim of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
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Experts say?!?!
Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.
What Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for taxes on Social Security
Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.
n.pr
July 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Experts say?!?!
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Let’s talk about weather balloons—a.k.a. radiosondes—and why recent cuts to NWS staffing and balloon launch schedules are putting the public at risk (eg., Deaths in Texas). No satellite or model can replace what these humble balloons do. Here's why. 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Let’s talk about weather balloons—a.k.a. radiosondes—and why recent cuts to NWS staffing and balloon launch schedules are putting the public at risk (eg., Deaths in Texas). No satellite or model can replace what these humble balloons do. Here's why. 🧵
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
Trump brazenly lies: "It's the most popular bill ever signed in the history of our country." (Polls show that the bill is actually about 20 points underwater.)
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
We are failing our children by turning away from science and the safe, effective prophylactic treatments for vaccine-preventable diseases.
i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
We are failing our children by turning away from science and the safe, effective prophylactic treatments for vaccine-preventable diseases.
This is great, but my undergraduates won’t get it. Neither will the grad students, probably, if I’m being honest. 😬
What I picture when you tell me you “asked ChatGPT”
June 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is great, but my undergraduates won’t get it. Neither will the grad students, probably, if I’m being honest. 😬
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
We are living in the worst timeline. This is not in the interest of public health.
The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are living in the worst timeline. This is not in the interest of public health.
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just a reminder that Trump/DOJ continuing to let Abrego Garcia sit in CECOT is *a crime*. Deprivation of rights under color of law is a crime. Was it an "error" at first? Maybe. But once they were aware of the error, and ordered by a judge to return him, and then refusing, it's willful 1/
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The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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No one could have predicted that Trump would do all the tariffs that he repeatedly said he would do during his campaign.
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
No one could have predicted that Trump would do all the tariffs that he repeatedly said he would do during his campaign.
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BREAKING: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in most expensive judicial race in US history
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court election results: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in most expensive judicial race in US history
Crawford's victory cements liberal control of the court until at least 2028 and marks a defeat for President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
www.jsonline.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
BREAKING: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in most expensive judicial race in US history
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
Way to go WI!!!
April 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Way to go WI!!!
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.