Maria Gallegos
@mopia.bsky.social
Absent-minded Professor. Dabble in worm genetics, cell biology, microscopy, evolution, and pretty photos. Opinions are my own.
My weekly urban hike.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My weekly urban hike.
“Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.” Amen.
There was almost a riot there at the beginning. While organizers/speakers were droning on the crowd was yelling, “March, March, MARCH!!!
There was almost a riot there at the beginning. While organizers/speakers were droning on the crowd was yelling, “March, March, MARCH!!!
This is, of course, the dynamic that bedevils the Dem/left coalition more broadly.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
October 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.” Amen.
There was almost a riot there at the beginning. While organizers/speakers were droning on the crowd was yelling, “March, March, MARCH!!!
There was almost a riot there at the beginning. While organizers/speakers were droning on the crowd was yelling, “March, March, MARCH!!!
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This is, of course, the dynamic that bedevils the Dem/left coalition more broadly.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
October 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is, of course, the dynamic that bedevils the Dem/left coalition more broadly.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.
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Have you never protested? No Kings would be a wonderful first experience. You will find out the following: you are not alone, there are lots of awesome people in America and people can actually be supportive. It will recharge your faith in humanity.
You will want to repeat the action.
#resist
You will want to repeat the action.
#resist
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Have you never protested? No Kings would be a wonderful first experience. You will find out the following: you are not alone, there are lots of awesome people in America and people can actually be supportive. It will recharge your faith in humanity.
You will want to repeat the action.
#resist
You will want to repeat the action.
#resist
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Like...this is the biggest corruption scandal the NIH has experienced in its entire history and its not even close. Half of a BILLION dollars to a single project as a result of political spoils. That's the equivalent of several hundred R01s.
October 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Like...this is the biggest corruption scandal the NIH has experienced in its entire history and its not even close. Half of a BILLION dollars to a single project as a result of political spoils. That's the equivalent of several hundred R01s.
@steveinskeep.bsky.social On this morning’s broadcast, you and Ms. Leavitt seemed to make contradictory statements about when the ACA subsidies were set to expire. Who’s right? And if Ms. Leavitt misled, why didn’t you push back? Without pushback, I was left wondering if she was right.
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@steveinskeep.bsky.social On this morning’s broadcast, you and Ms. Leavitt seemed to make contradictory statements about when the ACA subsidies were set to expire. Who’s right? And if Ms. Leavitt misled, why didn’t you push back? Without pushback, I was left wondering if she was right.
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The mission is clear. ❌👑
#stopmaga #stopmagazis #stopwhitesupremacy #nokings #October18
Commit to NONVIOLENT action. DO NOT ENGAGE with detractors at events. Turn away & ignore. Or find a Peacekeeper (in yellow vests). Do NOT bring weapons of any kind to our events.
RSVP mobilize.us/s/4enw8F
#stopmaga #stopmagazis #stopwhitesupremacy #nokings #October18
Commit to NONVIOLENT action. DO NOT ENGAGE with detractors at events. Turn away & ignore. Or find a Peacekeeper (in yellow vests). Do NOT bring weapons of any kind to our events.
RSVP mobilize.us/s/4enw8F
September 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The mission is clear. ❌👑
#stopmaga #stopmagazis #stopwhitesupremacy #nokings #October18
Commit to NONVIOLENT action. DO NOT ENGAGE with detractors at events. Turn away & ignore. Or find a Peacekeeper (in yellow vests). Do NOT bring weapons of any kind to our events.
RSVP mobilize.us/s/4enw8F
#stopmaga #stopmagazis #stopwhitesupremacy #nokings #October18
Commit to NONVIOLENT action. DO NOT ENGAGE with detractors at events. Turn away & ignore. Or find a Peacekeeper (in yellow vests). Do NOT bring weapons of any kind to our events.
RSVP mobilize.us/s/4enw8F
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Journalists at the Pentagon now must pledge not to report anything that hasn’t been approved by Pete Hegseth.
