Scotto
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My outlet for panicked reposts regarding the state of the world. And the occasional palate cleanser.
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
Slip slidin’…
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Slip slidin’…
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Ummm, wtf?
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ummm, wtf?
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this shit is so embarrassing. the government used to have guys who like, built bridges. now it’s just a gaggle of bleary-eyed cave children jacking themselves off to porno deepfakes of AOC while posting “based meme edits” of reaper drone strikes on venezuelan children. quit gooning and fix a pothole
vance has got to be the most cucked vp of all time. absolutely no power, completely subservient to a sundowning blowhard and an unelected nazi sleaze, so bored of waiting around for grandpa to give him something to do that he’s organizing forum raids like goons dropping in on habbo hotel
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
this shit is so embarrassing. the government used to have guys who like, built bridges. now it’s just a gaggle of bleary-eyed cave children jacking themselves off to porno deepfakes of AOC while posting “based meme edits” of reaper drone strikes on venezuelan children. quit gooning and fix a pothole
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Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”
Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz
Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”
Not shady at all. 😒
FAA has issued MASSIVE temporary flight restriction which prohibits drones (i.e., photography) over Chicago.
They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...
Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...
They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...
Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not shady at all. 😒
I wonder if my dog minds that his new(est) name is Pupparino Baby Pino Cappuccino. 🤔
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I wonder if my dog minds that his new(est) name is Pupparino Baby Pino Cappuccino. 🤔
🫡
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🫡
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
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“Wait but if they declared anti-fascists enemies of the state then they were basically admitting the state is actually fascist, no?” — some poor baffled student trying to study for their Fall of the American Empire history exam in the year 2525, probably
September 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“Wait but if they declared anti-fascists enemies of the state then they were basically admitting the state is actually fascist, no?” — some poor baffled student trying to study for their Fall of the American Empire history exam in the year 2525, probably
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Can’t say I’m a fan of the trajectory that our growing understanding of microplastics has taken
Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds
Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Can’t say I’m a fan of the trajectory that our growing understanding of microplastics has taken
I wonder what the mayors of Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and New Orleans might all have in common. 🤔
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wonder what the mayors of Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and New Orleans might all have in common. 🤔
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I had NO IDEA that banana peels as a slip-and-fall trope had such a grim history explaining why.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
Banana Peel - TV Tropes
Guaranteed to send a character into a Slippery Skid (of which this is a Sub-Trope), a Banana Peel is one of the most dangerous things you can encounter in a cartoon. Just stepping on one will inevitab...
tvtropes.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I had NO IDEA that banana peels as a slip-and-fall trope had such a grim history explaining why.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Deeper down the rabbit hole…
Deeper down the rabbit hole…
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Deeper down the rabbit hole…
Deeper down the rabbit hole…
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"extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions." @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions." @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
Wow.
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
August 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Wow.
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Incredibly illuminating story from @billmckibben.bsky.social on unnecessary local permitting barriers -- highly specific to the U.S. -- that make rooftop solar far more expensive than it needs to be: www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
www.motherjones.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incredibly illuminating story from @billmckibben.bsky.social on unnecessary local permitting barriers -- highly specific to the U.S. -- that make rooftop solar far more expensive than it needs to be: www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Informative piece about why the there was no large Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by the Russian earthquake
via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why the Russian Earthquake Didn’t Cause a Huge Tsunami
Russia’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Here’s the geological reason why
www.scientificamerican.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Informative piece about why the there was no large Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by the Russian earthquake
via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
via @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Good morning everyone and Happy Bastille Day to all those who, like me, feel like storming something to take down the oligarchs like the sans culottes did in 1789...
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good morning everyone and Happy Bastille Day to all those who, like me, feel like storming something to take down the oligarchs like the sans culottes did in 1789...