MaryQuiContrary
@maryquicontrary.bsky.social
Nurse scientist, liberal Bostonian/Angeleno, huge fan of children, women, health, empathy, inclusion, dogs (not necessarily in that order)
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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For generations, the federal role in education has expanded opportunity. Now, as a new federal program may pour more money into vouchers than into IDEA & Title I, abandoning that role doesn’t just weaken public education, it leaves vulnerable kids behind. bsky.app/profile/aft....
Watch: @rweingarten.bsky.social highlighted the contradiction in the Trump administration’s approach: They’re demanding a single, national policy to regulate AI, yet they’re prepared to abandon the federal role in protecting children’s education.
Our students deserve better.
Our students deserve better.
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For generations, the federal role in education has expanded opportunity. Now, as a new federal program may pour more money into vouchers than into IDEA & Title I, abandoning that role doesn’t just weaken public education, it leaves vulnerable kids behind. bsky.app/profile/aft....
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
A Muslim man saving countless Jewish people by bravely disarming a shooter is the most incredible and you may say “Christian” act this holiday season. Blessings on Ahmed alAhmed
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A Muslim man saving countless Jewish people by bravely disarming a shooter is the most incredible and you may say “Christian” act this holiday season. Blessings on Ahmed alAhmed
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One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
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Every reporter in the room should have turned around and walked out, shut off the cameras. Refuse to take his abuse! This is narcissistic behavior 101. The only way to stop it is to stop allowing it. Reporters aren't required to tolerate this kind of abuse.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Every reporter in the room should have turned around and walked out, shut off the cameras. Refuse to take his abuse! This is narcissistic behavior 101. The only way to stop it is to stop allowing it. Reporters aren't required to tolerate this kind of abuse.
Possibly the scariest thing I’ve read in the past year. Media needs to talk about this!
The United States and Russia have officially formed an alliance against Europe, Ukraine, and Canada.
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Possibly the scariest thing I’ve read in the past year. Media needs to talk about this!
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
There’s been a 99% drop in hepatitis B cases since newborn vaccination established. Criminal to take it away RFK Jr is a danger to the country
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There’s been a 99% drop in hepatitis B cases since newborn vaccination established. Criminal to take it away RFK Jr is a danger to the country
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Have a Great Saturday! 🥰
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Have a Great Saturday! 🥰
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Gavin Newsom's bone density is as if a redwood ...
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Gavin Newsom's bone density is as if a redwood ...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines - NewsBreak
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
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🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
⬇️
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
⬇️
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
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American services are either non-existent or nuts. Other countries make it work. Why can’t the US?
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
American services are either non-existent or nuts. Other countries make it work. Why can’t the US?
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We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
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THE $315 BILLION that Trump/Miller/GOP plan to spend building Prisons to destroy the lives of millions of innocent immigrant working families, would be MORE than enough to literally build a home for EVERY homeless person in USA, with enough left over to END POVERTY or establish UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE!
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
THE $315 BILLION that Trump/Miller/GOP plan to spend building Prisons to destroy the lives of millions of innocent immigrant working families, would be MORE than enough to literally build a home for EVERY homeless person in USA, with enough left over to END POVERTY or establish UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE!
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I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
gofund.me/e44538b52
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Donate to Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home, organized by Patricia Winter
Betty is an 86-year-old widow who has always been proud of her independence. A… Patricia Winter needs your support for Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
gofund.me/e44538b52
gofund.me/e44538b52
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Not just bad policy for nurses or health care more broadly...terrible for each and every American.
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups | CNN
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not just bad policy for nurses or health care more broadly...terrible for each and every American.
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It sure feels that way.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It sure feels that way.
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Something we should all aspire to on a daily basis.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Something we should all aspire to on a daily basis.