The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join the largest peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join the largest peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
Pentagon To Require Journalists To Pledge Not To Report Unauthorized Information, Or Face Having Credentials Denied Or Revoked
The restrictions came in a memo to members of the media on Friday.
deadline.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Journalists at the Pentagon now must pledge not to report anything that hasn’t been approved by Pete Hegseth.
The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join the largest peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join the largest peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
It has a sad ending though.
“But in May the Trump administration terminated billions of dollars of funding to Harvard, including the grant that supported the pelvis research.”
“We are all wondering what would have come next had we not lost this funding,” Dr. Capellini said.
“But in May the Trump administration terminated billions of dollars of funding to Harvard, including the grant that supported the pelvis research.”
“We are all wondering what would have come next had we not lost this funding,” Dr. Capellini said.
A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
August 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It has a sad ending though.
“But in May the Trump administration terminated billions of dollars of funding to Harvard, including the grant that supported the pelvis research.”
“We are all wondering what would have come next had we not lost this funding,” Dr. Capellini said.
“But in May the Trump administration terminated billions of dollars of funding to Harvard, including the grant that supported the pelvis research.”
“We are all wondering what would have come next had we not lost this funding,” Dr. Capellini said.
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It's time for a GENERAL STRIKE to halt the gears of injustice and overthrow the white nationalist patriarchy.
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August 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It's time for a GENERAL STRIKE to halt the gears of injustice and overthrow the white nationalist patriarchy.
We need ~10.3M more signed strike cards to reach effectiveness.
Working in the US?
📢 Sign yours today! 📢
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"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
The Most Overlooked Value of Political Protest
Small acts of staying quiet may seem merely polite or indifferent, but they can easily spiral.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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CA voters - contact your State Rep - One of the best reasons to work towards SB829 - getting a CA alternative to NIH - Akilah Weber Pierson’s bill is the cancellation of NIH grants that investigate LGBTQ health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health (Gift Article)
More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
CA voters - contact your State Rep - One of the best reasons to work towards SB829 - getting a CA alternative to NIH - Akilah Weber Pierson’s bill is the cancellation of NIH grants that investigate LGBTQ health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o... Didn’t expect that David Brooks would inspire me.
Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o... Didn’t expect that David Brooks would inspire me.
A quote from Shapiro in an excerpt from the recent New Yorker about the creation of the dire wolf. “There is no point in bringing the dodo back. Their eggs will be eaten the same way that made them go extinct the first time.” Makes me think we also can’t just go back to a Biden-like presidency.
April 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A quote from Shapiro in an excerpt from the recent New Yorker about the creation of the dire wolf. “There is no point in bringing the dodo back. Their eggs will be eaten the same way that made them go extinct the first time.” Makes me think we also can’t just go back to a Biden-like presidency.
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China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Can’t beat this library view!
March 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Can’t beat this library view!
Just hanging out with my peeps. Hoping someday soon we reach 3.5%.
March 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just hanging out with my peeps. Hoping someday soon we reach 3.5%.
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Yeah, when the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH is able to make a more compelling case than a normie elected Dem, something is fundamentally broken.
March 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yeah, when the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH is able to make a more compelling case than a normie elected Dem, something is fundamentally broken.
I was trapped at the poster making table during the rally but my aunt (Vicki Gunter) captured this image at the #standupforscience2025 rally on Friday.
March 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I was trapped at the poster making table during the rally but my aunt (Vicki Gunter) captured this image at the #standupforscience2025 rally on Friday.
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Interesting! @nytimes.com still hasn’t covered any of the Stand Up for Science protests today, but they made sure to put this important news front and center online. Powerful reporting…
March 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Interesting! @nytimes.com still hasn’t covered any of the Stand Up for Science protests today, but they made sure to put this important news front and center online. Powerful reporting…
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Montana is extremely lucky to have Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing up in front of openly transphobic lawmakers who wanted to pass a bill that would /take trans kids away from their parents./
Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana
One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Montana is extremely lucky to have Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing up in front of openly transphobic lawmakers who wanted to pass a bill that would /take trans kids away from their parents./
Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...